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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, 2005

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February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

December

Week Ending December 23, 2005

Simon Harak: Christian American Peace Activists Bring Protest Against Torture to Gates of U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Gregory Wilpert: After Opposition Parties Boycott Vote, Hugo Chavez Wins Total Control of Venezuela's Parliament
Alden Meyer: Global Warming Conference in Montreal Turns Back U.S. Attempt to Derail Kyoto Treaty

Week Ending December 16, 2005

Leslie Cagan: Peace Movement Works for Withdrawal of U.S. Troops from Iraq as Congressional Debate Heats Up
Tyson Slocum: Congress Does Little as Energy Companies' Record Profits Prompt Calls for Investigations of Disaster Profiteering
Rob Ritchie: After Corruptions Scandals, Connecticut Enacts Nation's Most Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform Law

Week Ending December 09, 2005

David MacMichael: In Growing Numbers, Public Opposes Iraq War, While Most Congressional Democrats Play It "Safe"
Wayne Smith: Cuban American Associates of Convicted Terrorist Luis Posada-Carriles Arrested in Florida
Steve Bradberry: Poor New Orleans Residents Struggle to Have Their Say on City's Reconstruction

Week Ending December 2, 2005

Jeremy Brecher: U.S. Violation of International Law, Human Rights Necessitates Citizen Action
Mavis Anderson: Challenges to U.S. Cuba Travel Ban Derailed in Senate
California state Rep. Fran Pavley: Automakers Campaign to Stop Landmark Fuel Efficiency Standards in California

November

Week Ending November 25, 2005

Dolores Kesterson: Mother of Slain U.S. Soldier Describes Her Grief and Opposition to Iraq War
Paul Silverstein: France's Street Violence Ascribed to Decades of State Inattention to High Unemployment and Poverty Among Immigrants
Dave Hamilton: ExxposeExxon Campaign Works to Inform Public About Oil Giant's Windfall Profits and Environmental Policies

Week Ending November 18, 2005

U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey: Some Congressional Democrats Now Push for White House Accountability on False Pre-Iraq War Claims
Tom Barry: Anti-Bush Protests and Free Trade Deadlock Mark Summit of the Americas
Marjorie Cohn: Progressive Groups Fear Radical Right Supreme Court Shift if Alito Confirmed

Week Ending November 11, 2005

John Nichols: Indictment of Vice President's Former Chief of Staff Prompts Demand to Investigate White House Role in Misrepresenting Rationale for Iraq War
John Sifton: Bush Administration Calls for Waiver to Allow for Mistreatment of U.S.-Held Prisoners Abroad
Christy Pardew: Campaign to Close U.S. Army School of the Americas Attracts Bipartisan Support

Week Ending November 4, 2005

James Ingalls: Taliban Attacks and Election of Warlords Spark Concern about America's Forgotten War in Afghanistan
John R. MacArthur: Media Spins 'Success'of Iraqi Troops in Bush War Plan
Annie Strickler: Congress Moves Closer to Permit Oil Drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge

October

Week Ending October 28, 2005

Hussein Ibish: Accusations of Fraud and Uncertainty for the Future Surround Vote on Iraqi Constitution
John Bonifaz: As CIA Leak Investigation Concludes, Critics Say Probe Should Examine Possible Presidential Crimes Around Iraq War
Alex Wilson: "Green" Construction Techniques Advocated for Rebuilding New Orleans

Week Ending October 21, 2005

Mel Goodman: Iraq's Draft Constitution, If Approved, Could Provoke Civil War
Max Wolff: White House and Congress Link Gulf Coast Aid to Deep Cuts in Social Programs
Jamin Raskin: Bush's Supreme Court Nominee Harriet Miers Draws Charge of Cronyism from Democrats and Republicans Alike

Week Ending October 14, 2005

Alex Knott: Indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Adds to Growing Cloud of Corruption Charges Hanging Over GOP
Michael Gorman: Library Challenge to Patriot Act Gag Rule Appealed to Supreme Court
Glenn Morris: Groups Campaign to End Veneration of Columbus and Transform Holiday

Week Ending October 7, 2005

Jorge Farinacci: FBI Kills Fugitive Puerto Rican Nationalist Leader Filiberto Ojeda-Rios
Tom Wilner: Hunger Strike by Guantanamo Detainees Enters Second Month
Protesters at Massive Antiwar Actions in Washington, D.C. Demand Withdrawal from Iraq

September

Week Ending September 30, 2005

Elliot Minceberg: Evasive Responses in Senate Hearing Alarm Opponents of Supreme Court Chief Justice Nominee John Roberts
Ross Gelbspan: Global Warming Linked to the Increased Power of Hurricanes Battering the U.S.
Cindy Sheehan and Anne Roesler: Bring Them Home Now Bus Tour Builds Momentum Toward Sept. 24 Iraq War Protest in Washington, D.C.

Week Ending September 23, 2005

Kevin Danaher: Crisis of Confidence in Direction of U.S. an Opportunity for Progressive Change
Steve Bradbury: People of New Orleans Fight for Voice in City's Reconstruction
James Ridgeway: Five Unanswered Questions About 9/11 Critical to Prevent Future Attacks

Week Ending September 16, 2005

Eric Holdeman: Dismantling of FEMA Partly to Blame for Failed Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina
Darryl Malek-Wiley: Class and Race Issues Played Major Role in Who Survived Hurricane
Tyson Slocum: Consumer Group Claims Oil Companies' Disaster Profiteering Necessitates Price Controls

Week Ending September 9, 2005

Chris Toensing: Opposition to Proposed Iraq Constitution May Deepen Violence and Instability
Eva Golinger: Bush Administration Efforts to Oust Venezuelan President Was Context for Pat Robertson's Call to Assassinate Hugo Chavez
Marc Grossman: United Farmworkers Union Organizes at Guimarra Vineyards After Heatstroke Deaths

Week Ending September 2, 2005

Neve Gordon: Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza Accompanied by Destabilizing Expansion of Settlements in the West Bank
Kim Gandy: Documents Reveal Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts Disparaged Anti-Discrimination Efforts
Barbara Fair: Opponents of Prison Industrial Complex Rally for Policy Change in Nation's Capital

August

Week Ending Week Ending August 26, 2005

Leonard Weinglass: Federal Court Overturns "Cuban 5" Espionage Conviction, Calls for New Trial
Frederick Clarkson: Christian Right Campaigns for Radical Reform of U.S. Judicial System
Celeste Zappala: Cindy Sheehan's Vigil at President's Texas Ranch Sparks Powerful Antiwar Activism Among Soldiers' Families

Week Ending August 19, 2005

Norman Solomon: White House is Shaping Public Opinion for a Future Confrontation with Iran
Mona Cadena: Declassified Documents and Testimony Implicate High Officials in Torture of U.S.-Held Detainees
Cindy Sheehan: Cindy Sheehan, Mother of Slain Soldier, Demands Meeting with President Bush on Iraq War

Week Ending August 12, 2005

John Cavanaugh: Hardball White House Tactics Win Passage of Central America Free Trade Agreement
Tyson Slocum: Congress Approves Energy Bill with Billions of Dollars in Subsidies and Deregulation for Energy Industry
Stanley Aronowitz:Split in AFL-CIO Could Spur New Organizing But Dissidents Fail to Address Fundamental Flaws

Week Ending August 5, 2005

Yifat Susskind: Draft of New Iraqi Constitution Would Roll Back Women's Rights
Bruce Shapiro: Despite Lack of Long Judicial Record, Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts Has Sided with Executive Branch and Corporate Power
Barbara Olshansky: FBI Surveillance of Progressive Activist Groups Will Chill Free Speech, Critics Charge

July

Week Ending July 29, 2005

John Bonifaz: The Downing Street Memos and Valerie Plame-CIA Scandal Reveal a White House Bent on Misleading Public on Rationale for Iraq War
Rep. Barbara Lee: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduces Bill That Would Prohibit Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq
Kim Ives: U.N. Troops Accused of July 6th Massacre in Haiti's Cite Soleil

Week Ending July 22, 2005

Rahul Mahajan: Bombing of London Transit System Renews Debate on How to Effectively Fight Terrorism
Robert Jensen: Despite Earlier Denials, Presidential Adviser Karl Rove Played Key Role in Illegal Disclosure of CIA Agent's Identity
Michael Marriott: Contrary to Bush Administration Position, Nuclear Power is not a Solution to Global Warming

Week Ending July 15, 2005

Ray McGovern: Bush Call to 'Stay the Course in Iraq' Echoes Pronouncements Made During Vietnam War
Joanne Sheehan: Military Base Closings Force Communities to Plan for Sustainable Economic Development
Joanne Wypijewski: Civil War Looms in AFL-CIO as Dissidents Demand Reform and Threaten to Break Up Federation

Week Ending July 8, 2005

Adnan Rashed: Iraqi Union Activists Call for End of U.S. Occupation
Leslie Cagan: Peace Groups Organize Giant September Anti-War Protests in Washington, D.C.
Chris Slevin: Big Business Will Be Among Few Winners if Congress Ratifies Central American Free Trade Agreement

Week Ending July 1, 2005

Danny Schechter: Progressive Activists and Legislators Challenge Corporate Media's Failure to Cover Downing Street Memo
Barry Bachrach: Leonard Peltier's Attorney Disputes Conviction of the Imprisoned Native American Activist
Suzanne Gordon: Shortage of Nurses in U.S. Connected to Cost-Cutting, Restructuring and Disrespect

June

Week Ending June 17, 2005

Jim Schultz: Bolivia's Poor Indigenous Population Rises Up to Demand Nationalization of their Nation's Energy Resources
Medea Benjamin: Grassroots Movement Works to Focus Public Attention on Downing Street Memo that Reveals Bush Administration's Dishonest Justification for Iraq War
Robert Borosage: Progressive Activists Gather to Strategize and Build Independent Political Infrastructure

Week Ending June 24, 2005

Bill Fletcher: Neoliberal Conditions Attached to G8 Debt Relief Plan for Poor Nations Exacerbate Poverty
Anita Dancs: Military Spending Cuts Could Enhance National Security and Restore Funding for Some Social Programs
Nat Hentoff: Proposed Bill to Make Permanent and Expand Provisions of the Patriot Act Jeopardize Constitutional Protections

Week Ending June 10, 2005

Joshua Rubenstein: Amnesty International Calls for Prosecutions of U.S. Officials Who Violated Geneva Conventions and U.N. Convention Against Torture
Perry Jeffries: U.S. Army Iraq Veteran Says Oil and Profiteering Were Motives for Invasion and Occupation
Marela Zaccarias: Latino Youth Targeted as U.S. Military Falls Short of Recruitment Goal

Week Ending June 3, 2005

Jane Franklin: Posada Carriles Case Exposes Bush Administration's Double Standard on Terrorism
Bruce Gagnon: U.S. Air Force Space Weapons Initiative Could Trigger New Global Arms Race
Sonali Kolhatkar: Women in Post-War Afghanistan Still Victims of Repression

May

Week Ending May 27, 2005

John Burroughs: War is not the Answer to Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
Bob Williams: Big Oil Buys Influence in Washington, Crafting Legislation that Adds to the Industry's Record Profits
Jane Goodall: Chimpanzee Researcher Jane Goodall Supports Projects Benefiting People and Wildlife Living in Endangered African Forest Areas

Week Ending May 20, 2005

Greg Palast: British Memo Indicates Bush Administration Fixed Intelligence to Justify Iraq Invasion
Joy Gordon: Space for Political, Cultural and Religious Expression Opening up in Cuba
Ari Schwartz: Rushed through Congress, Real ID Act Legislation Threatens Privacy Rights

Week Ending May 13, 2005

Marcus Raskin: Bush Administration, Peace Movement Learned Very Different Lessons from Vietnam War
Michael Klare: Increasing Energy Demands and Diminishing Supplies Set Off Intensifying International Struggle to Capture Petroleum Resources
Wade Henderson: As Senate Fight over Filibuster Looms, Extremist Judicial Appointments Hang in the Balance

Week Ending May 6, 2005

John Ross: Mexican Civil Society Rises Up to Protest Ruling Party's Attempt to Keep Progressive Candidate Off Presidential Ballot
Robert McChesney: U.S. Media Fails to Hold Government Accountable in War and During Electoral Campaigns
Jim Motavalli: Auto Industry Resists Fuel Efficiency Standards Making U.S. Increasingly Dependent on Foreign Oil

April

Week Ending April 29, 2005

Virginia Setshedi: World Bank/IMF Fail to Agree on Plan to Cancel Debt or Increase Aid to Poorest Nations
Terry Jones: With Humor and Irony, A Founding Member of Monty Python Blasts Bush and Blair's War on Terror
Sister Helen Prejean Recounts How She Became a Leader of the U.S. Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty

Week Ending April 22, 2005

Jerome Paun: Civil Liberties Groups Campaign to Repeal Key Provisions of USA Patriot Act
Lisa Haugaard: As Colombian Army's Human Rights Record Deteriorates, Civilians are Caught in Crossfire of 40-year Civil War
Joel Bleifuss: Questions Surrounding Legitimacy of 2004 Presidential Election Investigated

Week Ending April 15, 2005

David MacMichael: White House Misuse of Intelligence Unexamined as Presidential Commission Finds U.S. Spy Agencies at Fault for Flawed Pre-Iraq War Intelligence
Dr. Helen Caldicott: Threat of Global Nuclear Weapons Proliferation Met by U.S. Development of New Atomic Arms and Militarization of Space
Kevin Kamps: Critics Question Safety of Radioactive Waste Storage at Power Plants and Proposed Repositories

Week Ending April 8, 2005

Stephen Damours: Bush Foreign Policy Continues to Alienate Friends and Enemies Around the World
Simon Harak: GOP/Christian Right "Pro-Life" Rhetoric Rife with Contradictions
Avis Jones-DeWeever: Race/Gender Wage Study Reveals Surprising View of U.S. Work Force

Week Ending April 1, 2005

Nancy Lessin: Widespread Protests Mark 2nd Anniversary of Invasion of Iraq
Jose Bove: French and Global Social Justice Activist Describes Fight for Food Sovereignty Around the World
Elliott Minceberg: GOP Majority in U.S. Senate Prepares to Eliminate Filibuster in Effort to Confirm Extremist Judges

March

Week Ending March 25, 2005

Phyllis Bennis: Critics Challenge White House Claim that Iraq War Responsible for Tentative Moves Toward Middle East Democracy
Maxine Waters: Washington-Installed Haitian Government's Detention of Political Prisoners and Human Rights Violations Stirs U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters to Action
John Walke: Failure of Bush Administration's Clear Skies Initiative Activates Regulations to Weaken Environmental Enforcement

Week Ending March 18, 2005

Jeff Halper: Peace Process Bound to Fail if Israel Expands West Bank Settlements
Derek Yach: Bush Administration May Reject Ratification of International Tobacco Control Treaty
Ann Stanback: Connecticut Set to Become 2nd State to Pass Same-Sex Civil Union Bill

Week Ending March 11, 2005

Eva Gollinger: White House and Media Escalate War of Words Against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
Tom Stokes: Grass-roots Campaign Organizes U.S. Citizen Support for Kyoto Protocol to Control Global Warming
Michael Krinsky: Bush Administration Establishes New License for Publishing Projects in Cuba, But with Strings Attached

Week Ending March 4, 2005

Wayne Madsen: U.S. Airstrikes Against Iran Could Trigger Backlash in Iraq
Peter Kornbluh: Bush Pick for Intelligence Czar Turned Blind Eye Toward U.S.-Backed Death Squads in Honduras
Shane Stevens: Opponents of U.S. Ratification of Central American Free Trade Agreement Say Victory is Within Reach

February

Week Ending Feb. 25, 2004

Michael Ratner: U.S.-Held Prisoners transferred abroad subjected to Torture
Chris Doucot: Nonviolent Solutions Explored in Resolving Darfur-Sudan Conflict
Steve Rendall: Phony Journalist Exposed in Latest Scandal Involving White House Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda

Week Ending Feb. 18, 2005

Roger Hickey: Opponents Prepare to Challenge Bush Budget Cuts and Drive to Privatize Social Security
Njoke Njehu: 5th Annual World Social Forum Tackles Global Justice Issues
Barry Bachrach: Campaign to Free Leonard Peltier Continues as the Native American Activist Spends His 30th Year in Prison

Week Ending Feb. 11, 2005

Hussein Ibish: Despite Success of Iraq Vote, Anti-Occupation Insurgency Likely to Continue
Howard Zinn: Throughout History, Transition to Democracy Rare Under Military Occupation
Art Laffin: As Connecticut Plans First Execution in 45 Years, Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation Opposes Death Penalty

Week Ending Feb. 4, 2005

Speech by Aidan Delgado: Angry U.S. Iraq War Veteran Criticizes Excesses of Gala Bush Inaugural Celebrations
Report on pro-choice rally, at counter-inauguration in Washington, D.C.: Pro-Choice Activists Call on Progressives to Resist Attacks on Reproductive Rights
John Miller: White House Campaign to Privatize Social Security Based on Phony Crisis

January

Week Ending Jan. 28, 2005

Ali Abunimah: New Palestinian Leader Confronts Familiar Obstacles in Restarting Peace Talks
Josh Silver: Right-wing Talk Show Host Armstrong Williams Implicated in Taxpayer-Funded Government Propaganda Campaign
Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice: Faith-based Group Calls for Grassroots Resistance to Iraq War

Week Ending Jan. 21, 2005

Orlando Tizon: Torture Victims Oppose Gonzalez Nomination for Attorney General
Bob Fitrakis: Historic Congressional Challenge to Ohio Election Results Spotlights Voting Irregularities
Stephan Smith: Singer-Songwriter Stephan Smith Tells of His Iraqi Relatives' Experiences Under U.S. Occupation and War

Week Ending Jan. 14, 2005

Munawar Zainal: Indonesian Military Hinders Distribution of Tsunami Aid in Devastated and Wartorn Aceh Province
Tom Barry: U.S. Emergency and Development Aid Comes with Many Strings Attached
Ross Gelbspan: Rising Ocean Levels Tied to Global Warming May Have Exacerbated Tidal Waves' Destructive Power

Week Ending Jan. 7, 2005

Reed Brody: Newly Released Documents Reveal Widespread Torture in Pentagon-Run Prisons Abroad
Linda Marsa: Failures on Drug Safety and Conflicts of Interest Shake Confidence in FDA
Marty Hayden: White House Rules Changes on Forest Management Could Reduce Protection of Endangered Species and Limit Public Input