Max Fraser

Max Fraser, a journalist, directs The Nation Institute's internship program.

Currently

  • Subprime Obama

    January 24, 2008

    He should stiffen his meager bailout plan and call for a moratorium on foreclosures and serious government intervention.

  • 'Catastrophic Times' for Black America

    January 12, 2008

    The devastating impact of the mortgage crisis on black communities dominated Jesse Jackson's latest economic summit. What solutions does Barack Obama propose?

  • Beyond the Labor Board

    January 3, 2008

    Partisan appointments to Bush's National Labor Relations Board have ensured it's virtually impossible for workers to get a fair shake.

2007

  • UAW R.I.P.?

    October 18, 2007

    To save the domestic auto industry, the UAW may end up killing itself.

  • Strike! A Defining Moment for the UAW

    September 25, 2007

    The issues at stake, especially GM's drive to shift the burden of healthcare, will affect workers throughout the industrialized economy--to say nothing of Campaign '08.

  • Farm Aid Raises a Vision

    September 10, 2007

    What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the American Revolution.

  • The Sopranos' Last Song

    June 7, 2007

    With an ominous sense of foreboding, Tony Soprano takes his last drive down the Jersey Turnpike, after seven seasons and 86 bloody, sexy, curse-ridden episodes.

  • Farewell, Tony and Carm

    June 7, 2007 Subscribe

    As we begin our final hour with Tony Soprano and his two families, it's hard not to feel a familiar sense of loss.

2006

  • The Day the Music Died

    November 27, 2006

    It's the end of the world as we know it: Tower Records, the last great CD emporium, is closing, victim of the iPod and MP3 revolution. As Wal-Mart and other big-box stores pick up the slack, will niche music also perish?

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RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 11/10/08
This week, what it all meant. Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for progressive change we can believe in. (13mb mp3)

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