U.S. Politics

"Obama's Kettle of Hawks: Not One Anti-War Voice," by Jeremy Scahill, Counterpunch, Dec. 2, 2008

"Diplomacy, Multilateralism Stressed by Obama Team," by Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, Dec. 2, 2008

"Why is Single-Payer Health Reform Not Viable?," by Mike Dennison, Billings Gazette (Montana), Dec. 2, 2008

"States Want $176 Billion Slice of Stimulus," Washington Post, Dec. 2, 2008

"Robert Gates: Wrong Man for the Job," by Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation, Dec. 2, 2008

"Consensus Emerging on Universal Healthcare," Los Angeles Times, Dec. 1, 2008

"Beyond the Bailout State: Roosevelt's Brain Trust vs Obama's Brainiacs," by Tom Engelhardt & Steve Fraser, TomDispatch.com, Dec. 1, 2008

"Obama's Economic Team: Records of Failure," by Damien Millet & Eric Toussaint, Counterpunch, Dec. 1, 2008

"Class Bigotry Mars Auto Debate," by E.J. Dionne, TruthDig, Dec. 1, 2008

"The Great Crash of 2008," by Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog, Dec. 1, 2008

"The GOP's Joe McCarthy Gene," by Neal Gabler, Los Angeles Times, Nov. 30, 2008

"The Economic Crisis in Historical Perspective," by Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello & Brendan Smith, ZNet, Nov. 30, 2008

"A Consensus Emerges: Build, and Build Big," by Eric Lotke, Campaign for America's Future, Nov. 26, 2008

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Bush Regime

"Bush Still Lies about Iraqi Inspections," by Robert Parry, Consortium News, Dec. 2, 2008

"Bush Quietly Passes Dozens of New Rules," Inter Press Service, Dec. 2, 2008

"Bush Quietly Passes Dozens of New Rules," Inter Press Service, Dec. 2, 2008

"Bush's 11th-Hour Bid for Secrecy," by Stanley Kutler, Huffington Post, Dec. 2, 2008

"Last Secrets of the Bush Administration," by Charles Homans, Washington Monthly, Nov./Dec., 2008

"If Obama Doesn't Prosecute Bush's Torture Team, We'll Pay a Big Price Down the Road," by Liliana Segura, AlterNet, Nov. 28, 2008

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American Empire/War Profiteering

"The Cost of Hegemony Is Beyond Reach," by Paul Craig Roberts, Antiwar.com, Dec. 2, 2008

"Hillary Clinton's Disdain for International Law -- Change We Can Believe In?," by Stephen Zunes, AlterNet, Dec. 1, 2008

"With Gates, Obama Opts for Empire," by Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, Nov. 26, 2008

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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan

"Afghanistan, Another Untold Story" by Michael Parenti, Common Dreams, Dec. 2, 2008

"Songs for the Mahdi Army," by Nir Rosen, Mother Jones, Dec. 2, 2008

"Mumbai Massacre May Sink Bush-Obama Strategy," by Tony Karon, Rootless Cosmopolitan, Dec. 1, 2008

"End of Immunity Worries U.S. Contractors in Iraq," The New York Times, Nov. 30, 2008

"23 dead in Afghan clashes, Kabul suicide attack," Agence France Presse, Nov. 30, 2008

"Afghanistan: What's Our Definition of Victory?," by Andrew J. Bacevich, Newsweek, Nov. 29, 2008

"Mumbai Terror Could Cascade Across Region," by Robert Dreyfuss, the Nation, Nov. 28, 2008

"'Nobody supports the Taliban, but people hate the government,'" by Robert Fisk, Independent/UK, Nov. 27, 2008

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Civil Liberties

"Torture, Preventive Detention and the Terror Trials at Guantanamo," by Andy Worthington, Future of Freedom Foundation, Dec. 1, 2008

"The great writ of habeas corpus," by Christine Bremer Muggli, Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin), Nov. 30, 2008

"Mission Creeps: Tasering People For Having A 'Bad Attitude,'" by digby, Hullabaloo, Nov. 30, 2008

"After Seven Years, Guantanamo Prisoners Need to be Tried or Released," by Marjorie Cohn, Jurist, Nov. 29, 2008

"Treated Like a Terrorist by the DMV," by Dave Lindorff, Smirking Chimp, Nov. 28, 2008

"The Obama Administration, Guantanamo, and Restoring America's Standing," by Glenn Greenwald, ACLU Blog, Nov. 27, 2008

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Environment and Sustainability

"Climate Change Now the Main Driver of Natural Disasters," Environment News Service, Dec. 2, 2008

"A Message for Climate Change Negotiators: Small Farmers Key to Combating Climate Change," by Annie Shattuck, common Dreams, Dec. 2, 2008

"Youth Embarrassed By U.S. Delegation at Climate Conference," Environment News Service, Dec. 1, 2008

"Climate Change Juggernaut on the Horizon, UN Talks Told," Agence France Presse, Dec. 1, 2008

"Lawyers call for international court for the environment," Telegraph/UK, Dec. 1, 2008

"Getting Real on Climate Change," by Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger, The American Prospect, Dec. 1, 2008

"Obama's Team Includes Dangerous Biotech 'Yes Men,'" by Jeffrey Smith, Huffington Post, Nov. 30, 2008

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Media Issues

"Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives," by Doron Taussig, Washington Monthly, Nov. 28, 2008

"Will networks ignore military analyst report?," by Michael Calderone, Politico, Nov. 30, 2008

"The ongoing disgrace of NBC News and Brian Williams," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Nov. 30, 2008

"One Man's Military-Industrial-Media Complex," The New York Times, Nov. 29, 2008

"Refs, Worked (Redux)," by Eric Alterman, The Nation, Nov. 25, 2008

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Activism

"Outside Agitator: Naomi Klein and the new new left," by Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, Dec. 8, 2008

"Why We Need EFCA," by Peter Dreier & Kelly Candaele, The American Prospect, Dec. 2, 2008

"Environmental Defense Offices Occupied By Climate Activists," Environment News Service, Dec. 2, 2008

"Iraq Pact Challenges Antiwar Movement," by Tom Hayden, The Nation, Dec. 1, 2008

"Our Challenge, Not Obama's: Hope and Change Beyond The Great Man Theory of History," by Paul Street, ZNet, Dec. 1, 2008

"Seattle WTO Shutdown 9 Year Anniversary: 5 Lessons for Today," by David Solnit, Common Dreams, Nov. 30, 2008

"Change Immigrants and Labor Can Believe In," by David Bacon, The Nation, Nov. 26, 2008

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