The Breakdown: What Can The Federal Reserve Do for You? The Breakdown: What Can The Federal Reserve Do for You?
Matthew Yglesias joins Chris Hayes to explain the vital role the Fed plays in managing the health of the economy.
Apr 8, 2011 / Chris Hayes
Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare
The threatened government shutdown was averted, but Democrats agreed to $38 billion in budget cuts. Here's what we'll see in the next negotiations.
Apr 7, 2011 / The Editors
Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis
The argument that tax cuts to wealthy will create jobs doesn't make sense.
Apr 7, 2011 / CNN
Swans and Zombies: Neoliberalism’s Permanent Contradiction Swans and Zombies: Neoliberalism’s Permanent Contradiction
Modern capital is in crisis, and neoliberalism, which redistributes wealth upward, keeps the zombie shambling forward, hungry and blindly grasping.
Apr 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
America’s Class Problem America’s Class Problem
The delusion of a classless society in which opportunity is equally distributed is the most effective deception perpetrated by our moneyed elite.
Apr 6, 2011 / Robert Scheer
The Roots of the Côte d’Ivoire Crisis The Roots of the Côte d’Ivoire Crisis
How the demand for chocolate—yes, chocolate!—helped fuel the country's civil war.
Apr 5, 2011 / Feature / James North
Manning Marable: A Public Intellectual in the Service of Democracy Manning Marable: A Public Intellectual in the Service of Democracy
The great scholar of the African-American political experience urged us: “If we can dare to dream politically, let us dream of the world as it should be.”
Apr 2, 2011 / John Nichols
Why is the Federal Reserve Propping Up the Bank of Libya? Why is the Federal Reserve Propping Up the Bank of Libya?
“It is incomprehensible to me that while creditworthy small businesses in Vermont and throughout the country could not receive affordable loans, the Federal Reserve was provi...
Apr 1, 2011 / John Nichols
Time for Fair Share Politics Time for Fair Share Politics
Join fellow progressives in actions around the country calling for a different kind of budget debate.
Mar 31, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Women Under the Budget Knife Women Under the Budget Knife
Despite all the talk of shared sacrifice, the drastic slashes to public sector jobs and social programs will hurt women the most.
Mar 30, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt