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Princeton University Professor Dr. Cornel West listens during a “taking power back from banks for consumers, and the fight against poverty” event January 12, 2012 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Dr. West, along with and Talk show host, author and liberal political commentator,Tavis Smiley, and Personal finance guru Suze Orman spoke about Orman's “People First” movement on behalf of consumers to fight banks and their fees. Those fees hit the poorest Americans hardest and their efforts to restore the nation’s prosperity as more and more Americans slip into poverty and unemployment. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)\n