Subprime Politics Subprime Politics
Keep people in their homes and start re-regulating the banking industry to end the conflicts of interest that fueled the debacle.
Dec 13, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors
Sovereign Wealth: Theirs, Not Ours Sovereign Wealth: Theirs, Not Ours
As the US economy sickens, foreign governments are on a shopping spree, scooping up bargains paid for by sovereign wealth funds.
Dec 7, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
McMansions Meet the Mortgage Crisis McMansions Meet the Mortgage Crisis
Homeowners in gated communities now facing foreclosure are learning there's no fence high enough to keep out the repo man.
Dec 3, 2007 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich
Home Sweet Gone Home Sweet Gone
The subprime crisis was not just caused by lending run amok, but by unrestrained trading that made a precarious situation even worse.
Nov 30, 2007 / Editorial / Nomi Prins
Citi’s Mexican Cronies Citi’s Mexican Cronies
As megabanks seek a subprime bailout, take a lesson from Mexico. Taxpayers of the world, hold on to your wallets.
The Subprime Bailout The Subprime Bailout
One way or another, banks will get taxpayer help to undo the subprime mess, but it won't be cheap. And the rest of us can bank on getting robbed in the process.
Nov 14, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Coming Foreclosure Tsunami The Coming Foreclosure Tsunami
As Congress grapples with the wave of foreclosures and bankruptcies resulting from the subprime mess, why are some Dems siding with the banks?
Nov 13, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes
Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen
Gone are the days of equal protection. Intense natural disasters like the California wildfires are being met with a new model: privatized disaster response.
Nov 1, 2007 / Column / Naomi Klein
How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry
Want proof the Iraq War was all about oil? Here it is.
Sep 26, 2007 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
Strike! A Defining Moment for the UAW Strike! A Defining Moment for the UAW
The issues at stake, especially GM's drive to shift the burden of healthcare, will affect workers throughout the industrialized economy--to say nothing of Campaign '08.
Sep 25, 2007 / Feature / Max Fraser