The Gentlemen’s Bailout The Gentlemen’s Bailout
The power of Wall Street money and ideas must give way to a new public agenda to restore the real economy.
Mar 20, 2008 / The Editors
Economic Chaos, Political Consequences Economic Chaos, Political Consequences
As the federal bailout of the banking industry continues, is it too much to ask that McCain, Clinton and Obama abandon their blue-sky promises and address reality?
Mar 17, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The War and the Working Class The War and the Working Class
Young people drawn into combat by the "economic draft" are being treated just as poorly as all the other workers in this neoliberal economy.
Mar 13, 2008 / Feature / Michael Zweig
The Wages of Peace The Wages of Peace
Spending on the war in Iraq is a job killer. Ending the war would be the real stimulus package.
Mar 13, 2008 / Feature / Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
Who Said the War Would Pay for Itself? They Did! Who Said the War Would Pay for Itself? They Did!
Unwise words from the "experts" who promised a cost-free war.
Mar 13, 2008 / Feature / Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf
Border Death Backstory Border Death Backstory
The trial for the murder of undocumented immigrant Francisco Javier Domínguez stripped him of his humanity. The retrial must not make the same mistake.
Mar 13, 2008 / Debbie Nathan
It’s the War Economy, Stupid! It’s the War Economy, Stupid!
Among the major causes of the current economic crisis is the staggering cost of the war in Iraq.
Mar 13, 2008 / The Editors
Class War (chart) Class War (chart)
Who's losing and who's winning at home from the US occupation of Iraq?
Mar 13, 2008 / Feature / The Nation
Spitzer’s Shame is Wall Street’s Gain Spitzer’s Shame is Wall Street’s Gain
Why should we get all worked up over the revelation that the New York governor paid for sex?
Mar 12, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Fall of the American Consumer The Fall of the American Consumer
We have been the world's designated shoppers, and, if we fall down on the job, we take the global economy with us.
Mar 11, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich