The Bottom Line Blog

Photo courtesy of TheRealDeal.com Last week, Peninsula Interfaith Action, an affiliate of People Improving Communities through Organizing and The New Bottom Line, held a Town Hall meeting in East Palo Alto, to speak out against Wells Fargo selling 1800 rental apartment units to "vulture" mogul and developer Sam Zell.

Dozens of protesters descended on Boston Bank of America branches today, following the company’s announcement that it will slash more than 30,000 jobs in the coming months.  This was the first, exciting, taste of dozens of actions, events, trainings and more happening this Fall targeting the big banks for draining...

What’s it going to take to make the economy work again? Some of the top economic and political minds come together Saturday in Minneapolis to discuss and suggest a course of action.

There's a lot we don't know about the ongoing negotiations between state Attorneys General and banks to settle charges of crooked lending tactics like robo-signing. But one thing we do know is that the most strident voice speaking out for regular Americans during the negotiations, New York Attorney General Eric...

In a statement released Wednesday, The New Bottom Line calls the dismissal of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman from the executive committee negotiating a settlement with banks over widespread mortgage fraud "just the latest example of the Obama Administration and their allied Attorneys General's full court press for a settlement -...