U.S. Politics
"WSJ uncovers more examples of GOP lawmakers privately admitting stimulus created jobs," by Jed Lewison, Daily Kos, Feb. 16, 2010
"Tea Party Movement Lights Fuse for Rebellion on Right," The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2010
"Holder at Bay," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Feb. 15, 2010
"Democracy and the Threat of Authoritarianism: Politics Beyond Barack Obama," by Henry A. Giroux, Truthout, Feb. 15, 2010
"Our Founders were NOT Fundamentalists," by Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, Feb. 13, 2010
"Obama's chance to be next FDR or Reagan fading fast," McClatchy Newspapers, Feb. 13, 2010
"Senate Republicans: Filibuster everything to win in November?," McClatchy Newspapers, Feb. 12, 2010
"It's Official: 2009 Was Record Year For Lobbying, Despite Recession," by Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post, Feb. 12, 2010
"Former U.S. Regulators Helped Quash Toyota Investigations," ProPublica, Feb. 12, 2010
"A Disadvantaged Class? The Corporate Speech Index," by Robert Weissman, Common Dreams, Feb. 12, 2010
"Reid and Obama Abandon the Jobs Front," by Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, Feb. 12, 2010
"The New Deal in Reverse: How the Obama Administration Ended Up Where Franklin Roosevelt Began," by Tom Engelhardt & Steve Fraser, TomDispatch, Feb. 11, 2010
"Dropping in on the Tea Party," by Gary Younge, The Nation, Feb. 11, 2010
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Economy
"How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America," by Don Peck, The Atlantic, Mar., 2010
"Right to Rent: The Best Response to the Housing Crash," by Dean Baker, Shelterforce, Feb. 17, 2010
"Economy Prompts Fresh Look at ND's Socialist Bank," Associated Press, Feb. 16, 2010
"Suburban Homeless: Rising Tide Of Women, Families," Associated Press, Feb. 16, 2010
"The Economic Elite Have Engineered an Extraordinary Coup, Threatening the Very Existence of the Middle Class," by David DeGraw, AlterNet, Feb. 15, 2010
"The Next Problem: Confronting Joblessness," by James Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Feb. 14, 2010
"Goldman Goes Rogue - Special European Audit To Follow," by Simon Johnson, Baseline Scenario, Feb. 14, 2010
"Anthem Blue Cross Delays Rate Hike Pending Review By California Officials," by Jason Leopold, Truthout, Feb. 13, 2010
"The Monopolization of America," by Russell Mokhiber, Corporate Crime Reporter, Feb. 13, 2010
"Wall St. Helped to Mask Debt Fueling Europe's Crisis," The New York Times, Feb. 13, 2010
"The Economic Velociraptors," by Andrew Cockburn, Counterpunch, Feb. 12-14, 2010
"The Retrogression: New Phase, Not Just Another Recession," by Ismael Hossein-Zadeh, Counterpunch, Feb. 12-14, 2010
"Worker-Owned, Industrial-Size, Environmentally Sound Business Rises Up," by Gar Alperovitz, Ted Howard & Michael Williamson, The Nation Feb. 11, 2010
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Bush Accountability
"Dick Cheney's taunting," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Feb. 16, 2010
"Cheney Admits to War Crimes, Media Yawns, Obama Turns the Other Cheek," by Jason Leopold, Truthout, Feb. 15, 2010
"Does Dick Cheney Want to Be Prosecuted?," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Feb. 15, 2010
"Cheney Exposes Torture Conspiracy," by Robert Parry, Consortium News, Feb. 14, 2010
"Torture Lawyers on Trial?," by David Cole, The Nation, Feb. 11, 2010
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International Affairs
"Clinton clings to Bush ideals on Iran," by Stephen Kinzer, Guardian/UK, Feb. 16, 2010
"The Seven Paragraphs that Shook US-UK Ties," by William Fisher, Inter Press Service, Feb. 13, 2010
"What Do Empires Do?," by Michael Parenti, Common Dreams, Feb. 13, 2010
"That Which Can Not be Spoken: Why Do Terrorists Keeping Picking on the United States?," by William Blum, Counterpunch Feb. 12-14, 2010
