Republicans Smear the Stimulus

• 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

• Tell The Nation: Recession Stories

  Labor

  Our Readers: In response to Lizzy Ratner's "Generation Recession," young readers from across the country wrote to The Nation to share how the recession has impacted them.

• Shareholders Alone Can't Correct 'Too Big to Fail'

  Economic Policy

  Zach Carter: At major US banks, shareholders actually want their executives to be rewarded for taking on excessive risk.

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• Abortion Battle Puts Health Reform at Risk

  Health Care Policy

  Countdown : Nation editor Christopher Hayes is "infuriated" by the last-minute add-on that prohibits coverage for abortion in the House health plan.

• Olbermann on Going Rouge

  Conservatives & The American Right

  Countdown : Keith Olbermann weighs in on the Sarah Palin "companion" book Going Rouge, edited by Nation staffers Betsy Reed and Richard Kim.

• Right-Wing Ponders Overthrow of Obama

  Conservatives & The American Right

  Countdown : The Nation's Christopher Hayes weighs in on of the recent "treasonous rhetoric from the right" and the danger that it could lead to real violence.