Jezebel: Fdic

Otherwise Known As Sheila The Great

Anna Holmes — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:10:00 EDT

[Washington, D.C., July 24. Image via Getty]

Potential Treasury Secretary Sheila Bair Is A "Woman To Watch"

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:00:00 EST

FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair tops the Wall Street Journal's list of "The 50 Women To Watch 2008", which attempts to line up the top 50 women in corporate America today. Despite being the lone government employee on the list, Bair tops it not just because of her work in finance as the chair of the FDIC but because, more importantly, her name is bandied about as a black horse candidate for Treasury Secretary in an Obama Administration. So what should you know about her? More »

Airport Sedition II: Is Jesse Jackson A Hypocrite Or Are We Just In A Depression?

Megan Carpentier — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Another day, another round of airports (only, this time, everyone's Stateside) as our semi-beloved Spencer Attackerman heads to Netroots Nation in Austin to represent the Washington Independent and I sit alone outside of security having driven him to BWI as way to convince him to keep doing Crappy through tomorrow. But join us after the jump as we discuss the men that drink beer with breakfast, women who clip their toenails in public, Jesse Jackson, the "n" word, the "d" word, floggings, second tours of duty and my breasts as compared to Julia Allison's. No, this isn't Gawker, it's just a brief mention, I swear. More »