Articles

Hope for the Homeless? Hope for the Homeless?

With homeless rates at record highs, America needs a bold new housing policy.

Jan 22, 2009 / Feature / Lizzy Ratner and Patrick Markee

A House-Poor Nation A House-Poor Nation

Without significant federal action, affordable housing will become increasingly out of reach.

Jan 22, 2009 / Feature / Adam Doster

Foreclosure Fightback Foreclosure Fightback

Activists demand a foreclosure freeze, renegotiated loans and a bailout for all.

Jan 22, 2009 / Feature / Ben Ehrenreich

Stimulating Reading Stimulating Reading

The economy of reading is rapidly collapsing. If we can bail out banks, why not the book industry?

Jan 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt

Hail Caesar! Hail Caesar!

Warning sign one: Obama plans a "fiscal responsibility summit." Warning sign two: entitlements are on the table.

Jan 22, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Seeking Obama’s Center Seeking Obama’s Center

The pundits insist Obama will govern from the center, but to me it seems he's dedicated to redefining where the center is.

Jan 22, 2009 / Victor Navasky

Winning & Losing in Gaza Winning & Losing in Gaza

If both sides embrace the fragile cease-fire with leaps of imagination and faith, Israelis and Palestinians could chart an escape route from the inferno.

Jan 22, 2009 / Richard Falk

‘I Saw My People’ ‘I Saw My People’

Washington desperately needs new blood. Will Obama's people provide the necessary transfusion?

Jan 22, 2009 / Chris Hayes

Missing Howard Dean Missing Howard Dean

Why has Howard Dean become a virtual stranger to the Democratic Party he helped revive?

Jan 22, 2009 / The Editors

Noted. Noted.

John Nichols on Pete Seeger, Roberto Lovato on censorship in San Antonio.

Jan 22, 2009 / The Editors

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