Slide Show: 8 Corporations That Owe You Money Slide Show: 8 Corporations That Owe You Money
On the 2008 campaign trail, Barack Obama pledged to close tax loopholes that allow the company’s wealthiest corporations shield profits in offshore havens, and early in his p…
Feb 3, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
White House to Push for Colombia Free Trade Treaty: Expect Body Count to Rise White House to Push for Colombia Free Trade Treaty: Expect Body Count to Rise
A Washington insider says to expect a push from White House to ratify the flawed Colombia Free Trade Treaty. Also to be expected: rising body counts of trade unionists.
Feb 3, 2011 / Greg Grandin
Science, Yes. But Don’t Forget the Poor Science, Yes. But Don’t Forget the Poor
Obama must stand up and fight for the safety net.
Feb 2, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Inequality Drives Egyptians to Streets, But Ours Worse Inequality Drives Egyptians to Streets, But Ours Worse
It's amazing what inequality can drive people to, eventually. Just look at Egypt.
Jan 31, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Setting the Story Straight on Snow ‘Slowdown’ Setting the Story Straight on Snow ‘Slowdown’
It's worth noting, while New Yorkers dig ourselves out from another snowstorm, that the story that went rocketing around the media after the first major snowstorm of the year, of a...
Jan 27, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Boom Town and Bust City: A Tale of Two New Yorks Boom Town and Bust City: A Tale of Two New Yorks
Wall Street is rolling in cash again, but the rest of the city is still stuck in the Great Recession.
Jan 27, 2011 / Feature / Lizzy Ratner
Stockton Goes Bust Stockton Goes Bust
In California's Central Valley, the collapse of the housing bubble is causing acute misery.
Jan 27, 2011 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Winning the Future? Winning the Future?
Was Obama’s appeal to US competitiveness just about beating the Chinese and Indians—or doing right by Americans?
Jan 27, 2011 / The Editors
At White House, Axelrod Outlines Obama’s Post-SOTU Strategy At White House, Axelrod Outlines Obama’s Post-SOTU Strategy
The president's adviser offered few specifics of how the president planned to make promised new investments while observing a five-year domestic spending freeze.
Jan 27, 2011 / Ari Berman
Hogwash, Mr. President Hogwash, Mr. President
What is the state of the union? You certainly couldn’t tell from that platitudinous hogwash that the president dished out.
Jan 26, 2011 / Robert Scheer