Senate Votes to Audit the Fed Senate Votes to Audit the Fed
After years of being dismissed and disregarded, the "Audit the Fed" movement—with a remarkable left-right coalition—wins a 96-0 vote in the Senate.
May 11, 2010 / John Nichols
BP’s boosting profits while belching oil. BP’s boosting profits while belching oil.
Even as a BP oil rig spills oil into the Gulf of Mexico, wind farms are opening up possibilities for alternative energy.
Apr 27, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Coal Company Shopping Spree Coal Company Shopping Spree
Massey Energy hasn't taken a hit after the mine explosion that killed 29 miners--in fact, they're buying more companies.
Apr 21, 2010 / Laura Flanders
McConnell: “Courting Wall Street Bankers for Political Money” McConnell: “Courting Wall Street Bankers for Political Money”
There is much to criticize about Dodd's bill. But pay-to-play Senator Mitch McConnell is just reading Wall Street talking points.
Apr 19, 2010 / John Nichols
They Should Pay Their Fair Share. They Should Pay Their Fair Share.
Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on The Ed Show attacking the disparate income equality resulting from unfair tax cuts.
Apr 13, 2010 / The Ed Show
Big Tobacco and the Historians Big Tobacco and the Historians
A tale of seduction and intimidation.
Feb 25, 2010 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Human Interest In Bank Practices Human Interest In Bank Practices
How much senior executives earn, in cash and stock, is public information. How they make it is public too. Trouble is, the two are barely brought together in reporting.
Feb 17, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Slide Show: The Faces of the Media-Lobbying Complex Slide Show: The Faces of the Media-Lobbying Complex
A visual aid to recognize the talking heads of cable news that are leading double lives as paid lobbyists for corporations.
Feb 11, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Make CEOs Take Responsibility for Democracy-Warping Ads Make CEOs Take Responsibility for Democracy-Warping Ads
As someone who has written several books and dozens of major articles on judicial interventions in our politics, and who has covered literally hundreds of campaigns in every state ...
Feb 11, 2010 / John Nichols
The Media-Lobbying Complex The Media-Lobbying Complex
The talking heads of cable news are leading double lives as paid lobbyists for corporations.
Feb 11, 2010 / Feature / Sebastian Jones