Is the Drug War a Class War? Is the Drug War a Class War?
The war on drugs. We keep calling it that, it seems, because we like wars on abstract concepts.
Sep 23, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Obama’s Forgotten Base Obama’s Forgotten Base
The tragic irony of this political moment: the people with the most faith in Obama are the hardest hit by the economic disaster, and this brute fact is driving the enthusiasm gap.
Sep 23, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Larry Summers: Goodbye To All That Larry Summers: Goodbye To All That
The Devil we know certainly has friends. Time for other voices to be raised, loud, fast.
Sep 22, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Summers’s Over. What’s Next for Obama’s Economic Team? Summers’s Over. What’s Next for Obama’s Economic Team?
With Larry Summers leaving, who should Obama pick to shake up his economic team? Things could get better—or worse.
Sep 22, 2010 / Ari Berman
So Long, Summers So Long, Summers
Finally! The announced departure of Lawrence Summers as the president’s top economic adviser is welcome news.
Sep 22, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Briefing: Dean Baker on Elizabeth Warren and America’s Poverty Briefing: Dean Baker on Elizabeth Warren and America’s Poverty
Is the recession really ending? What does Elizabeth Warren's sort-of appointment mean? Dean Baker has answers on Grit TV.
Sep 20, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Losing Ignition Losing Ignition
Nation Writing Contest Winner: Students and workers pay the price in the decline of Detroit's automobile industry.
Sep 20, 2010 / Amanda Lewan
Undereducated Students, Overburdened Teachers and the Future of America Undereducated Students, Overburdened Teachers and the Future of America
After describing the immediate effects of budget cuts to education, such as overburdened teachers and lack of after school activities, the 16-year-old author considers the long-ter...
Sep 20, 2010 / Hishaam Habib
Books, Brilliance, or Burgers Books, Brilliance, or Burgers
Finding out that higher education and burger production have a disturbing amount in common.
Sep 20, 2010 / Deric Mendes
A Necessary Luxury A Necessary Luxury
A father councils his son to find work he's passionate about, after losing his own job as a in a bank buyout.
Sep 20, 2010 / Adam Zobel