Economics

Katrina vanden Heuvel to Obama: ‘Let’s Fight for the People’ Katrina vanden Heuvel to Obama: ‘Let’s Fight for the People’

Katrina vanden Heuvel accuses Paul Ryan of pandering to Washington's "austerity class"—and argues that the President needs to stand with the majority of Americ...

Oct 28, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Why the Supercommittee Should Go Small Why the Supercommittee Should Go Small

Groups urging Congress to achieve $4 trillion in deficit reduction are totally divorced from political and economic reality.

Oct 28, 2011 / Blog / Ari Berman

How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent

The violence in Oakland has provoked a global outcry, as activists ask how a Marine can survive Iraq only to be seriously injured while peacefully protesting on the streets of an A...

Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

It’s Time for Debt Forgiveness, American-Style

It’s Time for Debt Forgiveness, American-Style It’s Time for Debt Forgiveness, American-Style

The nation’s largest banks are methodically harvesting the last possible pound of flesh from millions of homeowners. We should put a stop to it.

Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / William Greider

OWS Revives the Struggle for Economic Equality OWS Revives the Struggle for Economic Equality

Inspired by struggles overseas and in the past, the protests have brought the wealth gap back to the center of political debate.  

Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / Sam Pizzigati

How to Be a 1 Percenter

How to Be a 1 Percenter How to Be a 1 Percenter

To secure their privilege, the richest Americans resort to a range of maneuvers beyond the evasion of taxes and financial regulation.

Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / George Zornick

The Costs of Wall Street Greed

The Costs of Wall Street Greed The Costs of Wall Street Greed

The 99 percent have been footing the bill for too long. It’s time for the financial industry to pick up its own tab.

Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / Sarah Anderson

Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America Cornel West: Creating a Progressive America

We are losing the war that has been waged by plutocrats against the poor over the past thirty years as wealth has been systematically flowing from the poor to the wealthy.

Oct 26, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Paul Ryan: Class Warrior for the Wealthy Paul Ryan: Class Warrior for the Wealthy

Paul Ryan's latest outlandish attack on President Obama proves he's a first-rate demagogue and phony deficit hawk. 

Oct 26, 2011 / Blog / Ari Berman

Occupy Wall Street and the Pope Agree: It’s Time to Tax Speculators Occupy Wall Street and the Pope Agree: It’s Time to Tax Speculators

On the streets, at the Vatican, at the G-20, in Congress and in front of the US Treasury building: The call is rising for a financial transactions tax. It will get a lot louder in ...

Oct 26, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

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