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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan
"Joya condemns 'ridiculous' military strategy," Independent/UK, Feb. 15, 2010
"Secret Joint Raid Captures Taliban's Top Commander," The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2010
"The Assault on Marjah," by Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, Feb. 15, 2010
"Errant U.S. Rocket Strike Kills Civilians in Afghanistan," The New York Times, Feb. 14, 2010
"Civilians Die in Afghan Offensive," Reuters, Feb. 14, 2010
"Heckuva Job, Bidey: Veep sees U.S, triumph in face of Iraqi election descent into chaos and thuggery," by Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation, Feb. 14, 2010
"Death On All Sides as NATO Offensive Begins," Radio France International, Feb. 13, 2010
"The Taliban Isolated Bin Laden," by Gareth Porter, Counterpunch, Feb. 12-14, 2010
"Obama's secret prisons in Afghanistan endanger us all," by Johann Hari, Independent/UK, Feb. 12, 2010
"In the Land of the Stoner Cops," by Nir Rosen, Mother Jones, Jan./Feb., 2010
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Civil Liberties/ Human Rights
"Judge: Student's Facebook rant 'protected speech,'" McClatchy Newspapers, Feb. 16, 2010
"No Rights Charge Against NY Police in 50-Shot Death," Reuters, Feb. 16, 2010
"Human Terrain Systems Dissenter Resigns, Tells Inside Story of Training's Heart of Darkness," by David Price, Counterpunch, Feb. 15, 2010
"Christmas Day bomb suspect was read Miranda rights nine hours after arrest," Washington Post, Feb. 15, 2010
"Under Obama, more targeted killings than captures in counterterrorism efforts," Washington Post, Feb. 14, 2010
"Civis Romanus Sum: On the President's Power To Assassinate American Citizens," by Philip Giraldi, Antiwar.com, Feb. 13, 2010
"Torture is a crime, not a state secret," by Matthew Harwood, Guardian/UK, Feb. 11, 2010
"Seven Paragraphs Are Not Enough: Release the 42 CIA Documents on Binyam Mohamed's Torture," by Jeff Kaye, Firedoglake, Feb. 11, 2010
"The torture memos show how illegal wars turn even the nicest people bad," by Simon Jenkins, Guardian/UK, Feb. 11, 2010
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Environment and Sustainability
"NALYSIS: Ecuador's Biodiverse Paradise Could Still Be Lost to Oil," by Pamela L. Martin, Ph.D., Environment News Service, Feb. 16, 2010
"Car culture and global energy conflict," by John Buell, Bangor Daily News (Maine), Feb. 15, 2010
"Climate Catastrophe: Surviving the 21st Century," by Ronnie Cummins & Will Allen, Common Dreams, Feb. 14, 2010
"The Day After Tomorrow Might Have Been Yesterday," Inter Press Service, Feb. 12, 2010
"Nuclear Does Not Make Economic Sense Say Studies," Inter Press Service, Feb. 12, 2010
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Media
"Media and Democracy in the Post-Modern Age," by Greg Guma, ZNet, Feb. 16, 2010
"Picturing the Dead," by Dave Lindorff, Counterpunch, Feb. 15, 2010
"Jon Karl & ABC Give Cheney A Sunday Valentine," by Linda Milazzo, AlterNet, Feb. 14, 2010
"The Lobbying-Media Complex," by Sebastian Jones, The Nation, Feb. 11, 2010
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Activism
"Olympic Resistance: Indigenous Groups, Anti-Poverty Activists, and Civil Liberties Advocates Protest 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver," by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, Feb. 15, 2010
"Will new leaders revive the AFL-CIO?," by Henry Noble, ZNet, Feb. 15, 2010
"We have let Obama down," by Clancy Sigal, Guardian/UK, Feb. 14, 2010
"'The Coming Revolt of the Guards': Thoughts from Dane County Jail," by Joshua Brollier, Common Dreams, Feb. 14, 2010
"War at home: The local eco-warriors making a big noise," Independent/UK, Feb. 14, 2010
"Floridians Gather to Say 'No' to Offshore Drilling," Pensacola Beach Journal (Florida), Feb. 14, 2010
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