Economy

GM: What Will Restructuring Mean? GM: What Will Restructuring Mean?

Rep. Dennis Kucinich, New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse, UAW veteran Al Benchich and others on the dismantling of GM.

Jun 3, 2009 / GRITtv

Reagan Didn’t Do It Reagan Didn’t Do It

It would be nice to blame the Gipper for the economic meltdown, but the facts don't support it. The real villains are closer at hand.

Jun 3, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Olbermann: Fox News ‘Complicit’ in Tiller Murder Olbermann: Fox News ‘Complicit’ in Tiller Murder

Has Bill O'Reilly finally gone too far? MSNBC's Keith Olbermann links the murder of Dr. George Tiller to Fox News.

Jun 2, 2009 / Countdown

Social Unionism Lives Social Unionism Lives

Garment workers at a suburban Chicago factory fight to save their jobs and prove that social unionism is still relevant.

May 27, 2009 / Joshua Freeman

California Budget Blues California Budget Blues

If Citigroup is too big to fail, isn't the state of California? How the national economy can snap back to health if the federal government refuses to help?

May 27, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Greatest Swindle Ever Sold The Greatest Swindle Ever Sold

How the financial bailout scams taxpayers, subsidizes Wall Street and props up our broken financial system.

May 26, 2009 / Feature / Andy Kroll

$1 Trillion and Counting… $1 Trillion and Counting…

The $1 trillion we have spent on war since 9/11 has placed enormous stress on our recession-struck economy.

May 22, 2009 / Feature / Jo Comerford

The US Auto Industry: Down, But Not Out The US Auto Industry: Down, But Not Out

The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel on why the Obama administration needs to do more to create manufacturing jobs in the US.

May 21, 2009 / The Ed Show

Bankers’ Paradise Bankers’ Paradise

Congress, at the behest of the banking industry, has changed accounting rules to make company balance sheets even more opaque. How is that going to help?

May 20, 2009 / Chris Hayes

KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers

Former Halliburton subsidy KBR was paid $83 million in bonuses for work that electrocuted US soldiers, former employees testified today.

May 20, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

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