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Feature
Inequality in America
And what to do about it. A Nation forum, featuring Robert Reich, Dean Baker, Katherine Newman, David Pedulla, Orlando Patterson, Jeff Madrick and Matt Yglesias.
Various Contributors
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Unjust Spoils
Surging inequality, not Wall Street banditry, is the underlying cause of the Great Recession.
Robert B. Reich
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The Right Prescription for an Ailing Economy
Developing policy solutions to reduce inequality is not difficult. Mustering political will to enact them is.
Dean Baker
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An Unequal-Opportunity Recession
The distribution of damage done by the Great Recession is not equal. African-Americans, men and low-skilled workers have been hardest hit.
Katherine S. Newman and David Pedulla
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For African-Americans, A Virtual Depression—Why?
Black and white Americans still don’t live near each other. Does that account for persistent economic inequality?
Orlando Patterson
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American Incomes: Soaring or Static
Addressing wage stagnation should be the country’s top priority.
Jeff Madrick
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A Great Time to Be Alive?
The twenty-first century has seen vast improvements in quality of life around the globe. But here at home, progress lags.
Matt Yglesias
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Holding the Center
To build on the gains of Obama’s presidency, progressive activists must focus on recruitment.
Jean Hardisty and Deepak Bhargava
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Editorial
Battling the Banksters
This is not the end of reform; it’s the beginning of a promising struggle to cut the financial sector down to tolerable dimensions and reduced power.
William Greider
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Noted.
John Nichols on Senator Robert Byrd’s life and legacy, Ari Berman on North Carolina’s State Senate race and Dana Frank on the one-year anniversary of the coup in Honduras
The Editors
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Fixing the Filibuster
Abuse of the filibuster costs us majority rule. Here’s how to restore it.
Senator Tom Harkin
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Ben Sonnenberg
The former editor of Grand Street was a dandy without snobbism, an aesthete without pretense.
Stuart Klawans
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Column
A Conspiracy So Immense…
JournoList is yet another casualty of the toxic combination of conservative conspiracy mongering and mainstream media cowardice.
Eric Alterman
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What Soccer Says About Us
What can the World Cup teach us about national identity and belonging?
Gary Younge
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A Brief History of General Stanley McChrystal’s Departure
What finally cost him the job?
Calvin Trillin
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Books & the Arts
The Changing Light at Craneway
In the film projects of Tacita Dean, everything is just about to disappear.
Barry Schwabsky
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Ghosting History
Heidi Durrow traces a young girl’s harrowing plunge into racial identity.
Madison Smartt Bell
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