Keystone Cops Keystone Cops
The largest act of civil disobedience by environmentalists in decades began outside the White House on August 20, as more than seventy people were arrested during a protest against...
Aug 24, 2011 / Editorial / George Zornick
Civil Disobedience on Tar Sands Begins Outside the White House Civil Disobedience on Tar Sands Begins Outside the White House
More than seventy activists, including Bill McKibben, were arrested outside the White House in a protest against the potentially devastating Keystone XL oil pipeline.
Aug 20, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week for Standard & Poor’s A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week for Standard & Poor’s
Following an SEC review of its downgrade decision, Standard & Poor’s is now facing a Department of Justice probe and lost business from several municipalities.
Aug 19, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
Standard & Poor’s Getting Heat for Downgrade Decision Standard & Poor’s Getting Heat for Downgrade Decision
The SEC is reportedly opening a review into Standard & Poor’s downgrade decision, and the Senate Banking Committee is undertaking a similar action.
Aug 16, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
Who’s Paying the Super-Committee? Who’s Paying the Super-Committee?
The "super-committee" that will decide $1.5 trillion in cuts and potentially sweeping changes to entitlements and the tax code has raked in hundreds of millions of dollar...
Aug 12, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
The Standard & Poor’s Agenda The Standard & Poor’s Agenda
There are several explanations as to why Standard & Poor's downgraded the federal government's credit rating. None involve actual economics.
Aug 8, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
Is It Time to Downgrade the Rating Agencies? Is It Time to Downgrade the Rating Agencies?
Despite playing a hugely damaging role in the 2009 financial collapse, credit rating agencies were a central player in the debt ceiling debate. When will Washington learn to ignore...
Aug 3, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
Who’s Helped and Who’s Harmed By Debt Deal? Who’s Helped and Who’s Harmed By Debt Deal?
The deal savages programs for the lower and middle classes, while hedge fund managers and oil companies probably won’t sacrifice a cent.
Aug 1, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
The ‘Right-Wing Nutters’ Who Are Pushing the Country to the Brink The ‘Right-Wing Nutters’ Who Are Pushing the Country to the Brink
Tea Party groups have wielded enormous power in the debt ceiling debate, despite a long history of crackpot theories and dirty politics.
Jul 28, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
Peter King Targets Somali-American Radicalization—and the ‘New York Times’ Peter King Targets Somali-American Radicalization—and the ‘New York Times’
Rep. Peter King held his third hearing into domestic Muslim radicalization, but found plenty of time to bash the New York Times along the way.
Jul 27, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick