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
Week In Preview Week In Preview
From Greg Kaufmann: Now that Obama has announced his Af/Pak strategy there will be a whole host of hearings about it this week. One that was already in the works was the Congre...
Mar 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Afghanistan: Might As Well Talk Now Afghanistan: Might As Well Talk Now
Senator John McCain, appearing on Meet the Press yesterday, made all of his usual noises about Afghanistan and Pakistan -- attacking "minimalists" who want to reduce the US missio...
Mar 30, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
South Carolina Suffers While Gov. Rejects Stimulus Funds South Carolina Suffers While Gov. Rejects Stimulus Funds
On a recent visit to a state whose Republican governor rejected $700 million in federal stimulus funds, I got a sense of how deep the economic slide has been. Myrtle Beach, South ...
Mar 30, 2009 / Jon Wiener
On Budgets and Europe On Budgets and Europe
A dispatch from Greg Kaufmann: On Budgets and Europe Thursday afternoon, I was one of the 18 viewers in the age 3 to 100 demographic watching the Senate Budget Committee's marku...
Mar 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes