Sub Prime Mortgage Crisis

Build More Autos Overseas: Marginalize More U.S. Families

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

As I toured the U.S. last week on the 11-state, 32-city "Keep it Made in America" bus tour. I talked to unemployed manufacturing workers who are desperate.

Voices Struggling to Be Heard: Access to Information and the World Bank

Chad Dobson | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business


Chad Dobson

An improved disclosure policy requires a shift in thinking and a new business approach from the World Bank.

Tent Slums Spring Up in America

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics


Jeffrey Feldman

It is hard to tell if the newly dispossessed are all the victims of the subprime market. But whatever the actual demographics, the images and the stories are heartbreaking.

Blame the Banks, Not Homeowners for Foreclosure Crisis: Obama's Plan is a Step in the Right Direction

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business


C. Nicole Mason

Many Americans bought their homes because they believed in the age old value of homeownership and thought it would make a sound investment.

Europe's, China's carmakers ask for help; Waxman wins key Congressional post

Steve Parker | Posted 12.23.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

In a major win for all consumers, Democrats in the House of Representatives voted Thursday to put Rep. Henry Waxman of California in charge of a key p...

The Olympics of the Swindles

Major R. Owens | Posted 11.28.2008 | Business


Major R. Owens

The present economic collapse, which will surely devour more than a trillion taxpayer dollars within the next six months, utilized an earlier model -- the Savings and Loans swindle.

Too Much Spin

Janet Ritz | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics


Janet Ritz

I was in a doctor's waiting room recently, listening to pundits on a big-screen TV, when a middle-aged man turned to me and stated: "Too much spin." ...

Behind the Rise in Prices: The Plan to Torpedo the Dollar

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics


Danny Schechter

Paulson avoided a straight answer with a flurry of "uh, uh, uh," halting phrases and contradictory assertions.