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March 16, 2010
3/16/10 Herzenhorn, NYT, Passing Health Care Legislation, Tucked in a Rule
3/16/10 Shiels, BBC, US plans to give high-speed broadband to every American
March 15, 2010
3/15/10 Zapler, AP, U.S. officials to unveil sweeping proposal for broadband
3/15/10 Ohlemacher, AP, Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs
March 11, 2010
3/11/10 Nasiripour, Huffington, Senators Target Wall Street, With Goldman Sachs in Mind
3/11/10 Kane, WP, House bans earmarks to for-profit companies
3/11/10 Goldfarb, WP, Politics, shaky economy create no rush to restructure Fannie and Freddie
3/11/10 Drawbaugh, Reuters, Volcker rule gets lift in Senate amid reform talks
3/11/10 Pearce, Guardian, Noel Kempff project is 'saving the forest' by forcing destruction elsewhere
March 10, 2010
3/10/10 Boxall, LAT, U.S. moves to list loggerhead turtles as endangered
March 8, 2010
3/08/10 Nichols, Nation, Kucinich's Health Reform Dissents Merit Consideration
3/08/10 Alexander, MoJo, The New Jim Crow
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 Quinn, Telegraph, US Public 'Will Pay Obama's $90bn Bank Levy'
3/05/10 Gruver, AP, Energy groups relieved sage grouse won't be listed
3/05/10 Bowers, OpenLeft, Yes, Congressional Progressives won major public option concessions in the health reform bill
3/05/10 Hodai, ITT, The Rainmakers
March 4, 2010
3/04/10 Hunter, CNN, U.S. travel promotion bill signed into law
3/04/10 Schleifer, CSM, Turkey recalls ambassador after US resolution on 'Armenian genocide'
March 2, 2010
3/02/10 Grim, Huffington, Dodd: Put CFPA Inside Federal Reserve
3/02/10 Roberts, NYT, U.S. Plans New Measure for Poverty
3/02/10 Manski &, Graves, ITT, Corporations are People Too
March 1, 2010
3/01/10 Lendman, IntelDaily, America's Permanent War Agenda
3/01/10 O'Connell, IntelDaily, Pentagon's "Full-Spectrum Dominance" Facing Headwinds
3/01/10 Markoff, NYT, U.S. to Reveal Rules on Internet Security
February 28, 2010
2/28/10 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, The myth that conservative welfare reform worked--Part 2
2/28/10 Luhby, CNN, Extended jobless benefits start ending
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 Jones, ProPublica, Inside the Administration's Deal with the Pharmaceutical Lobby
February 22, 2010
2/22/10 van Duynin, FT, Concern about FDIC's proposals
2/22/10 Martin & Lieber, NYT, Banks Pressure Customers to Keep Fees Rolling In
2/22/10 MacAskill, Guardian, Obama pushes healthcare reform plan to break deadlock
February 19, 2010
2/19/10 Mason, Reuters, Obama unveils new fund to address housing woes
February 16, 2010
2/16/10 McNulty & Fifield, FT, BP deals blow to Obama fight on climate
2/16/10 Terrett, AL Jazeera, US Black Farmers Seek Compensation
2/16/10 Gerstein, Politico, Lindsey Graham: White House Mulling Indefinite Detention
2/16/10 Englehardt, MoJo, Fear Inc.
February 14, 2010
2/14/10 Pensacola Beach Journal, Floridians Gather to Say 'No' to Offshore Drilling
2/14/10 ElBoghdady & Merle, WP, Refinancing unavailable for many borrowers
February 13, 2010
2/13/10 Kirchgaessner & McNulty, FT, Obama offers nuclear plant loan guarantee
February 12, 2010
2/12/10 Hayes, Nation, The Breakdown: Stimulus Wins and Losses
February 11, 2010
2/11/10 AP, Feds pass on surest solution to Asian carp advance
January 28, 2010
1/28/10 CommonDreams, California Senate Passes Medicare for All Legislation
January 27, 2010
1/27/10 Earthjustice, EPA Requests Feedback on Plan Analyzing Impact of Hazardous Waste on Disadvantaged Communities
January 25, 2010
1/25/10 Cho et al, WP, Stakes are high as government plans exit from mortgage markets
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Potter, Toronto Star, Climate Slips Off US Agenda
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Eley & Grey, WSWS, Another toothless bank "reform" from Obama
January 21, 2010
1/21/10 AP, Goldman Sachs earns $4.79 billion in fourth quarter
1/21/10 Martin, WSWS, US: Democrats agree on commission to cut Social Security, Medicare
January 20, 2010
1/20/10 Zaldana, PSL, ICE raid terrorizes immigrant workers in Foxboro, Mass.
January 19, 2010
1/19/10 Kiel, ProPublica, Logjam Continues for Loan Mods; Big Banks Fare Poorly, Data Show
January 15, 2010
1/15/10 Arons, RH Reality Check, Senate, House Health Reform Bills Change Abortion Status Quo
1/15/10 Kaufman, Nation, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Turns Up the Heat
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 Issenberg, Boston Globe, Sanders a Growing Force on the Far, Far Left
1/09/10 Rothchild, Progressive, A Horrendous Decision on Habeas Corpus
January 8, 2010
1/08/10 Progressive, An Interview with Elizabeth Warren
1/08/10 Tankersley & Roosevelt, LAT, EPA proposes nation's strictest smog limits ever
1/08/10 Savage, NYT, Obama Takes New Route to Opposing Parts of Laws
1/08/10 Greenhouse, NYT, Unions Oppose Possible Health Insurance Tax
January 7, 2010
1/07/10 Eggen, WP, How interest groups behind health-care legislation are financed is often unclear
1/07/10 Gorman, LAT, UCLA study says legalizing undocumented immigrants would help the economy
January 6, 2010
1/06/10 Shankman, ProPublica, Stricter Rules for Oil and Gas Leasing on Federal Land
January 4, 2010
1/04/10 Layton, WP, Use of potentially harmful chemicals kept secret under law
1/04/10 Grieder, Nation, Looting Social Security, Part 2
1/04/10 BBC, US lifts HIV/Aids immigration ban
January 3, 2010
1/03/10 Rampell, NYT, Bernanke Blames Weak Regulation for Financial Crisis
1/03/10 Irwin, WP, Bernanke: Regulatory policy is best defense against housing bubbles
January 1, 2010
1/01/10 Ricardi, LAT, Immigration law ignites fear in Arizona
December 30, 2009
12/30/09 Alden, New American Media, Obama Quietly Changes U.S. Immigration Policy
December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Grim & Delaney, Huffington Post, The Cash Committee: How Wall Street Wins On The Hill
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 Lerer, Politico, Senate Democrats to W.H.: Drop Cap-and-Trade
December 25, 2009
12/25/09 Hall, McClatchy, The lingering Bush legacy: What to do about those tax cuts
December 24, 2009
12/24/09 Brown, TruthOut, Compulsory Private Health Insurance: Just Another Bailout for the Financial Sector?
12/24/09 Obama, Official Transcript, Here's what Obama said about Senate health care vote
12/24/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, 60+ House Democrats Say "Any" Health Bill With No Public Option Is "Unacceptable"
December 21, 2009
12/21/09 House Committe on Financial Services, H.R. 2609, Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009; Committee Print (October 29, 2009) of the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009 (to be reported as H.R. 3996)
12/21/09 Zajac, LAT, Familiar faces among health industry lobbyists
December 20, 2009
12/20/09 Carrera, PSL, Undocumented workers face new repressive state tactics
December 19, 2009
12/19/09 Protess, Huffington Post, Barney Frank vs. the Credit Raters
12/19/09 Pear, NYT, Negotiating to 60 Votes, Compromise by Compromise
12/19/09 Stevens, Nation, Immigration Police Are Keeping Secret Jails on U.S. Soil
12/19/09 USA Today, Senate Unveils Health Care Compromise
12/19/09 Reuters, Congress must resist health insurance lobby: Obama
12/19/09 Hulse & Pear, NYT, Democrats Say They Clinch Deal on Health Care Overhaul
December 17, 2009
12/17/09 Hiltzik, LAT, Biotech bonanza lurks in healthcare reform bills
December 16, 2009
12/16/09 DeepJournal, House passes Iran gasoline sanctions bill
12/16/09 Eisinger & Bernstein, ProPublica, SEC Just Now Seeking Key Information On Meltdown
December 15, 2009
12/15/09 Jacobson, Raw Story, 135,000 Uninsured Americans Will Die Before Health Reform Takes Effect, Analysis Finds
12/15/09 Johnson, Baseline Scenario, "Wake Up, Gentlemen"
December 14, 2009
12/14/09 Beckel, OpenSecrets, Campaign Cash From Wall Street Favored Representatives Who Opposed Finance Reform Bill
12/14/09 Walker, Firedog Lake, Insurance Stocks Soar on News of Lieberman's Obstructionism
12/14/09 Grey, WSWS, US House passes pro-Wall Street banking bill
December 13, 2009
12/13/09 Nichols, Nation, Financial 'Reform' Preserves Too Big Banks, Too Much Speculation
12/13/09 Kaufman, Nation, Yes, Regulators Can Stop Foreclosures
December 12, 2009
12/12/09 BBC, US federal agents arrest 286 'immigrant criminals'
December 11, 2009
12/11/09 BBC, US extends executive pay limits at bailed-out companies
December 5, 2009
12/05/09 Simon, Baseline Scenario, Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System
December 1, 2009
12/01/09 Belluck, NYT, New Hopes on Health Care for American Indians
November 29, 2009
11/29/09 Blumenthal, McClatchy, Wall Street's a casino, so maybe state gambling laws apply
November 26, 2009
11/26/09 ElBoghdady, WP, Fannie Mae to tighten lending standards
November 25, 2009
11/25/09 Levine, TruthOut, Elizabeth Warren Warns: Taxpayers Are "Involuntary Investors" in "Shaky" Banks, Risk-Taking Firms
11/25/09 Mason, Progressive, We need a second stimulus package, especially for minorities
November 22, 2009
11/22/09 Webb, Open Left, The Conspiracy to Kill the New Deal; Yes it's Real
November 19, 2009
11/19/09 Johnson, Baseline, Written Testimony Submitted To The Congressional Oversight Panel
11/18/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, Senate health care bill covers 94%, costs $849B, reduces deficit by $127B, all over 10 years
11/19/09 BBC, Reid unveils Senate health bill
November 18, 2009
11/18/09 Perdomo, AlterNet, Stupak Amendment Could End Abortion Coverage -- For Everyone
11/18/09 Reuters, Senate Democrats plan to unveil healthcare bill
11/18/09 BBC, 'Too big to fail' US banking law
November 17, 2009
11/17/09 bbc, NY Fed 'paid AIG banks too much'
11/17/09 EDIE, Coal ash crackdown
11/17/09 EDIE, US anti-oil spill measures changed
November 16, 2009
11/16/09 Walsh, NYT, Audit Faults New York Fed in A.I.G. Bailout
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Volsky, Think Progress, Goldman Sachs Report: Watered-Down Senate Health Bill a Windfall for Big Insurance
11/13/09 Hilzenrath, WP, Health insurers could bypass some key reforms
11/13/09 Nation, Slide Show: Enemies of Health Reform
November 11, 2009
11/11/09 Stein, Huffington Post, Pharma Deal With White House on Course to Net Industry Billions
November 9, 2009
11/09/09 Mardell, BBC, The hard fact of healthcare costs
November 8, 2009
11/08/09 bbc, US House backs healthcare reforms
November 7, 2009
11/07/09 Lovley, Politico, Report: 237 Millionaires in Congress
11/07/09 Herzenhorn & Calms, NYT, Abortion Was at Heart of Wrangling
11/07/09 Pear, NYT, Labels and Gay Benefits in Health Bill
11/07/09 Green, OpenLeft, Dems who voted for the Stupak amendment to restrict women's rights.
11/07/09 Bash, CNN, Anti-abortion Democrats get chance to amend health care proposal
November 6, 2009
11/06/09 Tankersley, LAT, Senate panel OKs sweeping climate bill
11/06/09 Woolhouse, Boston Globe, Credit Card Firms Hurry to Raise Rates
11/06/09 Stein, Huffington Post, Bernie Sanders Tackles Too Big to Fail in Two Pages
11/06/09 Zeiter, Wired, National Data Breach Laws Move Through Senate
11/06/09 BBC, AIG posts second quarterly profit
November 5, 2009
11/05/09 Grim, Huffington Post, Pelosi: Single-Payer Amendment Breaks Obama's Health Care Promise
11/05/09 Calmes & Stout, NYT, U.S. Readies Jobless Aid and Help on Homes
November 1, 2009
11/01/09 Phillips, MoJo, Big Ag's Growing Influence
11/01/09 Barnes & Mufson, WP, Defining excessive pay
October 30, 2009
10/30/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, "TARP on Steroids"
10/30/09 Bybee, ITT, The Pillage People
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 Herszenhorn, NYT, Pelosi Unveils House Health Care Bill
10/29/09 Moss, Baseline Scenario, Naming Systemically Dangerous Firms
10/29/09 Labaton, NYT, F.D.I.C. Chief Criticizes Reform Plan
October 28, 2009
10/28/09 Shankman, MoJo, Grading the Public Options That Already Exist
10/28/09 Gandossy, CNN, Census will report same-sex couples, gay groups see opportunity
10/28/09 CNN, Senate likely to extend homebuyers' tax credit
10/28/09 Puzzangherra, LAT, Plan would end taxpayer bailouts for financial firms deemed 'too big to fail'
10/28/09 Fernandez, IPS, U.S.: Arizona Renews Push to Criminalise Immigrants
October 27, 2009
10/27/09 Clark, Guardian, Wall Street Firms Should Not Be Called Banks, US Official says
10/27/09 Labaton, NYT, Bill Seeks to Shift Rescue Costs to Big Banks
10/27/09 Press, Nation, Assessing the Opt-Out - A Lesson from the Abortion Debate
10/27/09 Kryt, ITT, The Lonesome Death of Pedro Munoz
October 26, 2009
10/26/09 Lydersen, ITT, Native American Uranium Miners Still Suffer, As Industry Eyes Rebirth
10/26/09 AFP, New Bill to Make Seizure of US Companies Easier: Report
10/26/09 MacGillis, WP, If you build a coverage mandate, will they come?
10/26/09 Fox, Reuters, Healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year
October 25, 2009
10/25/09 Mufson & Eilperin, WP, Senate's climate bill a bit more ambitious
10/25/09 FT. Unbelievable returns, thanks to government or here
10/25/09 Labaton, NYT, Trying to Rein in 'Too Big to Fail' Institutions
October 24, 2009
10/24/09 Fox-Penner, Baseline Scenario, Patchwork Fixes, Conflicting Motives, And Other Things To Avoid: Some Lessons From the Regulated Non-Financial Sectors
October 23, 2009
10/23/09 Hentoff, Deep Journal, Cato Institute: Obama Every Bit as Bad as Bush/Cheney on Patriot Act
10/23/09 Hopkins, ADN, Feds seek to reshape hunting and fishing rules
10/23/09 Littlepage, Newswire, Republicans Oppose Franken on Rape Legislation
10/23/09 Rothschild, Progressive, House Dems Warp Financial Oversight Board
October 22, 2009
10/22/09 Tse & Dennis, WP, U.S. to cut pay for bailed-out bosses
October 21, 2009
10/21/09 Margasak, AP, House Bill Would Make Changes in Patriot Act
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 Meyer, FT, Setback for US crackdown on oil speculation
10/20/09 Sullivan, Reuters, Congress agrees on moving Guantanamo inmates
October 19, 2009
10/19/09 Levinson, Nation, Overturning DOMA
October 17, 2009
10/17/09 Oliphant, LAT, Lessons from the Massachusetts healthcare experiment
October 16, 2009
10/16/09 Douglas, Nation, Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment
October 14, 2009
10/14/09 Connolly, WP, Health Insurers Emerge as Obama's Top Foe in Reform Effort
10/14/09 Galbraith, NYT, Farm Bureau Aims to Kill Climate Bill
10/14/09 Hall, McClatchy, House panel ready to pass sweeping reform of exotic finance
October 12, 2009
10/12/09 EDIE, CRC under the spotlight
October 9, 2009
10/08/09 NPR, Doctor: Health Insurance Companies Determine Our Fees
10/09/09 Grabell, ProPublica, Desperate Scene in Detroit as Stimulus Comes to Crossroads
10/09/09 Alingod, AHN, House Gives Final Approval To Hate Crimes Bill
10/09/09 Henderson, Charlotte Observer, Lobbying pays off for Duke
October 8, 2009
10/08/09 KuhnHenn & Zibel, AP, Watchdog doubts goals of Obama loan relief plan
10/08/09 Bivens, Asia Times, Follow the money
October 6, 2009
10/06/09 BBC, US 'to cut immigrant detention'
October 5, 2009
10/05/09 Collins, AlterNet, Victory: Taxing Wealth Dynasties Will Continue
October 4, 2009
10/04/09 Adams, McClatchy, Firms are getting billions, but homeowners still in trouble
October 3, 2009
10/03/09 Al Jazeera, US 'silent on Israeli nuclear arms'
October 2, 2009
10/02/09 McGreal, Guardian, Revealed: Millions Spent by Lobby Firms Fighting Obama Health Reforms
10/02/09 Emmott, Reuters, A Costly US-Mexico Border Wall, in Both Dollars and Deaths
October 1, 2009
10/01/09 Levey, LAT, Abortion language heats up healthcare battle
September 30, 2009
9/30/09 McKinnley, NYT, Plan Outlines Removal of Four Dams on Klamath River
September 27, 2009
9/27/09 Kranish & Wirzbicki, Boston Globe, Bailed-Out Banks Lobby Hard to Stave Off Limits
9/27/09 AP, Feds Reviewing Humpback Whale Endangered Status
9/27/09 Sparrow, Guardian, Brown: Our bank bonus regulation will be toughest in the world
September 25, 2009
9/25/09 Hall, McClatchy, Banks Fight to Kill Proposed Consumer Protection Agency
9/25/09 Anderson WP, Unions Criticize Obama's School Proposals as 'Bush III'
September 24, 2009
9/24/09 Levey & Oliphant, LAT, Mandate minus price controls may increase healthcare costs
September 23, 2009
9/23/09 Savage, Chicago Tribune, Patriot Act May Get Renamed, but With a Few Changes
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 Stein, Huffington Post, Authors of Iraq War Push Obama on Afghanistan
9/21/09 Bohan, Reuters, Obama lashes out at U.S. banks over student loans
September 20, 2009
9/20/09 Klein, WP, You Have No Idea What Health Costs
September 19, 2009
9/19/09 Savage, NYT, Battle Looms Over the Patriot Act
9/19/09 Kranish, Boston Globe, Business Takes Aim at Proposed New Rules
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 Martin, WSWS, Obama administration to seek extension of Patriot Act spy powers
9/18/09 BBC, US gets tough on ratings agencies
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 Krauskoph, Reuters, U.S. employers will defray health reform costs: study
9/17/09 Davis, AP, New health proposal is industry's favorite so far
9/17/09 Hiltzik, LAT, U.S. Census Bureau data on the medically uninsured simply can't be denied
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 Pierce, ProPublica, Health Care Reform: Search the Competing Bills--and See What Hoops They Have to Jump Through
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 Andrews & Sanger, NYT, U.S. Is Finding Its Role in Business Hard to Unwind
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 Harrop, TruthOut, Health Reform and Illegal Immigration: The Truth
September 11, 2009
9/11/09 Flavelle, ProPublica, Has the Stimulus Really Created or Saved One Million Jobs?
9/11/09 CNN, Top Democrats in Congress soften on public option
September 9, 2009
9/08/09 Reich, Nation, Robert Reich Explains the Public Option - video
September 8, 2009
9/08/09 Pierce, ProPublica, Health Care Reform Primer: How Might the Changes Affect You
9/08/09 Schoof, McClatchy, Climate bill needed for U.S. security, ex-officials insist
September 5, 2009
9/05/09 Ivory, Huffington, EPA's Failure to Publicize Drinking Water Data Prompts Rethinking in Agency, Congress
9/05/09 CNN, White House ready to draft own health care bill, sources say
September 4, 2009
9/04/09 Kendall, IntelDaily, Health Care and the Free Market
September 2, 2009
9/02/09 Kerber & Stempel, Reuters, Blistering report faults SEC for Madoff misses
9/02/09 Pearlstein, WP, So You Just Squandered Billions . . . Take Another Whack at It
August 31, 2009
8/31/09 Gavin, Politico, Bill Moyers says Obama Must Fight, Not Finesse
August 30, 2009
8/30/09 Collins, McClatchy, U.S. ignored evidence when it deported U.S. citizen to Mexico
8/30/09 Glover, SacBee, Federal 'cash for appliances' program should spur sales
August 28, 2009
8/28/09 Conaway, NPR, The New Secrecy At The FDIC
8/28/09 McCullagh, CNET, Bill would give president emergency control of Internet
August 26, 2009
8/26/09 Al Jazeera, US stops issuing visas in Honduras
August 25, 2009
8/25/09 Coutts, ProPublica, UBS and the Taxpayers' Hidden Billions
August 24, 2009
8/24/09 Hamburger & Geiger, LAT, Healthcare insurers get upper hand
August 22, 2009
8/22/09 Watanabe, LAT, White House moves to placate immigration reform advocates
August 20, 2009
8/20/09 Bernstein, NYT, Deaths Show Hurdles to Detention Reform
August 18, 2009
8/18/09 Singer, NYT, Senator Moves to Block Medical Ghostwriting
August 17, 2009
8/17/09 Fisher, PublicRecord, Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, Dobbs: The Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse
August 15, 2009
8/15/09 Reuters, CitiGroup says two exempt from pay review: report
August 13, 2009
8/13/09 Rutenberg & Calmes, NYT, False 'Death Panel' Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots
8/13/09 Irwin, WP, Fed Starts Rollback Of Rescue Efforts
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Keck, CNN, Fears fuel emotional health care protests
August 11, 2009
8/11/09 Clark, Guardian, 'Evil and Orwellian' - America's Right Turns Its Fire on NHS
8/11/09 Demer, ADN, Murkowski: Don't tell lies about the health-care reform bill
8/11/09 Conaway, NPR, Wall Street Watching The Fed, And Big Coal Betting On Carbon Capture
8/11/09 Drum Major Inst., OpenLeft, "Don't let the government get its hands on Medicare!"
