Elizabeth Warren Accuses Banks Of Lying

On Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accusing banks of lying about the pending rule requiring financial advisers to put clients’ interests ahead of their own, thus potentially violating securities laws...
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/03/31/3765249/warren-banks-fiduciary-standard/

Feds accuse Michigan Jewish Institute of Pell Grant fraud

A private Jewish Michigan college committed massive fraud over the past decade, leading to millions of federal dollars being sent to the West Bloomfield school to pay for the education of students who weren’t enrolled there, according to the federal Department of Education...
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/03/23/feds-accuse-michigan-jewish-institute-pell-grant-fraud/82154520/

Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about Trump University

"We (Trump University) have an ‘A’ from the Better Business Bureau."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/feb/28/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claims-about-trump-uni/

Who’s Regulating For-Profit Schools? Execs From For-Profit Colleges

And many of them come from schools that have been under investigation...
https://www.propublica.org/article/whos-regulating-for-profit-schools-execs-from-for-profit-colleges

The Latest Food Stamp Fraudsters Don't Look Like Welfare Queens | ThinkProgress

The alleged fake purchases and sham donations allowed the Jeffs to draw down actual money from SNAP, which prosecutors say they laundered through other companies owned by their church...
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/02/24/3753325/polygamist-food-stamp-fraud/

Rubio Attacked Trump For Running a 'Fake School.' But There's Just One Problem. | ThinkProgress

Instead of encouraging the government to investigate the for-profit college chain, Rubio asked for leniency in a letter to the U.S. Department of Education in the summer of 2014. The letter, which was obtained by Bloomberg Politics, read, in part, “While I commend the Department’s desire to protect our nation’s students from fraudulent and malicious activity by any institution of higher education, regardless of tax status, I believe the Department can and should demonstrate leniency as long as Corinthian Colleges, Inc. continues to expeditiously and earnestly cooperate by providing the documents requested.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/education/2016/02/26/3754140/rubio-trump-for-profit-college/

Ben Carson Acknowledges His Presidential Campaign Might Be A Big Scam | ThinkProgress

As Ben Carson slid down the polls after cresting around Halloween, firms closely connected with his campaign advisors and consultants hauled in millions of dollars in Carson’s campaign funds.
That state of affairs raised eyebrows and may have contributed to a major top-level staff shakeup at the end of last year. Now even Carson himself admits his moribund campaign has had the appearance of a big scam.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/02/24/3753142/ben-carson-acknowledges-his-presidential-campaign-might-be-a-big-scam/

Trump May Have To Take A Break From Campaigning To Handle Fraud Case Against Trump University | ThinkProgress

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump might have to take a break from the campaign trail to deal with a civil case alleging that Trump University committed fraud against its students. The case may require Donald Trump’s presence as a witness this spring, though a trial date has not yet been scheduled, Yahoo Politics first reported...
http://thinkprogress.org/education/2016/02/24/3753052/trump-university-civil-suit/

How an Army of Pharma Lobbyists in Washington Have Locked in One of the Biggest Corporate Ripoff Schemes in America

Pharma is creaming tens of billions out of the federal government in a variety of schemes...
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/how-army-pharma-lobbyists-washington-have-locked-one-biggest-corporate-ripoff

Online Public Schools Are a Disaster, Admits Billionaire, Charter School-Promoter Walton Family Foundation

A new political strategy: throw online charters overboard to save the rest of the school privatization industry...
http://www.alternet.org/education/online-public-schools-are-disaster-admits-billionaire-charter-school-promoter-walton

Why some African governments are clamping down on churches

"They are thieves and not preachers. We have to consult and know how to remove them," the president is quoted as saying by Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35362567

Elizabeth Warren to Democrats: Get Serious About Wall Street Prosecutions

Senator Elizabeth Warren is still fighting for the people and going against the big banks on Wall Street. Now, she rightfully wants the rest of the Democrats to step up and fight alongside her. Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins discuss this.

https://youtu.be/NBaUxEuJrUs

Charter School Insiders Now Admit Public Education Can't Be Remade In Wall St.'s Image

A new smokescreen to shield 'non-profit' charters.
http://www.alternet.org/education/charter-school-insiders-now-admit-public-education-cant-be-remade-wall-sts-image

Planned Parenthood Indictments: A Closer Look - Late Night with Seth Meyers

Seth takes a closer look at the recent indictments of anti-abortion activists investigating Planned Parenthood.
https://youtu.be/yHBdLC4AD04

Cigna temporarily banned from new Medicare plans

"Cigna has had a longstanding history of non-compliance with CMS requirements," the agency said. "Cigna has received numerous notices of non-compliance, warning letters, and corrective action plans from CMS over the past several years. A number of these notices were for the same violations discovered during the audit, demonstrating that Cigna has not corrected issues of non-compliance."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/01/22/cigna-medicare-sanctions/79160738/

Can Hobby Lobby Buy the Bible?

The existence of thousands of fragments of contradictory material is, according to this perspective, a faith killer. How can Scripture be inerrant when we can’t even know what it originally said?...
In just the past six years, the evangelical owners of Hobby Lobby have amassed one of the world’s largest private collections of biblical antiquities. Why?... And are they dealing in stolen or fraudulent antiquities?...
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/01/can-hobby-lobby-buy-the-bible/419088/

Erin Brockovich: California Methane Gas Leak is Worst U.S. Environmental Disaster Since BP Oil Spill

Democracynow.org - In the nation’s biggest environmental disaster since the BP oil spill, a runaway natural gas leak above Los Angeles has emitted more than 150 million pounds of methane. Thousands of residents in the community of Porter Ranch have been evacuated and put in temporary housing. The fumes have caused headaches and nosebleeds. The company responsible, Southern California Gas Company, says it could take three to four months to stop the breach. We are joined by two guests: renowned consumer advocate and legal researcher Erin Brockovich, who helped win the biggest class action lawsuit in American history and is now working to seek justice for victims of the Porter Ranch gas leak, and David Balen, president of Renaissance Homeowners Association, located just outside of the breached well site...
Interview:
https://youtu.be/YY2hL-dZcDA

Alabama Governor Uses BP Spill Money To Fix Up A Second Mansion For Himself | ThinkProgress

While Alabama’s oyster industry and coastal communities continue to suffer from the effects of the massive Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout, the repairs to the governors’ mansion are estimated to cost between $1.5 million and $1.8 million...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/12/27/3735129/alabama-mansion-bp/

Have We Lost A Constitutional Right In The Fine Print? (Terry Gross, Fresh Air)

New York Times reporter Jessica Silver-Greenberg says many companies' contracts force consumers to settle complaints through arbitration instead of in court, and include bans on class action suits.
Interview:
http://www.npr.org/2015/11/12/455749456/have-we-lost-a-constitutional-right-in-the-fine-print

Report: Senators voting against EPA rules received more coal industry cash

Analysis by Maplight researchers finds senators who voted against EPA rules received 17 times more coal industry money
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/11/19/report-senators-voting-against-epa-rules-received-more-coal-industry-cash.html