U.S. Politics

"Coakley Loses -- And So Does Obama," by John Nichols, The Nation, Jan. 19, 2010

"G.O.P. Takes Massachusetts Senate Seat," The New York Times, Jan. 19, 2010

"Bill Moyers & Thomas Frank: How America's Demented Politics Let the GOP Off the Hook for Their Giant Mess," by Bill Moyers and Thomas Frank, Bill Moyers Journal, Jan. 19, 2010

"A Wake Up Call from Massachussetts," by Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post, Jan. 18q, 2010

"Feingold Fears 'Lawless' Court Ruling on Corporate Campaigning," by John Nichols, The Nation, Jan. 12, 2010

"How corporate branding has taken over America," by Naomi Klein, Guardian/UK, Jan. 16, 2010

"System Failure," by Christopher Hayes, The Nation, Jan. 14, 2010

"The End of Wall Street Liberalism," by E.J. Dionne, Truthdig, Jan. 13, 2010

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Economy

"The Revelations of Sheila Bair: Wall Street's Power Grab," by Michael Hudson, Counterpunch, Jan. 19, 2010

"Why Obama's Economic Plan Will Not Work-And a Better Plan," by Robert Freeman, Common Dreams, Jan. 17, 2010

"The Bank Tax will Backfire: Why Placating the Tea Baggers Protects the Status Quo," by Marshall Auerback, Counterpunch, Jan. 15-17, 2010

"What's Still Hidden In AIG's Files?," by Ben Protess, Huffington Post, Jan. 15, 2010

"Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Turns Up the Heat," by Greg Kaufmann, The Nation, Jan. 15, 2010

"Homeowners Say Banks Not Following Rules for Loan Modifications," ProPublica, Jan. 14, 2010

"Bankers Take the Stand," by Ruth Conniff, The Progressive, Jan. 12, 2010

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Bush Accountability

"The Official Response Begins," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Jan. 19, 2010

"The crime of not 'Looking Backward,'" by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Jan. 19, 2010

"Murder and Cover-Up; The Guantánamo Suicides," by Stephen Soldz, Counterpunch, Jan. 19, 2010

"ICC Complaint Filed Against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Tenet, Gonzales, Rice," by David Swanson, Daily Kos, Jan. 19, 2010

"Murders at Guantánamo: Harper's Scott Horton Exposes Truth about 2006 'Suicides,'" by Andy Worthington, Common Dreams, Jan. 19, 2010

"CIA Cable "Granting Permission" to Destroy Torture Videotapes Surfaces [Updated]," by Jeff Kaye, Firedoglake, Jan. 15, 2010

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International Affairs

"The Real Costs of Obama's War in Pakistan: Blowback of the Drones," by Gary Leupp, Counterpunch, Jan. 19, 2010

"US Security Company Offers to Perform 'High Threat Terminations' and to Confront 'Worker Unrest' in Haiti," by Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports, Jan. 18, 2010

"Why the US Owes Haiti Billions - The Briefest History," by Bill Quigley, Common Dreams, Jan. 17, 2010

"Crushing Haiti, Now as Always " by Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, Jan. 15-17, 2010

"A Coup in Honduras ... So Twentieth Century!," by Saul Landau, Counterpunch, Jan. 15-17, 2010

"Suffer the Little Children: Obama's Selective Compassion," By brian Cloughley, Counterpunch, Jan. 14, 2010

"US Response Muted on Acquittal of UAE Royal Shown Torturing on Tape," by Jeff Kaye, Firedoglake, Jan. 13, 2010

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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan

"Kabul Attack Shows Resilience of Afghan Militants," The New York Times, Jan. 19, 2010

"U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret 'Jesus' Bible Codes," ABC News, Jan. 18, 2010

"Pakistani officials: Suspected US drone kills 20," Associated Press, Jan. 17, 2010

"Angry Sunnis to boycott Iraq elections," The New York Times, Jan. 16, 2010

"Q+A: Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan tops $1 trillion," Reuters, Jan. 15, 2010

"Civilian Casualties Soar; Key Afghan Metric Headed In Wrong Direction," by Ryan Grim, Huffington Post, Jan. 15, 2010

"U.S. spending in Afghanistan plagued by poor U.S. oversight," McClatchy Newspapers, Jan. 15, 2010

"Were Afghan Children Executed By Us-Led Forces? And Why Aren't The Media Interested?," by David Cromwell, ZNet, Jan. 14, 2010

"666 to 1 : The U.S. Military, al-Qaeda, and a War of Futility," by Tom Engelhardt & Nick Turse, TomDispatch, Jan. 14, 2010

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Civil Liberties/ Human Rights

"FBI broke law for years in phone record searches," Washington Post, Jan. 19, 2010

"FBI got 2,000 phone records with fake terrorism emergencies: report," Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 19, 2010

"The Guantánamo "Suicides": A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Jan. 18, 2010

"Obama's Countdown to Failure on Guantánamo," by Andy Worthington, Future of Freedom Foundation, Jan. 18, 2010

"Congress takes a bold stand against surveillance abuses," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Jan. 18, 2010

"US cloaks case files involving civil rights" Boston Globe, Jan. 18, 2010

"Accountability Questions After Revelations of Immigrant Deaths Were Covered Up," by William Fisher, Truthout, Jan. 17, 2010

"Obama confidant's spine-chilling proposal," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Jan. 15, 2010

"George W. Obama," by Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, Jan. 12, 2010

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Environment and Sustainability

"When our economic interests are at stake, the war on nature resumes," by George Monbiot, Guardian/UK, Jan. 18, 2010

"Unions call for Science-Based Reductions in Greenhouse Gasses," by Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith, Common Dreams, Jan. 16, 2010

"EPA's plan to set water-quality standards in Florida, a first," McClatchy Newspapers, Jan. 16, 2010

"FDA pledges closer look at chemical bisphenol A in plastics," Boston Globe, Jan. 16, 2010

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Media Issues

"The fundamental unreliability of America's media," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Jan. 12, 2010

"Activists Worried About 'Secret' Internet Treaty," by Emilio Godoy, Inter Press Service, Jan. 12, 2010

"Losing the Internet as We Know It," by Megan Tady, Huffington Post, Jan. 12, 2010

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Activism

"Plucking the Chords of Change," by Frederick B. Hudson, Counterpunch, Jan. 18, 2010

"Activists Protest Outside CIA Offices Against Drone Strikes," Dawn/Pakistan, Jan. 17, 2010

"US: Anti-Arpaio March Reignites Pro-Immigrant Movement," by Valeria Fernandez, Inter Press Service, Jan. 17, 2010

"South Florida Raging Grannies fight for political causes," Miami Herald, Jan. 16, 2010

"How to Kick Corporate Butt: Hard Core Green," by Harvey Wasserman, Counterounch, Jan. 14, 2010

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