Sep 17 New Yorkers revisit Occupy Wall Street on its fifth anniversary By Corinne Segal, Arlene Lormestoire People gathered in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan on Saturday, exactly five years after Occupy Wall Street began, describing how a small encampment spread to cities across the country. Continue reading
Aug 23 What’s wrong with Wall Street? A culture that breeds greed By Sam Polk "When I was on Wall Street, my entire life’s goal was to make more money than the next guy."… Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch 8:48 The Wall Street millionaire bringing healthy food to those in need By PBS News Hour Sam Polk was making millions on Wall Street when he had a life-changing revelation: he wanted to help those in need. His focus became so-called "food deserts," regions with limited access to healthy food. Polk founded Everytable to serve nutritious… Continue watching
Aug 18 Column: A $3.6 million bonus and I still wanted more By Sam Polk Yesterday, I’d been planning to leave Wall Street; today, I was devastated because my enormous bonus wasn’t bigger. Continue reading
May 23 Sanders says Puerto Rican rescue plan would make ‘a terrible situation even worse’ By Ken Thomas, Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is breaking with the Obama administration and House lawmakers over a plan to restructure Puerto Rico's $70 billion in debt. Continue reading
Mar 23 Bernie Sanders: Breaking up banks is about targeting power, not just reducing risk By Murrey Jacobson Judy Woodruff pressed Bernie Sanders on arguments from experts who say federal regulators already have the power to break up the banks, but think the existing system is safer. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 6:07 News Wrap: Violence in Israel leaves American dead By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, an American tourist was killed and a dozen Israelis were wounded in a wave of attacks by Palestinian militants in the cities of Jaffa and Jerusalem. Also, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has test-fired a series of… Continue watching
Mar 08 Viewer’s Guide: All eyes on Michigan in Tuesday’s primaries By Nancy Benac, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Michigan is the crown jewel Tuesday as voters in four states deliver verdicts on the presidential campaign. It's the first big industrial state to weigh in, and should offer clues about how the candidates will play in important… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 7:25 Women eschew Wall Street’s boys’ club — and its glass ceiling By PBS News Hour Wall Street has long been considered a men’s-only club -- so what is it like for a woman there, when only 15 percent of traders are female? According to Maureen Sherry, a former Bear Stearns director turned author, the problem… Continue watching
Mar 03 On Wall Street, an open bar and a closed stock market By Maureen Sherry A trading floor has everything to keep adrenal glands pumping cortisol: breaking news, tragedy, money, racism, sexism and a little less overt sex play than in the past. Continue reading