Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater: Leaving Iraq, Chasing Pirates? Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater: Leaving Iraq, Chasing Pirates?
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill reports that while Blackwater's Iraq contract won't be renewed, the powerful military corporation has no plans to slow down.
Feb 4, 2009 / Brett Story
From My Inbox: Pledge-a-Picket for New Clinic in Montana From My Inbox: Pledge-a-Picket for New Clinic in Montana
Dr. Susan Wicklund, whose 2008 book This Common Secret, detailed her life as an abortion provider, has just opened a clinic in Livingston, Montana. Even before it opened on Febru...
Feb 4, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Will Geithner and Summers Destroy the US Economy? Will Geithner and Summers Destroy the US Economy?
That's more or less what the usually understated Yves Smith says today about the preview of the Obama TARP plan, "Team Obama is taking the cowardly approach of distributing the co...
Feb 4, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Mail Matters Mail Matters
Will the Obama administration reaffirm the civic mandate of the Postal Service that was damaged during the Bush years?
Feb 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Richard R. John
Toxic Coal in Tennessee Toxic Coal in Tennessee
A massive coal sludge spill reveals the Tennessee Valley Authority has become a poster child for the failures of self-regulation.
Feb 4, 2009 / Feature / Kelly Hearn
The People’s Sheriff of Chicago The People’s Sheriff of Chicago
A tenant protest compels Cook County's Tom Dart to suspend foreclosure evictions.
Feb 4, 2009 / Feature / John Conroy
Jobless in America Jobless in America
Listen to the voices of the newly unemployed, as they tell their stories, vent their frustrations and share ideas of what government must do to help.
Feb 4, 2009 / Feature / Our Readers and Nicholas von Hoffman
Crash Landings: Paul Krugman’s Depression Economics Crash Landings: Paul Krugman’s Depression Economics
Reviewing Paul Krugman's visionary book The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008.
Feb 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Avishai
Happy Thoughts!: The Poetry of Kevin Davies Happy Thoughts!: The Poetry of Kevin Davies
Poet Kevin Davies asks: are you better off than you were 13,000 years ago?
Feb 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis
Waste Management Waste Management
Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah, plus The Class and Coraline.
Feb 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans