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
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
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
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
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