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Thursday, November 05, 2009
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- As Massey Energy Blasts West Virginia’s Coal River Mountain, a Debate on Mountaintop Removal Mining
- “GM’s Money Trees”: Displacement of Rural Brazilians Highlights Consequences of “Cap and Trade” System
- Italian Prosecutor in Case Against CIA Operatives Hails Convictions for ’03 Kidnapping of Egyptian Cleric
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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- Blueberry Farming Giant Found to Use Child Labor at Michigan Fields
- Election Day 2009: GOPers Sweep Governor Races; Bloomberg Wins Tight NYC Mayoral Race; Dems Take House Seats; Maine Repeals Gay Marriage
- Low Road to High Finance: McClatchy Expose Reveals How Goldman Sachs Sold Off Billions in Mortgage Securities After Anticipating Housing Collapse
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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- Appeals Court Rules in Maher Arar Case: Innocent Victims of Extraordinary Rendition Cannot Sue in US Courts
- “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama”: New Documentary on Barack Obama’s Historic Presidential Run
- Israeli Activists Criticize US House for Considering Resolution Condemning Goldstone Report on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
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The Tortured Logic Continues
“Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a year.
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The War Condolences Obama Hasn’t Sent
U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself.
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Trick or Treat for Climate Change
Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are stepping up the pressure by staging elaborate stunts.
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Lt. Choi Won’t Lie for His Country
Lt. Dan Choi doesn’t want to lie. Choi, an Iraq war veteran and a graduate of West Point, declared last March 19 on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “I am gay.” Under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” regulations, those three words are enough to get Choi kicked out of the military.
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Watch What You Tweet
A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh for the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at home—all for using Twitter.
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Christian Parenti responds to Kevin Bales
Journalist Christian Parenti responds to our interview with Kevin Bales, founder of Free The Slaves
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February 2009 Archive
Friday, February 27, 2009
- Headlines for February 27, 2009
- Rocky Mountain News Ends Publication in Latest Casualty of Ailing Newspaper Industry
- Can US Achieve Meaningful Healthcare Reform Within For-Profit System?
- Senate Backs D.C. Voting Rights, But Some Local Activists Call for Statehood
- Sri Lankan Civilians Caught Between Worsening Military-Tamil Rebel Clashes
Thursday, February 26, 2009
- Headlines for February 26, 2009
- Member of UN Environment Panel Warns Greenhouse Emissions Rising at Alarming, Unexpected Rate
- Study Finds Unprecedented Growth in Climate Change Lobbying
- Power Shift: Youth Climate Activists Swarm D.C. for Weekend of Organizing, Lobbying and Protest
- Lawyer: Freed Gitmo Prisoner Binyam Mohamed Experienced “Nightmare We Can’t Imagine”
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
- Headlines for February 25, 2009
- “We Will Rebuild”: In National Address, Obama Offers Ambitious Pledge on Economic Recovery, Healthcare Reform
- Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Obama Has Confused Saving the Banks with Saving the Bankers
- Fmr. Irish President Mary Robinson Heads Panel Faulting “War on Terror” for Eroding Human Rights
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
- Headlines for February 24, 2009
- Altering Bailout Rules, US Moves Closer to Nationalizing Troubled Banks
- US Lags Behind Europe in Regulating Toxicity of Everyday Products
Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
- Headlines for February 20, 2009
- Union Leaders Accuse Stern of Scheming for Control of America’s Only Union-Owned Commercial Bank
- Obama Admin Faces Decision on Indefinite Detention with Imprisonment of US Resident Ali al-Marri
- Despite Gitmo Closure and Torture Ban, Obama Admin Converges with Several Bush Policies in So-Called “War on Terror”
- US Military Suicides at Record High; Report Finds Most Deaths at Single Colorado Base Were Preventable
- Hundreds Protest NY Post Cartoon Seen as Racist Depiction of Obama
Thursday, February 19, 2009
- Headlines for February 19, 2009
- Critics Charge Executed Chimpanzee Cartoon is Veiled Racist Reference to Obama
- State of the Dream 2009: Report Finds People of Color in US Endure Silent Economic Depression
- Will $275B Homeowner Assistance Plan Stem the Foreclosure Crisis?
- Canadian Activists Urge Obama to Reject Environmentally Destructive Oil Extraction from Alberta’s Tar Sands
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
- Headlines for February 18, 2009
- Arizona Sheriff Faces Civil Rights Probe, Allegations of Undermining Law Enforcement with Controversial Focus on Immigration
- As Obama Unveils Foreclosure Plan, Activists Place Homeless in Vacant Homes
- RNC Protesters Tried on Terrorism Charges Despite Acknowledgment They Didn’t Commit Alleged Acts
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
- Headlines for February 17, 2009
- Penn. Judges Get Kickbacks for Placing Youths in Privately Owned Jails
- 9/11 Widow Beverly Eckert, 1951-2009, Advocate for Peace and 9/11 Victims
- Martin Khor on the Global Economic Meltdown: “We Could Have One Billion More People in the Developing World Plunging into New Poverty Because of this Crisis”
Monday, February 16, 2009
- Headlines for February 16, 2009
- Human Rights Investigator and Rwandan Expert Alison Des Forges Dies in New York Plane Crash
- Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth on Obama’s Use of State Secrets and Israel’s 22-Day Attack on Gaza
- Pan-Africanist Scholar Ali Mazrui on the Election of Barack Obama as the First Black President in the Western World
Friday, February 13, 2009
- Headlines for February 13, 2009
- Robert Kuttner and Michael Hudson on the Obama Administration’s $789 Billion Economic Stimulus Package and $2.5 Trillion Bank Recovery Plans
- Conor Foley: “The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War”
Thursday, February 12, 2009
- Headlines for February 12, 2009
- Former Speaker of the Israeli Parliament Avraham Burg: “The Holocaust Is Over: We Must Rise from its Ashes”
- Harry Lewis: “Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion.”
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
- Headlines for February 11, 2009
- Former US President Jimmy Carter: “We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan that Will Work”
- Israeli Professor Neve Gordon and Palestinian Lawmaker Mustafa Barghouti on the Israeli Elections
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
- Headlines for February 10, 2009
- Ahead of Senate Vote, Obama Warns of “Catastrophe” Without Economic Stimulus
- Economist James Galbraith: Bailed-Out Banks Should Be Declared Insolvent
- Former UN Human Rights Investigator Cherif Bassiouni: Despite Obama Claims, No Military Solution for Afghanistan
Monday, February 09, 2009
- Headlines for February 09, 2009
- Playwright, V-Day Founder Eve Ensler and Congolese Gynecologist Dr. Denis Mukwege Raise Awareness on War on Women in DRC
- US-Backed Iraqi Security Gains Forged on Mass Deaths and Heightened Sectarian Divide
- Pratap Chatterjee on "Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War”
Friday, February 06, 2009
- Headlines for February 06, 2009
- Pulitzer Winners Jim Steele and Don Barlett: Geithner Tax Troubles Far More Egregious Than Daschle’s
- "Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century”
- Cuban 5 Appeal to Supreme Court for New Trial
Thursday, February 05, 2009
- Headlines for February 05, 2009
- Despite Celebrated Orders Closing Gitmo and Banning Torture, Has Obama Kept Rendition Intact?
- Utah Student Who Thwarted Auction of Utah Wilderness Hails Cancellation of Bush Admin Selloff
- Should Economic Stimulus Bill Include Billions for Nuclear Power?
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
- Headlines for February 04, 2009
- What is the Future of Healthcare Reform Following Daschle Withdrawing Health Sec. Nomination?
- Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi on Threats to Iranian Rights, from Within and Abroad
- Former State Dept. Official Hillary Mann Leverett: Obama Likely to Mirror Bush’s Second Term Policy on Iran
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
- Headlines for February 03, 2009
- Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) Urges Homeowners to Stay in Foreclosed Homes
- Sri Lankan Military Intensifies Offensive Against Tamil Tigers; 13 Die in Hospital Shelling
Monday, February 02, 2009
- Headlines for February 02, 2009
- David Cay Johnston: More Corporate Tax Breaks Will Not Stimulate the Economy
- Maliki Allies Ahead in Iraqi Election; Voters See Election of Maliki’s Party as “Most Expedient Way to End the Occupation”
