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U.S. Politics
"Progressive Wins Instant Runoff Vote In Burlington Mayoral Contest," Associated Press, Mar. 8, 2006
"Groups Counterattack Strict South Dakota Abortion Law," Reuters, Mar. 8, 2006
"Election Official Savaged For Telling The Truth," by Fred Grimm, Miami Herald, Mar. 7, 2006
"Disgraced DeLay Wins 4-Way GOP Primary," Associated Press, Mar. 7, 2006
"GOP Blocks Eavesdropping Probe," Washington Post, Mar. 7, 2006
"Popular Groundswell For Impeachment; Bush's Last Best Hope: The Democrats," by David Lindorff, Counterpunch, Mar. 7, 2006
"South Dakota Governor Signs Abortion Ban Into Law," Associated Press, Mar. 6, 2006
"Instant-Runoff Voting Is Gaining Momentum As A Problem Solver," Associated Press, Mar. 5, 2006
"Enabling Bush: Senator Feinstein's War Profiteering," by Joshua Frank, ZNet, Mar. 3, 2006
"Ten Against PATRIOT Act Reauthorization," by John Nichols, The Nation, Mar. 3, 2006
"The Ohio Vote Debacle," by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman, AlterNet, Mar. 3, 2006
"A National Popular Vote," by Rob Richie & Ryan O'Donnell, TomPaine.com, Feb. 28, 2006
"Supreme Court Backs Abortion Protesters," Associated Press, Feb. 28, 2006
"Saving Our Democracy," by Bill Moyers, AlterNet, Feb. 27, 2006
"All 50 Governors Say Bush Policies Weakening National Guard," The New York Times, Feb. 27, 2006
"Sizing Up The Opposing Armies In The Coming Abortion Battle," The New York Times, Feb. 26, 2006
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Bush Regime
"'Unitary Executive' Or Autocracy?," by Paul Waldman, TomPaine.com, Mar. 8, 2006
"At Conservative Forum On Bush, Everyone's A Critic," by Dana Milbank, Washington Post, Mar. 8, 2006
"Bush Orders DHS To Create Center For Faith-Based Aid," Washington Post, Mar. 8, 2006
"Regulating Consumers, Aiding Industry," by Laurie Gindin Beacham & Amy Widman, TomPaine.com, Mar. 8, 2006
"Letter To Alberto Gonzales: Misleading Testimony About NSA Domestic Spying," by Sen. Russell Feingold, Counterpunch, Mar. 7, 2006
"Vermont Towns Vote To Impeach," by John Nichols, The Nation, Mar. 7, 2006
"Global Peace Through Nuclear Weapons: Dr. Strangelove Is Our President," by John Blair, Counterpunch, Mar. 7, 2006
"Gonzales May Be Recalled On Eavesdropping," Associated Press, Mar. 6, 2006
"Funding Cuts: Veterans Asked To Bleed For Bush All Over Again," by Beth Quinn, Middletown Times-Herald Record (New York), Mar. 6, 2006
"Bush And Katrina's 'Situational Information,'" by Ralph Nader, Common Dreams, Mar. 6, 2006
"If Judges Won't Stand Up To Bush, Who Will?," by Robyn E. Blumner, St. Petersburg Times (Florida), Mar. 5, 2006
"Bush's NSA Spying Program Violates The Law," by Jennifer Van Bergen, Counterpunch, Mar. 4/5, 2006
"The Fight: New Orleans Drowned And Bush Didn't Care," by Geov Parrish, Working For Change, Mar. 4, 2006
"When Americans No Longer Own America," by Thom Hartmann, Common Dreams, Feb. 27, 2006
"The Case For Impeachment: Why We Can No Longer Afford George Bush," by Lewis H. Lapham, Harper's, Feb. 27, 2006
"Bush's Bunker Days," by David Lindorff, Counterpunch, Feb. 27, 2006
"Worse Than Hoover: A Fool's Economic Paradise," by Stephen Pizzo, News For Real, Feb. 27, 2006
"Defeat Is Victory. Death Is Life," by Robert Fisk, Independent/UK, Feb. 27, 2006
"White House 'Discovers' 250 Emails Related To Plame Leak," by Jason Leopold, Truthout, Feb. 24, 2006
"Bush And The Ports Deal: The Boy Who Cried Wolf," by William Greider, The Nation, Feb. 23, 2006
"Watchdogs Urge Full Probe Of Bush Propaganda Spending," OneWorld.net, Feb. 22, 2006
"Port Debate Pits Bush Against His Own Party," by Dick Polman, Knight Ridder, Feb. 22, 2006
"U.S. Terror Fears, Stoked By Bush, Now Bite Him," Reuters, Feb. 22, 2006
"Bush Didn't Know About Ports Deal Until After its Approval," USA Today, Feb. 22, 2006
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American Empire/War Profiteering
