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July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Reeves, AP, EPA Allows TVA to Dump Spilled Coal Ash in Ala.
7/02/09 Chart, OpenLeft, Hamstringing Environmental Protection for Coal
7/02/09 Preston, NYT, U.S. Shifts Strategy on Illicit Work by Immigrants
7/02/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, Senate Already Passed A Budget That Can Pay For A Public Option
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Fernandez, AlterNet, Why is the Government Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid at the U.S.-Mexico Border?
7/01/09 Hall, McClatchy, Obama expands program to aid borrowers who're 'underwater'
7/01/09 Randall, WSWS, US state budget crises fuel massive spending cuts: Deadlines threaten government shutdowns
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Guerrera et al, Financial Times, Citi Raises Rates on Millions of Credit Cards: Report
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 NPR, What It's Costing Us
June 27, 2009
6/26/09 McKinnley, NYT, New Border Fear: Militia Violence
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 Nichols, Nation, House Passes "Weak" Climate Change Bill
6/26/09 CNN, Holder pushes for hate-crimes law; GOP unpersuaded
June 24, 2009
6/24/09 Scheer, Nation, Foreclosure Fiasco
6/24/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Bailed-Out Bank Execs Will Get to Keep Golden Parachutes
6/24/09 CNN, Health care battle intensifies for Obama, Congress
June 23, 2009
6/23/09 Dash, NYT, Citigroup Has a Plan to Fatten Salaries
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 NPR, Bankers Still Raking It In
6/22/09 Dloughy, SF Chron., Critics Fault Climate-Change Legislation
6/22/09 Reuters, Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses: report
6/22/09 Harkinson, MoJo, Waxman-Markey: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
June 20, 2009
6/20/09 Bacon, TruthOut, Criminals Because We Worked
June 19, 2009
6/19/09 Baseline, TARP for Regulators!
6/19/09 Baseline, TARP for Rating Agencies
6/19/09 ProPublica, In Their Shoes: Foreign Contractors in Iraq
6/19/09 Fernandez, IPS, Humanitarian Aid Criminalized at the Border
6/19/09 Leopold, Truthout, Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Measure Banning Release of Detainee Abuse Photos
6/19/09 Grieder, Nation, Obama's False Financial Reform
6/14/09 LaFranchi, CSM, Obama's new tune on trade
June 18, 2009
6/17/09 Baumann, MoJo, Is Obama Blowing It on Derivatives Reform?
6/18/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Ratings Agencies Largely Escape Regulatory Overhaul
6/18/09 Rao, CNN, Undocumented workers awarded $3.85 million in accidents
June 17, 2009
6/17/09 Prins, MoJo, Obamanomics: The Good, the Bad, the Weak
6/17/09 Clark, Guardian, Obama launches overhaul of US financial regulation
6/17/09 Scheer, Nation, Obama's Money Men Finally Get It
June 16, 2009
6/16/09 Zeese, Truthout, Congress to Transfer Hundreds of Billions in Tax Dollars to the Insurance Industry
6/16/09 Renner, TruthOut, Bank Plan Leaves Out Prosecution and Compensation
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 Johnson, MSNBC, Pro-English Measures Being Revived Across US
6/15/09 Apuzzo, AP, STIMULUS WATCH: $25 check may cost you food stamps
6/15/09 Prins, MoJo, The Big Bank Bailout Payback Bamboozle
June 14, 2009
6/14/09 ENS, Public Not Allowed to Know Location of Hazardous Coal Ash Sites
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Goldacre, Guardian, Cocaine study that got up the nose of the US
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Weise, ProPublica, Bailout Player BlackRock Becomes Biggest Money Manager
6/12/09 Toy, NYT, Penetrating the Maze of Mortgage Relief
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 McDonnell, LAT, Computer 'raid' in Vernon leaves factory workers devastated
6/11/09 BBC, US role in bank takeover examined
6/11/09 Dedman, MSNBC, Most banks still getting weaker, analysis shows
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, US Green Agenda Delivered Blow as Ban on Drilling off Florida Overturned
6/10/09 Cho et al, WP, Goals Shift For Reform Of Financial Regulation
6/10/09 BBC, US to unveil corporate pay rules
June 9, 2009
6/09/09 ESSA Report, June Oversight Report: Stress Testing and Shoring Up Bank Capital (168 pgs. pdf)
6/09/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, FRAC Act--Congress Introduces Twin Bills to Control Drilling and Protect Drinking Watera
6/09/09 Wayne, Congressional Quarterly, House Democrats Unveil Health Care Overhaul
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Pear, NYT, Health Care Spending Disparities Stir a Fight
6/08/09 Silva, LAT, Obama's summer jobs plan: work for 600,000 people
6/08/09 CNN, 10 immigrants killed in SUV crash in Arizona
June 7, 2009
6/07/09 Lightman & Barrett, McClatchy, Senate poised to vote on sweeping FDA tobacco rules
6/07/09 Girion, LAT, Private insurance companies push for 'individual mandate'
June 5, 2009
6/05/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Industry Defends Federal Loophole for Drilling Before Packed Congressional Hearing
6/05/09 Labaton, NYT, Millions Face Blank Screens in TV Switch
June 4, 2009
6/04/09 Andrews, ProPublica, Homeowners Seeking Gov't Loan Mods Are Fed Up
June 3, 2009
6/03/09 Schwartz, NYT, Bush Rule Bolstering Deportations Is Withdrawn
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 Homon, Bloomberg, Zoellick Warns Stimulus 'Sugar High' Won't Stem Unemployment
May 30, 2009
5/30/09 Valiantos, AlterNet, From Watchdog to Lapdog: An Insider's History of the EPA
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Banks Want Government Subsidies to Buy Assets from Themselves
5/29/09 Kiel, ProPublica, GM Belongs to Us
5/29/09 Leahy, IPS, CLIMATE CHANGE: More Subsidies for Fossil Fuels in Recovery Plans
5/29/09 Epstein, ProPublica, Accounting Error Rolls Back Stimulus Spending Numbers
5/29/09 BBC, US to set out cyber security plan
5/29/09 Norris, NYT, Troubled Bank Loans Hit a Record High
5/29/09 Mechanic, MoJo, What One Stimulus Buck Could Do
May 28, 2009
5/28/09 Massey, AlterNet, Solving the Immigration Problem Means Addressing the Realities of Corporate Globalization
May 27, 2009
5/27/09 BBC, Number of problem US banks soars
May 26, 2009
5/26/09 Streitfeld, NYT, Home Prices Decline Again in March
May 25, 2009
5/25/09 Baker, Truthout, Blue Cross Millionaires Are Scared to Compete With a Public Plan
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Moyers, AlterNet, Bill Moyers: How Can We Expect an Industry That Profits from Disease and Sickness to Police Itself?
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Geithner Plan vs. Paulson Plan
5/21/09 Michel & Grabel, ProPublica, How to Run a Background Check on Companies Awarded Stimulus Contracts
5/21/09 Litvinsky, IPS, Lobbyist Ranks Swell With Advent of Climate Bill
5/21/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Foxes Confirm Fellow Fox As Guardian of the American Henhouse
5/21/09 Andrews, NYT, Treasury Is Said to Plan Second Bailout for GMAC
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, First Buy High; Then Sell Low
5/20/09 IntelDaily, White House announces national vehicle emissions policy
May 19, 2009
5/19/09 Hsu, WP, U.S. to Expand Immigration Checks to All Local Jails
5/19/09 Grabel, ProPublica, Some Stimulus Reports Come In
5/19/09 Naiman, TruthOut, Can Treasury Sneak IMF Money Through the Supplemental?
5/19/09 Eder, Reuters, Big banks apply to repay TARP: sources
5/19/09 Skelton, Guardian, Our man at Bilderberg: Let's salt the slug in 2010
May 17, 2009
5/17/09 Wiegand, SacBee, The Machinery Behind Health-Care Reform
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Kiel, MoJo, Two Insurers Join the TARP, More to Come
5/15/09 Lillis, Wa. Independent, Coal, Electric Industries Big Winners in Climate Bill Deal
May 14, 2009
5/14/09 Cho & Goldfarb, WP, U.S. Pushes Ahead With Derivatives Regulation
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Halsey, WP, Obama Orders EPA to Take the Lead in Bay Cleanup
5/13/09 Story & Dash, NYT, U.S. Considers Financial Pay Rules
5/13/09 Baumann, MoJo, Next Up: The Battle Over Wall Street Reform
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 Verghese. The Retriever Weekly, Banks Gather Their Forces to Fight Back Against Obama's Higher Education Plan
May 11, 2009
5/11/09 Hightower, Alternet, Democrats Give Wall Street a Big, Wet Kiss
5/11/09 Labaton, NYT, Administration Takes Tougher Antitrust Line
5/11/09 Apuzzo & Blackledge, AP, STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest
May 9, 2009
5/09/09 Baseline Scenario, Stress Tests: What Was the Point Again?
5/09/09 Alonso-Zaldivar, AP, Sources: Senators weigh 3 government health plans
May 8, 2009
5/08/09 CNN, Banks unveil cash-raising plans
5/08/09 Herbert, AP, Gov't faces weekend deadline on polar bear rule
5/08/09 Kiel, ProPublica, $19 Billion More to Fannie Mae, and More to Come
5/08/09 Drawbaugh & Younglai, Reuters, Admin wants Fed to oversee "systemic risk": sources
5/08/09 Christie, CNN, Mortgage modifications are happening. Get yours
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 ElBoghdady, WP, Banks That Received Federal Cash Enabled Subprime Lenders, Report Finds
5/07/09 sTEIN, mOjO, Meet K Street's Worst Nightmare
5/07/09 Howell, ITT, Bonuses Make a Comeback
5/07/09 Pfierfer, LAT, SEC cracks down on investment fraud
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 Baseline Scenario, The Need for New Antitrust Laws
5/04/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, How a Health Benefits Law Formed the Basis For the 'Torture Memo'
5/04/09 Talev, McClatchy, Obama calls for crackdown on offshore tax havens
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 Eilperin, WP, EPA Seeks Rules for Utilities' Runoff
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 Nichols, Nation, Bankrupt Bailout Spends Billions to Shut Factories
5/02/09 Wides-Munoz, AP, Immigrants push for reforms at rallies nationwide
5/02/09 Mason, Reuters, Obama says financial sector to shrink
May 1, 2009
5/01/09 Gettelman, MoJo, Conspiracy Watch: Operation Couch Potato
5/01/09 Arrieta, ITT, An Inconvenient Woman
5/01/09 BBC, US Supreme Court judge 'retiring'
April 30, 2009
4/30/09 Poirier, Reuters, U.S. House acts to protect credit card users
April 29, 2009
4/29/09 Grim, TurthOut, Bank Lobby on Course to Gut Bankruptcy Bill
4/29/09 Goodman, DemocracyNow, Locked in a Private Immigration Prison, One Man Speaks Out
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 Clark, Guardian, US government may take controlling share of General Motors
4/28/09 Comley & Kamalakaran, Reuters, BofA, Citi urged to increase capital: report
4/28/09 Reuters, Treasury has new mortgage incentives: official
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Sirota, ITT, 'Reform' To Nowhere
April 25, 2009
4/25/09 Broder, NYT, Without Superfund Tax, Stimulus Aids Cleanups
April 24, 2009
4/24/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Fed Releases Stress Test Guidelines
April 22, 2009
4/22/09 NPR, Why Banks Won't Lend
4/22/09 Scheer, Nation, Thievery Under TARP
4/22/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, The Missed Opportunity
4/22/09 BBC, Darling unveils 50% top tax rate
April 21, 2009
4/21/09 Reuters, Treasury asset plan vulnerable to abuse: watchdog
April 19, 2009
4/19/09 Barnes, WP, High Court Poised To Closely Weigh Civil Rights Laws
4/19/09 Lopez, LAT, A better way of dealing with society's neediest
April 18, 2009
4/18/09 Cappiello, AP, Congress weighs far-reaching global warming bill
April 17, 2009
4/17/09 Schoof, McClatchy, EPA declares fossil fuel emissions a health threat
4/17/09 AFP, US Mulls Asylum for Haitian Immigrants: Clinton
4/17/09 Oppman, CNN, Illegal immigrants detained, then freed to work
4/17/09 Kollewe, Guardian, Citigroup's first profit since 2007 makes it three in a row for US banks
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Eilperin, WP, EPA Will Mandate Tests On Pesticide Chemicals
4/16/09 Applebaum, WP, J.P. Morgan Chase Reports Strong 1Q Earnings
4/16/09 Gutierrez & Drash, CNN, Folks losing homes dial 1-800; no one answers
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 Collins, IntelDaily, Enabling Acts for an Era of Greed: The Money Party at Work
April 14, 2009
4/14/09 Wiley, Progressive, Race needs to be taken into account on economy
4/14/09 Gamboa, AP, Immigration legal system does not protect rights
4/14/09 Carter, MoJo, Is Geithner's Hedge-Fund Bailout Illegal?
4/14/09 Atalli, L'Express, The Geithner Bubble
April 12, 2009
4/12/09 Herzenhorn, NYT, Plan to Change Student Lending Sets Up a Fight
4/12/09 BaselineScenario, Why Bail Out Life Insurers?
4/12/09 Heisel, LAT, HUD's Dollar Homes falls short of mission
April 11, 2009
4/11/09 Uygur, AlterNet, How the Toxic Asset Plan Will Magically Make Your Money Disappear
4/11/09 Alonso-Zaldivar, AP, No strength in numbers for America's uninsured
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 Fox, Time, Social Security's Surplus Disappearing Fast in Downturn
April 9, 2009
4/09/09 Schulman & Stein, MoJo, Revolving Door, Bailout Edition
4/09/09 Irwin, WP, How Bernanke Staged a Revolution
4/09/09 Becker & McDonnell, LAT, U.S. citizens caught up in immigration sweeps
April 8, 2009
4/08/09 AP, SEC advancing options on short-selling rules
4/08/09 Boley & de la Merced, NYT, U.S. May Enlist Small Investors in Bank Bailout
April 7, 2009
4/07/09 Corbin, Internet News, Groups Warn New Cybersecurity Bill Oversteps
4/07/09 Baldauf, CSM, Why the US didn't intervene in the Rwandan genocide
April 4, 2009
4/04/09 Flesher, AP, Inbreeding taking toll on Michigan wolves
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 Holland, AlterNet, Proof that Geithner's Bank Plan Is a Massive Giveaway to the Bastards Who Started This Mess
4/03/09 Damon, WSWS, Wall Street celebrates accounting rule changes designed to hide losses
4/03/09 Pupovac, ITT, Same-Sex Marriage in the Heartland
4/03/09 Engdahl, Asia Times, Geithner's dirty little secret
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 Felsenthal, Reuters, Senate OKs measure calling on Fed to name firms
4/02/09 AP, New Accounting Rules for Mortgage-Backed Securities
4/02/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, The Mark-to-Market Myth
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 Sulivan, AP, Boeing Co. Given $20 Million Contract to Beef up Surveillance on US/Canadian Border
4/01/09 Hall, McClatchy, Rule change intended to ease bank crisis could make it worse
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Stein, MoJo, Climate Bill Kick Off
3/31/09 Adams, McClatchy, Watchdogs: Treasury won't disclose bank bailout details
3/31/09 Remmer, TruthOut, Merrill Lynch Bonus Payments Dwarf A.I.G.
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 Daly, Reuters, U.S. lawmakers press Fed for minority access to bailout
3/30/09 Nichols, Nation, Sanders Puts Single-Payer On the Agenda
March 29, 2009
3/29/09 Razzi, WP, Overhaul Targets Money Market
3/29/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Money For Nothing
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 Grieder, Nation, Trust Your Guts
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Krugman, NYT, The Market Wizards Were Exposed as Frauds -- Too Bad Obama's Team Still Believes in Their Magic
3/27/09 Wilemon, Memphis Daily News, Farmers Worry About Proposed Legislation
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 Pierce, ProPublica, Bonus Social Security Payments, Like Flowers, to Sprout in May
3/26/09 Prtoess, ProPublica, Stop the Clock: Treasury Releases Bailout Contract
3/26/09 Schulman, MoJo, Crying Foul Over a Loon Decision
3/26/09 Fiore, MoJo, Leverage Me Tender
3/26/09 Strategic Roundtable, Empire Roundtable
3/26/09 BBC, Ex-DEA agent: Treatment, education key in drug war
3/26/09 BBC, US plans to rein in Wall Street
3/26/09 NPR, Blaming Glass-Steagall
3/26/09 Andrews & Story, NYT, Geithner Calls for Major Overhaul of Financial Rules
3/26/09 GritTV, Geithner Should Go: Matt Taibbi, Robert Johnson, and Jane Hamsher
3/26/09 Sirota, Open Left, "Their Stated Goal Is to Protect Business Interests"
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Hall, McClatchy, Geithner outlines regulatory changes for financial system
3/25/09 Mead, Kentucky.com, EPA signals mining crackdown
3/25/09 Meyer, LAT, White House unveils plan to fight drug cartels at border
3/25/09 McLaughlin, CNN, Feds' plan to poison banks of Rio Grande stalled
3/25/09 Charles. Reuters, U.S. immigrant detentions violate human rights: report
March 24, 2009
3/24/09 Schiller, Houston Chron, Plans to Kill Plants Along US/Mexico Border Reminiscent of Agent Orange Use
3/24/09 Reuters, Bernanke: AIG shows urgent need for new regulations
3/24/09 Grieder, Nation, Obama's New Monopoly Set
3/24/09 Pear, NYT, Insurers Ease Stance on Pre-Existing Conditions
3/24/09 Andrews & Dash, NYT, U.S. Seeks Expanded Power in Seizing Firms
3/24/09 Malveaux, CNN, Geithner to seek unprecedented powers, insiders say
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 Cho, WP, Treasury Presses Ahead With Plan For Toxic Assets
3/22/09 Hopkins, Charlotte Observer, As credit markets froze, banks loaned millions to insiders
March 21, 2009
3/21/09 CNN, Connecticut attorney general says AIG understated bonuses
3/21/09 Hopkins, Charlotte Observer, BofA's insider loans zoomed in 2008, but no one will say why
3/21/09 Obama, Transcript, President Barack Obama on the Federal Budget: Four Principles
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 CNN, Dodd defends actions as an AIG exec returns $6 million bonus
3/20/09 Clifford, CNN, U.S. seizes 2 big credit unions
3/20/09 Story, NYT, $2.5 Billion in Merrill Bonuses Would Not Be Covered by Tax
March 19, 2009
3/19/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Banks Lied to the Government While Getting Taxpayers to Hand Over Billions
3/19/09 Reuters, Obama administration launches mortgage aid website
3/19/09 Poirier, Reuters, U.S. systemic risk watchdog not panacea: regulators
3/19/09 Hamburger & Hook, LAT, In AIG flap, it's not just about bonuses anymore
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 Koeppel, ConsortiumNews, Indentured Servants, Circa 2009
3/18/09 IntelDaily, US detains record number of immigrants: report
3/18/09 BBC, US to force AIG to repay bonuses
3/18/09 Case, IPS, RIGHTS-US: Ill Migrants Left to Languish Behind Bars
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Coutts, ProPublica, Another $8 Billion Or So on the Line for AIG
3/16/09 CNN, AIG names recipients of its bailout money
3/16/09 Pierce, ProPublica, Stimulus Oversight Chief Questions Jobs Numbers Too
3/16/09 Alexander, Reuters, Obama unveils steps to aid small businesses
March 14, 2009
3/14/09 Greenhouse, NYT, Labor Secretary Proposes Suspending Farm Rules
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, America Unprepared for Climate Change, Say Policy Advisers
3/13/09 Reuters, BofA seeks more jumbo mortgages: report
3/13/09 Talvi, ITT, De-escalating the Drug War
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Bailed Out Bank Had Friends in High Places
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Your Taxpayer Dollars at Work: TARP Subsidizing Banks' Overseas Deals
3/11/09 Grieder, Nation, Fixing the Fed
3/11/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Third Bank Says It Will Return Bailout Funds...But 487 Banks Keep Theirs
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 Labaton, WP, Some Banks, Citing Strings, Want to Return Aid
3/10/09 Healy, NYT, Bernanke Says Financial Rules Need an Overhaul
3/10/09 Adams, CSM, More Filipinos question birth-control taboo
March 9, 2009
3/09/09 Puzzanghera, LAT, Why the world's biggest insurance company is still getting taxpayer funds
March 7, 2009
3/07/09 Joseph, PSL, Federal government to deport thousands of Haitian workers
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Grabell, ProPublica, Follow the Stimulus Money
3/06/09 Palletta, WSJ, Bill Seeks to Let FDIC Borrow up to $500 Billion
3/06/09 Ordonoz, Charlotte, Observer, Bill aims to keep aid from illegal immigrants
March 5, 2009
3/05/09 Ordonez & Zagarolli, Charlotte Observer, Deportation program nets minor offenders
3/05/09 AP, Senate clears way to reverse polar bear rule
3/05/09 Vekshin, Bloomberg, Bair Says Insurance Fund Could Be Insolvent This Year (Update1)
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Moyers, Nation, Economist Robert Johnson on 'Zombie' Banks
3/04/09 AP, Details of Home Loan Plan Are Released
3/04/09 Scheer, Nation, AIG: Billions Dished Out in the Dark
3/04/09 Stiglitz, Nation, A Bank Bailout That Works
3/04/09 Luhby, CNN, Obama foreclosure fix open for business
March 3, 2009
3/03/09 Grabell, ProPublica, Stimulus Watchdog
3/03/09 Irwin, WP, Government Finalizes New $200B Lending Program
3/03/09 Reuters, Obama considers funds to buy bad assets: report
3/03/09 Drawbaugh, Reuters, Foreign tax havens targeted in U.S. bills
3/03/09 Rampell, NYT, Tax Fallacies: Explaining Marginal Tax Rates
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 Kiel, ProPublica, AIG: The Tally Mounts (And Gets Murkier)
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Gaynor, Reuters, Activists Protest Immigration Raids in Phoenix
3/01/09 Holland, Modesto Bee, Jump-starting job creation: What works?
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, Mortgage Bankruptcy Reform Update
2/27/09 BBC, US increases stake in Citigroup
February 26, 2009
2/26/09 Read, AP, Source: Citi-gov't aid deal may come this week
2/26/09 McGee, Star-Telegram, Bill offers leeway on deportations
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Reuters, AIG may abandon asset sales plan: report
2/25/09 Hall, McClatchy, Now, the details: Treasury to give banks unlimited refills
2/25/09 Gardiner, FPIF, It's a Global Economic Crisis
2/25/09 Chacon, Progressive, Increase in Latino federal prison population reveals flaws in immigration policy
February 24, 2009
2/24/09 Weaver, ProPublica, IG of Abramoff Fame to Oversee Stimulus Spending
February 23, 2009
2/23/09 Applebaum, WP, Government Moves to Shore Up Banking System
February 22, 2009
2/22/09 Falloon, Reuters, Europe says all markets must be regulated
2/22/09 Hrizi, PSL, Stimulus package aimed at salvaging capitalism
2/22/09 Lawder, Reuters, U.S. bank stress tests to show capital needs: source
February 21, 2009
2/21/09 Ferguson & Johnson, Nation, Nationalize Failing Banks? GOP and Single-Payer 2.0
February 19, 2009
2/19/09 Ordonez, Charlotte Observer, Stimulus dollars may end up helping illegal workers
2/19/09 CNN, Who's eligible for mortgage assistance?
February 18, 2009
2/18/09 Healy, NYT, Obama Plans $75 Billion Outlay to Fight Foreclosures
2/18/09 Guha & Lucer, Financial Times, Greenspan backs nationalisation (or here)
2/18/09 BBC, Obama's housing plan to help 9m
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 Heller, OpenLeft, Burger King Bailout Shocker
2/17/09 AP, Largest banks that received aid cut lending
February 15, 2009
2/15/09 Gray, NYT, Experts: Nationalization Is Only Way Out
2/15/09 Pugh, McClatchy, Despite trillions for economy, next job might mean less pay
February 14, 2009
2/14/09 BBC, US Congress passes stimulus plan
February 13, 2009
2/13/09 Andrews & Dash, NYT, Stimulus Plan Places New Limits on Wall St. Bonuses
2/13/09 Artens, FPIF, Multilateralism in Munich
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, A Readable Summary of the Stimulus / Jobs Bill
2/12/09 Jimenez, TAP, The Real Economics of Immigration Reform
February 11, 2009
2/11/09 Grabell, ProPublica, Search What the Senate Cuts Mean for Your School District
2/11/09 Grabell, ProPublica, Economic Stimulus: Resolution Confusion
2/11/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Nationalize the Banks
2/11/09 BBC, US lawmakers reach stimulus deal
February 10, 2009
2/10/09 Guiterrez & Drash, CNN, Bad economy forcing immigrants to reconsider U.S.
2/10/09 Grabell, ProPublica, The Stimulus Bills: House vs. Senate
2/10/09 Barr, CNN. Geithner unveils new bank rescue plan
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 Baltmore, Reuters, Fed's Fisher says Fed independence must be ensured
2/09/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, New Bailout Strategy: Corporatist Victory
2/09/09 Grabell, ProPublica, Track the Stimulus (Decoder Ring Included!)
2/09/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Energy Taxes' Faustian Bargain
February 8, 2009
2/08/09 Rucker,Reuters, Fannie, Freddie to channel mortgage rescue: sources
2/08/09 Towers & Fausset, LAT, States' only option now is budget pain
February 7, 2009
2/07/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Purified Kleptocracy: New Bank Bailout Plan Aims to Enrich Private Investors
2/07/09 CNN, What got cut from the stimulus bill
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Protess, ProPublica, Details on $20 Million TARP Contract Still Secret
2/06/09 Stiglitz, Deutche Welle, Joseph Stiglitz: Nationalized Banks Are "Only Answer"
February 5, 2009
2/05/09 Susskind, FPIF, Un-Gagging Women's Human Rights
2/05/09 Puzanghera et al, LAT, Wall Street finds ways around executive pay caps
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 Kasler, Sac Bee, Million-dollar home sales plummet in California
2/04/09 BBC, Iraqi death researcher censured
2/04/09 Leyva, Progressive, Unaccompanied immigrant children deserve protection
February 3, 2009
2/03/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Banks Getting TARP Money Lending Less Than Other Banks
2/03/09 Bernstein, NYT, Despite Vow, Target of Immigrant Raids Shifted
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Hartmann, CommonDreams, Citigroup's Football Madness
2/02/09 BBC, France unveils stimulus package
2/02/09 CNN, What GOP Leaders deem wasteful in Senate stimulus bill
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 Adams, McClatchy, Late move on drugs by Bush FDA could be dangerous
2/01/09 Bajaj & Labaton, NYT, Risks Are Vast in Revaluation of Assets
2/01/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Why are the Feds Bailing Out the Highway Privatization Industry?
2/01/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Bailout Cash Subsidizing Outsourcing
January 31, 2009
1/31/09 Fletcher, WP, 8 Questions on the Stimulus Package
1/31/09 BBC, US to run peanut salmonella probe
January 30, 2009
1/30/09 BBC, Financial rules 'worsened crisis'
January 29, 2009
1/29/09 CNN, Day of vindication for grandma as pay law signed
1/29/09 Kiel, ProPublica, How Much of the Bailout Is Going to Small Banks?
