U.S. Politics

"Robert Gibbs attacks the fringe losers of the left," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Aug. 10, 2010

"Gibbs on the Left: Dog Bites the Man," by Robert Borosage, Campaign for America's Future, Aug. 10, 2010

"White House unloads anger over criticism from 'professional left,'" The Hill, Aug. 10, 2010

"Target Faces More Heat Over Political Donation," St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota), Aug. 8, 2010

"'Clean Coal' Bottom Feeders: Chu Hands Out $1 Billion in Big Coal Welfare, Durbin Hands Out Cigars," by Jeff Biggers, Common Dreams, Aug. 8, 2010

"Dodd: It's Not Worth A Fight To Get Elizabeth Warren Confirmed As CFPB Director," by Pat Garofalo, Think Progress, Aug. 7, 2010

"Confessions of a Tea Party Casualty," by David Corn, Mother Jones, Aug. 3, 2010

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Economy

"The Horror Show," by Bob Herbert, The New York Times, Aug. 9, 2010

"As the Obama Economic Team Bails, the System Fails to Generate Jobs. Are the Causes, Um, 'Structural'?," by Danny Schechter, Common Dreams, Aug. 9, 2010

"Greenspan, Rubin and Herbert Hoover," by Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog, Aug. 8, 2010

"What collapsing empire looks like," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Aug. 6, 2010 "The AIG Bailout Scandal," by William Greider, The Nation, Aug. 6, 2010

"Are We In a Recession or Not?," by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, Aug. 6, 2010

"And now for some good news: Uppressed Chinese workers starting to organize," by Johann Hari, Independent/UK, Aug. 6, 2010

"The AIG Bailout Scandal," by William Greider, The Nation, Aug. 6, 2010

"Poor countries suffer a hangover for a party they didn't attend," by Duncan Green, Guardian/UK, Aug. 6, 2010

"Fighting Back Against the Banksters," by Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate, Aug. 4, 2010

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Bush Accountability

"Three-Card Monte at Gitmo," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Aug. 6, 2010

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International Affairs

"Kill Hugo?," by Mike Whitney, Counterpunch, Aug. 10, 2010

"War on drugs: why the US and Latin America could be ready to end a fruitless 40-year struggle," Guardian/UK, Aug. 8, 2010

"Survey: Arabs lose faith in Obama," Al Jazeera, Aug. 8, 2010

"The Obama administration is still sleepwalking on Iran," by Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy, Aug. 6, 2010

"Colombia: A Cemetery Full of Questions," Inter Press Service, Aug. 6, 2010

"The Next War," by Robert Koehler, Common Dreams, Aug. 5, 2010

"Secretary of State Clinton: Now That the Wedding Is Over, Could You Respond to Requests From American Citizens on the Gaza Flotilla?," by Ann Wright, Common Dreams, Aug. 5, 2010

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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan

"Serial Denial on Iraq and Afghanistan," by Gareth Porter, Counterpunch, Aug. 10, 2010

"UN: Afghan Civilian Deaths Rise Sharply," Associated Press, Aug. 10, 2010

"U.S. Supersizes Afghan Mega-Base as Withdrawal Date Looms," by Spencer Ackerman, Wired, Aug. 9, 2010

"In Afghanistan, A War on Corruption Falters," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Aug. 9, 2010

"How Many Iraqis Did We "Liberate" from Life on Earth?," by Robert Naiman, Common Dreams, Aug. 7, 2010

"The US isn't leaving Iraq, it's rebranding the occupation," by Seumas Milne, Guardian/UK, Aug. 4, 2010

"Time Pictures Afghan Women, Obscures Realities of Endless War," by Michelle Chen, ColorLines, Aug. 3, 2010

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Civil Liberties/ Human Rights

"Plaintiff who challenged FBI's national security letters reveals concerns," Washington Post, Aug. 10, 2010

"Opponents fight new mosques in U.S. heartland," USA Today, Aug. 10, 2010

"Exclusive: Caught in America's legal black hole," Independent/UK, Aug. 9, 2010

"Guantanamo gears up for 1st trial under Obama," Associated Press, Aug. 8, 2010

"What State Officials Don't Want Arizona School Children to Know," by Dr. Robert Cintli Rodriguez, Truthout, Aug. 8, 2010

"Khadr trial will be a window into America's war on terror," McClatchy Newspapers, Aug. 7, 2010

"Across Nation, Mosque Projects Meet Opposition," The New York Times, Aug. 7, 2010

"WikiLeaks to publish new documents," Associated Press, Aug. 7, 2010

"'Insurance': WikiLeaks Posts Huge Encrypted File to Web," Associated Press, Aug. 5, 2010

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Environment and Sustainability

"The BP Cover-Up," by Julia Whitty, Mother Jones, Aug. 10, 2010

"Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Even When It's Not Out of Sight)," by Dahr Jamail & Erika Blumenfeld, Truthout, Aug. 9, 2010

"Russian fires prompt Kremlin to make u-turn and embrace climate change," McClatchy Newspapers, Aug. 9, 2010

"Crabs Provide Evidence Oil Tainting Gulf Food Web," Associated Press, Aug. 9, 2010

"The U.S. Ploy to Promote Genetically Engineered Seeds and Pesticides to Poor Mexican Farmers Is Impoverishing Their Communities," by Jill Richardson, AlterNet, Aug. 6, 2010

"When Agrochemical Corporations Invented Nature," by Julio Godoy, Inter Press Sevice, Aug. 6, 2010

"Gulf oil spill: White House accused of spinning report," Guardian/UK, Aug. 5, 2010

"Scientists cast doubt on claims BP spill's no threat to Gulf," McClatchy Newspapers, Aug. 4, 2010

"BP oil spill: Obama administration's scientists admit alarm over chemicals," Guardian/UK, Aug. 3, 2010

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Media

"What if Verizon Could Censor Your Telephone Conversations: Why Net Neutrality Matters," by Paul Rogat Loeb, Common Dreams, Aug. 10, 2010

"Google-Verizon Pact: It Gets Worse," by Craig Aaron, Free Press, Aug. 9, 2010

"Press Censorship: How the Truth Was Hidden About Nagasaki," by Greg Mitchell, The Nation, Aug. 9, 2010

"Google-Verizon Deal: The End of The Internet as We Know It," by Josh Silver, Save the Inmternet, Aug. 5, 2010

"Rolling Stone Reporter Denied Afghan Embed After McChrystal Piece," Associated Press, Aug. 4, 2010

Activism

"Activists rally to 'Free Bradley Manning' in WikiLeaks case," CNN, Aug. 9, 2010

"Anti-War Leaders Launch New Strategy Inspired by Workers' Human Rights Movement," by Greg Rosenthal, Truthout, Aug. 9, 2010 More newswire ...

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