Katrina vanden Heuvel: Is the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Is the Media Misleading Americans on the Debt Ceiling Debate?
Katrina vanden Heuvel explains how we have to shift the budget debate from one centered around Washington's debt crisis into one that looks at the full picture of America's jobs cr...
As Unemployment Spikes, Obama’s Got a Bigger Problem Than the Debt Ceiling As Unemployment Spikes, Obama’s Got a Bigger Problem Than the Debt Ceiling
The president is wrong to even consider putting Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid on the table. Campaign czar David Plouffe is even more wrong to suggest that unemployment is not...
Jul 8, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Invoke the 14th Amendment and Avoid a Default Crisis Katrina vanden Heuvel: Invoke the 14th Amendment and Avoid a Default Crisis
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel argues that its time for the President to take a leadership role on the debt ceiling and invoke the 14th amendment.
Jul 8, 2011 / Video / The Nation
The Tea Party and Goldman Sachs: A Love Story The Tea Party and Goldman Sachs: A Love Story
Face it. We live in two nations, sharply divided by an enormous economic chasm between the super-rich and everyone else.
Jul 6, 2011 / Robert Scheer
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Jobs What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Jobs
How racism, global economics, and the New Jim Crow fuel black America’s crippling jobs crisis.
Jul 5, 2011 / Andy Kroll
Nation Conversations: P. Sainath on the Tarnished Truth Behind ‘India Shining’ Nation Conversations: P. Sainath on the Tarnished Truth Behind ‘India Shining’
Indian journalist P. Sainath explains the disastrous consequences of his country's extreme income inequality.
Jun 29, 2011 / Audio / The Nation
Obama: ‘It’s Only Fair’ to Ask Rich to Give Up Tax Breaks Obama: ‘It’s Only Fair’ to Ask Rich to Give Up Tax Breaks
Democrats should demand fair taxation, but they cannot support cuts in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in exchange for new revenue.
Jun 29, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Greece in Crisis: Protest, Violence and Necessity Greece in Crisis: Protest, Violence and Necessity
With the passage of savage austerity measures, Greece qualifies for a 110 billion euro loan staving off imminent bankruptcy. But the long-term prognosis is far from positive. ...
Jun 29, 2011 / The Notion / Maria Margaronis
Greece in Debt, Eurozone in Crisis Greece in Debt, Eurozone in Crisis
The country is facing a convulsion unlike anything since the fall of the dictatorship in 1974.
Jun 29, 2011 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
Could the Greek Economic Crisis Affect the US Economy? Could the Greek Economic Crisis Affect the US Economy?
Economic unrest in Greece has the potential to quickly spread through the entire European Union—and back to the US where the crisis originated on Wall Street.