August 10, 2009
8/10/09 Fram, AP, Top insurance lobbyist: August key in health drive
8/10/09 Stoddard, Reuters, U.S. religious left wades into healthcare fight
8/10/09 Rutenberg * Calmes, NYT, White House Adapts to New Playbook in Health Care Debate
8/10/09 Calvin, SacBee, Don't forget us, underinsured say
8/10/09 Ismail, WSWS, US cities criminalize homelessness
8/10/09 Stan, AlterNet, Inside Story on Town Hall Riots: Right-Wing Shock Troops Do Corporate America's Dirty Work
8/10/09 Folbre, NYT, The Citizenship of the Uninsured
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 Hsu, WP, Agency Plans to Improve Oversight of Immigrant Detention
August 6, 2009
8/06/09 Chart, OpenLeft, Fix Derivatives, Save The World?
8/06/09 Hsu & Warrick, WP, Obama's Battle Against Terrorism To Go Beyond Bombs and Bullets
8/06/09 Murray & Montgomery, WP, Senators Closer To Health Package
8/06/09 Goldfarb & Cho, WP, U.S. Considers Remaking Mortgage Giants
8/06/09 Hightower, AlterNet, Hightower: Think Your Food's Organic? Think Again
August 5, 2009
8/05/09 Appelbaum, WP, Bank Balances Shift With Rule Changes
8/05/09 Umansky, ProPublica, New Feature: Tracking Stimulus Spending--Made Easy!
August 4, 2009
8/04/09 Weise & Andrews, ProPublica, Treasury's Loan Mod Progress Report: Read the Fine Print
8/04/09 Duhigg, NYT, S.E.C. Starts Crackdown on 'Flash' Trading
August 1, 2009
8/01/09 Finz, SF Chron, Bill Would Restrict Antibiotics in Food Animals
July 31, 2009
7/31/09 Browne, Asia Times, Dead banks walking
7/31/09 Leopold, Public Record, Pelosi To Allow Floor Vote On Single-Payer Healthcare Plan
7/31/09 Nichols, Nation, Key Committee Backs Better-Than-Expected Health Plan
July 30, 2009
7/30/09 AP, Senate Passes Energy Bill That Kills Yucca Facility
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Nichols, Nation, Squeeze Insurance Profiteers, Not Medicare
7/29/09 Cooper, NYT, Stimulus Law Bolsters Food Bank Offerings
7/29/09 Reuters, Homeland Secretary to Reveal Security Plans: Report
July 27, 2009
7/27/09 Espo, AP, Sources: Bipartisan Group Omitting Dem Health Goals
4/27/09 BBC, US rules on abusive short selling
7/27/09 Hendricks, SF Chron, US Citizens Wrongly Detained, Deported by ICE
7/27/09 BBC, Bernanke defends bail-out package
July 26, 2009
7/26/09 Fiore & Levey, LAT, Ted Kennedy is making a final press for universal healthcare, from his sickbed
7/26/09 Pear, NYT, Reach of Subsidies Is Critical Issue for Health Plan
July 24, 2009
7/24/09 Johnson, Baseline, After Peak Finance: Larry Summers' Bubble
7/24/09 Conaway, NPR, Minimum Wage Hike Doubles Portion Of Workers At The Bottom
7/24/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Fed Unveils New Rules on Mortgage Lending
7/24/09 Hall, McClatchy, Bank regulators resist Obama's encroachment on their turf
7/24/09 Pugh, McClatchy, Minimum wage for tipped workers unchanged since '91
7/24/09 Appel, IPS, ECONOMY-US: Trillions to Banks as Taxpayers Left in the Dark
7/24/09 BBC, US car scrappage scheme unveiled
July 22, 2009
7/22/09 NPR, Revenue's Down, Profit's Up. How's That Work?
