Tell ‘The Nation’: Americans Ask the Hard Questions Tell ‘The Nation’: Americans Ask the Hard Questions
Dispatches from Nation readers who are making the most of difficult times.
Mar 30, 2009 / Feature / Our Readers
How Much Does It Cost? How Much Does It Cost?
The General Accounting Office, at least, is still using the phrase "Global War on Terrorism," when it adds up how much the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and related matters are costi...
Mar 30, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Popular Power Not Wall Street Power Popular Power Not Wall Street Power
Robert Johnson, former Chief Economist of the Senate Banking Committee, on why the Obama economic recovery plan is misguided.
Mar 30, 2009 / GRITtv
William Grieder on ‘A New Way Forward’ William Grieder on ‘A New Way Forward’
The Nation's William Greider discusses where he believes the new voice against Wall Street interests will come from.
Mar 30, 2009 / Bill Moyers Journal
The Great Afghan Bailout The Great Afghan Bailout
As with AIG, the American people could end up 'owning' 80 percent of the Afghanistan-Pakistan project without ever 'nationalizing' it.
Mar 30, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
AIG Bonus Outrage: What’s the Fallout? AIG Bonus Outrage: What’s the Fallout?
The Nation's Ari Melber joins Washington Times columnist Amanda Carpenter to weigh in on who has the most to lose in the ongoing AIG controversy.
Mar 30, 2009 / MSNBC
Taking Up the Task Taking Up the Task
Our goal should be a classless economy that eliminates the division between the coordinator class and the working class.
Mar 30, 2009 / Feature / Michael Albert
Ban Cluster Bombs Ban Cluster Bombs
On March 10th Congress passed an omnibus budget bill that created a permanent ban on nearly all US cluster bomb exports. The legislation states that cluster munitions can only be ...
Mar 30, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
‘Drop the Rock’: Repeal Unfair Drug Laws ‘Drop the Rock’: Repeal Unfair Drug Laws
The change in leadership at the New York state level seems poised to make a dramatic change to the state's Rockefeller Drug Laws.
Mar 30, 2009 / Brett Story
A Progressive Victory In New York A Progressive Victory In New York
Governor David Paterson and the leaders of the Legislature have struck adeal to create two new tax brackets for those earning above $300,000 and$500,000. The new tax structure wo...
Mar 30, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel