U.S. Politics

"How the Corporations Broke Ralph Nader and America, Too," by Chris Hedges, TruthDig, Apr. 5, 2010

"Candidates see tea party support as a double-edged sword," McClatchy Newspapers, Apr. 5, 2010

"Nowhere to Hyde," by Sharon Lerner, The Nation, Apr. 1, 2010

"Not satisfied with U.S. history, some conservatives are rewriting it," McClatchy Newspapers, Apr. 1, 2010

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Economy

by Dan Froomkin, Huffington Post, Apr. 6, 2010

"Watchdog Group Raises Alarm Over 'Payday Loans' at Mainstream Banks," Washington Independent, Apr. 5, 2010

"Living in economic downturn has become the new normal," McClatchy Newspapers, Apr. 4, 2010

"Flat Unemployment Rate Masks the Race Gap," New American Media, Apr. 3, 2010

"More Than 200,000 to Lose Jobless Benefits Monday With Congress Out," The Hill, Apr. 3, 2010

"Obama's Economic Brain Trust: The Guys Who Got It Wrong," by Pam Martens, Counterpunch, Apr. 2-4, 2010

"Top Fed Official Wants To Break Up Megabanks, Stop The Fed From Guaranteeing Wall Street's Profits," Huffington Post, Apr. 2, 2010

"Voluntary Foreclosure Prevention Fails to Deliver," by Greg Kaufmann, The Nation, Apr. 2, 2010

"New Tally Focuses on Expansive Role of Federal Reserve in Wall Street Bailout," Bankster.com, Apr. 1, 2010

"The Fed in Hot Water," by Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog, Apr. 1, 2010

"Breaking the Banks," by Christopher Hayes, The Nation, Apr. 1, 2010

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Bush Accountability

"Washington Post Warns That Prosecuting Crime of Aggression Might Deter It," by David Swanson, After Downing Street, Apr. 3, 2010

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International Affairs

"Obama Limits When U.S. Would Use Nuclear Arms," The New York Times, Apr. 5, 2010

"U.S. Lawmakers Support Illegal Annexation," by Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus, Apr. 5, 2010

"Obama Expands Military Involvement in Africa," by Daniel Volman, Inter Press Service, Apr. 2, 2010

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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan

"Believe It or Not (2010 Imperial Edition): U.S. War-Fighting Numbers to Knock Your Socks Off," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, Apr. 6, 2010

"Allawi's Dilemma: The Post-Election Struggle in Iraq," by Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, Apr. 6, 2010

"Fallujah's Sick Babies: The Lingering Crimes of Aggression," by William Blum, Counterpunch, Apr. 6, 2010

"Iraq slaughter not an aberration," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Apr. 6, 2010

"Covering Up Civilian Deaths: U. S. Military Kills Pregnant Women, Government Officials and Journalists," by Stephen Soldz, Counterpunch, Apr. 6, 2010

"America under attack in Pakistan," Independent/UK, Apr. 6, 2010

"How Americans are propagandized about Afghanistan," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Apr. 5, 2010

"US special forces 'tried to cover-up' botched Khataba raid in Afghanistan," Times Online/UK, Apr. 5, 2010

"The Ghost of Diem," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Apr. 5, 2010

"Karzai's Words Leave Few Choices for the West," The New York Times, Apr. 5, 2010

"WikiLeaks releases video of slaughter in Iraq," by Glenn Greenwald, SAlon, Apr. 5, 2010

"NATO admits Afghan civilian deaths in night raid," Washington Post, Apr. 4, 2010

"Glossy new front in battle for hearts and minds," by Robert Fisk, Independent/UK, Apr. 2, 2010

"Triple blasts in Baghdad embassies kill dozens," Telegraph/UK, Apr. 4, 2010

"Legality of Drone Strikes Still in Question," by Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, Apr. 2, 2010

"800 Cases Filed on Civilians Killed in US Wars: ACLU," Agence France Presse, Apr. 2, 2010

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Civil Liberties/ Human Rights

"Abu Zubaydah: Tortured for Nothing," by Andy Worthington, Future of Freedom Foundation, Apr. 5, 2010

"Judge dismisses scores of Guantanamo habeas cases," McClatchy Newspapers, Apr. 5, 2010

"Not Just Guantanamo: U.S. Torturing Muslim Pre-Trial Detainee in New York City," by Bill Quigley, Common Dreams, Apr. 3, 2010

"Are Federal Officials Above the Law?," by Jacob G. Hornberger, Future of Freedom Foundation, Apr. 2, 2010

"The criminal NSA eavesdropping program," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Apr. 1, 2010

"Controversy Erupts over Deportation Quotas," Inter Press Service, Apr. 1, 2010

"McCain & Lieberman channeling Dick Cheney," by Nat Hentoff, Arizona Daily News, Mar. 31, 2010

"Robert Gibbs endorses denial of civilian trials," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Mar. 31, 2010

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Environment and Sustainability

"Mankind leaves mark on the planet with the end of the 12,000-year Holocene age," Independent/UK, Apr. 6, 2010

"Obama's Second Chance on the Predominant Moral Issue of This Century," by Dr. James Hansen, Huffington Post, Apr. 4, 2010

"EPA may try to use Clean Water Act to regulate carbon dioxide," McClatchy Newspapers, Apr. 4, 2010

"Grounded Ship: 3km Oil Spill on Great Barrier Reef," Sydney Morning Herald/Australia, Apr. 4, 2010

"Off-shore drilling, auto emissions, mountaintop mining from Obama administration," by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium, Apr. 2, 2010

"New regulations will put an end to mountaintop mining," by Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian/UK, Apr. 1, 2010

"Copenhagen Accord Climate Pledges Too Weak: UN," Reuters, Apr. 1, 2010

"New Contamination Found At Vermont Yankee," WMUR News (Vermont), March 31, 2010

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Media

"What's Next For Network Neutrality?," by Jack Balkin, Balkinization, Apr. 6, 2010

"The Courts Can't Take Away Our Internet," by Megan Tady, Save the Internet, Apr. 6, 2010

"F.C.C. Rules for Broadband Fairness Set Aside by Court," The New York Times, Apr. 6, 2010

"Mike McConnell, the WashPost & the dangers of sleazy corporatism," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, March 29, 2010

"White House access is a jackpot for reporters," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, March 31, 2010

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Activism

"Why Can't Labor Get a Little More Help From Its Friends?," by Harold Meyerson, The American Prospect, Apr. 6, 2010

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