What We’ll Be Celebrating When Harriet Tubman Appears on the 20-Dollar Bill What We’ll Be Celebrating When Harriet Tubman Appears on the 20-Dollar Bill
Constantly underestimated, she risked her life and freedom to liberate others and was committed to building a political system that endowed women and people of color with the same ...
Mar 31, 2023 / Clarence Lusane
What if the People Owned the Banks? What if the People Owned the Banks?
The case for public banking.
Mar 28, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Elizabeth Warren, Larry Summers, and Paul Krugman All Got Wrong About SVB What Elizabeth Warren, Larry Summers, and Paul Krugman All Got Wrong About SVB
It’s a war for the dollar—and the big banks. The rest of us better hold on tight.
Mar 21, 2023 / James K. Galbraith for The Nation
Elizabeth Warren Is Right: Jerome Powell Should Be Held to Account Elizabeth Warren Is Right: Jerome Powell Should Be Held to Account
With the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the senator demands an independent investigation of the Fed, and says Powell should not continue as its chair.
Mar 21, 2023 / John Nichols
Democrats Face a Terrible Reckoning on Bank Bailouts Democrats Face a Terrible Reckoning on Bank Bailouts
Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, and a phalanx of senators are way too cozy with finance capital.
Mar 17, 2023 / Jeet Heer
A Death in the Valley: What the End of SVB Reveals About VC Class Solidarity A Death in the Valley: What the End of SVB Reveals About VC Class Solidarity
With the banking system sitting on $620 billion in paper (unrealized) losses, this saga may be far from over.
Mar 17, 2023 / Doug Henwood
The Latest Banking Crisis Is Brought to You by the Federal Reserve The Latest Banking Crisis Is Brought to You by the Federal Reserve
There’s a lot of blame to go around for the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank. But the Fed’s myopic attitude towards inflation bears much of the responsibility.
Mar 17, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
Bankers Lobbied for Deregulation, Congress Capitulated, and Now Banks Are Collapsing Bankers Lobbied for Deregulation, Congress Capitulated, and Now Banks Are Collapsing
The Silicon Valley Bank collapse doesn’t require a bailout. It requires stronger bank oversight and the repeal of the 2018 “economic growth” act.
Mar 14, 2023 / John Nichols
Silicon Valley Learns to Love Socialism for the Rich Silicon Valley Learns to Love Socialism for the Rich
The very people who eviscerated banking regulations now want to be shielded from the catastrophe they caused.
Mar 13, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Reports of the Death of Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation Program Are Premature Reports of the Death of Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation Program Are Premature
Pronouncing debt cancellation DOA takes the Supreme Court’s ruling as the last word—precisely at the moment when the court’s authority demands challenge, not complacency.
Mar 13, 2023 / Eleni Schirmer