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U.S. Politics
"The great right-wing freak-out," by Juan Cole, Salon, Apr. 13, 2009
"Lincoln Under Siege From Both Sides For EFCA Position," by Sam Stein, Huffington Post, Apr. 13, 2009
"Obama's Loyal Opposition," by Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post, Apr. 12, 2009
"Socialist Shocker," by Benjamin Sarlin, The Daily Beast, Apr. 11, 2009
"The Best Investment Money Can Buy," by David Sirota, TruthDig, Apr. 10, 2009
"Obama's Top Economic Adviser Is Greedy and Highly Compromised," by Matt Taibbi, True/Slant, Apr. 10, 2009
"How Many Democrats Will Stand Up Against Obama's Bloated Military Budget?," by Jeremy Scahill, Counterpunch, Apr. 9, 2009
"Hero Blues: Liberals Line Up With Militarism," by Chris Floyd, Empire Burlesque, Apr. 8, 2009
"Summers: Living Large and in Charge," by Robert Scheer, TruthDig, Apr. 8, 2009
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Economy
"GM Told to Prep for Bankruptcy Filing: Report" Reuters, Apr. 13, 2009
"What if the Obama Administration Treated Detroit like Wall Street?," by Robert Weissman, ZNet, Apr. 12, 2009
"Needed: A New Commission To Probe Corporate Crime," by Danny Schechter, ZNet, Apr. 12, 2009
"Elizabeth Warren's Devasting Report to Congress: 'Liquidate the Banks; Fire the Executives!,'" by Mike Whitney, Counterpunch, Apr. 10/12, 2009
"Why We're Not at the Beginning of the End, and Probably Not Even At the End of the Beginning," by Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog, Apr. 10, 2009
"All The King's Horses," by dugby, Hullabaloo, Apr. 10, 2009
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Bush Regime
"The differing views of the 'rule of law" in Spain and the U.S.," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Apr. 14, 2009
"Anatomy of Bush's Torture 'Paradigm,'" by Ray McGovern, Consortium News, Apr. 14, 2009
"The Bush Six to be indicted," by Scott Horton, The Daily Beast, Apr. 13, 2009
"Torturer-In-Chief," by Paul Cantor, Common Dreams, Apr. 12, 2009
"'These People Fear Prosecution': Why Bush's CIA Team Should Worry About Its Dark Embrace of Torture," by Liliana Segura, AlterNet, Apr. 11, 2009
"Hope Abandoned: Obama Protects CIA Torture Memos," by Chris Floyd, Counterpunch, Apr. 10/12, 2009
"Licensed to Kill," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Apr. 10, 2009
"Torture Is a Crime That Must Be Punished," by Eugene Robinson, TruthDig, Apr. 10, 2009
"Obama's Torture Bind," by John Sifton, The Daily Beast, Apr. 9, 2009
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International Affairs
"How The Nation Magazine Saved the American Empire: What Can Obama Do in Latin America?," by Tom Engelhardt & Greg Grandin, TomDispatch, Apr. 14, 2009
"Time to Strengthen Ties with Peru" by James Polk, Foreign Policy in Focus, Apr. 14, 2009
"Advice for Obama from the Hemisphere" Foreign Policy in Focus, Apr. 13, 2009
"Beyond Pirate Rescue: What's Really Happening in Somalia," Invictus, Apr. 13, 2009
"Obama ends limits on Cuba travel by Cuban-Americans," McClatchy Newspapers, Apr. 13, 2009
"Obama Lifting Cuba Travel Restrictions," Associated Press, Apr. 13, 2009
"Don't Flash the Yellow Light: Mixed Messages from Washington Could Lead to Catastrophe in Iran," by Tom Engelhardt & Roane Carey, TomDispatch, Apr. 12, 2009
"Report: Pirates were out of ammo, sought to trade captain," McClatchy Newspapers, Apr. 12, 2009
"Obama Administration's Early Friction with New Israeli Govt," Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, Apr. 12, 2009
"You are being lied to about pirates," by Johann Hari, Independent/UK, Jan. 5, 2009
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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan
"Where the Occupiers Become Deranged: The Afghan Rubik's Cube," Conn Hallinan, Counterpunch, Apr. 14, 2009
"' What Have We Done to Deserve This? Iraqi Militia Fear Reprisals After US Exit," by Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, Apr. 13, 2009
"Warning That Pakistan is in Danger of Collapse Within Months," Sydney Morning Herald/Australia, Apr. 12, 2009
"Militants Torch Trucks Along US-NATO Supply Line," Associated Press, Apr. 12, 2009
"US general sees no reason to panic from Iraq attacks," Reuters, Apr. 12, 2009
