Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on Elizabeth Warren and the CFPB Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on Elizabeth Warren and the CFPB
Why does the bank lobby and the politicians in its pocket feel so threatened by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
Jun 2, 2011 / The Nation
The Bank Lobby Steps Up Its Attack on Elizabeth Warren The Bank Lobby Steps Up Its Attack on Elizabeth Warren
The new consumer protection bureau’s mission is to make it easier for consumers to understand financial fine print. So why are bankers so scared?
Jun 1, 2011 / Feature / Ari Berman
WikiLeaks Haiti: The Nation Partners With Haïti Liberté on Release of Secret Haiti Cables WikiLeaks Haiti: The Nation Partners With Haïti Liberté on Release of Secret Haiti Cables
Leaked documents provide an extraordinary glimpse of US maneuvering in Haiti from before the 2004 coup through the devastating 2010 earthquake.
Jun 1, 2011 / The Editors
A Rambunctious Right Wing, A Silent President and the Debt Ceiling Deal A Rambunctious Right Wing, A Silent President and the Debt Ceiling Deal
President Obama has been strangely silent in the debt ceiling debate, leaving only the increasingly radical demands of the Tea Party to be heard. What's next?
Jun 1, 2011 / George Zornick
Geithner and Goldman, Thick as Thieves Geithner and Goldman, Thick as Thieves
What was Timothy Geithner thinking when he decided to give Goldman Sachs a $30 billion interest-free loan as part of an $80 billion secret float to favored banks?
Jun 1, 2011 / Robert Scheer
GOP Debt-Ceiling Gambit is Part and Parcel of Paul Ryan’s Scheme to Gut Medicare, Social Security GOP Debt-Ceiling Gambit is Part and Parcel of Paul Ryan’s Scheme to Gut Medicare, Social Security
Make no mistake: Those members of the House who voted against raising the debt ceiling aided a Republican effort to force the gutting of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
Jun 1, 2011 / John Nichols
Who Says the Ryan Budget Privatizes Medicare, Threatens Seniors? Senate Republicans Who Says the Ryan Budget Privatizes Medicare, Threatens Seniors? Senate Republicans
The Senate rejected Ryan's Medicare-cutting budget 57-40, as five Republicans voted “no."
May 26, 2011 / John Nichols
The New-Economy Movement The New-Economy Movement
A growing group of activists and socially responsible companies are rethinking business as usual.
May 25, 2011 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz
A New Grassroots Economy A New Grassroots Economy
Instead of just fighting those who own the economy, a growing handful of organizations for low-income people are building their own businesses.
May 25, 2011 / Feature / Sally Kohn
Kathy Hochul Wins NY-26 as Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan Costs the GOP a House Seat Kathy Hochul Wins NY-26 as Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan Costs the GOP a House Seat
The clear message for Obama and Democrats is don't mess with Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Run against Ryan's extremism and win.
May 25, 2011 / John Nichols