Bankrupt Bailout Bankrupt Bailout
Don't exhaust the Treasury to keep insolvent financial giants alive. The government should liquidate failed banks, sell off their assets and let shareholders eat the dust.
Feb 12, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors
Tiny Tim Sings Off-Key Tiny Tim Sings Off-Key
Geithner was condescending, vague and infuriating as he lectured us on the troubled financial system, feeding a suspicion that he's still working for the other side.
Feb 11, 2009 / Editorial / William Greider
Looting Social Security Looting Social Security
Behind closed doors, advocates of entitlement reform are pushing Obama to tap the Social Security surplus to pay for bank bailouts. It could be a defining test for new politics in ...
Feb 11, 2009 / Feature / William Greider
Foreclosed Americans Fight Back Foreclosed Americans Fight Back
As a horrified nation sees millions evicted, community organizations--and at least one lawmaker--advise them to hold their ground.
Feb 11, 2009 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Jobs With Justice or Just Jobs? Jobs With Justice or Just Jobs?
As the nation struggles to save and create jobs, how do we make sure workers aren't robbed? Plus: the battle to confirm Hilda Solis.
William Greider on Democrats’ Money Dilemma William Greider on Democrats’ Money Dilemma
The Nation's national affairs correspondent explains how the current economic crisis is a moment of reckoning for the Democratic party.
Feb 11, 2009 / Video / American News Project
No Tough Love for Bankers No Tough Love for Bankers
If you still get those chatty e-mails from the Obama campaign, remind them that we voted for a community organizer from Chicago, not some hack carrying water for Wall Street.
Feb 11, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Screwed by the Fine Print Screwed by the Fine Print
Hidden in the fine print of credit card agreements, patient consent forms and job contracts is an arbitration clause that deprives you of your rights. Congress needs to fix that.
Feb 10, 2009 / Feature / Kia Franklin
The New Gold Standard: Jobs The New Gold Standard: Jobs
Keeping labor costs down used to be the standard to measure productivity. Now, it's all about creating jobs--and we can't afford to wait for the private sector to provide them.
Feb 10, 2009 / Feature / Ken Miller
Angry America and the Bailout Angry America and the Bailout
As the bailout state goes into overdrive, popular anger at the lords of Wall Street is raging. In 1929, that anger was harnessed to result in huge change. Is the same change possib...
Feb 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser