The Fair Trade Democrats

• Why Not Tax Wall Street?

  Corporate Responsibility & Accountability

  William Greider: In Washington, big ideas for financial reform are suddenly gaining momentum.

• The Money Man's Best Friend

  Democratic Party

  William Greider: Blue Dog Democrats are undermining prospects for financial-industry regulation and reform.

• What Ails the Senate

  Senate

  Christopher Hayes: The filibuster has become a cancer growing inside the world's greatest deliberative body.

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• Election Tea Leaves

  Campaigns & Elections

  John Nichols: What did we learn from the off-year elections?

• Left Turn in Jersey

  New Jersey

  John Nichols: By embracing the left instead of running to the center, New Jersey's Democratic Governor Jon Corzine has revitalized his once-troubled re-election campaign.

• The World and Pittsburgh

  Corporate Responsibility & Accountability

  John Nichols: At the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, activists will push the United States to back proposals to regulate CEO compensation and require corporate responsibility.