U.S. Politics

"Life is Simple in a Fake Democracy," by Paul Street, ZNet, Dec. 1, 2009

"The Campaign Cash Behind the Afghanistan Escalation," by Sue Sturgis, Facing South, Dec. 1, 2009

"Barack Obama: Manchurian Candidate Version 2.0," by Dave Lindorff, Common Dreams, Nov. 30, 2009

"Evan Bayh: The face of rotted Washington," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Nov. 30, 2009

"The Hollow Politics of Escalation," by Norman Solomon, Common Dreams, Nov. 30, 2009

"Democrats in revolt over Barack Obama's troop surge," Times Online/UK, Nov. 29, 2009

"Understanding Our Hollow 'Centrists,'" by Joe Conason, Truthout, Nov. 29, 2009

"Get Ready for the Obama/GOP Alliance," by Jeff Cohen, Truthout, Nov. 28, 2009

"Tea parties emerge as revenue stream," Politico, Nov. 28, 2009

"White House's Ties to Health Care Industry Deeper Than Visitor Records Show," by Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet, Nov. 26, 2009

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Economy

"Worse Than Enron? Wall Street's big banks are playing dangerous new accounting games," by Nomi Prins, Daily Beast, Dec. 1, 2009

"Housing Meltdown, Ground Zero: The American Home-Owning Dream on Life Support," by Tom Engelhardt & Andy Kroll, TomDispatch, Nov. 30, 2009

"As Treasury Department Stumbles, Liberals Push Tougher Measures to Stem Foreclosures," by Art Levine, Truthout, Nov. 30, 2009

"No Bailouts for Youth: Broken Promises and Dashed Hopes," by Henry A. Giroux, Truthout, Nov. 30, 2009

"The Housing Crisis and Wall Street Shame," by Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog, Nov. 29, 2009

"Debate on Creating Jobs, Without Raising Deficit," The New York Times, Nov. 29, 2009

"Wall Street's a casino, so maybe state gambling laws apply," McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 29, 2009

"Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades," The New York Times, Nov. 28, 2009

"Soaring Unemployment and a Double-Dip Recession?: Blame Larry Summers," by Mike Whitney, Counterpunch, Nov. 27-29, 2009

"Why debt at Dubai World is shaking world financial markets," Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 27, 2009

"Bailed-Out AIG Forcing Poor to Choose Between Running Water and Food," by Yasha Levine, AlterNet, Nov. 26, 2009

"A Surge in Demands on Goverment for Jobs," by Ann Robertson & Bill Leumer, Counterpunch, Nov. 26, 2009

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Bush Accountability

"English AG Opined Iraq War was Illegal," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Nov. 30, 2009

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International Affairs

"Why they hate us (II): How many Muslims has the U.S. killed in the past 30 years?," by Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy, Nov. 30, 2009

"US, Iran Moving Again Toward Confrontation," by Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, Nov. 30, 2009

"Honduran Elections Marred by Police Violence, Censorship, International Non-Recognition," by Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic & Policy Research, Nov. 29, 2009

"Selling Out Democracy in Honduras: The U.S. and the Honduran Election," by Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet, Nov. 28, 2009

"Selling Out Democracy in Honduras: The U.S. and the Honduran Election," by Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet, Nov. 28, 2009

"The Timeline for a New Mexican Revolution Comes Due," by John Toss, Counterpunch, Nov. 27-29, 2009

"White House says world moving toward new Iran sanctions," McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 27, 2009

"America and Israel-Palestine: dangerous disarray," by Fawaz A Gerges, Open Democracy, Nov. 27, 2009

"West Bank settlers carry on building as new freeze is proposed," Times Online/UK, Nov. 27, 2009

"No Fair Election in Honduras under Military Occupation," by Dana Frank, Common Dreams, Nov. 27, 2009

"State Department Backpedals on Landmine Treaty," by Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, Nov. 26, 2009

"Citing 'National Defense Needs,' Obama Administration Says it Won't Sign Ban on Land Mines," by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, Nov. 26, 2009

"The Sham Elections in Honduras," by George Vickers, Foreign Policy, Nov. 25, 2009

"Can Obama stand up to Israel?," by Helena Cobban, Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 24, 2009

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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan

"As Obama Sends More Troops, Giant Shadow Army Of Contractors Set To Grow In Afghanistan," by Justin Elliott, Talking Points Memo, Dec. 1, 2009

"Obama's exceedingly familiar justifications for escalation," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Dec. 1, 2009 "Military Escalation Will Harm Afghan People, US Interests," by John Nichols, The Nation, Dec. 1, 2009

"Obama faces steep challenges in new Afghan policy," McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 30, 2009

"How the War Hawks Caged Obama," by Robert Parry, Consortium News, Nov. 30, 2009

"A troop surge can only magnify the crime against Afghanistan," by Malalai Joya, Guardian/UK, Nov. 30, 2009