"The Baghdad Embassy Bonanza," by David Phinney, CorpWatch, Mar. 8, 2006
"Noam Chomsky On The Hopeful Signs Across Latin America," by Bernie Dwyer, Counterpunch, Mar. 7, 2006
"Bolivia's Morales Accuses U.S. Of Blackmail," Reuters, Mar. 7, 2006
"Venezuela Trains For Guerrilla War," BBC News/UK, Mar. 6, 2006
"U.S. Intervention In Venezuela," by Medea Benjamin, Common Dreams, Mar. 4, 2006
"Watch Out Bolivia," by Christopher Brauchli, Common Dreams, Mar. 4, 2006
"Venezuela Cautions U.S. It May Curtail Oil Exports," The New York Times, Feb. 27, 2006
"The Coming Fall Of Pakistan," by William Lind, Counterpunch, Feb. 24, 2006
"Condi's Baffling Iran Strategy: Guaranteed To Hurt the People We Most Want to Help," by Fred Kaplan, Slate, Feb. 21, 2006
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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq & Afghanistan
"The U.S. Role In Iraq's Sectarian Violence," by Stephen Zunes, Antiwar.com, Mar. 7, 2006
"Envoy To Iraq Says 'Pandora's Box' Is Open; Sees Threat Of Wider War," Los Angeles Times, Mar. 7, 2006
"Senior Iraqi General, 20 Others Killed In Attack," Washington Post, Mar. 7, 2006
"'14,000 Detained Without Trial In Iraq,'" Guardian/UK, Mar. 6, 2006
"An Investigation Reopens: Why Did Pat Tillman Die?," by Dave Zirin, Counterpunch, Mar. 6, 2006
"Expert On Iraq: 'We're In A Civil War,'" by Jake Tapper, ABC News, Mar. 5, 2006
"U.S. Stuck With Few Options In Iraq," by Dick Polman, Knight Ridder, Mar. 5, 2006
"Sectarian Violence And The U.S. As 'Honest Broker,'" by Rahul Mahajan, Empire Notes, Mar. 3, 2006
"Iraq: The Precipice, The Brink, The Abyss" by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, Mar. 2, 2006
"U.S. Troops In Iraq: 72% Say End War In 2006," Zogby International press release, Feb. 28, 2006
"Iraq: Preparing For The Worst," by Robert Dreyfuss, TomPaine.com, Feb. 28, 2006
"Volatile Days: " by Riverbend, Baghdad's Burning, Feb. 27, 2006
"U.S.-Run Jail In Afghanistan 'Worse Than Guantanamo,'" Telegraph/UK, Feb. 27, 2006
"Analysts See Lebanon-ization Of Iraq in Crystal Ball," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 26, 2006
"Sectarian Bloodshed Reveals Strength Of Iraq's Militias," The New York Times, Feb. 25, 2006
"Iraq's Interior Ministry Said To Run Death Squads," Independent/UK, Feb. 25, 2006
"Pentagon Report: Insurgent Attacks Hit Postwar High," Stars And Stripes, Feb. 25, 2006
"Iraq Government Warns Of 'Endless Civil War,'" Reuters, Feb. 25, 2006
"Bush Is To Blame For Destroying Iraq," by Robert Dreyfuss, TomPaine.com, Feb. 24, 2006
"Iraq's 9/11: Askari Mosque Bombing Is Bigger Than You Think," by Geov Parrish, WorkingForChange.com, Feb. 24, 2006
"Pentagon: No Competent Iraqi Battalions," Associated Press, Feb. 24, 2006
"Violent Cycle Of Revenge Stuns Iraqis," The New York Times, Feb. 24, 2006
"Foes And Even Friends In Mideast Say 'America Is To Blame' For Mosque Bombing," Associated Press, Feb. 23, 2006
"Baghdad Curfew As Iraq Seeks To Stem Violence," Reuters, Feb. 23, 2006
"Destruction Of Holiest Shiite Shrine Brings Iraq Closer To Civil War," by Patrick Cockburn, Independent/UK, Feb. 23, 2006
"U.S. Military Denies Iraq On Brink Of Civil War," Agence France Presse, Feb. 23, 2006
"Little Help Available For Mental Trauma In Iraq," USA Today, Feb. 21, 2006
"The Raid," by Riverbend, Baghdad's Burning, Feb. 11, 2006
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Civil Liberties
"Watching What You Say: How Are Telecom Giants Cooperating With NSA Domestic Spying?," by Tim Shorrock, The Nation, Mar. 20, 2006
"They Came For The Chicken Farmer," The New York Times editorial, Mar. 8, 2006
"Compromising Civil Liberties: The PATRIOT Act Gets A Pass," by Walter Brasch, Counterpunch, Mar. 8, 2006
"Banned And Gagged: South Dakota's Abortion Ban Mirror U.S. International Policies," by Rose Aguilar, AlterNet, Mar. 8, 2006
"ACLU Seeks Quicker Answer On Spying," Contra Costa Times (California), Mar. 7, 2006
