Teddy Roosevelt Would Recess Appoint Cordray as Wall St. Watchdog Teddy Roosevelt Would Recess Appoint Cordray as Wall St. Watchdog
A majority of senators want the former Ohio attorney general to head the Consumer Financial Products Bureau. The president should use a recess appointment to make it so.
Dec 8, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
29 Miners and Massey’s Coal Crimes 29 Miners and Massey’s Coal Crimes
$209 million isn't enough. Revoke Massey's corporate charter.
Dec 8, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hold Banks Accountable! Hold Banks Accountable!
In contrast to Obama’s go-easy approach, officials like Eric Schneiderman and Martha Coakley are insisting on vigorous prosecution of bankers.
Dec 7, 2011 / Editorial / The Editors
Maria Margaronis: Greece Careens Into ‘Utter Chaos’ Maria Margaronis: Greece Careens Into ‘Utter Chaos’
In a devastating exposé of the day to day lives of Greek citizens, Margaronis revisits the rapidly devolving streets of Athens.
Dec 7, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist
After Obama cited Roosevelt in his Kansas speech, Fox News has decided that TR peddled “socialistic nationalism.”
Dec 7, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Why Greater Equality Strengthens Society Why Greater Equality Strengthens Society
What US progressives can learn from British efforts to fight inequality.
Dec 6, 2011 / Feature / Sam Pizzigati
Playing With Fire: Obama’s Risky Oil Threat to China Playing With Fire: Obama’s Risky Oil Threat to China
From now on, the primary focus of American military strategy will not be counterterrorism, but the containment of an economically booming China— at whatever risk or cost.
Dec 6, 2011 / Michael T. Klare
It’s Accountability Time for Banks and Wall Street It’s Accountability Time for Banks and Wall Street
The bailouts were worse than we thought.
Dec 6, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise
Cuts in service, shuttering facilities and mass layoffs will hurt workers, communities, the USPS and the economy.
Dec 6, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Digging for Democracy Digging for Democracy
COLLEGE FINALIST: The range of options that my generation has to choose from has been whittled to a handful of bad ones. I am coming of age not in the land of the free, but in...
Dec 6, 2011 / Zoë Carpenter