Economy

The Breakdown: What Is the True Cost of Gas?

The Breakdown: What Is the True Cost of Gas? The Breakdown: What Is the True Cost of Gas?

Imagine that the cost you pay at the pump reflected not only the cost of gas without all of the government tax breaks and subsidies to the oil industry but also the political, heal...

Aug 20, 2010 / Chris Hayes

Conversation: Kai Wright & Tony Romano on Public Housing Access Conversation: Kai Wright & Tony Romano on Public Housing Access

Thirty thousand people showed up outside of Atlanta in search of Section 8 housing vouchers last week; 62 vouchers were available. It's a powerful reminder that the recession is ...

Aug 19, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV

Socializing Debt in Sports, While Privatizing Profit Socializing Debt in Sports, While Privatizing Profit

It's not about the $6 hot dogs, the $9 beers or the tickets you have to get a loan for. It's about insane amount of tax dollars and corporate welfare that goes into American sports...

Aug 19, 2010 / Press Room

AFL Takes On Foreclosures and Payday Lending AFL Takes On Foreclosures and Payday Lending

An interview with AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker on Big Banks and a new approach to prevent home foreclosure.

Aug 19, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Voters Can Shed Daylight on Corporate Spending Voters Can Shed Daylight on Corporate Spending

Goldman Sachs has agreed not to take advantage of Citizens United to spend corporate money in elections. Will other companies follow suit?

Aug 18, 2010 / Public Advocate Bill de Blasio

It’s About Main Street, Not the Mosque It’s About Main Street, Not the Mosque

The party with solutions to the country's economic woes will be the winners come November.

Aug 17, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Happy 75th Birthday, Social Security

Happy 75th Birthday, Social Security Happy 75th Birthday, Social Security

On the 75th anniversary of Social Security, those who would axe benefits are spreading myths designed to make you think there's a looming crisis.  It's simply just not true.

Aug 13, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

No Relief in Sight No Relief in Sight

The economy's long downturn has left us with a nation of broken roads, shuttered clinics and scrapped school programs. Why are we gutting our basic infrastructure when we need it t...

Aug 12, 2010 / The Editors

The Gulf at the Gas Station The Gulf at the Gas Station

Can we calculate the true cost of our dependence on oil?

Aug 12, 2010 / Mark Engler

Rotten Apples, Core Values Rotten Apples, Core Values

Profits are booming, but Mott's is demanding benefit cuts. Workers are fighting back.

Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Ari Paul

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