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New Haven Advocate's
"Best of New Haven 2001"
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Scott Harris, Best Radio News Reporter
WPKN Radio, 89.5 FM

"Giving Voice to Dissent: Bridgeport's WPKN Radio Covers The News With Left-Of-Center Takes Not Found In The Mainstream Media" Hartford Courant, Feb. 26, 2003

"The Rest of the News," New Haven Advocate, July 3, 2003


ISSUES IN-DEPTH

War And Profiteering

Those Who Dared to Come Forward
In-depth compilation on Washington insiders speaking out on Bush administration policies and actions

"Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004

"Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy," by Michael Meurer, truthout.org, March 2, 2004

"Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq," Between The Lines interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted by Scott Harris, for the Week Ending May 3, 2002

"The Iraq War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003

The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, UN Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan

"Occupation, Inc." Southern Exposure, Winter, 2003/2004

"Pipeline Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001

"War Profiteering," by The Nation editors, April 24, 2003

"An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003

Civil Liberties

"The Global Gulag: Into The Shadows," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, April 5, 2004

"Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003

"FBI Memo: Tactics Used During Protests And Demonstrations" Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct. 15, 2003

"F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" by Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nov. 23, 2003

"Fascism Anyone?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2

"Germany In 1933: The Easy Slide Into Fascism," The Crisis Papers, June 9, 2003

Multi-Ethnic Issues Advocacy

Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson's Commentaries, The Hutchinson Report
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Between The Lines
For The Week Ending May 27, 2005

... MORE NEWSWIRE...

U.S. Politics

"Villaraigosa's Victory: Latino Politicians Gaining Ground," by Daniel B. Wood, Christian Science Monitor, May 20, 2005

"Monkey Trial Or Kangaroo Court?," by Stan Cox, AlterNet, May 19, 2005

"At Stake In The Senate Judicial Battle: Forty Years Of Extremists," by Robert S. Rivkin, Pacific News Service, May 18, 2005

"Hillary, Newt And The Real Left-Wing Candidate," by Ruth Conniff, The Progressive, May 16, 2005

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Bush Regime

"Revealed: How The White House Hand-Picks 'Public' For Fake 'Town Hall Meetings,'" Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2005

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American Empire/War Profiteering

"Riots Over The Newsweek Article: Firebells In The Night In The West?," by Michael Scheuer, Antiwar.com, May 19, 2005

"Uzbekistan: The U.S. And Its 'Special' Dictator," by Pepe Escobar, Asia Times, May 17, 2005

"Lessons From Vietnam: Wars Kill Empires As Well As People," by Saul Landau, Counterpunch, May 14, 2005

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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq & Afghanistan

"U.S. Moves To Reassert Itself In Iraqi Affairs," Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2005

"Rights Group: Religious Humiliation Of Muslim Detainees By U.S. Interrogators Widespread," Human Rights Watch News, May 19, 2005

"New Documents: U.S. Captain Staged Mock Execution In Iraq," Agence France Presse, May 19, 2005

"U.S. Claims Over Siege Of Al-Qa'im Challenged By Independent Sources," by Dahr Jamail, Inter Press Service, May 19, 2005

"At Home In The Rubble: Fallujah Reborn As Giant Gated Community," Times/UK, May 19, 2005

"Iraq's Insurgency Has Proved Itself To Be Persistent, Deadly And Flexible," Knight Ridder, May 18, 2005

"Explosive Iraq Memo Greeted With U.S. Apathy," Chicago Tribune, May 17, 2005

"The Deflation Of A Superpower: Iraq Is A Bloody No-Man's Land," by Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, May 16, 2005

"Marine-Led Campaign Killed Friends And Foes, Iraqi Leaders Say," Knight Ridder, May 16, 2005

"Iraqi Cleric al-Sadr Demands U.S. Leave Iraq," Associated Press, May 16, 2005

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Civil Liberties

"Eco-Militants Are Greatest Terrorist Threat, Warns FBI," Independent/UK, May 20, 2005

"ACLU Accuses FBI Of 'Spying' On Activists," Christian Science Monitor, May 19, 2005

"Florida Sheriff Accused Of Targeting Liberal, Antiwar Protesters," Associated Press, May 19, 2005

"The Plot To Make The PATRIOT Act Even Worse: The Senate intelligence Committee's Secret Session," by David Lindorff, Counterpunch, May 18, 2005

"Groups Suing FBI Over Monitoring Of Activities," Associated Press, May 18, 2005

"Ready For Real ID? They Really Are Watching You," by Mark Morford, San Francisco Chronicle, May 18, 2005

"Librarian's Brush With FBI Shapes Her View Of The USA PATRIOT Act," by Joan Airoldi, USA Today, May 18, 2005

"The Secret Raids Of Alberto Gonzales: Operation Falcon--10,000 Swept Up," by Mike Whitnet, Counterpunch, May 18, 2005

"PATRIOT Act Expansion: Subpoenas Without Court Order," Associated Press, May 18, 2005

"ACLU Sues Over Funds To Christian Sex-Ed," Washington Post, May 17, 2005

"Guantanamo Controversies: The Bible And The Koran," by Juan Cole, Informed Comment, May 16, 2005

"Torture's Dirty Secret: It Works," by Naomi Klein, The Nation, May 12, 2005

"Torture Whitewash," by Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, May 3, 2005

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Media Issues

"Why Newsweek Got It Right," by Joshua Frank, Counterpunch, May 18, 2005

"Cowardice In Journalism Award For Newsweek; Goebbels Award For Condoleeza Rice," by Greg Palast, GregPalast.com, May 18, 2005

"Scapegoating Newsweek," by Robert Jensen & Pat Youngblood, AlterNet, May 17, 2005

"Don't Bame Newsweek: Despite Sloppiness, Koran Story Wasn't Fabricated," by Molly Ivins, Working For Change, May 17, 2005

"The Last Straw: The Press's Failure To Cover The Rycroft Memo," by John Atcheson, Common Dreams, May 16, 2005

"Bill Moyers Fights Back," by John Nichols, The Nation, May 16, 2005

"Media And The 'Madness Of Militarism,'" by Norman Solomon, Common Dreams, May 16, 2005

"Media Is A Battlefield," by Nancy Snow, Common Dreams, May 14, 2005

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Activism

"The Counter-Recruiters: All The Charm Of The Draft--And Then Some," by Robert Koehler, Common Wonders, May 19, 2005

"San Francisco State Counter-Recruitment Activists Stand Up To University Pressure," Campus Antiwar Network, May 19, 2005

"Antiwar Protesters Show Up At Military Recruitment Seminar," WAVE 3 News (Louisville, KY), May 18, 2005

"Air Force Academy Whistleblower's Career Over," by William Fisher, Common Dreams, May 15, 2005

"Army Files Additional Charges Against Conscientious Objector," by Mike Ferner, Counterpunch, May 14/15, 2005

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