By Kai Wright (The Nation)
Meet George Mitchell. He's 76, black and retired, and has owned his Westwood home in Atlanta for the past 40 years. He is has also fallen prey to predatory lending practices. Wright tells Mitchell's story and explores how the mortgage industry stole black America's hard-won wealth. WATCH Kai Wright discuss this economic theft.
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Our National Water Policy
By Elizabeth de la Vega
Experts have called U.S. government water projects and programs "fractured, ad hoc, isolated, random...inconsistent." The committees and agencies (roughly two dozen) that administer them are "hodge-podge." No wonder we have no coherent water policy. More |
By Nomi Prins (Mother Jones)
Wall Street insider Nomi Prins points a finger at Congress, who paved the way for the subprime mortgage crisis through deregulation. Also see her accompanying timeline, Where Credit is Due. More
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| NEW THIS WEEK FROM NATION INSTITUTE WRITERS |
By Jeremy Scahill (The Guardian)
Despite reports that the company is leaving the mercenary business, Blackwater's future is secure More
Posted JUL 23 08
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By Tim Shorrock (Salon)
Shorrock uncovers the "black programs" used to collect unprecedented, private financial and other information about millions of Americans since September 11. More
Posted JUL 23 08
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By Ari Berman (The Nation)
McCain's coziness with lawmakers and lobbyists is threatening to undo his maverick mystique—so he's trying to hide it. But Berman's investigation of McCain's ties to the Reform Institute reveals that he remains as entangled as ever. More
Posted JUL 14 08
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By Scott Ritter (Truthdig)
The former UN chief weapons inspector—and current Nation Books author—outlines the consequences of U.S. or Israeli military actions against Iran. More
Posted JUL 14 08
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By Nomi Prins (Newsday)
A former investment banker, Prins discusses three steps Congress can take to ameliorate the subprime mortgage crisis. More
Posted JUL 11 08
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By Gabriel Thompson (The Nation)
At lunch time in New York City, the city's poor and elite meet when delivery people hand hedge fund CEOs their lunch. Thompson investigates the political ties of some of the city's richest men, and traces their effects to union-less security guards and delivery men. More
Posted JUN 30 08
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By Joshua Hammer (The New York Review of Books)
Hammer leads us through the world of Zimbabwean politics: from the dictator who won't relinquish power, to the challenger who he had beaten up last year and the South African president who continues to support the failing government. More
Posted JUN 26 08
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By Mark Engler (Dollars and Sense)
The Nation Books author takes on Thomas Friedman's confused logic and often objectionable opinions about globalization in his article about how these arguments are crumbling in the face of challenges from social movements. More
Posted JUN 26 08
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By Jeffrey Klein (The Huffington Post)
In a front-page story, The New York Times claimed that John McCain was to be offered an admiralty from the Navy before he retired. Klein shreds that theory and challenges McCain to put to rest all the questions about his military service--by releasing an undeleted copy of his Navy records. More
Posted JUN 16 08
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By Larry Beinhart (The Huffington Post)
Following Dennis Kucinich's lead, Beinhart argues for the impeachment of George W. Bush, asking readers to call Rep. John Conyers. Conyers will decide whether to bring charges against the president, or not. More
Posted JUN 14 08
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