Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court
Big Carbon is where Big Tobacco was, before it started losing.
Apr 21, 2014 / Feature / Dan Zegart
‘Bogus and Unconscionably High Fees’: How Tax Preparers Are Preying on Low-Income People ‘Bogus and Unconscionably High Fees’: How Tax Preparers Are Preying on Low-Income People
Stephen Black appears on Melissa Harris-Perry to discuss how predators set up shop and grab a cut of their victims’ tax refunds.
Apr 14, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Why Wall Street Firms Make Terrible Landlords Why Wall Street Firms Make Terrible Landlords
The New York real estate market has become a private equity playground, and the result has been a disaster for tenants and the market alike.
Apr 8, 2014 / Laura Gottesdiener
GOP Pro–Gay Marriage Funder’s Other Agenda: Bombing Iran GOP Pro–Gay Marriage Funder’s Other Agenda: Bombing Iran
Paul Singer is one of the Republican Party’s most effective fundraisers—and a leading proponent of using military force against Tehran.
Apr 7, 2014 / Eli Clifton
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Since FDR We’ve Been Fighting To Get Money Out of Politics This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Since FDR We’ve Been Fighting To Get Money Out of Politics
The struggle for genuine reform is in the noblest traditions of this magazine.
Apr 5, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Indigenous Communities in Honduras Are Resisting US-Backed Multinationals How Indigenous Communities in Honduras Are Resisting US-Backed Multinationals
Rio Blanco is just one of many communuties that have been fighting destructive dam projects.
Apr 2, 2014 / Beverly Bell and Foreign Policy In Focus
How Paul Ryan’s Budget Paves the Way for Another Financial Crisis How Paul Ryan’s Budget Paves the Way for Another Financial Crisis
And it increases the chances that you'll be on the hook for another bailout.
Apr 2, 2014 / George Zornick
Ralph Nader on the GM Scandal: ‘Detroit has Washington Pretty Greased’ Ralph Nader on the GM Scandal: ‘Detroit has Washington Pretty Greased’
FIfty-five years after the consumer rights advocate published his first article ridiculing the auto industry for negligence, Congress is investigating another scandal.
Apr 1, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
The Rise of Networked Devices Will Make Government Surveillance Even Easier The Rise of Networked Devices Will Make Government Surveillance Even Easier
Now that household items connect to the Internet, what people do with their private lives will be monitored ever more closely.
Mar 25, 2014 / Catherine Crump and Matthew Harwood
How the Proposed US-EU Trade Agreement Screws Workers and Undermines Democracy How the Proposed US-EU Trade Agreement Screws Workers and Undermines Democracy
The real goal of the TTIP is to weaken the power of citizens to defend themselves against corporate abuses.
Mar 24, 2014 / Andrew Erwin and Foreign Policy In Focus