Farai Chideya appears in the following:
Israel faces down a diplomatic crisis
Thursday, March 19, 2009
As Israel prepares to inaugurate a new right-wing government, it is facing its worst diplomatic crisis in two decades. Its actions in Gaza and its election of a right-wing government ...
Buddy can you spare a dime?: Microlending in America
Thursday, March 19, 2009
An ambitious social experiment will launch later this year that will test Americans’ ability and willingness not just to give, but to give to one another. Kiva, an online micro-lender...
American journalists detained by North Koreans
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Reports coming out today that communist authorities in North Korea have detained two American journalists. A South Korean newspaper and a TV station said the two Americans — both wome...
Out Takes: Immigrants as a solution to the housing problem
Thursday, March 19, 2009
We're spending $275 billion dollars on a federal housing market bailout plan. But is this money going to fix the problem which has created ghost towns of abandoned or empty homes acro...
Great explanations: Steve Coll blogs the stimulus plan
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Veteran journalist Steve Coll has turned his investigative skills on the SEC’s relationship with Wall Street, the secret history of the CIA and the legacy of the Bin-Ladens. Now he ...
We're all Swedes now: Bo Lundgren heads to the Hill
Thursday, March 19, 2009
In the 1990s, Sweden was facing a financial crisis that is eerily similar to what the U.S. now faces. To recover from that, they nationalized the banks and bought up the bad debt. The...
Survivor: Economic edition
Thursday, March 19, 2009
When there's a mini-mall on every corner, food stocked in every grocery store, and every creature comfort just a short jaunt away, it's hard to believe that our world could ever crumb...
In protest, the French take to the streets
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Over one million French workers are expected to join the country's second nationwide strike in two months. They are protesting French President Sarkozy's handling of the economic down...
Startling studies reveal little use for prostate screening tests
Thursday, March 19, 2009
If you’re a gentleman of a certain age, it’s a fact of life: You need to get tested for prostate cancer. But two new potentially landmark studies show men may be HURTING rather than h...
Where do you get one trillion dollars? Fed plans to print its own
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The Fed announced its new plan to help stimulate the economy yesterday calling for roughly $1 trillion to be spent on the mortgage market and treasury securities. Maya MacGuineas is t...
Fresh from the fray over AIG's visit to the Hill
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Yesterday, Ed Liddy, the CEO of embattled insurance giant AIG, went to Capitol Hill to face down a wasps' nest of angry congressmen determined to make him justify the large bonuses co...
Stopping stop-loss
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Imagine volunteering for the U.S. Army, fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then, just when you are about to head home after an honorable job well done, your commanding officer hand...
Brand Black: Obama, Hip Hop, and Blackness as a "Mature Brand"
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Today on The Takeaway we've been talking a lot about branding. Some folks told us about the brands they missed ("Bit 'o Honey" and the "Reggiebar" candy bars each got a vote). Other f...
Survivor: Planet Earth
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
There's a polar bear meeting in Norway this week, where politicians are considering how to handle the dire predictions surrounding the fate of our arctic friend. And this meeting got ...
Lucky no. 8: China strives to reach its growth goal
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
In China, the number 8 means luck. And the Chinese government has been insisting that the economy will grow no less than 8% this year, but the impact of the global economic slowdown i...
Can Obama bring the fireside chat to the 21st Century?
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Today President Obama kicks off his Southern California tour. Using an old fashioned medium, he’ll be hearing from beleaguered Americans at a town hall meeting. Tomorrow night he’ll t...
A new front in the covert war in Pakistan?
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Is President Obama planning an expansion of operations in Pakistan? He very well might be. An article in today's New York Times reveals that President Obama and his national security ...
Medvedev's call for Russian military modernization echoes Cold War rhetoric
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Yesterday, the Kremlin announced a massive modernization of its military, which sent Cold War shivers through the West. White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said President Medvedev’s ...
AIG boss faces House firing squad today
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are busy pointing fingers in the fallout over the $165 million bailout of AIG and the executive bonuses. There's more to come today, as AIG boss Edward Liddy...
Googling justice
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
When New York Times National Legal Correspondent John Schwartz was called for jury duty, he Googled the defendant's name because it sounded familiar. When he realized his error, he al...
