Relatively Speaking Relatively Speaking
Eric on how The New Republic's back of the book comes close to redeeming the magazine from the front.
Oct 21, 2011 / Eric Alterman
Students Briefly Occupy Chile’s Senate Building Students Briefly Occupy Chile’s Senate Building
Dozens of student activists disrupted a Senate committee hearing Thursday, then occupied the Senate office building for eight hours demanding a referendum on how to resolve Chile...
Oct 21, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Bill Moyers on ‘Democratic Decency Defined Downward’ Bill Moyers on ‘Democratic Decency Defined Downward’
The award-winning journalist delivered a stirring speech in Washington last night about the political capture carried out by Wall Street.
Oct 21, 2011 / George Zornick
Shocking Report Reveals the Pentagon’s Addiction to Fraudulent Contractors Shocking Report Reveals the Pentagon’s Addiction to Fraudulent Contractors
A new report shows the Pentagon just can’t quit fraudulent defense contractors.
Oct 20, 2011 / George Zornick
Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America
Average Americans are watching their country dissolve in front of them, and it will take grassroots mobilization on both the Left and Right to assess and address the systemic dysfu...
Oct 20, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
NYU Students Join Occupy Wall Street Protest NYU Students Join Occupy Wall Street Protest
As the Occupy Wall Street protests surges, so does the student population joining the now international movement.
Oct 20, 2011 / StudentNation / Amy Zhang
Why a Mortgage Cramdown Bill Is Still the Best Bet to Save the Economy Why a Mortgage Cramdown Bill Is Still the Best Bet to Save the Economy
If all underwater mortgages were written down to market value and refinanced, it would add $71 billion a year to the economy and create 1 million jobs.
Oct 20, 2011 / Alex Ulam
Replace Biden on 2012 Ticket? No, VP’s Populism is Obama’s Best Hope Replace Biden on 2012 Ticket? No, VP’s Populism is Obama’s Best Hope
The vice president actually "gets it." He likes unions and working people. He's on message and the rest of the Obama administration should recognize just how necessary th...
Oct 20, 2011 / John Nichols
Occupy Wall Street: Cutting Edge, Old-Fashioned Village Occupy Wall Street: Cutting Edge, Old-Fashioned Village
The Occupy Wall Street movement is simultaneously a cutting-edge online force to be reckoned with and an old-fashioned community.
Oct 20, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
Is the National Security Complex Too Big To Fail? Is the National Security Complex Too Big To Fail?
Think of Iraq as the AIG of wars, only this bailout is still going on.
Oct 20, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt