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U.S. Politics

"The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Obama on JPMorgan," by Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog, May 16, 2012
"So Much for Schneiderman Being Tough on Wall Street," by Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, May 16, 2012
"RNC Goes All In to Defend Wisconsin's Walker, but Where's the DNC?," by John Nichols, The Nation, May 16, 2012
"DNC Shamed Into Helping Wisconsin Recall, Still Not Committing Funds," by David Dayen, Firedoglake, May 16, 2012
"Uncovering the Other ALECs," by Sarah Blaskey & Steve Horn, Truthout, May 16, 2012
"Needy States Use Housing Aid Cash to Plug Budgets," The New York Times, May 16, 2012
"Bill Clinton, Boehner, and Some Other Rich White Guys Had a "Summit" and Agreed: It's Your Fault," by Richard (RJ) Eskow, Campaign for America's Future, May 15, 2012
"The National Security State Wins (Again): Why the Real Victor in Campaign 2012 Won’t Be Obama or Romney," by Tom Engelhardt & William J. Astore, TomDispatch, May 15, 2012
"John Roberts’ Gilded Age SCOTUS," by Joan Walsh, Salon, May 14, 2012
"How being 'the party of no' is working for the GOP," by Gary Younge, Guardian/UK, May 14, 2012
"JPMorgan Sought Loophole on Risky Trading," The New York Times, May 12, 2012
"Coal, Foreclosures and Bank of America’s ‘Extraordinary Event’," by Amy Goodman, TruthDig, May 10, 2012
"Hope and Hesitation in Obama’s Sudden Conversion," by Robert Scheer, TruthDig, May 10, 2012
"Mitt Romney, Bully," by Amy Davidson, The New Yorker, May 10, 2012
"Wall Street’s immunity," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, May 10, 2012
"Romney Apologizes After Reports of Bullying Emerge," The New York Times, May 10, 2012
"How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform," by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, May 10, 2012
"Activists Want DNC Convention to Move out of North Carolina After Amendment One Passage," by David Dayen, Firedoglake, May 9, 2012
"Angry opponents of N.C. amendment call for moving Democratic convention from Charlotte," McClatchy Newspapers, May 9, 2012
"President Obama endorses gay marriage, cites Sasha and Malia," McClatchy Newspapers, May 9, 2012
"DC Democrats Upset That Feingold Called Out Pelosi’s Game of Footsie with Bowles-Simpson," by David Dayen, Firedoglake, May 9, 2012
"Lugar Loses Primary Challenge in Indiana," The New York Times, May 8, 2012
"Plutonomy and the Precariat: On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline," by Tom Engelhardt & Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch, May 8, 2012
"The American Character," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, May 7, 2012
"Liberals Steer Outside Money to Grass-Roots Organizing," The New York Times, May 7, 2012
"Progressive Election Strategy and the Norman Solomon Campaign," by Jeff Cohen, New Politics, May 4, 2012
