Obama’s Pro-Union Nominations to Labor Relations Board Stalled Obama’s Pro-Union Nominations to Labor Relations Board Stalled
If Obama's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are confirmed, the agency could offer workers more protections than the Employee Free Choice Act.
Jan 20, 2010 / Feature / Steven Hill and Dmitri Iglitzin
US Mercenaries Set Sights on Haiti US Mercenaries Set Sights on Haiti
Private firms are jumping at the opportunity to provide 'humanitarian assistance' to Haiti, but what these companies are actually bringing is a 'Shock Doctrine' approach that aims ...
Jan 19, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
William Jennings Obama Seeks to Save Massachusetts Seat William Jennings Obama Seeks to Save Massachusetts Seat
A suddenly populist Barack Obama tore into the Republicans for siding with banks rather than consumers and taxpayers Sunday in Boston, hoping that his fiery rhetoric would revive t...
Jan 17, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Economics: Through Jobs, Freedom Dr. Martin Luther King’s Economics: Through Jobs, Freedom
How would Dr. King have responded to the current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure?
Jan 15, 2010 / Feature / Mark Engler
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Turns Up the Heat Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Turns Up the Heat
On the FCIC's second day of hearings, witnesses examined how Wall Street incentivized and why the Federal Reserve didn't stop subprime lending.
Jan 15, 2010 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann
Too Big to Fail, Not Too Big for Jail Too Big to Fail, Not Too Big for Jail
The federal inquiry hearings inevitably leads to the question: why aren't any these big players already in jail? And no, Bernie Madoff doesn't count.
Jan 14, 2010 / Feature / Mary Bottari
Move Your Money Move Your Money
Why leave your money in big banks that brought the financial system to ruin?
Jan 14, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
Financial Crisis Inquiry Kicks Off Financial Crisis Inquiry Kicks Off
Day 1 of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission didn't find any good answers to the causes of the financial crisis--but don't give up on the commission yet.
Jan 14, 2010 / Greg Kaufmann
Government Regulation’s Value Government Regulation’s Value
Katrina vanden Heuvel wonders if we can radically rethink our economic system.
Bank CEOs Dodge Responsibility at FCIC Hearings Bank CEOs Dodge Responsibility at FCIC Hearings
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission sent a strong message by putting Wall Street titans under oath, but answers about the financial crisis proved evasive.
Jan 13, 2010 / Mary Bottari