The Nation Magazine News: Nationalizing Banks, Slumdog Subtext and More

Having trouble reading this email? View text version here. February 24, 2009 Subscribe Home | Blogs | Books & The Arts | Your Letters | Today in The Nation | This Week in Print | 100 Days | Student Nation Dear EmailNation Subscriber, Check TheNation.com for continuing coverage of Barack Obama's First 100 Days as well as new video, podcasts and slideshows. All best, Peter Rothberg, The Nation NEW AT THENATION.COM Stress Test THOMAS FERGUSON and ROBERT JOHNSON | Short-term nationalization of troubled banks is looking ever more likely. But without stringent safeguards, new rounds of pathology are inevitable. Too Big Not to Fail JAMES S. HENRY | If it really is time for accountability, we should start by holding banks and financial institutions responsible for their actions and not allow them to rob us again with TARP II. Torturing Binyam Mohamed BARBARA EHRENREICH | How America in the Bush years was so vicious and stupid that it managed to take my freedom of speech and turn it into someone else's living hell. What Will New York Do? KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL | The American people are beginning to recognize conservative economic policy as a disastrous recipe for shifting the burden to the poor and middle class. Will statehouses coast to coast get the message? Slumdog Subtext BARBARA CROSSETTE | Slumdog Millionaire captivated global audiences, but in India, it strikes a different nerve--as a tale of personal recompense and revenge by a young Muslim victim of Hindu persecution. » Read More SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Become a Card-Carrying Liberal Get liberal discounts and support the Living Liberally network with the Liberal Card. For the price of your card, you get access to massive discounts that you won't find anywhere else. The Liberal Card hooks you up with places that allow you to shop, dine and drink with a clear conscience. And what's more liberal than saving some coin? Find out more today. IN OUR ORBIT Meltdown: A People's Plan for Recovery March 6, New York City, NY Society for Ethical Culture Join Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich, Christopher Hayes, Joseph Stiglitz and Bill Fletcher, Jr.  in a free discussion of the origins of the financial collapse, President Obama's stimulus package and, most urgently, what reforms are necessary to ensure a more equitable future. The event marks the publication of Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover (Nation Books). Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | How to Advertise | Donate | Update Email