Foreclosure Fightback Foreclosure Fightback
Activists demand a foreclosure freeze, renegotiated loans and a bailout for all.
Jan 22, 2009 / Feature / Ben Ehrenreich
How the Bailout Fails Community Banks How the Bailout Fails Community Banks
The government has not taken fleeing depositors into account and, as a result, small banks and their surrounding communities will suffer.
Jan 20, 2009 / Video / American News Project
Detroit’s Impaired Vision Detroit’s Impaired Vision
In the end, it wasn't shoddy products or high wages that put the US auto industry on the ropes. It was a failure to innovate for global markets.
Jan 17, 2009 / Editorial / Barbara Crossette
Bank of America: Bad for America Bank of America: Bad for America
How much did the Bank of America contribute to the housing crisis and what has changed since the firm received bailout money? Not much.
Jan 16, 2009 / Video / Brave New Films
An Epoch Named! An Epoch Named!
Your submissions to the Name Our Epoch contest were awesome: The Age of Avarice, The Crassical Period, The Bling Bang, The New Steal. And the winner is....
Jan 16, 2009 / Feature / Chuck Collins and Sam Pizzigati
The Crisis Is Global The Crisis Is Global
Six months from now, if the Obama recovery does not materialize, the president may discover he has to reinvent himself.
Jan 15, 2009 / Editorial / William Greider
Why the Rush on TARP 2? Why the Rush on TARP 2?
Why rush to throw another $350 billion of taxpayer money at the Wall Street bandits and their political cronies who created the biggest financial mess since the Great Depression?
Jan 14, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Oil 2009: Be Careful What You Wish For Oil 2009: Be Careful What You Wish For
Whether the price of oil is high or low, someone's going to pay--and sooner or later all of us will--because our civilization is based on the stuff.
Jan 13, 2009 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
The Growing Clout of the Nouveau Poor The Growing Clout of the Nouveau Poor
As the poor and the formerly middle-class take an economic beating, will they finally have enough status to get their needs met?
Jan 12, 2009 / Editorial / Barbara Ehrenreich
Tax Havens: The Hidden Hand in the Financial Crisis Tax Havens: The Hidden Hand in the Financial Crisis
How did so many financial institutions crumble with so little warning? How tax havens helped enable the mess.
Jan 8, 2009 / Video / American News Project