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U.S. Politics
"A Progressive Challenge to Jane Harman," by Norman Solomon, Common Dreams, May 12, 2009
"Beware: Big Business is Targeting Moderate Dems with Campaign Dollars and Crying Wolf Arguments," by Peter Dreier, Common Dreams, May 12, 2009
"The Politics of Escalation," by Tom Hayden & Joseph Gerson, The Nation, May 12, 2009
"The Bankrupt Debate Over Bankrupting Our Children," by Dean Baker, Truthout, May 11, 2009
"Wrong Way Steny," by Robert L. Borosage, OurFuture.org, May 11, 2009
"Franken calls on state Supreme Court to order issuance of election certificate," Minnesota Independent, May 11, 2009
"Democratic Lobbyists Against Obama," by Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake, May 11, 2009
"Crying Wolf Again: Big Business Gearing Up for a Fight Against Obama's Environmental Program," by Donald Cohen & Peter Dreier, Common Dreams, May 11, 2009
"Health Groups Offer $2 Trillion in Cost Savings," Associated Press, May 10, 2009
"Will Congress keep paying for these two wars?," McClatchy Newspapers, May 10, 2009
"Cheney backs Limbaugh over Powell on GOP future," Asociated Press, May 10, 2009
"Stop the Single Payer Shut-out!," by Ralph Nader, Common Dreams, May 9, 2009
"Populism is Not a Style, It's a People's Rebellion Against Corporate Power," by Jim Hightower, The Hightower LOwdown, May 9, 2009
"A Democrat Calls for Executive Accountability," by John Nichols, The Nation, May 8, 2009
"Obama v. the Republican Party," by Terence Samuel, The American Prospect, May 8, 2009
"Cramdown's Downfall," by Tim Fernholz, The American Prospect, May 7, 2009
"A 'Post-Racial' Assault on Voting Rights," by Adam Serwer, The American Prospect, May 6, 2009
"The Subprime Court" by Rob Larson, ZNet, May, 2009
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Economy
"The Banker Boys Are Alright! Time to End the Bailouts," by Dean Baker, Counterpunch, May 12, 2009
"A Sane Alternative to a Corrupt, Greed-Driven Industry: Why Isn't Obama Turning to Credit Unions?," by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman, Counterpunch, May 12, 2009
"Still there, foreclosed no longer," Boston Globe, May 11, 2009
"Green shoots? Don't speak too soon," by Joseph Stiglitz, Guardian/UK, May 11, 2009
"A Woman at the Edge: Tough Times, Domestic Violence, and Economic Abuse," by Tom Engelhardt & Nick Turse, TomDispatch, May 10, 2009
"Collateral Damage and Double Standards," by Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post, May 10, 2009
"Rate of Job Loss Slows Moderately, Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.9 Percent," by Dean Baker, Truthout, May 9, 2009
"Stress Tests: What Was the Point Again?," by James Kwak, Baseline Scenario, May 9, 2009
"Has Bernanke Pulled the Economy Back From the Brink?," by Mike Whitney, Counterpunch, May 8-10, 2009
"Memo to Jackass, the Credit Card Industry Doesn't Need Anyone Standing Up for It," by Matt Taibbi, True/Slant, May 8, 2009
"Breaking Down the Auto Bailout," by William Greider, The Nation, May 8, 2009
"A Strong Safety Net Encourages Healthy Risk-Taking," by Jacob S. Hacker, The American Prospect, May 7, 2009
"The Future of the American Dream," by William Greider, The Nation, May 6, 2009
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Bush Regime
"Dick's 'Presidential-Level' Torture Decision," by emptywheel, Firedoglake, May 12, 2009
"White House To Declassify 'Holy Grail' Torture Report That Could Undercut Cheney," by Greg Sargent, The Plum Line, May 11, 2009
"The Death of Rendition Victim Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi," by Andy Worthington, Future of Freedom Foundation, May 11, 2009
"How to Torture the Bush Six," by Paul Campos, The Daily beast, May 11, 2009
"Bush, Cheney, Pelosi and Testifying About Torture," by John Nichols, The Nation, May 11, 2009
"Lt. Col. Oliver 'No Regrets' Cheney," by Meteor Blades, Daily Kos, May 11, 2009
"CIA Headquarters Micromanaged Torture," by Jason Leopold, Truthout, May 11, 2009
"Hill Panel Reviewing CIA Tactics," Washington Post, May 10, 2009
"Prosecuting Torture: Is Time Really Running Out?," by Elizabeth de la Vega, Truthout, May 10, 2009
"From the Inquisition to us," by James Mandrell, Los Angeles Times, May 9, 2009
"Impeaching the Torture Judge," by Dave Lindorff, Counterpunch, May 7, 2009
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International Affairs
"The Bomb Iran Faction," by Gary Leupp, Counterpunch, May 12, 2009
"Cuba's Biggest 'Crime': a Desire to be a Sovereign and Independent State," by Saul Landau, Counterpunch, May 11, 2009
"Signs of Hope?: Hillary and Latin America," by Mark Weisbrot, Counterpunch, May 8-10, 2009
"Secretary Doomsday and the Empathy Gap," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, May 7, 2009
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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan
"Will Pakistan Become Obama's Vietnam?," by Steve Weissman, Truthout, May 12, 2009
"New US General Vs. Taliban, Pashtuns," by Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation, May 12, 2009
"Who Are the Real Psychopaths in Afghanistan?," by Chris Hedges, Truthdig, May 11, 2009
"Conservative Historian Andrew Bacevich Warns Against Obama's Escalation of War in Afghanistan and Intensifying Use of Air Power in Region," by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, May 11, 2009
"Fear and Worry Pervade Refugee Camps As Pakistanis Flee Assault on Taliban," Washington Post, May 11, 2009
"Phosphorus claim after fatal air strikes in Afghanistan," Guardian/UK, May 11, 2009
"Shaky Pakistan Is Seen as Target of Qaeda Plots," The New York Times, May 10, 2009
"Petraeus: Taliban threaten existence of Pakistan," Associated Press, May 10, 2009
"Who killed 120 civilians? The US says it's not a story," by Patrick Cockburn, Independent/UK, May 10, 2009
"Afghan Students Protest Against Civilian Casualties," Reuters, May 10, 2009
"Obama White House: U.S. Will Not Halt Afghan Air Strikes," Reuters, May 10, 2009
"White Phosphorus? Concern Over Burns on Afghans Caught in Battle," Associated Press, May 10, 2009
"The Pakistan Conundrum," by Gareth Porter, Counterpunch, May 8-10, 2009
"Did Blackwater Contractors Attempt to Hide Evidence of a Massacre in Iraq?," by Scott Horton, Harper's, May 8, 2009
"Civilians pay price of war from above," by Robert Fisk, Independent/UK, May 7, 2009
"After US Strikes, Afghans Describe "'Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies;"' Meanwhile, Obama Readies 21,000 More Troops," by Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports, May 7, 2009
"A Full-Court Press for Pakistan War," by Chris Floyd, Counterpunch, May 7, 2009
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Civil Liberties
"Obama administration threatens Britain to keep torture evidence concealed," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, May 12, 2009
"What's in a name? It was never just 'sleep deprivation,'" by Valtin, Invictus, May 11, 2009
"CIA Was Authorized to Keep Prisoners Awake for 11 Days," Agence France Presse, May 11, 2009
"How Americans Think About Torture - And Why," by Roy Eidelson, Cognitive Policy Work, May 11, 2009
"G20 police 'used undercover men to incite crowds,'" Guardian/UK, May 10, 2009
"Memos shed light on CIA use of sleep deprivation," Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2009
"Obama Set to Revive Military Commissions," Washington Post, May 9, 2009
"Back to the Bush Era?: Obama's New Gitmo Policy," by Andy Worthington, Counterpunch, May 8-10, 2009
"Obama's First 100 Days: Mixed Messages on Torture," by Andy Worthington, Counterpunch, May 7, 2009
"Tortured Profession: Psychologists Warned of Abusive Interrogations, Then Helped Craft Them," by Sheri Fink, ProPublica, May 7, 2009
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Environment and Sustainability
"Badly-Needed California Water Transfers Blocked by Economic, Environmental Hurdles," Sacramento Bee (California), May 12, 2009
"Cleaner air from reduced emissions could save millions of lives, says report," Guardian/UK, May 12, 2009
"Chevron's Environmental Disaster in Ecuador," by Paul Paz y Miņo, Common Dreams, May 9, 2009
"We Need Food and Farming Regulation Now!," by Will Allen, Chelsea Green, May 9, 2009
"Arctic Groups Demand Global Chemicals' Ban," by Haider Rizvi, OneWorld.net, May 9, 2009
"Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Flotation Devices: Revenge of the Tundra," by Richard Rhames, Counterpunch, May 8-10, 2009
"Obama Administration Upholds Bush Polar Bear Rule," Environment News Service, May 8, 2009
"Are Policy Makers Exacerbating Drought Scares? That's What It Looks Like in California," by Tara Lohan, AlterNet, May 8, 2009
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Media Issues
"How much is the Philadelphia Inquirer paying John Yoo?," by Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America, May 12, 2009
"Roxana Saberi's plight and American media propaganda," by Glenn Greenwald, SAlon, May 11, 2009
"On Satirist Apologies: Jon Stewart and Truman, the War Criminal," by Paul Krassner, Counterpunch, May 11, 2009
"David Simon, Arianna Huffington and the Future of Journalism," by John Nichols, The Nation, May 11, 2009
"White House Press Correspondents dinner," by kos, Daily Kos, May 11, 2009
"Why We Can't Get Enough of Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher," by Jeffrey Jones and Jonathan Gray and Ethan Thompson, NYU Press, May 9, 2009
"The American Press on Suicide Watch," by Frank Rich, The New York Times, May 9, 2009
"About Face on Pentagon Pundits?," by Diane Farsetta, Counterpunch, May 8-10, 2009
"The NYT's definition of blinding American exceptionalism," by Glenn Greenwald, SAlon, May 8, 2009
"David Broder: Eyes Wide Shut," by Eric Alterman, The Nation, May 6, 2009
"Prometheus Radio Project," In These Times, May, 2009
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Activism
"BREAKING: 5 More RNs, MDs Arrested at Baucus Finance Cmte. in Florence Nightingale Protest," by National Nurses Movement, Daily Kos, May 12, 2009
"Police eject protesters from Senate health hearing," Associated Press, May 12, 2009
"Why We Risked Arrest for Single-Payer Health Care," by Margaret Flowers, M.D., Common Dreams, May 9, 2009
"Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Recessions and Labor Unions," by David Macaray, Counterpunch, May 8-10, 2009
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