The Pentagon Fraud Papers: Contractors That Defrauded DOD Were Rewarded With $285 Billion in New Contracts The Pentagon Fraud Papers: Contractors That Defrauded DOD Were Rewarded With $285 Billion in New Contracts
Vermont Senator Sanders wanted to know how the Pentagon deals with companies that defraud it. He demanded an accounting. Over a three-year period, contractors convicted o...
Feb 3, 2011 / John Nichols
An Answer to 2011’s Austerity Arguments: ‘We Won’t Pay For Their Crisis’ An Answer to 2011’s Austerity Arguments: ‘We Won’t Pay For Their Crisis’
First, Washington squandered tax dollars on unnecessary wars. Next, Washington bailed out the big banks. Now, the battlelines of 2011 are drawn. President Obama's "Deficit Com...
Jan 3, 2011 / John Nichols
Harry Potter and the Bailed-Out Banks Harry Potter and the Bailed-Out Banks
There's a new blockbuster out just in time for the holidays: Harry Potter and the Bailed-Out Banks.
Dec 15, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Reagan’s Budget Director: GOP Policies ‘Have Crippled Our Economy’ Reagan’s Budget Director: GOP Policies ‘Have Crippled Our Economy’
David Stockman, Reagan's OMB director, warns against maintaining tax cuts for the rich and other misguided economic policies.
Aug 3, 2010 / John Nichols
BP and US Government ‘Command Center’ Guarded by Company From Afghan Embassy Hazing Scandal BP and US Government ‘Command Center’ Guarded by Company From Afghan Embassy Hazing Scandal
Journalists Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis describe their run-in with Wackenhut security as they attempted to interview BP and US government officials in the US Gulf. "The whole Gu...
May 28, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Goldman Plays, We Pay Goldman Plays, We Pay
The story of the financial debacle will end the way it began, with the super-hustlers from Goldman Sachs at the center of the action and profiting wildly.
Apr 21, 2010 / Robert Scheer
The Whistleblower They Ignored The Whistleblower They Ignored
There aren't too many genuine heroes to come out of the banking disaster, but Armando Falcon is one of them--and had he been listened to, a significant part of the housing crisis c...
Apr 14, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Hedge Fund Managers Beat the Banks Hedge Fund Managers Beat the Banks
Nation editor Christopher Hayes discusses how the top twenty-five hedge fund managers made $25 billion last year and what financial reform can do to correct this inequality.
Apr 2, 2010 / MSNBC
Nation Pushes IMF to Cancel Haiti’s debt Nation Pushes IMF to Cancel Haiti’s debt
Amid mounting public pressure and calls for restructuring from The Nation, the IMF turns its $100 million loan to Haiti into a grant.
Jan 22, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
US Mercenaries Set Sights on Haiti US Mercenaries Set Sights on Haiti
Private firms are jumping at the opportunity to provide 'humanitarian assistance' to Haiti, but what these companies are actually bringing is a 'Shock Doctrine' approach that aims ...
Jan 19, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill