A New New Deal? A New New Deal?
Because conservatives refused to invest in our future, America is falling apart. Are we ready to expand the social contract?
Dec 23, 2008 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage and Eric Lotke
Congress Ignored Critical Bailout Oversight Congress Ignored Critical Bailout Oversight
Despite the fact that Congress wrote more than one hundred pages about oversight in the bailout bill, they left a gaping hole.
Dec 22, 2008 / American News Project
Reading in an Age of Depression Reading in an Age of Depression
An editor ponders the publishing industry meltdown--and the precarious future of books.
Dec 18, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Engelhardt
Throwing Good Money… Throwing Good Money…
Instead of facilitating mergers, we should be reregulating the banking industry and enforcing real transparency.
Dec 17, 2008 / Nomi Prins
Dumping on Detroit Dumping on Detroit
GOP lawmakers are taking aim at autoworkers but letting overpaid CEOs off the hook.
Dec 17, 2008 / The Editors
‘A Giant Ponzi Scheme’ ‘A Giant Ponzi Scheme’
What separates Madoff's Ponzi scheme from the follies of the bailed-out banks, and how is Blagojevich's pay-to-play any different from standard political fundraising?
Dec 17, 2008 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Bernard Madoff, Trust-Buster Bernard Madoff, Trust-Buster
The $50 billion fraud is bad enough. But the disgraced trader has done even more serious damage. He's destroyed trust in our financial system.
Dec 17, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Importance of Perspective The Importance of Perspective
This essay, a finalist in The Nation's Student Writing Contest, argues that the most important prerequisite for being a good president cannot be found in the marble hallways of the...
Dec 17, 2008 / Feature / Natalia Thompson
A Teamster Apart: Ron Carey Remembered A Teamster Apart: Ron Carey Remembered
Two colleagues remember Ron Carey, the reformer and Teamsters Union president, who weathered controversy and won battles on his own terms.
Dec 16, 2008 / Feature / Steve Early and Rand Wilson
Addressing Inequity in Education Addressing Inequity in Education
This essay, the high school winner of The Nation's Student Writing Contest, argues that until inequities in education are eliminated, a permanent underclass will continue to exist.
Dec 15, 2008 / Feature / Laine Alison Zalac