U.S. Politics

"Health Insurers Funded Chamber Attack Ads," by Peter H. Stone, National Journal, Jan. 12, 2010

"Feingold Fears 'Lawless' Court Ruling on Corporate Campaigning," by John Nichols, The Nation, Jan. 12, 2010

"There's Plenty of Good News, But Will the US Ever Hear it?," by David Swanson, After Downing Street, Jan. 12, 2010

"Drumbeat to Boot Geithner Gets Louder, on Eve of Hearings on Disastrous Economic Crash," by Danny Schechter & Dylan Ratigan, AlterNet, Jan. 12, 2010

"Why Taxing Health Care Plans is a Terrible Idea," by Bill Salganik, Counterpunch, Jan. 12, 2010

"Obama received $20 million from healthcare industry in 2008 campaign, three times the amount of McCain," by Brad Jacobson, Raw Story, Jan. 12, 2010

"President Obama, the CIA and the Master of the Cover-Up," by Melvin A. Goodman, Truthout, Jan. 11, 2010

"'Political reporting' means 'royal court gossip,'" by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Jan. 11, 2010

"Mr. Smith Rewrites the Constitution," by Thomas Geoghegan, The New York Times, Jan. 10, 2010

"White House Believes 'Liberal Angst' Over Healthcare Will Go Away," by Donna Smith, Common Dreams, Jan. 10, 2010

"California, Here We Come," by Michael Winship, Truthout, Jan. 9, 2010

"As old-timers depart, Congress breaks down under new dynamics," McClatchy Newspapers, Jan. 8, 2010

"Courts Roll Back Limits on Election Spending," The New York Times, Jan. 8, 2010

"Lawmakers Press for Geithner AIG Testimony," Reuters, Jan. 8, 2010

"McCain Gets It, Obama Doesn't," by Robert Scheer, Truthdig, Jan. 6, 2010

"The Growth of Citizen Co-Ops Is a Positive Development As Corporations Fail Us in Every Way," by Sena Christian, AlterNet, Jan. 5, 2010

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Economy

"Will Wednesday's Wall Street inquiry find the real villains?," McClatchy Newspapers, Jan. 12, 2010

"Demand overwhelms program to prevent homelessness," McClatchy Newspapers, Jan. 12, 2010

"The Case Against Bernanke," by Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post, Jan. 10, 2010

"Banks to Britain: Drop Dead," by Kevin Drum, Mother Jones, Jan. 10, 2010

"The Other Plot to Wreck America," by Frank Rich, The New York Times, Jan. 9, 2010

"Unemployment: The 2010 Time Bomb," by John Nichols, The Nation, Jan. 9, 2010

"Democrats and the Corporate Media: Looking for Green Shoots in an Economic Desert?," by Dave Lindorff, Common Dreams, Jan. 9, 2010

"How the Teamsters Beat Goldman Sachs," by Andrew Cockburn, Counterpunch, Jan. 8-10, 2010

"Study: More families using food stamps to feed kids," McClatchy Newspapers, Jan. 8, 2010

"Tip of the Iceberg," by Eliot Spitzer, William Black, & Frank Partnoy, New Deal 2.0, Jan. 8, 2010

"The Bad Job Numbers and the Secret Second Stimulus," by Robert Reich, RobertReich.org, Jan. 8, 2010

"Bubbles and the Banks," by Paul Krugman, The New York Times, Jan. 7, 2010

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Bush Accountability

"Yes, It Was Torture, and Illegal," New York Times editorial, Jan. 3, 2010

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International Affairs

"Yemen: Another US Battleground?," by Stephen Zunes, Common Dreams, Jan. 12, 2010

"Arming Yemen would play into al-Qa'ida's hands," by Patrick Cockburn, Independent/UK, Jan. 10, 2010

"Answering Helen Thomas on Why They Want to Harm Us," by Ray McGovern, Common Dreams, Jan. 9, 2010

"Proposed Amnesty Serves to Whitewash Honduran Coup, CEPR Co-Director Says," Center for Economic and Policy Research, Jan. 8, 2010

"Did the CIA Deploy a Blackwater Hit Team in Germany?," by Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, Jan. 8, 2010

"Power versus the press," by Mark Weisbrot, Guardian/UK, Jan. 8, 2010

"The Question No U.S. Official Dare Ask: Do 700 U.S. bases provoke war rather than provide security?," by William Pfaff, Truthdig, Jan. 7, 2010

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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan

"Western, Afghan Troops Fire During Demonstration," Reuters, Jan. 12, 2010

"War's Fury No Longer Pauses for Afghan Winter," The New york Times, Jan. 11, 2010

"The Shadow War : Making Sense of the New CIA Battlefield in Afghanistan," by Tom Engelhardt & Nick Turse, TomDispatch, Jan. 10, 2010

"Afghan Prisoners Challenge Indefinite Detention," by William Fisher, Inter Press Service, Jan. 9, 2010

"Iraq, Gaza, Drone Strikes in Pakistan-- the Radicalization of CIA Assassin Humam al-Balawi," by Juan Cole, Informed Comment, Jan. 9, 2010

"Blackwater wants $1 billion to train the new Afghan police force," by Jason Rosenbaum, Firedoglake, Jan. 9, 2010

"Blackwater and the Khost Bombing: Is the CIA Deceiving Congress?," by Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, Jan. 6, 2010

"Blind in Afghanistan," by Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation, Jan. 6, 2010

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Civil Liberties/ Human Rights

"Police fight cellphone recordings," Boston Globe, Jan. 12, 2010

"Military Justice and the Fear Game," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Jan. 12, 2010

"ACLU sues Library of Congress over firing employee who criticized Gitmo," The Hill, Jan. 11, 2010

"Appeals Court Extends President's Wartime Powers, Limits Guantánamo Prisoners' Rights," by Andy Worthington, Future of Freedom Foundation, Jan. 11, 2010

"Officials Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail," The New York Times, Jan. 9, 2010

"Did a Court Just Deal a Fatal Blow to Tasers for Police?," by Raj Jayadev & Aram James, New America Media, Jan. 8, 2010

"Yemeni Gitmo Detainees Now the Victims of Hysteria," by Andy Worthington, Neiman Watchdog, Jan. 7, 2010

"The Naked Truth About Airport Scanners," by Steve Chapman, Reason, Jan. 7, 2010

"The Sins of Guantanamo: We're keeping detainees in the camp because we're afraid of things they haven't done yet?," by Dahlia Lithwick, Slate, Jan. 6, 2010

"The Lie of Law: Courts Bow to State's Raw Power," by Chris Floyd, Empire Burlesque, Jan. 6, 2010

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Environment and Sustainability

"TVA Health Assessment Report on Coal Ash Raises Troubling Questions About the Agency," by Gregory Button, Counterpunch, Jan. 11, 2010

"Overcoming the Copenhagen failure," by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Capital Times (Madison, WI), Jan. 7, 2010

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Media Issues

"The fundamental unreliability of America's media," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Jan. 12, 2010

"Activists Worried About 'Secret' Internet Treaty," by Emilio Godoy, Inter Press Service, Jan. 12, 2010

"Losing the Internet as We Know It," by Megan Tady, Huffington Post, Jan. 12, 2010

"Factually Challenged Fox News Channel Hires Factually Challenged Palin," Media Matters for America, Jan. 11, 2010

"Media Vultures Are Coming: Freedom of Expression at Risk," by Ramzy Baroud, Common Dreams, Jan. 7, 2010

"How to Save Journalism," by John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney, The Nation, Jan. 7, 2010

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Activism

"Activists Protest in DC over Guantanamo Prison," Assocated Press, Jan. 11, 2010

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