Give Main Street a Fair Shake Give Main Street a Fair Shake
The Administration has put a corporate-led bailout on the table with the threat that Congress pass it as is or face aworldwide economic catastrophe. We've seen this kind of shoc...
Sep 22, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GOP: Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote GOP: Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote
A Michigan news site uncovers a GOP plan to deny people caught up in foreclosure proceedings the right to vote in November. Team Obama files suit to stop the practice.
Sep 22, 2008 / Feature / Peter Dreier
Bailout Satire Bailout Satire
Add your own toxic holdings to the big shitpile here. I almost missed this email because it was diverted to my spam folder. But apparently Paulson is sending this around: Dear A...
Sep 22, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Palin: Energy Expert or Billy Madison? Palin: Energy Expert or Billy Madison?
Palin makes a bizarre statement reminiscent of the Adam Sandler buffoon: 'They don't flag the molecules, where it's going and where it's not'
Sep 22, 2008 / Air America
Will Barney Cave? Will Barney Cave?
What I'm hearing right now is that there's a lot of frustration with Barney Frank. Pelosi is deferring to him on this and he's being very cagey. Dodd's plan is out and ready to go...
Sep 22, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Alternatives to the Bailout Alternatives to the Bailout
Dodd's plan is available and I'm digesting it now. The important point here is that the Dems have their own plan: not just fiddling with the margins of the Paulson plan. The rea...
Sep 22, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Radio Nation with Laura Flanders Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
A look at the recent financial panic on Wall Street with Nicholas von Hoffman and Nomi Prins. Plus: Immigration raids, foreign policy and the election.
Sep 22, 2008 / Radio Nation
Naomi Klein Discusses Wall St Crisis and ‘Disaster Capitalism’ Naomi Klein Discusses Wall St Crisis and ‘Disaster Capitalism’
The Nation's Naomi Klein discusses how Christmas came early for Wall Street this year--and we're paying the bill.
Sep 22, 2008 / Real Time with Bill Maher
Bridge Loan to Nowhere Bridge Loan to Nowhere
The Paulson/Bernanke bailout plan is not the way to go, unless you work on Wall Street. Even if you do, there are compelling reasons to fear it. Here's what Congress should do inst...
Sep 22, 2008 / Feature / Thomas Ferguson and Robert Johnson
Carnage in Pakistan Carnage in Pakistan
It's possible, of course, that when Alaska Governor Sarah Palin meets Hamid Karzai, the president of of Afghanistan, and Asif Ali Zardari, the president of Pakistan this week, she...
Sep 22, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss