Economy

The Deal That Saved Detroit (and Banned Strikes) The Deal That Saved Detroit (and Banned Strikes)

The Deal with Detroit is gold dust for Democrats. Reality is a bit more complicated.

Feb 2, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders

Obama’s Plan To Help Homeowners and Boost the Economy Obama’s Plan To Help Homeowners and Boost the Economy

The administration’s newest effort would undeniably be helpful, though it could go further in some key areas. 

Feb 1, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick

Global Business Elite Go Marxist at Davos!

Global Business Elite Go Marxist at Davos! Global Business Elite Go Marxist at Davos!

Not really. But debates on rising inequality are now de rigueur at the World Economic Forum.

Feb 1, 2012 / Editorial / Andy Robinson

Tom Paine Would Not Have Approved of Mitt Romney Tom Paine Would Not Have Approved of Mitt Romney

Romney misattributed the key quote of his Florida victory speech to the pamphleteer. But that's hardly the only reason why Paine would have decried the Bain Capitalist.

Feb 1, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Sure, Apple Could Build the iPhone Here

Sure, Apple Could Build the iPhone Here Sure, Apple Could Build the iPhone Here

Steve Jobs told Obama that Apple manufacturing jobs are never coming back to the US. Really?

Jan 31, 2012 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

Iraq Vet Derek McGee: ‘The Most Unlikely Occupier’ Iraq Vet Derek McGee: ‘The Most Unlikely Occupier’

Iraq veteran and former Wall Street banker Derek McGee—now an active participant in the Occupy Movement—said on Countdown with Keith Olbermann that he felt Occupy prote...

Jan 31, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Eric Schneiderman: The Right Man, the Right Moment Eric Schneiderman: The Right Man, the Right Moment

Schneiderman not about to let himself be co-opted for Obama’s re-election bid.

Jan 31, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

No Exit in the Persian Gulf? No Exit in the Persian Gulf?

Why closing the Strait of Hormuz could ignite a war and a global depression.

Jan 31, 2012 / Michael T. Klare

How Sheldon Adelson Made Newt Gingrich How Sheldon Adelson Made Newt Gingrich

If Newt Gingrich does make it into the White House, he will have a “direct and personal debt” to billionaire Sheldon Adelson.

Jan 30, 2012 / Blog / Chris Hayes

This Week in Poverty: State of the Union, State of Florida This Week in Poverty: State of the Union, State of Florida

President Obama fails to mention poverty in his State of the Union address, even though 46 million Americans are living in it.

Jan 27, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann

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