Obama: You’re Your Only Hope Obama: You’re Your Only Hope
It's too late for Obama to turn around the economy. But to win re-election, he better expose what Republican plans to cut spending will really do.
Jun 8, 2011 / Editorial / The Editors
No Free Parking for Monopoly Players: Time to Revive Anti-Trust Law No Free Parking for Monopoly Players: Time to Revive Anti-Trust Law
The concentration of wealth and power among a few mega-corporations threatens our political and economic freedoms.
Jun 8, 2011 / Barry C. Lynn
Open Source Politics: Safeguarding the Free Flow of Information Open Source Politics: Safeguarding the Free Flow of Information
We need an “open information” policy to combat corporate abuse of intellectual property laws and encourage the sharing of ideas.
Jun 8, 2011 / Joe Costello
AFL’s Trumka on Pols Selling Out Workers: ‘I’ve Had a Snootful of This S**t!’ AFL’s Trumka on Pols Selling Out Workers: ‘I’ve Had a Snootful of This S**t!’
“We can’t simply build the power of any political party or any candidate. For too long we’ve been left after the election holding a canceled check and asking some...
Jun 8, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Rethinking GDP: Why We Must Broaden Our Measures of Economic Success Rethinking GDP: Why We Must Broaden Our Measures of Economic Success
Relying so heavily on GDP as a measure of economic health is like removing all of the gauges on a car’s dashboard except the speedometer.
Jun 8, 2011 / Dirk Philipsen
Swipe Fee Showdown in the Senate: Big Business vs. Big Business Swipe Fee Showdown in the Senate: Big Business vs. Big Business
Wall Street is poised to lose a major battle in Washington today—but only because another enormous industry chose to take it on.
Jun 8, 2011 / George Zornick
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