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U.S. Politics
"The dishonest 'Blame Dodd' scheme from Treasury officials," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Mar. 17, 2009
"Bonus Scandal: Four Questions on Geithner and Summers," by Chris Bowers, Open Left, Mar. 17, 2009
"Obamanomics Sparks Ire Across The Aisle," ABC News, Mar. 17, 2009
"Obama Undercuts Whistle-Blowers, Senator Says," The New York Times, Mar. 16, 2009
"AIG Bonuses Raise More Questions About Geithner and Summers," by Chris Bowers, Open Left, Mar. 16, 2009
"AIG Bonuses Scandal: CEOs Take Our Billions and Are Accountable to No One," by Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog, Mar. 15, 2009
"Is the Israel Lobby Running Scared?: Or Killing a Chicken to Scare the Monkeys," by Tom Engelhardt & Robert Dreyfuss, TomDispatch, Mar. 15, 2009
"Democrats, GOP draw battle lines on healthcare plan," Boston Globe, Mar. 15, 2009
"Big bucks labor battle," by Foon Rhee, Boston Globe, Mar. 12, 2009
"Texas's Perry Rejects Stimulus for Expanded Jobless Benefits," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Mar. 12, 2009
"Fighting Back in America's 30-Year Class War," by Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate, Mar. 11, 2009
"The Point of Pointing Fingers," by E.J. Dionne, TruthDig, Mar. 11, 2009
"Healthcare Enemy No. 1," by Christopher Hayes, The Nation, Mar. 11, 2009
"The City that Ended Hunger," by Frances Moore Lappé, Yes! Magazine, Spring, 2009
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Economy
"Those Hit Hardest Get No Bailout," by Amy Goodman, TruthDig, Mar. 17, 2009
"Global Labor's Forgotten Plan to Fight the Great Depression," by Tim Costello, Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith, Common Dreams, Mar. 17, 2009
"The sanctity of AIG's contracts," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Mar. 16, 2009
"Bailout King AIG Still to Pay Millions In Bonuses," Washinton Post, Mar. 15, 2009
"Labor Union Bill Raises Broader Capitalism Issues," Washinton Post, Mar. 15, 2009
"Seven Avoidance Indicators," by Ralph Nader, Common Dreams, Mar. 14, 2009
"Said without Joy: We Told You So by Robert Weissman, Common Dreams, Mar. 13, 2009
"The Financial Crisis Pushes Europe to the Brink of Disaster," by Danny Schechter, AlterNet, Mar. 12, 2009
"Worse than 1929?," by Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect, Mar. 12, 2009
"Geithner Loves the Market so Give him Banking Vouchers," by Benjamin R. Barber, Huffington Post, Mar. 12, 2009
"The Perfect Storm for Non-Profits," by Eyal Press, The Nation, Mar. 11, 2009
"Fixing the Fed," by William Greider, The Nation, Mar. 11, 2009
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Bush Regime
"Was Throwing a Shoe at Bush a Violent Act?," by Medea Benjamin, AlterNet Mar. 17, 2009
"Bush Visits Canada: Will He Be Arrested for War Crimes?," by Garrett Zehr, The Tyee, Mar. 17, 2009
"Cheney's Mission Accomplished," by Juan Cole, Informed Comment, Mar. 17, 2009
"Rage on the Streets in Calgary as Bush Visits," The Canadian Press/Canada, Mar. 17, 2009
"Obama Justice Dept. defends Rumsfeld in torture case," Raw Story, Mar. 13, 2009
"Obama Admin Moves to Protect Military Officials" Associated Press, Mar. 11, 2009
"Seymour Hersh: 'Executive Assassination Ring' Reported Directly to Cheney Office," AlterNet, Mar. 11, 2009
" A Real Criminal Investigation of Bush/Cheney; No Truth Commission!," by Martin Garbus, Huffington Post, Mar. 9, 2009
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International Affairs
"Obama's Middle East moment of truth," by Gary Kamiya, Salon, Mar. 17, 2009
"Thoughts on the Death of Rachel Corrie," by David Bromwich, Huffington Post, Mar. 16, 2009
"El Salvador Elects First Leftist President" Los Angeles Times, Mar. 16, 2009
"Iran, Jews and Pragmatism," by Roger Cohen, The New York Times, Mar. 15, 2009
"In El Salvador, Cautious Optimism On What a Progressive Win Would Mean for U.S. Relations," by Roberto Lovato, New America Media, Mar. 14, 2009
"Report: Cuba, Venezuela could host Russian bombers," Associated Press, Mar. 14, 2009
"Obama Administration Affirms U.S. Neutrality in Salvadoran Election," by Robert Naiman, Common Dreams, Mar. 14, 2009
"The State That Tolerates No Criticism: How Israel Gives Jews a Bad Name," by Saul Landau, Counterpunch, Mar. 13/15, 2009
"Destroyer to Protect Ship Near China," Washington Post, Mar. 13, 2009
