Food Stamps or Teachers? Food Stamps or Teachers?
The fight over Congress's jobs bill has made the GOP's midterm election strategy clear: stubbornly oppose anything and everything that might improve the economy and hope voters b...
Aug 4, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Insecure America Insecure America
Economic insecurity in America is on the rise—and was even before the Great Recession.
Aug 3, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Reagan’s Budget Director: GOP Policies ‘Have Crippled Our Economy’ Reagan’s Budget Director: GOP Policies ‘Have Crippled Our Economy’
David Stockman, Reagan's OMB director, warns against maintaining tax cuts for the rich and other misguided economic policies.
Aug 3, 2010 / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders: Rally the People Bernie Sanders: Rally the People
Closing the gap between the wealthy and the poor is not as cut-and-dried as Obama paints it to be, but Senator Bernie Sanders has some alternative solutions for the problem.
Jul 30, 2010 / Press Room
Bernie Sanders: Rally the People Bernie Sanders: Rally the People
Closing the gap between the wealthy and the poor is not as cut-and-dried as Obama paints it to be, but Senator Bernie Sanders has some alternative solutions for the problem.
Jul 30, 2010 / GRITtv
It’s Time to Fix the Estate Tax It’s Time to Fix the Estate Tax
It's been said that only death and taxes are certain. But the "death tax" is anything but certain right now. Costing the Treasury billions, Congress has allowed the estat...
Jul 26, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week At TheNation.com: Views On Race and the Progressive Base This Week At TheNation.com: Views On Race and the Progressive Base
Views on race and the progressive base. Plus: The case for Elizabeth Warren, and JoAnn Wypijewski on "the party of no."
Jul 23, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bernie Sanders: No To Oligarchy Bernie Sanders: No To Oligarchy
While the middle class disappears and more Americans fall into poverty, the wealthiest people in our country are using their wealth and political power to protect their privileged ...
Jul 22, 2010 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
Making the Economy More Just Making the Economy More Just
Structural financial reform will come not through the sweep of a single piece of legislation, but with new innovative economic models that better reflect the democratic values of t...
Jul 22, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Case For Elizabeth Warren The Case For Elizabeth Warren
As the bankers and corporate lobbyists fight to diminish new financial regulation, Elizabeth Warren—leading activist and thinker in favor of reform—should be the top co...
Jul 20, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel