AIG and Imelda Marcos’ Shoes (CLARIFIED) AIG and Imelda Marcos’ Shoes (CLARIFIED)
The growing populist rage (see Eyal's post) at exorbitant corporate bonuses, especially at the $165 million AIG gave mostly to execs in its financial products division, made me thi...
Mar 20, 2009 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Oh No, Populism! Oh No, Populism!
There is a whiff of populism in the air and so, not surprisingly, some liberals are scared. Over at The New Republic, Walter Shapiro has written a piece warning that the real thre...
Mar 19, 2009 / The Notion / Eyal Press
The New “Welfare Queens” The New “Welfare Queens”
I am deriving a quirky and somewhat devious pleasure from the current rhetoric surrounding the AIG bonus debacle. I've noticed that members of Congress, media outlets, and the gen...
Mar 19, 2009 / The Notion / Melissa Harris-Perry
Obama Takes Fight to Southern Calif. GOP Obama Takes Fight to Southern Calif. GOP
When Barack Obama appeared on Wednesday at a town hall-style event at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Southern California, he was challenging the Republicans in their historic hea...
Mar 19, 2009 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Maybe the Sky Isn’t Falling Maybe the Sky Isn’t Falling
There has been a discernible shift in the economic news. Wall Street rallied for several days. Developers are building homes again. Food prices have fallen. The New York Times i...
Mar 17, 2009 / The Notion / Melissa Harris-Perry
AIG’s “Best and Brightest” AIG’s “Best and Brightest”
"We cannot attract and retain the best and brightest talent," AIG says, unless they pay those bonuses -- $165 million. Barney Frank had the best and brightest reply: on ...
Mar 17, 2009 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
The New Face of Israel The New Face of Israel
Beer-Sheva, Israel Now that Benjamin Netanyahu has selected Avigdor Lieberman as foreign minister for his new government, it looks like the die has been cast. While talks could re...
Mar 17, 2009 / The Notion / Roane Carey
Only Connect: Environmental Justice Only Connect: Environmental Justice
Melissa's post on Van Jones made me sit straight up; I hit the links and discovered a whole network I didn't know. In Britain we don't hear much talk of environmental justice; it t...
Mar 13, 2009 / The Notion / Maria Margaronis
A ‘Clean’ CEDAW A ‘Clean’ CEDAW
In the coming months, the Obama Administration and the Senate will have the chance to right a major wrong of the Bush era: the US government's refusal--along with such beacons of w...
Mar 12, 2009 / The Notion / Betsy Reed
Stop the Presses? Stop the Presses?
"It's time to stop the presses" at daily newspapers, and turn them into online-only publications – that's what former L.A. Times staffer Rick Wartzman says. Writin...
Mar 12, 2009 / The Notion / Jon Wiener