"Occupy Doesn’t Need to Get With the Vote," by Kevin Gosztola, Firedoglake, May 3, 2012
"Plutocracy, Paralysis, Perplexity," by Paul Krugman, The New York Times, May 3, 2012
"The Peace Prize War President," by David Bromwich, Huffington Post, May 3, 2012
"The People Behind the Lawmakers Out to Destroy Public Education: A Primer," by Diane Ravitch, Education Week, May 2, 2012
"The Constitutional Crimes of Barack Obama," by Dave Lindorff, Counterpunch, May 2, 2012
"Bread, Circuses, and the Edwards Prosecution," by Scott Horton, Harper's, May 1, 2012
"Romney spokesman quits after right-wingers freak out about his being gay," by Alex Pareene, Salon, May 1, 2012
"As His Austerity Agenda Melts Down, Scott Walker Blames Protests for Record Job Losses," by John Nichols, The Nation, April 30, 2012
"Celebrating our “Warrior President”," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, April 29, 2012
"A Resurgent American Left?," by Eli Zaretsky, Dissent, April 27, 2012
"Obama Justice and medical marijuana," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, April 26, 2012
"Revive Socialism!," by Michael Kazin, Dissent, April 25, 2012
"Two Blue Dogs Defeated in Pennsylvania Primaries," by John Nichols, The Nation, April 25, 2012
"Justices Seem Sympathetic to Central Part of Arizona Law," by Adam Liptak, The New York Times, April 25, 2012
"Iran War Politics: Elizabeth Warren Contradicts Defense Secretary In Hawkish Talk, Bob Kerrey Calls Attack 'Disaster'," by Nico Pitney, Huffington Post, April 24, 2012
"Reports show hard-to-track donors dominate outside giving," USA Today, April 22, 2012
"Shift on Executive Power Lets Obama Bypass Rivals," by Charlie Savage, The New York Times, April 22, 2012
"The Citizens United Gang," by Jim Hightower, Creators.com, April 18, 2012
"ALEC Retreats, Sort Of," Yes! Magazine, April 17, 2012
"ALEC Disbands Task Force Responsible for Voter ID, 'Stand Your Ground' Laws," by John Nichols, The Nation, April 17, 2012
"Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare," by Laura Flanders, The Nation, April 16, 2012
"In Senate, Republicans Block Debate on ‘Buffett Rule’," The New York Times, April 16, 2012
"The War on Public-Sector Workers," by Dean Baker, Truthout, April 16, 2012
"Obama and Romney Are Politicians, Not Visionaries," by Dean Baker, Common Dreams, April 10, 2012
"Santorum Quits Race, Clearing Path for Romney," The New York Times, April 10, 2012
"The "Suicidal State" and the War on Youth," by Henry S. Giroux, Truthout, April 10, 2012
"The Buffett Rule’s low bar," by Robert Reich, Salon, April 10, 2012
"It's Romney, the GOP Candidate Opposed by 59 Percent of Republicans," by John Nichols, The Nation, April 10, 2012
"How Rick Santorum Moved the GOP Primary to the Right," by Ben Adler, The Nation, April 10, 2012
"Deepening the progressive bench," by Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post, April 10, 2012

