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Anthony Narh

Anthony Nahr, a Ghanaian immigrant, died in a garage adjoining a celebrity-filled luxury apartment building in Tribeca.

How to get yourself to the edge of the fiscal abyss and not jump. 

The recovery could be an opportunity to realign our relationship with the natural world.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke

Chairman Ben Bernanke, who’s been sounding the alarm, is attacked constantly by the right. He and his allies need support from a mostly silent left.

Progressives falsely assume this mysterious institution is impervious to public pressure. We need to make our voices heard.

Union protesters

In California, Michigan, Alabama and beyond, voters came out for organized labor.

Destruction from Super Storm Sandy

The recovery could be an opportunity to realign our relationship with the natural world.

Union march

Democratic candidates haven’t always had labor’s back—but Republicans are intent on ending collective bargaining altogether.

Whoever wins on November 6, progressive campaigns will continue to target the tiny elite that rules the country.

Wilson served on the president’s auto industry task force and says Romney has “really mishandled” the issue.

Blogs

Though progressives have ample reason to be disappointed, they should resist the temptation to sit out the November elections.

September 27, 2010

As Colbert showed at the House immigration hearing, when he’s in character, he’s really about Washington’s character.

September 25, 2010

DAYBOOK will return Monday. In the meantime, see Stephen Colbert testify on immigration in front of congress—in character.

September 24, 2010

Yesterday brought a mixed bag of news for reformers on Capitol Hill.

September 24, 2010

The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi are on the verge of a historically unprecedented complete and utter implosion.

September 23, 2010

The war on drugs. We keep calling it that, it seems, because we like wars on abstract concepts.

September 23, 2010

The Devil we know certainly has friends. Time for other voices to be raised, loud, fast.

September 22, 2010

With Larry Summers leaving, who should Obama pick to shake up his economic team? Things could get better—or worse.

September 22, 2010

Why did Obama keep Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers on staff when they helped lay the groundwork for the financial crisis?

September 20, 2010

Just as the sequel to Oliver Stone's 1987 classic hits theaters, Obama appointee Elizabeth Warren will take on a new generation of Wall Street swindlers.

September 20, 2010
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