U.S. Politics

"More Bed-Wetter Democrats Join Reid on Cordoba House," by David Dayen, Firedoglake, Aug. 17, 2010

"Mosque Debate: Keith Ellison 'Gets It,' While Harry Reid Gets In the Way," by John Nichols, The Nation, Aug. 17, 2010

"News Corp., Fox Parent, Gives G.O.P. $1 Million," The New York Times, Aug. 17, 2010

"Where Was The 'Professional Left' A Year Ago?," by Sally Kohn, Common Dreams, Aug. 16, 2010

"Which Party Poses the Real Risk to Social Security's Future?," by Marshall Auerback, New Deal 2.0, Aug. 16, 2010

"The fear campaign and Social Security," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Aug. 16, 2010

"Tea Partiers Say Net Neutrality Hurts Freedom," by Evan McMorris-Santoro, Talking Points Memo, Aug. 16, 2010

"Ignore the fear-mongering on Social Security," by Peter Dreier and Donald Cohen, Chicago Tribune, Aug. 14, 2010

"Liberal criticism of Obama is out of tough-love," by Robert Kuttner, Boston Globe, Aug. 13, 2010

"The Corpo-Obama-Geithner-Petraeus State," by Barbara Ehrenreich, The Nation, Aug. 12, 2010

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Economy

"Death and Joblessness: Suicide Dogs the Long-Term Unemployed. What Can Be Done to Help Them?," by Annie Lowrey, Washington Independent, Aug. 17, 2010

"Are Handouts For Billionaires More Important Than Feeding Children?," by Zach Carter, Media Consortium, Aug. 17, 2010

"Jobless millions signal death of the American dream for many," Guardian/UK, Aug. 15, 2010

"Forget a double dip. We're still in one long big dipper," by Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog, Aug. 14, 2010

"US cities face up to massive cuts," Guardian/UK, Aug. 13, 2010

"99ers Rally For Unemployment Extension," by Annie Lowrey, Washington Independent, Aug. 13, 2010

"States Make Anti-Union, Preemptive Strike Against EFCA," Associated Press, Aug. 12, 2010

"The raid on food stamps," by Joshua Green, Boston Globe, Aug. 12, 2010

"The Rubin Con Goes On," by Robert Scheer, Truthdig, Aug. 10, 2010

"To Viktor go the spoils: how Hungary blazes a trail in Europe," by Mark Weisbrot, Guardian/UK, Aug. 9, 2010

"10 Common Sense Principles for a New Economy," by David Korten, Yes! Magazine, Aug. 6, 2010

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Bush Accountability

"The Amazing Disappearing and Reappearing CIA Torture Tapes," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Aug. 17, 2010

"CIA Interrogation Tapes Found Under Desk," Associated Press, Aug. 17, 2010

"Protesters call for UC Berkeley law prof's removal," Associated Press, Aug. 16, 2010

"Psychological group charges APA with complicity in Bush-era torture interrogations," by Jeffrey Kaye, Invictus, Aug. 15, 2010

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International Affairs

"The Guns of August: Lowering the Flag on the American Century," by Tom Engelhardt & Chalmers Johnson, TomDispatch, Aug. 17, 2010

"Formalizing Israel's Land Grab," by Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Aug. 16, 2010

"Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents," The New York Times, Aug. 14, 2010

"Israeli Generals and Intel Officials Oppose Attack on Iran," by Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service, Aug. 13, 2010

"Israeli Generals and Intel Officials Oppose Attack on Iran," by Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service, Aug. 13, 2010

"Missing the Boat on Cuba," by CŽsar Chelala, Common Dreams, Aug. 13, 2010

"With Arab opinion like this, Obama needs media advice," by Jonathan Steele, Guardian/UK, Aug. 10, 2010

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"Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan

"Baghdad suicide bomb hits army recruits, kills 61," Associated Press, Aug. 17, 2010

"Petraeus's New Offensive: Preparing the Way for Obama to Retract the Withdrawal Pledge," by Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, Aug. 16, 2010

"By US Deaths, As of Today, Afghanistan is Obama's War," by Robert Naiman, Common Dreams, Aug. 16, 2010

"Gen. Petraeus Goes to Media War," by Norman Solomon, Common Dreams, Aug. 16, 2010

"Claims of Afghan Civilian Deaths Spark Protest," Associated Press, Aug. 12, 2010

"WikiLeaks and War Crimes," by Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, Aug. 12, 2010

"The Coming Military Offensive Against the July 2011 Timetable," by David Dayen, Firedoglake, Aug. 11, 2010

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Civil Liberties/ Human Rights

"U.S. still holds detainee Pentagon wanted freed in 2004," McClatchy Newspapers, Aug. 17, 2010

"Reason Beats Hate in Prop. 8 Ruling," by Bill Boyarsky, Truthdig, Aug. 16, 2010

"WikiLeaks says It Won't be Threatened by Pentagon," Associated Press, Aug. 14, 2010

"Florida immigrant crackdown aims to outdo Arizona laws," Guardian/UK, Aug. 11, 2010

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Environment and Sustainability

"Georgia scientists dispute Obama claim that most oil is gone," McClatchy Newspapers, Aug. 17, 2010

"Old-Style Coal Plants Expanding," Associated Press, Aug. 17, 2010

"Drilling Permits for Deep Waters Face New Review," The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2010

"Mankind Is Using Up Global Resources Faster Than Ever," Telegraph/UK, Aug. 16, 2010

"Climate Change Debate Rises with Pakistan Floods," Inter Press Service, Aug. 16, 2010

"Gulf Health Problems Blamed on Dispersed Oil," by Dahr Jamail, Inter Press Service, Aug. 12, 2010

"The Gulf at the Gas Station: Can We Calculate the True Cost of Our Dependence on Oil?," by Tom Engelhardt & Mark Engler, TomDispatch, Aug. 12, 2010

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Media

"Congress Members Deliver Smackdown to Google and Verizon over Net Neutrality," by Preston Gralla, Computer World, Aug. 17, 2010

"Are we bidding farewell to advocacy journalism? ," by John Buell, Bangor Daily News (Maine), Aug. 16, 2010

"Does the past record of journalists matter?," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Aug. 13, 2010

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Activism

"'Today We Did Some Good': The Diamondbacks Demonstration in DC," by Dave Zirin, The Nation, Aug. 16, 2010

"The Seductions Of Clicking: How The Internet Can Make It Harder To Act," by Paul Rogat Loeb, Common Dreams, Aug. 14, 2010

"Army analyst linked to WikiLeaks hailed as antiwar hero," Washington Post, Aug. 14, 2010

"Noncooperation with Evil in the Streets of Arizona," by Randall Amster, Waging Nonviolence, Aug. 13, 2010

"Activists pressure Google on net neutrality," San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 13, 2010

"Clicktivism is ruining leftist activism," by Micah White, Guardian/UK, Aug. 12, 2010 More newswire ...

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