1/29/09 Applebaum, WP, U.S. Aid Goes to Credit Unions
1/29/09 Reuters,
1/29/09 Huus, MSNBC, Homelessness Surges as Funding Falters
1/29/09 Wutkowski, Reuters, U.S. to unveil menu of bank fixes next week: source
1/29/09 Harris & Belluck, NYT, New Look at Food Safety After Peanut Tainting
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 Ward, Charleston Gazette, Coal Wins Big in Senate Stimulus Package
1/28/09 Aversa, AP, Fed moves to help distressed homeowners
1/28/09 Devarakonda, IPS, ECONOMY: 'Privatise Profits, Socialise Losses'
1/28/09 Coutts, ProPublica, How Serious Are Treasury's New TARP Lobbying Limits?
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 CNN, House passes act to make pay-discrimination suits easier
1/27/09 Condon, Cnet, Senate OKs delay of digital TV transition
1/27/09 Stiglitz, CNN, Commentary: How to rescue the bank bailout
1/27/09 BBC, Canada set for stimulus spending
January 26, 2009
1/26/09 Hong & reynolds, LAT, U.S. weighs strategies to stem home foreclosures
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Gharib, IPS, Few Govts Seen to Take the Foreign Policy High Road
1/23/09 Hall & Lightman, McClatchy, Senate panel rolls out pro-business tax breaks for stimulus
1/23/09 Reuters, Obama removes restrictions on abortion funding
1/23/09 BBC, Saudi warns US over Middle East
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 Applebaum, WP, By Switching Their Charters, Banks Skirt Supervision
1/22/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Nationalization of Banks? Citi, Gov't Agreement Already Provides for Partial Takeover
1/22/09 Abrams, AP, Senate Passes Wage Discrimination Bill
1/22/09 Nye, BBC, Citi wants further help for banks
January 20, 2009
1/20/09 Johnson, NYT, Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith Over Medicine
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 Klein, ITT, Which Way to Universal Healthcare?
January 17, 2009
1/17/09 Kay, SF Chron, US Tells Plan to drill off California coast
1/17/09 Ohlemacher, AP, Stimulus plan repeals big tax break for banks
January 16, 2009
1/16/09 Rothaker & Rexrode, McClatchy, Bank of America loses $2.39 billion in 4th quarter
1/16/09 Goldman et al, CNN, BofA: $20B bailout, huge Merrill loss
1/16/09 BBC, Citigroup to split as losses grow
January 15, 2009
1/15/09 Rothacker & Rexrode, Charlotte Observer, BofA may get billions in U.S. aid to finish Merrill deal
1/15/09 Comley, Reuters, JPMorgan profit slumps on writedowns
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 ANdrews, ProPublica, Quick Picks: Bank Hoards Bailout Bucks
1/14/09 Reuters, Worries over Citigroup mount
January 13, 2009
1/13/09 Revkin, NYT, In Parting Move, Bush Sets Arctic Priorities
1/13/09 REuters, Treasury sees need for TARP contingency funds
January 12, 2009
1/12/09 Zandi, Progressive, How to Stimulate the Economy
1/12/09 Margolies, KC Star, U.S. mortgage meltdown linked to 2005 bankruptcy law
January 11, 2009
1/11/09 AP, Senate to consider expanding wilderness protection
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 Al Jazeera, US congress votes to back Israel
1/10/09 Cho & Montgomery, WP, Bush Prepares Request for Rest Of Bailout Funds
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Reuters, US Senate Supports Israel's Gaza Incursion
1/09/09 Taxin, AP, Immigrant Advocates Decry New Rules on Courts, DNA
January 8, 2009
1/08/09 Reich, Truthout, The Stimulus: How to Create Jobs Without Them All Going to Skilled Professionals and White Male Construction Workers
January 7, 2009
1/07/09 Wood, BBC, Did Bush cause the financial crisis?
January 4, 2009
1/04/09 Marosi, LAT, U.S. smooths away an illegal border crossing wrinkle
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 Stempel. Reuters, GM, GMAC loosen finance pact after lender bailout