Update: A Proposed Mortgage Fraud Settlement Approaches Update: A Proposed Mortgage Fraud Settlement Approaches
The administration is close to presenting a deal with big banks on mortgage fraud—will it stick?
Jan 24, 2012 / George Zornick
Is Atlantic Yards Good for Brooklyn? A Public Call to Host a Town Hall Meeting With Michael Ratner Is Atlantic Yards Good for Brooklyn? A Public Call to Host a Town Hall Meeting With Michael Ratner
As reported in the New York Daily News, I have issued a formal request to Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights to co-host a film screening of the documentary Batt...
Jan 24, 2012 / Dave Zirin
How To Make It in America: Manifesto by the Average American-Muslim How To Make It in America: Manifesto by the Average American-Muslim
The Crescent Directive is a nicely packaged story, stratagem, and vision of "how PTA meetings, Thanksgiving dinners, and Little League baseball can save the image of Islam ...
Jan 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Maria Kari
Confessions of a Recovering Weapons Addict Confessions of a Recovering Weapons Addict
Weapons manufacturing in America is still going strong, even if the wisdom or morality of arms deals is rarely discussed.
Jan 24, 2012 / William J. Astore
Baltimore Algebra Project Stops Juvenile Detention Center Baltimore Algebra Project Stops Juvenile Detention Center
When Bob Moses brought his Algebra Project to Baltimore in 1990, he could hardly have imagined the impact his mathematics curriculum would have on the city’s youth two deca...
Jan 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Umar Farooq
Anti-Labor Zealot Mitch Daniels to Give GOP SOTU Response Anti-Labor Zealot Mitch Daniels to Give GOP SOTU Response
The Indiana governor is leading the fight to roll back protections for workers. Tonight he’ll be the face of the Republican party when he replies to Obama’s State of t...
Jan 24, 2012 / John Nichols
Romney Rips Gingrich, Gingrich Rips Romney. They’re Both Right. Romney Rips Gingrich, Gingrich Rips Romney. They’re Both Right.
The two GOP front-runners attack one another as corrupt and disreputable. That’s a fair assessment.
Jan 24, 2012 / John Nichols
Santorum Touts Birther Endorsement Santorum Touts Birther Endorsement
Rick Santorum is bragging about being endorsed by Joseph Farah of World Net Daily. Is he endorsing Farah’s claims that President Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii?
Jan 23, 2012 / Ben Adler
Slide Show: The Occupy Movement Takes the Fight to the Supreme Court Slide Show: The Occupy Movement Takes the Fight to the Supreme Court
On January 20, the eve of the second anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC decision, a coalition of activists and advocates gathered outside the US Supreme Court in Washington,…
Jan 23, 2012 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Radical Vision for America’s Future Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s Radical Vision for America’s Future
What do liberals think of the Republican race for the presidential nomination?
Jan 23, 2012 / Press Room