"A 'Necessary War' -- for a Gas Pipeline: It's Obama's War Now," by Gary Leupp, Counterpunch, Nov. 30, 2009

"Iraq Inquiry bombshell: Secret letter to reveal new Blair war lies," Mail Online/UK, Nov. 29, 2009

"British Probe: Iraq War Was Illegal," Independent/UK, Nov. 29, 2009

"Tajik Grip on Afghan Army Signals New Ethnic War," by Gareth Porter, Antiwar.com, Nov. 29, 2009

"Benchmarks in Wartime: As Reliable as Promises," The New York Times, Nov. 28, 2009

"US Was 'Hell Bent' on Iraq War, UK Envoy Says," Associated Press, Nov. 28, 2009

"US soldiers: Afghan war more challenging than Iraq," Associated Press, Nov. 28, 2009

"Afghan Teenagers Claim Abuse at US Military Prison," Agence France Presse, Nov. 28, 2009

"Matthew Hoh Speaks Grim Truth To Power," by Roger Morris & George Kenney, Huffington Post, Nov. 27, 2009

"In Afghanistan and at home, we're being driven off a cliff," by Ron Smith, Baltimore Sun, Nov. 27, 2009

"Call it Ecocide: Birth Defects in Iraq," by Robert C. Koehler, Common Dreams, Nov. 26, 2009

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Civil Liberties/ Human Rights

"The Black Hole of Bagram," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Dec. 1, 2009

"Authority to Spy on Americans Unclear as Patriot Act Expires," ABC News, Nov. 30, 2009

"'The Empire Strikes Back'--Washington DC, April 2000," by Paul Rosenberg, Open Left, Nov. 29, 2009

"High Court to Hear PATRIOT Act Challenge," by William Fisher, Antiwar.com, Nov. 29, 2009

"Release of secret reports delayed: Spy agencies foil Obama plan for transparency," Boston Globe, Nov. 29, 2009

"Afghans Detail Detention in 'Black Jail' at U.S. Base," The New York Times, Nov. 28, 2009

"Torture at Bagram Makes Headlines," Valtin, Invictus, Nov. 28, 2009

"Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable?," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Nov. 27, 2009

"U.S. journalist grilled at Canada border crossing," CBC News/Canada, Nov. 26, 2009

"Who is Really on Trial in the Khalid Sheik Mohammed Case?," by Adam Serwer, The American Prospect, Nov. 25, 2009

"Judge Orders Release of Algerian from Guant‡namo (But He's Not Going Anywhere)," by Andy Worthington, Future of Freedom Foundation, Nov. 24, 2009

"Purge at the White House on Torture & Detainee Policies?," by Valtin, Invictus, Nov. 24, 2009

"City to Settle Mass Arrest Class Action for $13.7 Million," by Jordan Weissman, Legal Times blog, Nov. 23, 2009

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Environment and Sustainability

"Bhopal water still toxic 25 years after deadly gas leak, study finds," Guardian/UK, Dec. 1, 2009

"Major cities at risk from rising sea level threat," Times Online/UK, Dec. 1, 2009

"Angry Greenhouse Gas Victims Demand Action," by Paul Virgo, Inter Press Service, Nov. 29, 2009

"Western lifestyle unsustainable, says climate expert Rajendra Pachauri," Observer/UK, Nov. 29, 2009

"Accident casts fresh doubt on nuclear safety," by Gwen L. DuBois, Baltimore Sun, Nov. 25, 2009

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Media Issues

"Mega-Media Era Begins: GE/Vivendi Deal Clears Way for Comcast/NBC Merger," by Josh Silver, Huffington Post, Dec. 1, 2009

"Rabid Right-Wing Media Mogul Building a News Empire," by Jamison Foser, Media Matters for America, Nov. 28, 2009

"How to Save Journalism," by John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney, The Nation, Nov. 24, 2009

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Activism

"Prologue to Copenhagen: Fasts, Lock Downs, Sit-Ins, Die-Ins for Climate Justice Across the Nation," by Jeff Biggers, Common Dreams, Nov. 30, 2009

"WTO protesters were right," by Jon Talton, Seattle Times, Nov. 29, 2009

"Tempers Flare At Anti-War Rally At Travis AFB," CBS13 News (California), Nov. 28, 2009

"Anti-war protest shakes up holiday shopping," KOMO-TV News (Seattle, WA), Nov. 28, 2009

"From Seattle to Detroit: 10 Lessons for Movement Building on the 10th Anniversary of the WTO Shutdown," by Stephanie Guilloud, ZNet, Nov. 28, 2009

"Police, Protesters Clash Ahead of WTO Conference," Agence France Presse, Nov. 28, 2009

"The Meaning of Seattle: Truth Only Becomes True Through Action," by Walden Bello, YES! Magazine, Nov. 25, 2009

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