"Cost of Iraq war will surpass Vietnam's by year's end," Los Angeles Times, Apr. 11, 2009
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Civil Liberties
"The Ugly War on Immigrants: Snatch-and-Jail Justice?," by Dave Lindorff, Counterpunch, Apr. 13, 2009
"Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet," Raw Story, Apr. 13, 2009
"The Story of Ayman Batarfi, a Doctor in Guantánamo," by Andy Worthington, Future of Freedom Foundation, Apr. 13, 2009
"An emerging progressive consensus on Obama's executive power and secrecy abuses," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Apr. 13, 2009
"A Test Case for Habeas Corpus: Will Obama Prosecute the Somali Pirate in a US Court?," by Jeremy Scahill, Counterpunch, Apr. 13, 2009
"Obama and habeas corpus -- then and now," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Apr. 13, 2009
"The Tomlinson Affair: The Death of a Newspaper Seller Is Rocking a Policing Empire," by Sam Urquhart, ZNet, Apr. 11, 2009
"Not Just State Secrets: Obama Continuing Bush's Stonewalling On Gitmo Cases, Lawyer Claims," by Zachary Roth, Talking Points Memo, Apr. 10, 2009
"Torture," by Andrew Sullivan, The Atlantic, Apr. 10, 2009
"Czar Obama," by Bruce Fedin, Slate, Apr. 9, 2009
"TPM: 'Obama Mimics Bush on State Secrets,'" by Glenn Greenwald, SAlon, Apr. 9, 2009
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Environment and Sustainability
"Regulating Radioactivity: Derision for Uranium Disposal Decision," Salt Lake Tribune (Utah) Apr. 14, 2009
"Germany Bans Cultivation of GM Corn," Spiegel Online/Germany, Apr. 14, 2009
"World will not meet 2C warming target, climate change experts agree," Guardian/UK, Apr. 14, 2009
"Overfishing to Wipe out Bluefin Tuna in 3 Years: WWF," Reuters, Apr. 14, 2009
" Cities on the Front Lines," by Joan Fitzgerald, The American Prospect, Apr. 13, 2009
"An Attack of the Bellamoids," by George Monbiot, Guardian/UK, Apr. 12, 2009
"Honeybees in Danger," Evaggelos Vallianatos, Truthout, Apr. 12, 2009
"A Solar Revolution May Be Coming to Your Town," by Mariah Blake, Washington Monthly, Apr. 11, 2009
"Climate Change Complicates Ozone Recovery," Environment News Service, Apr. 10, 2009
"America's 10 Most Endangered Rivers," Environment News Service, Apr. 10, 2009
"Science Chief Discusses Climate Strategy," Washington Post, Apr. 9, 2009
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Media Issues
"US News Media Fails America, Again," by Robert Parry, Consortium News, Apr. 13, 2009
"REPORT: Emerging Culture of Paranoia" Media Matters for America, Apr. 13, 2009
"Lonely in an Electronic Wilderness: 'The Great Emotional Sickness of Our Era,'" by Handan T. Satiroglu, The Wip, Apr. 13, 2009
"Wired Less: Disconnected in Urban America," by Megan Tady, Common Dreams, Apr. 13, 2009
"'More of the Same' at the New York Times," by Paul Street, ZNet, Apr. 10, 2009
"REPORT: 'Fair and balanced' Fox News aggressively promotes 'tea party' protests," Media Matters for America, Apr. 8, 2009
"Lose the 'Business'; Save the News?," by Eric Alterman, The Nation, Apr. 8, 2009
"Glenn Beck and the rise of Fox News' militia media," by Eric Boehlert, Media Matter for America, Apr. 7, 2009
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Activism
"FreedomWorks' Long History Of Teabagging," by Brian Beutler, Talking Points Memo, Apr. 14, 2009
"A New Wave of Community Organizers for the Obama Era," by Peter Dreier, Talking Points Memo, Apr. 11, 2009
"Why Unions Matter," by Seth Sandronsky, Truthout, Apr. 11, 2009
"Community Organizing Never Looked So Good," The New York Times, Apr. 11, 2009
"A New Way Forward: 2PM EST Today," by Paul Rosenberg, Open Left, Apr. 11, 2009
"Solidarity and SAG: A Word Clooney, Hanks and Baldwin Should Learn," by David Macaray, Counterpunch, Apr. 10-12, 2009
"The Creech Air Force Base Arrests: Resisting the Af-Pak War," by Jeff Leys, Counterpunch, Apr. 10-12, 2009
"' Occupy Everything Right Now,'" by Richard Kim, The Nation, Apr. 10, 2009
"The Tea Bag Lobby," by digby, Hullabaloo, Apr. 10, 2009
"Which Union Do I Belong To Now?," by Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect, Apr. 9, 2009
"With Advocates' Help, Squatters Call Foreclosures Home," The New York Times, Apr. 9, 2009
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