Economy

This Week: What’s Next for Healthcare? PLUS: The GOP’s 2012 ‘Twin Pillar’ Strategy This Week: What’s Next for Healthcare? PLUS: The GOP’s 2012 ‘Twin Pillar’ Strategy

This week in print, we look at what’s next in the battle for healthcare. Plus, Ari Berman is front and center on the GOP's war on voting, and George Zornick reveals how Romne...

Jul 14, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Rockers Renew Radicalism of Woody’s ‘This Land is Your Land’ Rockers Renew Radicalism of Woody’s ‘This Land is Your Land’

Tom Morello marks Guthrie’s 100th by restoring the left-wing verses of his most famous song.

Jul 13, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

This Week in Poverty: Houston Janitors’ Strike Goes Citywide This Week in Poverty: Houston Janitors’ Strike Goes Citywide

Alice McAfee, a janitor for thirty years in Houston, talks about her work and the latest developments in the citywide strike.

Jul 13, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

Activists to Pressure Obama Campaign for Mortgage Fraud Investigation Funding Activists to Pressure Obama Campaign for Mortgage Fraud Investigation Funding

Can Obama credibly criticize Mitt Romney as a protector of Wall Street while the RMBS group is starved of resources?

Jul 12, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick

Offshoring the Olympics: Why It Matters Where Uniforms Are Made Offshoring the Olympics: Why It Matters Where Uniforms Are Made

Bernie Sanders is right: The US Olympic Committee's decision to have uniforms manufactured outside the United States is “symbolic of a disastrous trade policy.”

Jul 12, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Nikki Haley Slashes Support for Violence Victims Just When They Need It Most Nikki Haley Slashes Support for Violence Victims Just When They Need It Most

Domestic violence rates have skyrocketed in the aftermath of the recession, but governors are cutting funds for victims.

Jul 12, 2012 / Blog / Bryce Covert

George Zornick: Ten Top Romney Donors Hold Billions Offshore George Zornick: Ten Top Romney Donors Hold Billions Offshore

Ten out of Mitt's top eleven donors also find ways to stash money in low- or no-tax countries.

Jul 12, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Barclays and the Limits of Financial Reform Barclays and the Limits of Financial Reform

Those demanding change in response to the Libor scandal forget how deeply the corruption is rooted.

Jul 11, 2012 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

The Great Disparity

The Great Disparity The Great Disparity

Timothy Noah and Charles Murray offer starkly different explanations of growing economic and social inequality in the United States.

Jul 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / William Julius Wilson

A New Way to Recharge the Economy A New Way to Recharge the Economy

The Federal Reserve should issue a limited-use credit card to every adult.

Jul 10, 2012 / Blog / William Greider

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