U.S. Politics

"Rand Paul tells magazine: Coal industry can police itself," McClatchy Newspapers, Aug. 3, 2010

"Corporate campaign fundraising picks up speed," Chicago Tribune, Aug. 2, 2010

"Economy outranks Iraq, Afghan wars for voters this year," McClatchy Newspapers, Aug. 2, 2010

"Fire on the Left," by Robert Reich, The American Prospect, Aug. 2, 2010

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Economy

"99 Weeks Later, Jobless Have Only Desperation," The New York Times, Aug. 2, 2010

"The Appeal of Austerity Is Fading -- Where Is Obama?," by Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post, Aug. 1, 2010

"Homes keep falling into foreclosure as programs fail to help," McClatchy Newspapers, July 29, 2010

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Bush Accountability

"Why We Must Judge," by Roger Berkowitz, Democracy Journal, Fall, 2010

"The Importance of Being Judgmental," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Aug. 3, 2010

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International Affairs

"US Military Chief Admits to Iran Attack Plan," Agence France Presse, Aug. 1, 2010

"Report Suggests 'Correlation' between U.S. Aid and Army Killings," Inter Press Service, July 30, 2010

"Obama seeks to expand arms exports by trimming approval process," McClatchy Newspapers, July 29, 2010

"A Peaceful Boycott Should Not be a Crime," by Yifat Susskind, Common Dreams, July 29, 2010

"The End of (Military) History? The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War," by Tom Engelhardt & Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch, July 29, 2010

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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan

"Murder Inc. in Afghanistan: WikiLeaks and the Hit Teams," by John Grant, Counterpunch, Aug. 3, 2010

"Obama Drops 2009 Pledge to Withdraw Combat Troops from Iraq," by Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service, Aug. 3, 2010

"Obama Affirms Drawdown in Iraq," by Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation, Aug. 2, 2010

"Andrew Bacevich on Afghanistan War: 'The President Lacks the Guts to Get Out,'" Democracy Now!, Aug. 2, 2010

"Iraq Civilian Death Toll Almost Doubles in July," Reuters, Aug. 1, 2010

"CIA Document Calls For Using Afghan Women As Messengers To Humanize The War," by Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network, July 31, 2010

"Getting Out of Afghanistan: Pakistan and the Taliban are the Key to Peace," by Patrick Cocxkburn, Counterpunch, July 30-Aug. 1, 2010

"July Is Deadliest Month of Afghan War for US," Associated Press, July 30, 2010

"The Suffering of Fallujah," by Robert C. Koehler, Common Dreams, July 29, 2010

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Civil Liberties/ Human Rights

"ACLU, CCR seek to have Obama enjoined from killing Awlaki without due process," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Aug. 3, 2010

"WikiLeaks: The National-Security State Strikes Back," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Aug. 3, 2010

"Assassination Without Trial: Why We Sued to Represent Anwar Aulaqi," by Bill Quigley, Counterpunch, Aug. 3, 2010

"Project Vigilant and the government/corporate destruction of privacy," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Aug. 2, 2010

"Judge Orders Release from Guantánamo of Mentally Ill Yemeni; 2nd Judge Approves Detention of Minor Taliban Recruit," by Andy Worthington, andyworthington.co.uk, Aug. 2, 2010

"Key WikiLeaks Figure Detained, Phones Seized by US Customs," Antiwar.com, Aug. 1, 2010

"Why the Feds Fear Thinkers Like Howard Zinn," by Chris Hedges, TruthDig, Aug. 1, 2010

"Torturing the Rule of Law at Obama's Gitmo: Obama Bravely Takes on a Tortured Child Soldier," by Chase Madar, Counterpunch, July 30-Aug. 1, 2010

"Abdul Aziz Naji, Released from Guantánamo Last Week, Speaks to Algerian Media," by Andy Worthington, andyworthington.co.uk, July 30, 2010

"Google Teams Up with CIA to Fund 'Recorded Future' Startup Monitoring Websites, Blogs & Twitter Accounts," Democracy Now!, July 30, 2010

"Soldier in WikiLeaks video case transferred to US," Agence France Presse, July 30, 2010

"FBI access to e-mail, Web data raises privacy fear," Associated Press, July 30, 2010

"Guantánamo Algerian Returns Home; Will Obama Suspend Further Transfers?," by Andy Worthington, andyworthington.co.uk, July 29, 2010

"White House pushes for warrantless access to Internet records," Raw Story, July 29, 2010

"Obama's Power Grab," by Julian Sanchez, The American Prospect, July 29, 2010

"Administration Wants To Expand Reach Of National Security Letters," by Adam Serwer, The American Prospect, July 29, 2010

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Environment and Sustainability

"Oilgate! BP and All the President's Men (Except One) Seek to Contain Truth of Leak in the Gulf (PHOTOS)(VIDEO)," by Riki Ott, Huffington Post, Aug. 2, 2010

"Oil-soaked waste worries Gulf Coast landfills' neighbors," McClatchy Newspapers, July 30, 2010

"Are our oceans dying? Phytoplankton has declined 40% in 60 years as figures reveal Earth has been getting hotter since the Eighties," Daily Mail/UK, July 30, 2010

"Oil industry safety record blown open," Guardian/UK, July 29, 2010

"EPA Rejects Petitions to Reverse Climate Change Endangerment Finding," Environment News Service, July 29, 2010

"Michigan Oil Spill Estimated by EPA at 1 Million-Plus Gallons," Associated Press, July 29, 2010

"UN Declares Water, Sanitation as Human Rights," by Bradley Bouzane, Postmedia News, July 28, 2010

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Media

"NYT: Pervasive surveillance is a serious threat -- in China," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Aug. 3, 2010

"Journalism's Age of Shame," by Eric Alterman, The Nation, July 29, 2010

Activism

"Greenpeace activists close down BP stations in London," BBC News/UK, July 27, 2010

"Activist Supports Probe of Aid Raid," Albuquerque Jounal (New Mexico), July 30, 2010

"Dozens Arrested in Protests of AZ Immigration Law," Associated Press, July 29, 2010

"A Movement Rises in Arizona," by Jordan Flaherty, Common Dreams, July 29, 2010 More newswire ...

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