American News Project

The American News Project is dedicated to defending and promoting the public interest through high-quality, investigative video journalism.

Currently

  • The Federal Reserve Is Under Fire

    July 13, 2009

    As details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out trillions during the financial crisis, Congress demands accountability.

  • Bankrupt GM Begins Slashing Jobs

    June 24, 2009

    The government has poured money into GM to help keep the company afloat, but the company is still slashing jobs.

  • Online Loan Lobby vs. Indebted Americans

    June 8, 2009

    The Online Lenders Association tries to whitewash the realities being faced by Americans deeply in debt due to 'payday' loans.

  • Republicans Debate 'Socialist' Resolution

    May 21, 2009

    The GOP called a special session to debate a rebranding resolution... for the Democratic Party.

  • Mortgage Fraud Scandal Brewing

    May 11, 2009

    Former loan officers from lending firms step forward to point out the systemic fraud that created the subprime mortgage housing crisis.

  • McGovern Warns Obama of LBJ Legacy

    May 7, 2009

    George McGovern warns President Obama of the pitfalls of war and urges a focus on domestic policies.

  • Mortgage Bankers Celebrate Victory

    May 4, 2009

    On the night before the Mortgage Bankers Association won the third round of this ongoing battle, the industry celebrated at the expense indebted mortgage holders.

  • The Road to Ruin: Burned by Brokers

    April 17, 2009

    A close-up snapshot of the 'toxic assets' on the balance sheet of bailout-recipient Flagstar Bank Corp.

  • Credit Card Industry Defeated for Now

    April 10, 2009

    The United States Congress and Senate pass strong consumer protections against credit card companies--for now.

  • Goldman Vet Sparks Conflict On Hill

    April 2, 2009

    The Nation's Christopher Hayes talks about Gary Gensler's delayed nomination to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

  • Use Populist Rage To Push Obama

    March 26, 2009

    The populist fires are burning. But what's next? Bob Borosage thinks progressives should push Obama farther left.

  • Capitol Hill: Parties All the Time

    March 23, 2009

    Harry Hanbury attempts to spend an entire day attending fundraisers but instead successfully gets chased out of restaurants all over Capitol Hill.

  • UBS: Washington's Old Friend Is Now a Foe

    March 10, 2009

    After years of hiding US money in their Swiss offices, UBS faces a Senate committee made up of legislators under their payroll.

  • The Food Lobby Goes to School

    February 23, 2009

    A look inside the backrooms of the capital, where the interests of American children intersect with the lobbyists for multinational food companies.

  • William Greider on Democrats and Money

    February 11, 2009

    The Nation's national affairs correspondent explains how the current economic crisis is a moment of reckoning for the Democratic party.

  • No Oversight: Fed Gives Away Trillions

    February 9, 2009

    Since the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the Federal Reserve's balance sheet has expanded by $1.2 trillion with little oversight.

  • Paulson's $140 Billion Surprise

    January 26, 2009

    Henry Paulson rewrote a piece of the tax code to expedite mergers. Will Tim Geithner and the Democrats attempt to correct the wrong?

  • On the Road to the Inauguration

    January 21, 2009

    A glimpse at one group of passengers on their 700-mile bus journey from Fort Valley, Ga--to witness history firsthand.

  • How the Bailout Fails Community Banks

    January 20, 2009

    The government has not taken fleeing depositors into account and, as a result, small banks and their surrounding communities will suffer.

  • Prop 8: Did Mormons Go to Far?

    January 15, 2009

    The IRS forbids religious organizations from "substantially" lobbying for political legislation. Did the Mormon Church violate this law?

  • The Trouble With Tax Havens

    January 8, 2009

    How did so many financial institutions crumble with so little warning? How tax havens helped enable the mess.

2008

  • Bush Pushes Midnight Regulations

    December 29, 2008

    George W. Bush is on pace to impose more last-minute changes to federal rules than any president in history. Can Congress undo the damage?

  • No Bailout Oversight

    December 22, 2008

    Despite the fact that Congress wrote more than one hundred pages about oversight in the bailout bill, they left a gaping hole.

  • Bush's Battle for Executive Power

    December 19, 2008

    Pulitzer Prize winner James Risen discusses the rise in executive power during Bush's tenure and the media's failure after 9/11.

  • Foreclosure Crisis Hits Home

    December 12, 2008

    A glimpse at an increasingly common, but rarely documented, tragedy: someone being evicted from their home because of foreclosure.

  • From Birmingham to Voting for Barack

    November 4, 2008

    Many citizens of Birmingham believe a new movement is taking place as a result of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

  • No Debate: Hempstead Is Struggling

    October 15, 2008

    As the media descends on Hempstead, NY, for the last presidential debate, regular citizens express frustration with crises at home and abroad.

  • 'Obama Waffles' Leave Bad Taste

    September 16, 2008

    At the Family Research Council's Value Voters summit in Washington DC, vendors hawk a racist product meant to inspire Anti-Obama fervor.

  • Palin's Hidden Base

    September 9, 2008

    It turns out Sarah Palin has something substantial to hide, especially from swing voters.

  • Wal-Mart: Political Bully

    August 14, 2008

    Wal-Mart is telling its employees to vote Republican. Isn't that illegal?

  • Are Evangelicals Going Green?

    June 12, 2008

    How solidly Republican will Christian evangelicals be in 2008? Could concern about the planet be the issue that draws many believers into the Democratic camp?

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