Nicholas von Hoffman

Nicholas von Hoffman, a veteran newspaper, radio and TV reporter and columnist, is the author, most recently, of Radical: A Portrait of Saul Alinsky, due out this month from Nation Books.

ActivismJune 30, 2010

Advice From Saul Alinsky

What would he tell Obama to do?

Nicholas von Hoffman
BankingApril 28, 2009

As Good as Their Word

Bank of America’s Ken Lewis has done his bit to reinforce the idea that the CEOs who got us into this mess are a pack of liars.

Nicholas von Hoffman
BankingApril 24, 2009

Are Banks Struggling, or Scamming?

After all the help that’s been given to banks or extorted from the public, we have the feeling financial institutions are not doing much with the money.

Nicholas von Hoffman
EnvironmentApril 14, 2009

The Upside of Piracy

The rise of blue-water criminals may not be anything to cheer about, but it just might force us to consume less foreign oil.

Nicholas von Hoffman
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EconomyApril 14, 2009

Obama’s Wall Street Rat Pack

President Obama needs to ditch the idiot savants of high finance and bring in advisers dedicated to doing something more than gaming the economy.

Nicholas von Hoffman
EconomyMarch 10, 2009

The Coming Economic Storm

If unemployment keeps rising and people with jobs stop spending, the atmospherics are right for a typhoon of misery on a scale of what Americans suffered in the early 1930s.

Nicholas von Hoffman
EconomyMarch 3, 2009

The Second Great Depression

People are beginning to say that the Big One has arrived. But how will we know? And what will it take to emerge from it?

Nicholas von Hoffman
BankingFebruary 17, 2009

Ghost Story: Put Banks Out of Their Misery

America’s largest financial institutions are insolvent. It’s time to face the truth and take the painful actions that will allow the economy to recover.

Nicholas von Hoffman
EconomyFebruary 11, 2009

Foreclosed Americans Fight Back

As a horrified nation sees millions evicted, community organizations–and at least one lawmaker–advise them to hold their ground.

Nicholas von Hoffman
BusinessFebruary 5, 2009

Settling Scores With Wall Street

A lot of angry people in America are lusting to bring Wall Street geniuses who engineered the financial collapse to justice. And they just might succeed.

Nicholas von Hoffman

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Nicholas von Hoffman

ActivismJune 30, 2010

What would he tell Obama to do?

BankingApril 28, 2009

Bank of America’s Ken Lewis has done his bit to reinforce the idea that the CEOs who got us into this mess are a pack of liars.

BankingApril 24, 2009

After all the help that’s been given to banks or extorted from the public, we have the feeling financial institutions are not doing much with the money.

EnvironmentApril 14, 2009

The rise of blue-water criminals may not be anything to cheer about, but it just might force us to consume less foreign oil.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

EconomyApril 14, 2009

President Obama needs to ditch the idiot savants of high finance and bring in advisers dedicated to doing something more than gaming the economy.

EconomyMarch 10, 2009

If unemployment keeps rising and people with jobs stop spending, the atmospherics are right for a typhoon of misery on a scale of what Americans suffered in the early 1930s.

EconomyMarch 3, 2009

People are beginning to say that the Big One has arrived. But how will we know? And what will it take to emerge from it?

BankingFebruary 17, 2009

America’s largest financial institutions are insolvent. It’s time to face the truth and take the painful actions that will allow the economy to recover.

EconomyFebruary 11, 2009

As a horrified nation sees millions evicted, community organizations–and at least one lawmaker–advise them to hold their ground.

BusinessFebruary 5, 2009

A lot of angry people in America are lusting to bring Wall Street geniuses who engineered the financial collapse to justice. And they just might succeed.