7/22/09 Fisher, IPS, RIGHTS-US: Byzantine World of Immigration Detention
7/22/09 Steffe, Progressive, Why Obama's Public Option Is Defective, and Why We Need Single-Payer.
7/22/09 Collins, IntelDaily, Wall Street Welfare Queen Average Bonuses $1.0 Million Per Employee
July 21, 2009
7/21/09 Brush, The Hill, Autos, Banks Spend $20 Million Lobbying
7/21/09 Martins, CounterPunch, Wall Street's Private Judicial System Exposed as a Fraud
7/21/09 Eggen, WP, Industry Cash Flowed To Drafters of Reform
July 20, 2009
7/20/09 Weise, ProPublica, How Banks Are Using Bailout Money
7/20/09 Tankersley, LAT, House climate bill was flooded with last-minute changes
July 18, 2009
7/18/09 Yellin, CNN, New consumer protection agency meets resistance
7/18/09 Kennedy, Newsweek, 'The Cause of My Life.' Inside the fight for universal health care.
July 17, 2009
7/17/09 Nichols, Nation, A Real Win for Single-Payer Advocates
7/17/09 Acosta, CNN, Real battle over health care reform about to begin
July 16, 2009
7/16/09 Grim, HuffingtonPost, Leaked: More Than Fifty House Progressives Privately Commit to Oppose Weak Health Care Bill ... CPC's Whip Count on Public Option
7/16/09 Murray, WP, Obama Eyes The Purse Strings for Medicare
7/16/09 BBC, JPMorgan Chase profits soar 36%
July 15, 2009
7/15/09 Carey & Appleby, Kaiser Health News, Health legislation might bar some from public insurance
7/15/09 Meeropol, AlterNet, The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: The Most Dangerous Domestic Terror Law You've Never Heard Of
July 13, 2009
7/13/09 Kane, Wa. Independent, Only Forceful Action Can Change Foreclosure Crisis Tide
7/13/09 Atkinson, BBC, Controversy to surround Goldman success
July 12, 2009
7/12/09 Mostrous, WP, More Families Are Becoming Homeless
7/12/09 Bowley & Anderson, NYT, For Goldman, a Swift Return to Lofty Profits
July 11, 2009
7/11/09 Kucinich, Progressive, The Banks' Massive Theft
July 10, 2009
7/10/09 Dash, NYT, A.I.G. Seeks U.S. Support for Bonuses
7/10/09 AP, General Motors emerges from bankruptcy
7/10/09 Taylor & Jalonik, AP, Committee Votes to Reverse Global Gag Rule
July 9, 2009
7/09/09 Cave, NYT, Roadside Camp for Miami Sex Offenders Leads to Lawsuit
7/09/09 NPR, Treasury Seeks 'Plan C'
July 8, 2009
7/08/09 AFP, Major Polluters Water Down Climate Warming Ambitions
July 7, 2009
7/07/09 Coutts & Kile, ProPublica, How Big is AIG's Bailout ... Really?
7/07/09 Hall, McClatchy, What happened to those bad bank assets? So far, nothing
7/07/09 Hall, McClatchy, Regulators aim to curb speculators' influence on oil prices
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 Stulman, FPIF, Time to Clamp Down on Vulture Funds
7/06/09 Tercer, AlterNet, Taibbi: New Secrecy Rule Lets Goldman Sachs Control Stock Prices Unmolested by Public Scrutiny
7/06/09 Kuhnhenn, AP, Obama plan could trim back financial powerhouses
July 5, 2009
7/05/09 Barker, Idaho Statesman, Rep. Walt Minnick's climate change vote may cost him
July 3, 2009
7/03/09 Bernstein, ProPublica, Bank Failure Friday Comes Early
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