Gordon Gekko’s Wall Street Meets Elizabeth Warren Gordon Gekko’s Wall Street Meets Elizabeth Warren
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.
Sep 20, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Does Obama Keep Siding With Wall Street? Why Does Obama Keep Siding With Wall Street?
Why did Obama keep Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers on staff when they helped lay the groundwork for the financial crisis?
Sep 20, 2010 / MSNBC
China, Energy and Global Power China, Energy and Global Power
Because energy is tied to so many aspects of the global economy, and because doubts are growing about the future availability of oil and other vital fuels, the decisions China ma...
Sep 20, 2010 / Michael T. Klare
Michael Steele, Republican Leaders Have a Duty to Condemn Grand Old Bigots Michael Steele, Republican Leaders Have a Duty to Condemn Grand Old Bigots
A Montana Republican Party platform plank calls for criminalizing homosexuality, a stance that would round up gays and lesbians and incarcerate them. That's bigotry in its cr...
Sep 20, 2010 / John Nichols
Useless Sanctions on China: Robert Reich Says ‘Forget It,’ Better to Rebuild American Industry Useless Sanctions on China: Robert Reich Says ‘Forget It,’ Better to Rebuild American Industry
More and more, as the economic crisis continues and unemployment stays high, many politicians, labor officials and economists want to blame China and worse, take it out on Ch...
Sep 19, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Tell Politicians How To Spend Money, Win $500 Tell Politicians How To Spend Money, Win $500
If you're between 13-23 years old, you can win $500 for making a video about how you would spend a trillion dollars to help your community.
Sep 18, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette
There Will Be ‘Hell to Pay’ If Elizabeth Warren Does Not Have Real Power There Will Be ‘Hell to Pay’ If Elizabeth Warren Does Not Have Real Power
Progressives worry that Obama is being "coy" about the authority he has handed the consumer champion. They're right to worry, and to keep the pressure on.
Sep 17, 2010 / John Nichols
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Newt Gingrich, the current conservative "reality" and the mail.
Sep 17, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Rwanda’s Other Genocide Rwanda’s Other Genocide
Paul Kagame has been praised for leading Rwanda’s recovery after the 1994 genocide. But his image has become increasingly tarnished, with reports of political repression now ...
Sep 17, 2010 / Tristan McConnell
The Poverty Nation Washington Built The Poverty Nation Washington Built
The massive job losses between 2008 and 2009 were surely the biggest factor in the record poverty numbers the Census just reported. But those harrowing months were neither the be...
Sep 17, 2010 / Kai Wright