Snipping at Immigrants’ Safety Net Snipping at Immigrants’ Safety Net
In search of a trifling 1.5 percent bite to take out of California's $20 billion budget gap, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a cruel and short-sighted cut in public assista...
Feb 22, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ideas for Change in America Ideas for Change in America
As today's young adults struggle to balance the rising costs of a postsecondary education with countless other financial obligations, many public universities burdened with budget ...
Feb 19, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Human Interest In Bank Practices Human Interest In Bank Practices
How much senior executives earn, in cash and stock, is public information. How they make it is public too. Trouble is, the two are barely brought together in reporting.
Feb 17, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The New Deal in Reverse The New Deal in Reverse
How could Barack Obama have ended up, one year later, where Franklin Delano Roosevelt began?
Feb 12, 2010 / Feature / Steve Fraser
The Robin Hood Tax The Robin Hood Tax
On Wednesday, British activists launched a major campaign to push Gordon Brown's government into adopting a tiny tax that could raise hundreds of billions for public services...
Feb 12, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Hypocritical Republicans Hypocritical Republicans
Nation DC Editor Chris Hayes explains why Republicans have been spewing criticisms of the stimulus money while simultaneously supporting the achievements it has made in their own s...
Feb 11, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Wall Street Wants a Refund Wall Street Wants a Refund
"Buyer's remorse" is the way John Cornyn, the Senate Republicans' fundraiser, gleefully refers to Wall Street moguls' current disenchantment with the US president they th...
Feb 10, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
The (Il)legality of Unpaid Internships The (Il)legality of Unpaid Internships
Not being paid for work is illegal, so why aren’t unpaid internships?
Feb 3, 2010 / StudentNation / Morgan Ashenfelter
Volcker Rules Volcker Rules
Obama's endorsement of what he calls the 'Volcker Rule' for once puts him squarely on the side of ordinary Americans as opposed to the banking bandits who have so thoroughly fleece...
Feb 3, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
Groundhog’s Day Budgeting: Again, Obama Underfunds Job Growth Groundhog’s Day Budgeting: Again, Obama Underfunds Job Growth
The 2009 stimulus bill that was supposed to spur job creation at a sufficient rate to prevent double-digit unemployment might have done so if it had been approved at the level and ...
Feb 1, 2010 / John Nichols