Economy

"California, the ninth largest economy in the world, resorts to austerity," Independent/UK, May 16, 2012
"Wells Fargo Has Blood on Its Hands: Desperate Man Commits Suicide After Shocking Foreclosure Mistreatment," by Dave Johnson, AlterNet, May 15, 2012
"Accidentally Released - and Incredibly Embarrassing - Documents Show How Goldman et al Engaged in 'Naked Short Selling'," by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, May 15, 2012
"Lessons in Disloyalty: Eduardo Saverin and the Facebook IPO," by Ilyse Hogue, The Nation, May 14, 2012
"Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase: Why It's the Scandal of Our Time," by Richard (RJ) Eskow, Campaign for America's Future, May 14, 2012
"Colonized by Corporations," by Chris Hedges, TruthDig, May 14, 2012
"Why We Regulate," by Paul Krugman, The New York Times, May 13, 2012
"Colleges as Merchants of Debt," by Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, May 13, 2012
"A Generation Hobbled by the Soaring Cost of College," The New York Times, May 12, 2012
"More Than 200,000 Americans Will Lose Their Unemployment Benefits This Weekend," by Pat Garofalo, Think Progress, May 11, 2012
"CHARTS: Economic Mobility Is Stronger In Union States," by Travis Waldron, Think Progress, May 10, 2012
"Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte: How Bank of America Silenced a Whole Town," by Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future, May 10, 2012
"Waiting for Copernicus: On the Slow-Death of Neoliberalism," by John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus, May 8, 2012
"New York Times Reporters Need to Read Krugman’s Columns," by Bill Black, Naked Capitalism, May 8, 2012
"Health care increasingly out of reach for millions of Americans," McClatchy Newspapers, May 7, 2012
"How to End This Depression," by Paul Krugman, New York Review of Books, May 7, 2012
"Why America's Rich People Are Better Than Everyone Else's," by Paul Buchheit, Common Dreams, May 7, 2012
"The Stall Has Arrived," by Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog, May 4, 2012
"Argentina and the magic soybean: the commodity export boom that wasn't," by Mark Weisbrot, Guardian/UK, May 4, 2012
"Social security is not going broke," by David Cay Johnston, Reuters, May 4, 2012
"The Crushing Burden of Student Debt," by David Graeber, Mike Konczal, Brian Kalkbrenner and Sarah Jaffe, Truthout, May 4, 2012
"Discrepancies on Medical Bills Can Leave a Credit Stain," The New York Times, May 4, 2012
"A Down Week, Worsened by a Weak Jobs Report," The New York Times, May 4, 2012
"Welcome to the 2012 Hunger Games: Sending Debt Peonage, Poverty, and Freaky Weather Into the Arena," by Tom Engelhardt & Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch, May 1, 2012
"The Tinder-Box Society," by Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog, May 1, 2012
"Five Tax Fallacies Invented by the 1%," by Paul Buchheit, Common Dreams, April 30, 2012
"How to Destroy Education While Making a Trillion Dollars," by Robert Freeman, Common Dreams, April 29, 2012
"Depression Symptoms: What’s Behind Europe’s Spike in Suicides," by Michelle Chen, In These Times, April 26, 2012
"Bank CEOs gain as millions lose dreams, retirement to foreclosure," by Scott Klinger & John Cavanagh, Newark Star-Ledger, April 25, 2012
"American Austerity," by Paul Krugman, The New York Times, April 25, 2012
"Europe’s austerity recession," by Robert Reich, Salon, April 25, 2012
"Wall Street-Inflated Student Debt Bubble Hits $1 Trillion; Debtors Rally for Relief," by Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet, April 24, 2012
"Wells Fargo, Terrified to Face Victims of Its Foreclosure Fraud and Predatory Lending, Locks Shareholders Out of Annual Meeting," by Joshua Holland, AlterNet, April 24, 2012
"The Middle Class Hasn't Disappeared. It's Just Sliding Toward the Bottom," by Paul Buchheit, Common Dreams, April 23, 2012
"The Housing Market Doldrums," by Mike Whitney, Counterpunch, April 23, 2012
"Call for Growth Rises to Counter German Push for Austerity," The New York Times, April 23, 2012
"Shareholders Say No to Citigroup CEO Pay: A Model for Fighting Crony Capitalism," by Dean Baker, Truthout, April 23, 2012
"Schneiderman Propagandist Confirms Report of Lack of Staffing for Mortgage Fraud Task Force," by Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism, April 19, 2012
"Rising Fears That Recovery May Once More Be Faltering," The New York Times, April 19, 2012
"Locking Down an American Workforce: Prison Labor as the Past -- and Future -- of American “Free-Market” Capitalism," by Tom Engelhardt, Steve Fraser & Joshua B. Freeman, TomDispatch, April 19, 2012
"Spain’s contagious collapse," by Paul Ames, Global Post, April 19, 2012
"How the Goldman Vampire Squid Just Captured Europe," by Ellen Brown, Truthout, April 18, 2012
"Five Reasons Why The Very Rich Have NOT Earned Their Money," by Paul Buchheit, Common Dreams, April 16, 2012
"Six Rigged Rules Corporations Use to Dodge Taxes," by Sarah Anderson & Scott Klinger, The Nation, April 16, 2012
"For Two Economists, the Buffett Rule Is Just a Start," The New York Times, April 16, 2012
"Europe’s Economic Suicide," by Paul Krugman, The New York Times, April 15, 2012
"Vampire Squid Update: SEC Fines Goldman For Huddles," by Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch, April 13, 2012
"The Federal Reserve Turns Left," by William Greider, The Nation, April 11, 2012
"An Economic Quagmire," by Mike Whitney, Counterpunch, April 10, 2012

Bush Accountability

"War Tribunal Finds Bush, Cheney Guilty of War Crimes," Common Dreams, May 13, 2012
"Yoo, Latif, and the Rise of Secret Justice," by Scott Horton, Harper's, May 9, 2012
"Torture: The Bush Administration on Trial," by Andy Worthington, Future of Freedom Foundation, May 7, 2012
"No Accountability for Torture," by David Cole, New York Review of Books, May 7, 2012
"More federal judge abdication," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, May 4, 2012
"UC Berkeley's John Yoo torture suit tossed out," San Francisco Chronicle, May 3, 2012
"'Torture memos' author can't be sued for harsh interrogations, court rules," Christian Science Monitor, May 2, 2012
"Jose Rodriguez, Poster Boy," by Scott Horton, Harper's, May 1, 2012
"U.S. Torturers are Still Awaiting Arrest," by William A. Collins, Other Words, April 30, 2012
"Bush aide blasts torture," by Jordan Michael Smith, Salon, April 10, 2012

Audio Archives, 2004

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

December

Week Ending Dec. 24, 2004

Stephen F. Cohen: U.S. Involvement in Ukraine Election Crisis Could Trigger a New Cold War with Russia
Paul Rieckhoff: U.S. Veterans Say Iraq Insurgency Grows as the War is Mismanaged
Kathy Kelly: Abuse of Iraqi and Afghan Detainees Linked to U.S. Training in Torture at Army's School of the Americas

Week Ending Dec. 17, 2004

Michael Ratner: Effort Underway in Germany to Prosecute High-Ranking U.S. Officials for Their Role in Torture, War Crimes
Cliff Arnebeck: Ohio's Official Presidential Election Results Challenged by Recount and Lawsuit Filed in State Supreme Court
Robert Nave: Campaign Launched to Stop Connecticut's First Execution in 40 Years

Week Ending Dec. 10, 2004

Ronnie Dugger: Inability to Recount Electronic Ballots, and Other Irregularities Place Validity of 2004 Election in Question
Joy Gordon: Charges of Corruption at U.N.'s Oil for Food Program Ignore Washington's Role
Luis Rumbaut: As Restrictions Tighten, Bush Administration Demands Detailed Records on U.S. Citizens Traveling to Cuba

Week Ending Dec. 3, 2004

Michael Hoffman: U.S. Iraq Veterans Call for an End to a War They Say Can't be Won
Thousands of Protesters Again Demand the Closing of the Pentagon's Infamous School of the Americas
Robert Parry: U.S. Media Ignores Questions on 2004 Election

November

Week Ending Nov. 26, 2004

Christian Parenti: U.S. Wins Battle of Fallujah; Critics Call It a "Hollow Victory"
Robert Fitrakis: Citizens Testify on Voter Suppression as Ohio Election Recount Proceeds
Lois Gibbs: Environmentalists Consider the Dangers, Opportunities Under Another 4 Years of Bush

Week Ending Nov. 19, 2004

Greg Palast: Voter Suppression in African American Communities Likely Affected Election Results
Bruce Ackerman: U.S. Electoral System Tainted by Partisan Administration of Voter Registration and Ballot Count
Rev. Jim Wallis: Moral Values Issues of Unjust War and Poverty Ignored By Candidates in 2004 Election

Week Ending Nov. 12, 2004

Clayton Swisher: Continuing Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Poses Grave Risks for U.S.
Michael Klare: U.S. Quest for Oil Drives Dangerous Foreign Policy
Leslie Cagan: Anti-War Groups Prepare for Post-Election Strategies to End U.S.-Iraq Occupation

Week Ending Nov. 5, 2004

Elliot Minceberg: Election Protection Coalition Charges GOP-Connected Groups with Voter Suppression and Intimidation Campaign
David Cobbs: Green Party Presidential Candidate Addresses Issues Major Parties Ignore
Craig Unger: Author Describes Bush Family-Saudi Royals Relationship that He Believes Compromises U.S. Security

October

Week Ending Oct. 29, 2004

Noam Chomsky: Offers Views on Motivation for Iraq War and the Choices Before Voters on Election Day
Ellen Frank: Growing Income Inequality in U.S. All But Ignored in Presidential Campaign
Khalilah Brown-Dean: Shocking History of Voter Disenfranchisement Based on Race Still Haunts U.S. Electoral Process

Week Ending Oct. 22, 2004

Larry Birns: Haitians Ravaged by Dual Tragedies of Political Violence and Devastating Storms
Mary Boyle: Charges of Unethical Conduct Against GOP House Majority Leader Tom Delay Triggers Calls for His Resignation
Ralph Nader: Answers Critics Who Say His Presidential Bid Could Help Re-Elect George Bush

Week Ending Oct. 15, 2004

Tod Ensign: Shortage of Soldiers to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan Sparks Debate Over Reinstitution of Military Draft
Jim Massey: U.S. Veteran Returning from Iraq Speaks Out Against the War and Killing of Civilians
David Brock: U.S. Media Fails to Act as Truth-Detector in Covering Presidential Election Campaign

Week Ending Oct. 8, 2004

Mark Crispin Miller: Bush Administration Policies Erode Bill of Rights While Supporting Advocates of Theocracy
Medea Benjamin: Code Pink Brings Creativity and New Energy to Progressive Activism
Alvaro Fernandez: Defying President Bush, House Passes Legislation Overturning His New Trade, Travel Restrictions on Cuba

Week Ending Oct. 1, 2004

Andrew Ruben: Deteriorating Situation in Iraq Casts Doubt on U.S. Ability to Win Military Victory
Tedd Weyman: Depleted Uranium Weapons Used by U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan Linked to Radiation Illness in Troops and Civilians
Sibel Edmonds: Fired FBI Translator and 25 Former Government Security Officials Criticize 9/11 Commission Report

September

Week Ending Sept. 24, 2004

Daniel Ellsberg: Former CIA, State Department and Pentagon Officials Call on Current Government Employees to Blow Whistle on Bush's Iraq War Deceptions
David Cadman: Much of the World Views Bush Administration Policies with Disdain and Fear
Sharon Lettman: National Coalition Working to Protect Every Vote in November Election

Week Ending Sept. 17, 2004

Charlie Richardson: Military Families Campaign to Bring U.S. Troops Back from Iraq Now
Bruce Bentley: Mass Arrests of Protesters at GOP Convention in NYC Condemned by Civil Liberties Groups
Scott Klinger: U.S. Poverty on the Rise, According to Census Bureau

Week Ending Sept. 10, 2004

Republican National Convention Protests: Half a Million Demonstrators Say 'No' to Bush Agenda in NYC
Chris Wangro: Imagine Festival Combines Art and Politics in Cultural Counterpoint to GOP Convention
Danny Schechter: Big Media's Coverage of U.S. Politics Influenced by their Corporate Agenda

Week Ending Sept. 3, 2004

Michael Ratner: Guantanamo Detainees Subjected to Pentagon-Run "Kangaroo Court
Leslie Kauffman: Despite Obstacles, Protesters Plan Massive Presence at GOP Convention in NYC
Starhawk: Pagan Priestess Starhawk Draws Connection Between Spirituality and Political Activism

August

Week Ending Aug. 27, 2004

Gregory Wilpert: Populist Venezuelan President Triumphs Over Opponents in Aug. 15 Recall Election
Matthew Rothschild: Kerry's Ambiguous Position on Iraq Alienates Progressive Voters
Oskar Castro: Counter-Recruitment Campaign Warns Youth of Deceptive Methods Used by Military Recruiters

Week Ending Aug. 20, 2004

Craig Eisendrath: Terrorist Alerts: Genuine Threats or Political Ploy?
Dennis Burke: Instant Run-off Voting a Tool to Strengthen Democracy
Cheri Honkala: Poor People's Campaign To Hold Protest March on NYC GOP Convention

Week Ending Aug. 13, 2004

Medea Benjamin: Anti-war Message Banned at Democratic National Convention
Doris "Granny D" Haddock: Activist Granny D, 94, Launches Campaign for U.S. Senate Seat in New Hampshire
Roy Brown: Latin American Musicians Perform in Support of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

Week Ending Aug. 6, 2004

David Potorti: Victims' Families Say 9/11 Commission Report Avoids Certain Truths, But Makes Some Valuable Recommendations
Wayne Smith: Influenced by Hard-core Exile Groups, Bush Imposes New Sanctions Against Cuba
John Nichols: Democrats at Boston Convention Prepare for Moderate and Cautious Election Campaign

July

Week Ending July 30, 2004

John Stauber: "Banana Republicans" Examines How GOP Gained Virtual Control Over U.S. Political Power
Raida Hatoum: Palestinians Suffering in Lebanese Refugee Camps Hold Onto Hope for "Right of Return"
Mike Lawlor: U.S. Prison System Requires New Commitment to Treat Mentally Ill Inmates

Week Ending July 23, 2004

Ambassador Joseph Wilson: Senate Committee Slams CIA on Pre-Iraq War Intelligence
John Quigley: 2 Court Decisions Find Israel's Security Wall Violates Rights of Palestinians
David Moberg: Kerry Campaign Works to Hold On to Progressive Voters

Week Ending July 16, 2004

Denis Halliday: Violence and Scandals Surround Newly-Appointed Iraqi Interim Government
Hannah Sassaman: Prometheus Radio Project Wins Federal Court Case Overturning FCC Media Deregulation Plan
Steve Rendall: Success of "Fahrenheit 9/11" Stems from Public's Search for Answers on Failed Bush Administration Foreign Policies

Week Ending July 9, 2004

Salih Booker: Darfur Region of Sudan in Midst of Humanitarian Crisis
Emira Woods: Symbolic Transfer of Power in Iraq Changes Little in War-Ravaged Nation
Samer Rabadi: Amnesty International Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate Charges of Torture in U.S.-Run Military Prisons

Week Ending July 2, 2004

Robert Oakley: Former Diplomats and Generals Publicly Condemn Bush Foreign Policy
Maritza Castillo: Army Conscientious Objector Who Opposed Abuse of Iraqi Civilians and Prisoners Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison for Desertion
Bob McIlvaine: Commission Investigating 9/11 Attacks Concludes Public Hearings

June

Week Ending June 25, 2004

Michael Ratner: Bush Administration Memos on Torture Policy Reveal Official Complicity in Abuse of Iraqi Prisoners
John Lugo: Human Rights Investigation into the 1980s Murder of Thousands of Colombian Political Activists
Njoki Njehu: At Their Georgia Summit, G-8 Nations Fail to Cancel Debt for World's Poorest Countries

Week Ending June 18, 2004

Rahul Mahajan: June 30th Transition of Power in Iraq Criticized as Hollow Attempt to Bolster Bush Re-Election Bid
Beth Parker: Planned Parenthood Court Challenge Overturns GOP-Backed Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act
Roberte Jensen: A Death of President Ronald Reagan Spurs Distorted Media View of His Administration's Successes and Failures

Week Ending June 11, 2004

Rania Masri: The Status of Iraqi Women Deteriorates Under U.S. Occupation
Greg Palast: The Ballots of 1 Million African-American and Latino Voters Likely to be "Lost" in 2004 Presidential Election
Leonard Weinglass: The Life of Peace, Social Justice Activist Dave Dellinger Remembered

Week Ending June 4, 2004

Wayne Madsen: Bush "Stays Course" on Iraq Plan But Confronts Harsh Military and Political Realities
Maher Nasser: Israeli Raid on Rafah Refugee Camp Results in More than 50 Dead, and Hundreds Homeless
Ken Burns: Filmmaker Ken Burns Condemns Bush Policies on War and Civil Liberties

May

Week Ending May 28, 2004

Eric LeCompte: Pentagon's Legacy of Training Latin American Soldiers in Torture Techniques Haunts Probe Into Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Scandal
Michael Scherer: While Federal Contracts to Private Companies Proliferate, Government Oversight is Weak or Nonexistent
Max Sawicki: Bush Administration's Military Expenditures and Tax Cuts Lead to Unprecedented Deficit Spending

Week Ending May 21, 2004

Carroll Bogert: Human Rights Abuses in U.S.-Run Iraq and Afghan Prisons are Widespread and Systemic
John Dean: Former Counsel to President Richard Nixon Declares that Misconduct in Bush White House is 'Worse than Watergate'
Bruce Ackerman: A Vote for Nader Can be a Vote for Kerry

Week Ending May 14, 2004

Larry Birns: Former Ambassador to Honduras with Troubling Human Rights Record, Named as Chief U.S. Diplomat in Iraq
Slava Davidson: International Solidarity Movement Activists Tour U.S. to Rally Opposition Against War and Occupation in Palestine, Iraq
Doug Ireland: Kerry Campaign's Lack of Focus and Swing to the Right Raises Concern of Party Faithful

Week Ending May 7, 2004

Nancy Lessin and Charlie Richardson: White House Extends Deployment of Troops Serving in Iraq as Violence Shakes U.S. Occupation
March for Women's Lives Draws 1 Million to Nation's Capital in Defense of Reproductive Rights
David Levy: World Bank/IMF Policies Challenged by Global Justice Activists who Demand Cancellation of Debt and an End to Secrecy

April

Week Ending April 23, 2004

Robert Scheer: Critic Charges Bush Administration's "Language of Lying" Transformed "to an Orwellian Artform"
Burke Stansbury: Washington Meddles in El Salvador's Recent Presidential Election
Cetherine Kim: ACLU Challenges Government on "No-Fly" List that Targets Innocent Citizens

Week Ending April 16, 2004

Mel Goodman: Iraq Explodes in Violence as Sunnis and Shiites Rise up to Oppose U.S. Occupation
Kara Congresswoman Maxine Waters Decries U.S.-Installed Haitian Government's Embrace of Death Squad Leaders Who Overthrew President Aristide
Dudu Dlamini: After Long Delay, South Africa Begins Offering Treatment to AIDS Patients

Week Ending April 9, 2004

Daniel Ellsberg: White House Attack on Former Counter-Terrorism Chief Follows Pattern of Smearing Whistleblowers
Phyllis Bennis: Israeli Assassination of Hamas Leader Occurs as Ariel Sharon Plans to Withdraw from Gaza Strip
Kelly Brownell: Food Industry Pushing Junk Food a Prime Contributor to Obesity Crisis

Week Ending April 2, 2004

Ed Bice: World Public Opinion Poll Reveals Growing Hostility Toward America and Its Foreign Policy
Leslie Cagan: International Protests Against Iraq War and Occupation Mark Anniversary of U.S. Invasion
Sima Wali: Afghan Women Continue to Face Repression 2 1/2 Years After the Overthrow of the Fundamentalist Taliban Regime

March

Week Ending March 26, 2004

Jeff Cohen:After Terrorist Bombing, Spanish Election Defeat f Bush Ally Sends Shock Waves Through Washington
John Sifton: Human Rights Group Charges U.S. is Abusing Prisoners in Afghanistan
Jacqueline Baker: Campaign to Close Down U.S. Army Training School Gears up for Legislative Battle

Week Ending March 19, 2004

Ira Kurzban: Haitian President Aristide Demands U.S. Investigate White House Complicity
Kara Speltz: Christian Peacemaker Team Criticizes Military Detention of Thousands of Men in Iraq
Andrew Rice: Bush TV Ads and Noncooperation with 9/11 Commission Draws Fire from Sept. 11 Victims' Families

Week Ending March 12, 2004

Michael Ratner: Haitian President Charges U.S. Military Kidnapped Him in Support of White House-Backed Coup
Leslie Cagan: Peace Groups Plan Worldwide Protests March 20 to Observe 1-Year Anniversary of Iraq War
Hank Dittmar: Bush Administration and GOP Congress Propose Cuts to Public Transit and Other Transportation Alternatives

