The Road to Ruin: Burned by Brokers

• Still Doing God's Work on Wall Street

  U.S. Economy

  Robert Scheer: Is anyone ever going to be held accountable for the sweetheart deals that passed billions of taxpayer dollars through the AIG shell game to the banks that caused the meltdown?

• Kaptur Takes on Foreclosures

  Housing & Homelessness

  Greg Kaufmann: Representative Marcy Kaptur, a longstanding advocate for foreclosure relief, talks to The Nation about prospects for sweeing financial refor

• In the Shadow of Hoover

  U.S. Economy

  William Greider: Deficit spending is a cure for our troubles, not the cause. If Obama reduces the red ink, the Great Recession could be born again

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• The Federal Reserve Is Under Fire

  U.S. Economy

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

• Bankrupt GM Begins Slashing Jobs

  U.S. Economy

  American News Project : 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

  U.S. Economy

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