Business

Mortgage Fraud Task Force Takes On JPMorgan Chase Mortgage Fraud Task Force Takes On JPMorgan Chase

A new civil filing in New York alleges that the bank’s subsidiaries engaged in widespread securities fraud before the financial collapse. 

Oct 2, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick

Rewriting Antitrust Law Rewriting Antitrust Law

Helping the big get bigger, the strong get stronger.

Sep 13, 2012 / Feature / Herman Schwartz

Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man

In his Bain years, the GOP nominee helped fashion Monsanto into a biotech giant. What would the notorious purveyor of genetically modified foods get from a Romney presidency?

Sep 12, 2012 / Wayne Barrett

Occupy 2.0: Strike Debt Occupy 2.0: Strike Debt

Bereft of their big tent at Zuccotti Park, activists have found a unifying theme in debt.

Sep 5, 2012 / Feature / Astra Taylor

Can Debt Spark a Revolution? Can Debt Spark a Revolution?

If Occupy evolves into a debt resistance movement, the results could be explosive.

Sep 5, 2012 / Feature / David Graeber

Students, Beware: Private Student-Loan Companies Are Not Your Friends

Students, Beware: Private Student-Loan Companies Are Not Your Friends Students, Beware: Private Student-Loan Companies Are Not Your Friends

A devastating report reveals the predatory practices behind the $150 billion private student-lending industry.

Sep 4, 2012 / Kay Steiger

The GOP’s Split-Screen Convention

The GOP’s Split-Screen Convention The GOP’s Split-Screen Convention

What happens when reality—and natural disasters—intrude on the Republican's Ayn Rand fantasy. 

Aug 28, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Why Subsidize CEOs? Why Subsidize CEOs?

Performance bonuses are tax deductible and subsidies for executive excess add up to over $14 billion a year. Enough is enough.

Aug 23, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Brawl Over Fair Trade Coffee

The Brawl Over Fair Trade Coffee The Brawl Over Fair Trade Coffee

Corporate sponsorship is undermining a wide network of democratic, farmer-owned co-ops.

Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Scott Sherman

Robert Reich: Mitt Romney’s Casino Capitalism

Robert Reich: Mitt Romney’s Casino Capitalism Robert Reich: Mitt Romney’s Casino Capitalism

Romney and his kind turned much of our economy into a betting parlor—how did he ever become a serious candidate for the presidency?

Aug 16, 2012 / Audio / The Nation

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