Bailout Signals the Election Is Over Bailout Signals the Election Is Over
By approving the bailout, Congress sealed our political fate more firmly than any presidential election.
Oct 8, 2008 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Toxic Loans, Tainted Food Toxic Loans, Tainted Food
As financial markets reel from the US financial crisis and tainted Chinese dairy products are sold around the world, we're learning hard lessons on the limits of globalization.
Oct 7, 2008 / Feature / David E. Gumpert
The Dow’s Decline and Fall The Dow’s Decline and Fall
The Dow falls below 10,000. As deflation destroys wealth and unemployment rises, America braces for tough times ahead.
Oct 6, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Naomi Klein Explains Disaster Capitalism to Stephen Colbert Naomi Klein Explains Disaster Capitalism to Stephen Colbert
Naomi Klein says the government exploits crises to pass pro-business agendas...How can she say that? We're in the middle of a crisis!
Oct 3, 2008 / The Colbert Report
AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka Fights Racism Against Obama AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka Fights Racism Against Obama
Secretary Treasurer of the AFL-CIO: 'All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.'
Oct 3, 2008 / YouTube
Break Wall Street’s Money Monopoly Break Wall Street’s Money Monopoly
As the next Congress creates a new regulatory structure for our crippled financial system, job one is breaking Wall Street's grip on capital and credit.
Oct 2, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Net Backlash Hinders Bailout Net Backlash Hinders Bailout
With a surge of angry e-mail that sent Congressional servers into meltdown, taxpayers stormed their way into the bailout debate.
Oct 2, 2008 / Feature / Ari Melber
Obama’s Bailout Strategy Obama’s Bailout Strategy
Framing the financial crisis as a verdict on free-market fantasies, Obama can win with a mandate to end the war and build a better economy from the bottom up.
Oct 2, 2008 / Tom Hayden
Looking Backward Looking Backward
As America's second Gilded Age fissions around us, we can sense the zeitgeist shift. Are we staring into the abyss of 1929 or heading for a new New Deal?
Oct 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Democracy Inaction Democracy Inaction
Nothing brings left and right together like a Big Government intervention on behalf of Big Money.
Oct 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes