U.S. Politics

"White House Open to Deal on Public Health Plan," Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2009

"Obama Hushes Healthcare Advocates," by Laura Flanders, Grit TV, July 7, 2009

"Familiar Players in Health Bill Lobbying: Firms Are Enlisting Ex-Lawmakers, Aides," Washington Post, July 6, 2009

"Jobless Figures Pose Social, Political Threat for Obama, Dems," by John Nichols, The Nation, July 5, 2009

"Obama Urges Groups to Stop Attacks," Washington Post, July 4, 2009

"Financial Lobby Gears Up Effort Against Obama Plan," The Hill, July 2, 2009

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Economy

"Lenders avoid redoing loans, Fed concludes: Study cites lack of profit in aiding the distressed," Boston Globe, July 7, 2009

"The Crooks Get Cash While the Poor Get Screwed," by Chris Hedges, TruthDig, July 6, 2009

"The green shoots are dead," by Dean Baker, Guardian/UK, July 6, 2009

"Three Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call," by Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post, July 6, 2009

"Unemployed and on the Verge of Losing Everything: 'I Don't Know How I'll Make It,'" by Rachel Neumann, AlterNet, July 6, 2009

"Court Ruling Clears Path for G.M. to Restructure," The New York Times, July 6, 2009

"Bernie Madoff Is No John Dillinger," by Frank Rich, The New York Times, July 4, 2009

"Jobs Report Sign of Deeper Economic Trouble," by Ruth Conniff, The Progressive, July 4, 2009

"Breadline USA: Why People Are Going Hungry in the Land of Plenty," by Sasha Abramsky, PoliPoint Press, July 4, 2009

"Running on Empty: Why the Economy Has Yet to Hit Bottom," by Mike Whitney, Counterpunch, July 3-5, 2009

"The Wall Street White House: How Goldman Sachs and Citi Run the Show," by Andrew Cockburn, Counterpunch, July 2, 2009

"Wall Street's Toxic Message," by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Vanity Fair, July, 2009

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Bush Regime

"'Just Following Orders"' by Scott Horton, Harper's, July 1, 2009

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International Affairs

"The Honduras Coup: Is Obama Innocent?," by Michael Parenti, ZNet, July 7, 2009

"Honduras, Washington, and Liberal-Left Grasping at Straws," by Paul Street, ZNet, July 7, 2009

"Israel Has Right to Hit Iran: Biden," The Age/Australia, July 6, 2009

"Same Old Globalizers and Torture School Grads: Honduran Coup to Venezuelan Coup," by Nikolas Kozloff, Counterpuch, July 6, 2009

"Honduran Violence, US Aid Tests Obama's Global Image," by Roberto Lovato, New American Media, July 6, 2009

"Obama Arrives in Moscow to Seek Arms Control Deal," The New York Times, July 6, 2009

"Iran: on both sides the hawks circle, spoiling for a fight," by Tony Karon, The National, July 5, 2009

"Honduras Is Rattled as Leader Tries Return," The New York Times, July 5, 2009

"Despite Crisis, Policy on Iran Is Engagement," The New York Times, July 5, 2009

"OAS Set to Suspend Honduras as It Renounces Charter" Reuters, July 4, 2009

"Honduran Coup: Target Left?" by Roger Burbach, Counterpunch, July 3-5, 2009

"How to Deal with America's Empire of Bases," by Tom Engelhardt & Chalmers Johnson, TomDispatch, July 2, 2009

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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan

"Are Afghan Lives Worth Anything?," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, July 7, 2009

"A Quagmire for Obama," by Derrick Z. Jackson, Boston Globe, July 7, 2009

"US Not Talking Much About Iraq's Detention Nightmare," by Nick Mottern, Truthout, July 6, 2009

"US Occupation of Iraq Continues Unabated," by Dahr Jamail, Truthout, July 6, 2009

"Iraqis skeptical about significance of US pullback," Associated Press, July 5, 2009

"Earn our trust or go, Afghan villagers tell Marines," Reuters, July 5, 2009

"Running Out of Options, Afghans Pay for an Exit," The New York Times, July 4, 2009

"As U.S. Troops Being to Withdraw: The Haggling Over Iraqi Oil," by Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, July 3-5, 2009

"Hussein Pointed to Iranian Threat," Washington Post, July 2, 2009

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Civil Liberties

"Fascism Coming to a Court Near You," by Thom Hartmann, Common Dreams, July 6, 2009

"Former Inmate Says Photos Show Abuse at Guantánamo," The New York Times, July 6, 2009

"Binyam Mohamed launches legal fight to stop US destroying torture images," Guardian/UK, July 6, 2009

"Piecing Together an Immigrant's Life the U.S. Refused to See," The New York Times, July 5, 2009

"Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib... Bagram?," The Sunday Herald/Scotland, July 5, 2009

"The Lingering Effects of Torture," by Devin Powell, Antiwar.com, July 3, 2009

"No Justice Today at Guantanamo," by Barry Wingard, Washington Post, July 1, 2009

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Environment and Sustainability

"The Dark Side of Climate Change: It's Already Too Late, Cap and Trade Is a Scam, and Only the Few Will Survive," by Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet, July 7, 2009

"Life and Death in the Climate Change Debate," by Courtney E. Martin, The American Prospect, July 6, 2009

"Michael Pollan: We Are Headed Toward a Breakdown in Our Food System," by David Beers, The Tyee, July 4, 2009

"Shades of Green: Washington and Beijing should launch an efficiency revolution," by Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation, July 1, 2009

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Media Issues

"Washington Post: A Lady of Loose Virtues," by cott Horton, Harper's, July 6, 2009

"The NYT calls Iranian interrogation tactics 'torture,'" by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, July 4, 2009

"For $25-250K, Washington Post Offered Lobbyists Access to Obama Officials, Congress and Reporters," by Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports, July 2, 2009

"The still-growing NPR 'torture' controversy," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, July 2, 2009

"Before We 'Save' Journalism: The future of news reporting shouldn't be its past," by Jim Naureckas, FAIR, July, 2009

"Building a Better Journalism: Media activists and scholars share their ideas," FAIR, July, 2009

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Activism

"Worker Uprising Against Wells Fargo Spreads After Major Victory To Keep Factories Open," by Mike Elk, ZNet, July 7, 2009

"Trumka Thinks Big," by David Moberg, The Nation, July 7, 2009

"Protesters Held Ahead of G8 Meeting," Al Jazeera English, July 7, 2009

"That Bronx Cookie Factory? The Union Victory? Shut.," by AugustKid, Daily Kos, July 6 2009

"Resisting US Bases in Italy: No a la base si a la pace!," by Desiree Fairooz, Common Dreams, July 6 2009

"Labor's Vague Rally for Health Care: Look Out for the Big, Bad Compromise," by Jane Slaughter, Counterpunch, July 3-5, 2009

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