"Concern Grows in the U.S. That the Drug War Is Destablizing Mexico," San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 13, 2009
"Interview With Charles Freeman," by Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation, Mar. 13, 2009
"Freeman Affair Puts Israel Lobby in Spotlight," by Daniel Luban and Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, Mar. 13, 2009
"Bridge to Tehran: Better Relations Are Within Reach -- If Both Sides Make the Effort," by Mohammad Hassan Khani, Washington Post, Mar. 9, 2009
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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan
"Pakistani Political Crisis Jeopardizes U.S. Regional Strategy," Washington Post, Mar. 10, 2009
"Plan to Split Taliban Lures Obama Deeper Into War," by Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service, Mar. 16, 2009
"Pakistan in Turmoil," by Barbara Crossette, The Nation, Mar. 15, 2009
"Perils Seen in Obama's Afghan Strategy," by Ali Gharib, Inter Press Service, Mar. 14, 2009
"Pakistan Taliban say 24 dead in U.S. missile strikes," Reuters, Mar. 13, 2009
"Student facing 20 years in hell," Independent/UK, Mar. 12, 2009
"What are U.S. goals in Afghanistan?," by Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspapers, Mar. 12, 2009
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Civil Liberties
"US Torture: Voices from the Black Sites," by Mark Danner, New York Review of Books, Apr. 9, 2009
"Rotted From the Head: High Crimes and Continuity in the American Imperium," by Chris Floyd, Empire Burlesque, Mar. 17, 2009
"Obama Follows Bush on Detainees," by William Fisher, Inter Press Service, Mar. 16, 2009
"Red Cross Described 'Torture' at CIA Jails," Washington Post, Mar. 16, 2009
"Obama administration: Guantanamo detainees have 'no constitutional rights,'" Raw Story, Mar. 15, 2009
"Advocates worry Obama easing human rights stand," Associated Press, Mar. 13, 2009
"Obama administration to abandon Bush term 'enemy combatants,'" Guardian/UK, Mar. 13, 2009
"Obama's new detainee policy: Break from Bush, or the same?," McClatchy Newspapers, Mar. 13, 2009
"Who are 'the worst of the worst'?," by Andy Worthington, Guardian/UK, Mar. 12, 2009
"The Global Impact of U.S. 'War on Terror' Abuses," by Joanne Mariner, FindLaw, Mar. 11, 2009
"Guantánamo's faceless victims," by Karen Greenberg, Guardian/UK, Mar. 11, 2009
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Environment and Sustainability
"Scientist: 'Risks of Massive Changes in the Climate System,'" Reuters, Mar. 17, 2009
"World Water Forum Opens to Scarcity Fears and Protests," Environment News Service, Mar. 16, 2009
"Obama Needs to Spark a Global Green Deal to Create a Sustainable Economy," by Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation, Mar. 13, 2009
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Media Issues
"The outrageous offenses against Richard Cheney," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Mar. 16, 2009
"The End of Peter B. Collins and the Need for Media Reform," by Mark Crispin Miller, Huffington Post, Mar. 16, 2009
"Mexican Money Deal Taints 'Times,'" by Jim Hightower, Providence Journal (Rhode Island), Mar. 15, 2009
"Stewart/Cramer: Who's This Song About?," by James Poniewozik, Time, Mar. 13, 2009
"Jon Stewart Demolishes CNBC's Jim Cramer in Daily Show Showdown (Uncensored)," by ZP Heller, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Mar. 13, 2009
"Stewart Asks Cramer: 'Where's the D'Oh!,'" by Leslie Savan, The Nation, Mar. 13, 2009
"There's nothing unique about Jim Cramer," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Mar. 13, 2009
"The Stewart-Cramer interview and the predicament of journalism," by Jack Balkin, Balkinization, Mar. 13, 2009
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Activism
"Marching on Washington: Coxey's Army Will March Again!," by Stephen Fleischman, Counterpunch, Mar. 16, 2009
"Newton peace activists say Obama withdrawal plan is not enough" Boston Globe, Mar. 13, 2009
"State of Change
House of Labor Wrangling: UNITE-HERE v SEIU, AFL v CtW," by John Nichols, The Nation, Mar. 13, 2009
"Ex-Cal tree-sitter hurt in West Bank protest," San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 13, 2009
"Howard Zinn: Obama 'Is Going to Need Demonstrations and Protest and Letters and Petitions' to Do the Right Things," by Liliana Segura, AlterNet, Mar. 12, 2009
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