The Bernanke Scandal: Full-Frontal Cluelessness The Bernanke Scandal: Full-Frontal Cluelessness
How I wish that Ben Bernanke would get caught e-mailing photos of his underwear-clad groin.
Jun 8, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Slide Show: 16 Bold Ideas for a New Economy Slide Show: 16 Bold Ideas for a New Economy
A slide show of ways we can mend our broken system.
Jun 8, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Mark Sorkin and William Greider on Reimagining Capitalism Nation Conversations: Mark Sorkin and William Greider on Reimagining Capitalism
The political and economic system is broken. It's time we step back and rethink how we can make capitalism work for us.
Jun 8, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Barbara Dudley on Oregon’s Efforts to Create a State Bank Nation Conversations: Barbara Dudley on Oregon’s Efforts to Create a State Bank
How Oregon is attempting to follow in North Dakota's footsteps by pushing forward a bill to establish a publicly-owned bank.
Jun 8, 2011 / The Nation
How Would You Reimagine Capitalism? How Would You Reimagine Capitalism?
Send us your proposal on how we can reinvent American capitalism.
Jun 8, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on Elizabeth Warren and the CFPB Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on Elizabeth Warren and the CFPB
Why does the bank lobby and the politicians in its pocket feel so threatened by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
Jun 2, 2011 / The Nation
The Bank Lobby Steps Up Its Attack on Elizabeth Warren The Bank Lobby Steps Up Its Attack on Elizabeth Warren
The new consumer protection bureau’s mission is to make it easier for consumers to understand financial fine print. So why are bankers so scared?
Jun 1, 2011 / Feature / Ari Berman
WikiLeaks Haiti: The Nation Partners With Haïti Liberté on Release of Secret Haiti Cables WikiLeaks Haiti: The Nation Partners With Haïti Liberté on Release of Secret Haiti Cables
Leaked documents provide an extraordinary glimpse of US maneuvering in Haiti from before the 2004 coup through the devastating 2010 earthquake.
Jun 1, 2011 / The Editors
A Rambunctious Right Wing, A Silent President and the Debt Ceiling Deal A Rambunctious Right Wing, A Silent President and the Debt Ceiling Deal
President Obama has been strangely silent in the debt ceiling debate, leaving only the increasingly radical demands of the Tea Party to be heard. What's next?
Jun 1, 2011 / George Zornick
Geithner and Goldman, Thick as Thieves Geithner and Goldman, Thick as Thieves
What was Timothy Geithner thinking when he decided to give Goldman Sachs a $30 billion interest-free loan as part of an $80 billion secret float to favored banks?
Jun 1, 2011 / Robert Scheer