"'Specific' Info On NSA Eavesdropping?," Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 6, 2006
"Guantanamo: Inmates' Testimonies," Independent/UK, Mar. 6, 2006
"Court Upholds Forcing Colleges To Accept Military Recruiting," Associated Press, Mar. 6, 2006
"The Play's The Thing: Theater, Ideology And The Censorship Of 'My Name Is Rachel Corrie,'" by Walter A. Davis, Counterpunch, Mar. 6, 2006
"Guantanamo Detainee Told Geneva Rights 'Irrelevant,'" Guardian/UK, Mar. 6, 2006
"Tracing The Trail Of Torture," by Tom Engelhardt & Dahr Jamail, TomDispatch.com, Mar. 5, 2006
"Surveillance Won't Make Us Safer, Only Watched," by Joel McNally, Madison Capital Times (Wisconsin), Mar. 4, 2006
"David Horowitz And The Attack On Independent Thought," by Robert McChesney, Common Dreams, Feb. 28, 2006
"Tortured Logic," by Anthony Lagouranis, The New York Times, Feb. 28, 2006
"Accountability Absent In Prisoner Torture," by John D. Hutson, St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota), Feb. 28, 2006
"Bolivian Human Rights Leader Barred From Entering U.S.," by Benjamin Dangl, Counterpunch, Feb. 28, 2006
"Guantanamo: American Gulag," by by Thomas Wilner, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 26, 2006
"On Being 'Good Americans' In A Time Of Torture," by Fred Branfman, Tikkun, Feb. 25, 2006
"Why Should Anyone Worry About Whose Communications Bush And Cheney Are Intercepting?," by John W. Dean, FindLaw, Feb. 24, 2006
"Why's A Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel On The 'No-Fly' List?," by John Nichols, The Nation, Feb. 24, 2006
"Total Information Awareness Data Mining Program Lives On," by Shane Harris, National Journal, Feb. 23, 2006
"The Perpetual Surveillance Society," by George Monbiot, AlterNet, Feb. 23, 2006
"Pentagon Told To Release Gitmo Transcripts," Associated Press, Feb. 23, 2006
"Files Show Military Rebuffs FBI Guantanamo Worries," Reuters, Feb. 23, 2006
"U.S. Report: 'Big Brother' Watching Email, Computer Data," Agence France Presse, Feb. 23, 2006
"Nearly 100 Dead In U.S. Custody In Iraq, Afghanistan: Report," Agence France Presse, Feb. 22, 2006
"Peace Groups Under Watch," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 22, 2006
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Media Issues
"Digital Hype: A Dazzling Smokescreen?," by Norman Solomon, Common Dreams, Mar. 7, 2006
"Pat Tillman Case: How The Press Was Spun," by Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher, Mar. 5, 2006
"NYT Sues Pentagon Over Domestic Spying Docs," Reuters, Feb. 27, 2006
"Schechter Calls For Protests Over Media Complicity In Iraq War," Democracy Now!, Feb. 24, 2006
"If It's Sunday TV Talk, It's Conservative," by Joshua Holland, AlterNet, Feb. 24, 2006
"Superficial Abstractions: The Unreal Death Of Journalism," by Norman Solomon, Counterpunch, Feb. 23, 2006
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Activism
"A Break-In To End All Break-Ins: Commemorating The Citizens' Commission To Investigate The FBI," by Allan M. Jalon, Los Angeles Times, Mar. 8, 2006
"What Really Happened, Pt. 2: NYC Style," by Cindy Sheehan, Common Dreams, Mar. 8, 2006
"'Peace Mom' Cindy Sheehan Still Campaigning Against War," Associated Press, Mar. 6, 2006
"American Youth Counter-Recruitment," by Sonia Nettnin, ZNet, Mar. 6, 2006
"Seven Arrested At White House For War Protest," by Mike Ferner, Counterpunch, Feb. 28, 2006
"Students Call For Banning Of Peace Studies Class," Washington Post, Feb. 26, 2006
"Volunteers Of America: The Politics Of The Weather Underground," by Ron Jacobs, Counterpunch, Feb. 23, 2006
"Protest And Celebration In Venezuela," by Michael Blanding, The Nation, Feb. 23, 2006
"One By One, Towns Are Urging Peace," by Karen Dolan, MinutemanMedia.org, Feb. 22, 2006
"Antiwar Concert Will Kick Off Nationwide Speaking Tour," Rolling Stone, Feb. 22, 2006
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