Week Ending March 5, 2004

Larry Birns: U.S. Fails to Act as Death Squads Vow to Overthrow Government of Haitian President Aristide
Karen Wayland: Revived Energy Bill, with Giveaways to Big Energy Companies, is Again Before Congress
Dr. Kurt Gottfried: Leading U.S. Scientists Condemn White House Censorship and Distortion of Science Data

February

Week Ending Feb. 27, 2004

Scott Ritter: Bush Evades Accountability in Iraq-WMD Blame Game
Kathy Hoyt: Fruit/Chemical Companies File $17 Billion Countersuit Against Sick Nicaraguan Banana Workers
Charles Lewis: 2004 Presidential Election Campaign to Break All Spending Records

Week Ending Feb. 20, 2004

Bill Hartung: President Stumbles in Reacting to the Public Unraveling of White House Justification for Iraq War
Mazin Qumsiyeh: Palestinians Charge Israeli Barrier Will Bring Neither Security Nor Peace
Kim Ives: Armed Rebellion Attempts to Oust Haitian President

Week Ending Feb. 13, 2004

Greg Palast: Many in Britain Call Hutton Inquiry Exonerating Tony Blair Over Iraq Weapons Affair a 'Whitewash'
Gwendolyn Mink: Leading Democratic Presidential Candidates Ignore Issues of Women and Poverty
Zack Exley CBS Censorship of Political Ad During Super Bowl Sparks Debate on Media Access

Week Ending Feb. 6, 2004

Charlie Mitchell: Left-Right Coalition Resists President Bush's Call to Renew USA Patriot Act
Mark Potok: Anti-Immigrant Groups Wage Campaign to Take Over the Sierra Club
William Fisher: 4th Annual World Social Forum Debates its Future as a Vehicle for Political Action

January

Week Ending Jan. 30, 2004

Ronald Bruce St John: Troubled U.S. Timetable for Iraq's Transition to a Provisional Government Linked to Bush Re-Election Campaign
Bruce Gagnon: White House Moon and Mars Exploration Initiative Masks Drive for Military Dominance of Space
Meizhu Lui: Report Documents African-Americans' Loss of Ground in Economic and Health Status

Week Ending Jan. 23, 2004

Robert Dreyfuss: Secret Pentagon Unit Churned Out Dubious 'Intelligence' Used to Justify Iraq War
Anna Avendano: U.S. Labor Movement Opposes Bush Plan to Create Immigrant Guest Workers Program
Joan Mulhern: Weakening of Environmental Regulations Undermine Appalachian Communities' Fight to Stop Coal Mining Industry Mountaintop Removal

Week Ending Jan. 16, 2004

Ray McGovern: Despite Ashcroft's Recusal from CIA Leak Case, White House Still Refuses to Appoint Independent Counsel
Tom Englehardt: 2003: A Year of Reversals for White House Neo-Conservatives
Tom Hansen: Mexico's Zapatista Movement Strengthens Its Base of Support on 10th Anniversary of Chiapas Rebellion

Week Ending Jan. 9, 2004

Douglas Valentine: Vietnam War Era-style "Phoenix" Assassination Program Implemented in U.S.-Occupied Iraq
John Stauber: Government Officials, Pressured by Meat Industry, Fail to Safeguard Public from Outbreak of Mad Cow Disease in U.S.
Sal Mangiagli: Critics Say Transporting Dismantled Nuclear Power Plants Unnecessary and Dangerous

Week Ending Jan. 2, 2004

Ken Hurwitz: Federal Courts Challenge President's Authority to Hold Terror Suspects Without Due Process
Karen Hansen-Kuhn: Costa Rica Walks Out of Talks for Central American Free Trade Agreement, Signaling Growing Opposition to Pact
Rev. Billy Takes his Gospel of 'Stop Shopping' to Stores that Sell Products Produced by Sweatshop Labor