The Great Afghan Bailout The Great Afghan Bailout
As with AIG, the American people could end up 'owning' 80 percent of the Afghanistan-Pakistan project without ever 'nationalizing' it.
Mar 30, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Three Mile Island, the NRC and Obama Three Mile Island, the NRC and Obama
Thirty years after the Three Mile Island partial meltdown, the real nuclear power threat is the relicensing of old plants.
Mar 27, 2009 / Christian Parenti
Behold the Michele Bachmann Effect Behold the Michele Bachmann Effect
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has an uncanny ability to provoke befuddlement in the faces of her adversaries.
Mar 26, 2009 / Talking Points Memo
Geithnerism Must Go Geithnerism Must Go
In the end, the treasury secretary's fate is less important than the fate of the economic principles he has championed.
Mar 26, 2009 / The Editors
Our Ongoing Moral Collapse Our Ongoing Moral Collapse
According to Chris Hedges, if Obama continues to listen to Geithner, Summers et al.--his presidency may be doomed.
Mar 25, 2009 / GRITtv
Obama’s Toxic Advisers Obama’s Toxic Advisers
Obama's nomination of Gary Gensler to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is yet another example of how the president has entrusted his economic policy to the wrong peopl...
Mar 25, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Obama’s New Monopoly Set Obama’s New Monopoly Set
President Obama has invented a new board game that nobody can lose. But only Wall Street money men can play.
Mar 24, 2009 / William Greider
How the Bailout Could Hurt Obama’s Agenda How the Bailout Could Hurt Obama’s Agenda
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and New York Times columnist Thomas Freidman talk about how to fix the economy.
Mar 24, 2009 / MSNBC
Capitol Hill: Parties All the Time Capitol Hill: Parties All the Time
Harry Hanbury attempts to spend an entire day attending fundraisers but instead successfully gets chased out of restaurants all over Capitol Hill.
Mar 23, 2009 / American News Project
The People’s Press Conference The People’s Press Conference
A new initiative empowers citizens to submit and rank questions for the president to answer.
Mar 18, 2009 / Feature / Ari Melber