Street Heat Nation Street Heat Nation

From Salem to Salt Lake City, Occupy Wall Street is gathering energy and bursting outward.

Oct 13, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Executive Pay and the Great Tax Dodge Executive Pay and the Great Tax Dodge

A new report on excessive CEO salaries underscores the need to restore sanity to pay equity and corporate taxes.

Aug 31, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Slide Show: Ten CEOs Who Tax-Dodged Their Way to Riches Slide Show: Ten CEOs Who Tax-Dodged Their Way to Riches

Aug 31, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation and Institute for Policy Studies

Daylight Robbery, Meet Nighttime Robbery Daylight Robbery, Meet Nighttime Robbery

The UK rioters know full well that their elites are looters too.

Aug 24, 2011 / Column / Naomi Klein

A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week for Standard & Poor’s A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week for Standard & Poor’s

Following an SEC review of its downgrade decision, Standard & Poor’s is now facing a Department of Justice probe and lost business from several municipalities. 

Aug 19, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick

Subprime Contagion Subprime Contagion

Is America finally learning that extreme inequality isn't just bad for those at the bottom—it’s ruinous for those on top, too?

Aug 10, 2011 / Editorial / Chris Hayes

Barbara Ehrenreich: On (Not) Getting By in America Barbara Ehrenreich: On (Not) Getting By in America

Jobs are not jobs unless workers can live off of their wages in a way that does not trap them in eternal poverty. 

Aug 8, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!

How ALEC Turned Prisoners into Corporate America’s Cheap Labor Force How ALEC Turned Prisoners into Corporate America’s Cheap Labor Force

What do breaded chicken patties, office chairs and cruise missiles used in Libya have in common? They are all made by America's 100,000-strong secret workforce: prisoners.

Aug 5, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!

How America Could Collapse How America Could Collapse

Supply chain shocks have already led to shortages of videotape and auto parts. Could food or medicine be next?

Jul 27, 2011 / Matt Stoller

Mitt Romney’s Dishonest and Unsuccessful Record on Job Creation Mitt Romney’s Dishonest and Unsuccessful Record on Job Creation

Mitt Romney constantly attacks President Obama's record on job growth. But it turns out Romney’s record on it is weak and many of his claims are misleading.

Jul 25, 2011 / The Notion / Ben Adler