• A Devil's Dictionary of Finance

  U.S. Economy

  Nicholas von Hoffman: An irreverent lexicon of terms that paved the way to the subprime mortgage meltdown.

• Federal Reserve Freakout

  U.S. Economy

  Nicholas von Hoffman: The Fed scrambles for solutions to the mortgage meltdown--but saving prudent homeowners also involves bailing out a huge number of wealthy speculators. What good is that?

• Market Media Meltdown

  U.S. Economy

  Danny Schechter: Financial news outlets, tethered to a mission to pump up confidence and support their advertisers, helped fuel the subprime meltdown.

• Poor Is the New Rich!

  U.S. Economy

  Annabelle Gurwitch: As waves of poverty wash over the once-affluent, it's nice to know that you can share the pain.

• The Candidates Pump Gas

  Oil

  Nicholas von Hoffman: As Clinton and McCain pander to frustrated voters with tax cuts, the real remedies to rising gas prices go unexplored.

• Did Race Win the Race for Hillary?

  Racism & Discrimination

  Gaiutra Bahadur: Does living in mixed communities make people less or more vulnerable to campaigning that plays on ethnic and racial divisions?

• Bitter? You Should Be! Why Obama Is Right

  U.S. Economy

  Nicholas von Hoffman: If you had to choose between Hillary or God for economic assistance, who would you cling to?

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• For the 'FDR'

  Jesse Jackson

  Rev. Jesse L. Jackson: The Bush Administration's solutions for the subprime mortgage crisis are too little, too late. Americans need a New Deal-style agency to manage domestic reconstruction.

• Gandhi's Teachings Are Alive

  Religion

  Rev. Jesse L. Jackson: Mohandas K. Gandhi, killed sixty years ago, was a moment in the conscience of mankind. But the flame of hope his life inspired shapes our lives still.

• Stop the Subprime Tsunami

  U.S. Economy

  Rev. Jesse L. Jackson: Predatory lending is the biggest economic crisis since 1929, especially for the black and brown people caught in its grip.

• Division, Danger and Diversion

  Iraq War

  Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.: "Paul Wellstone's death challenges us to choose reconciliation, choose negotiation, containment, coalition--to choose hope, not war."