• Imagining a New New Deal

  U.S. Economy

  Radio Nation : Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself weigh in on the troubled economy.

• State Banks Could Solve Financial Crisis

  Banks & Banking

  Nicholas von Hoffman: Forget big bailouts. The fed should finance non-profit state banks like the Bank of North Dakota--no profit means no reason for bankers to misbehave--to get real money to real people in the real economy.

• Return of the Wall Street Hustlers

  U.S. Economy

  Robert Scheer: Obama, who promised change, has put the same old Wall Street hustlers on his economic team. Maybe he could send us an e-mail to explain.

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• Water the Roots

  U.S. Economy

  Rev. Jesse L. Jackson: What do the people get from this bailout?

• A Magic Moment for America

  Spoken Word

  Rev. Jesse L. Jackson: The nomination of Barack Obama--so able intellectually, morally and spiritually--marks a magic moment for America, culminating the hopes of those who worked for a more perfect union, a more peaceful world.

• 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.