• The Student Loan Bailout

  Higher Education

  Cole Robertson: The credit crunch is hitting students hard, but is government aid going to shareholders and CEOs instead of the borrowers who need it most?

• The Sleaziest Campaign Ads of 2008

  Presidential Election 2008

  Talking Points Memo : Here are five nominees for the most revolting, dishonest and remarkably sleazy campaign ads of the year.

• Ideas for a New Era

  Barack Obama Administration

  It's time for progressives to create coalitions and craft smart strategies that will push Obama and the new Congress to seize this moment.

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• Bush Pushes Midnight Regulations

  George W. Bush Administration

  American News Project : George W. Bush is on pace to impose more last-minute changes to federal rules than any president in history. Can Congress undo the damage?

• No Bailout Oversight

  U.S. Economy

  American News Project : Despite the fact that Congress wrote more than one hundred pages about oversight in the bailout bill, they left a gaping hole.

• Bush's Battle for Executive Power

  George W. Bush Administration

  American News Project : Pulitzer Prize winner James Risen discusses the rise in executive power during Bush's tenure and the media's failure after 9/11.