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March 7, 2010
3/07/10 Vann, Guardian, The Aborigines who've walked for 40,000 years
3/07/10 BBC, Iceland rejects plan to repay Icesave debts
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 Goujon, AFP, Africa Aims to Regulate 'Mercenary' Industry
3/05/10 Hickman, Guardian, The lawyer who defends animals
3/05/10 Loncraine, BBC, Can rats help clear Africa's landmines?
March 3, 2010
3/03/10 Fisher, TruthOut, DoD Releases Records of Illegal Surveillance
March 2, 2010
3/02/10 Cramer, MoJo, A Five-Step Guide To Real Financial Reform
3/02/10 Marquand, CSM, France arrests Rwandan President's widow, accused in Rwanda genocide
March 1, 2010
3/01/10 Madrigal, Wired, Backpack Hydroelectric Plant Gives You 500 Watts on the Move
3/01/10 Jacobs, Wired, Microfinance Project Could Be New Kiva For Haiti's Diaspora
3/01/10 Al Jazeera, Firms face Zimbabwe ownership law
February 26, 2010
2/26/10 Booth & Hirsch, Guardian, Torture Ruling Passages Critical of MI5 are Restored
2/26/10 Capdevilla, IPS, Death Penalty Phasing Out Worldwide
2/26/10 WorldFocus, Indigenous communities struggle for global recognition
February 25, 2010
2/25/10 Thompson, ProPublica, Former New Orleans Detective Pleads Guilty in Katrina Shooting Cover-up
2/25/10 Nation, Ten Things You Can Do to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint
2/25/10 Benno, PSL, Migrant forest workers win $2.75 million in back wages
February 24, 2010
2/24/10 Calvin, SacBee, Anthem Blue Cross executives grilled at state Capitol
2/24/10 Blume, LAT, L.A. teachers gain control of 22 campuses in reform effort
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 Bryneart, Raw Story, Kucinich Challenges Gates on Civilians Killed in Afghanistan
2/23/10 McCarthy, Guardian, Rachel Corrie's Family Brings Civil Suit over Human Shield's Death in Gaza
2/23/10 Jena, IPS, INDIA: Indigenous Groups Step Up Protests Over Mining Project
February 22, 2010
2/22/10 Shankman, ProPublica, Gas Drillers Plead Guilty to Felony Dumping Violations
2/22/10 Kapur, Raw Story, Group Wants Courts to Play 'Keep Away' from Torture Lawyers
February 21, 2010
2/21/10 Burge, Boston Globe, Tracking a New Kind of Civil Disobedience
February 19, 2010
2/19/10 Barry, Wired, Take That, Chevy Volt! Cal Poly Car Gets 2,752 MPG
2/19/10 Irving, Guardian, How fair trade can help tackle poverty and bring peace to conflict zones
February 18, 2010
2/18/10 Guardian, The National Geographic archives: Agriculture in Ecuador Video
February 17, 2010
2/17/10 Terkel, AlterNet, Glenn Beck Loses 103 Sponsors as His UK Broadcast Runs 5 Days With No Ads
February 16, 2010
2/16/10 Englehardt, MoJo, Fear Inc.
February 15, 2010
2/15/10 Nation, 'The Cleveland Model': Democracy, Community, and Economic Vision
February 14, 2010
2/14/10 Pensacola Beach Journal, Floridians Gather to Say 'No' to Offshore Drilling
2/14/10 McKie, Guardian, Push to ban trade in endangered bluefin tuna
February 13, 2010
2/13/10 Pincus, WP, Under plan, intelligence agencies would be consulted before reading of rights
February 10, 2010
2/10/10 Potter, Toronto Star, 2 US Firms Wash Hands of Tar Sands
2/10/10 Muwakkil, ITT, On Air With Black America
2/10/10 Ahn & Kirk, FPIF, Democracy Thwarts U.S. Base Plans
February 9, 2010
2/09/10 Nasiripour, Huffington, Elizabeth Warren: Time For Wall Street CEOs To 'Earn Back' America's Trust
2/09/10 Kroll, MoJo, Resources for Dealing With Mortgage Servicers
February 8, 2010
2/08/10 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Elizabeth Warren Calls Out Wall Street
2/08/10 Ford, CNN, Incentives to Going 'Off Grid' Bring Power to the People
February 1, 2010
2/01/10 Baumann, MoJo, Alan Grayson's Filibluster
January 28, 2010
1/28/10 NPR, Top five greenest nations on the planet
1/28/10 Ross, PublicRecord, Howard Zinn: "Largest Lie" Was US War On Terrorism
1/28/10 CommonDreams, California Senate Passes Medicare for All Legislation
January 27, 2010
1/27/10 Ayala, IPS, EL SALVADOR: Activists Link Mining Co. to Murders
1/27/10 Feeny, Boston Globe, Howard Zinn, Historian who Challenged Status Quo, Dies at 87
January 26, 2010
1/26/10 Pidd, Guardian, Iraq war was illegal, top government lawyer tells Chilcot inquiry
1/26/10 Child, Guardian, Oliver Stone: bankers helped Hitler
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 CNN, Biden: U.S. to appeal dismissal of Blackwater charges
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Applebaum & Cho, WP, Obama's 'Volcker Rule' shifts power away from Geithner
1/22/10 Yost, AP, Government posting wealth of data to Internet
1/22/10 Talbot, WSWS, Oil, the Dutch Iraq inquiry on the Iraq war, and the missing letter
1/22/10 NPR, Our Very Own Toxic Asset
January 21, 2010
1/21/10 Biggers, CommonDreams, Tree-Sitters Shut Down Infamous Mountaintop Removal Operation; TVA Cops Strike Again
1/21/10 Linzey, Yes, Whose Rights? Challenging Corporate Power
January 19, 2010
1/19/10 Al Jazeera, UK probe tackles Iraq war legality
1/19/10 Helfand, LAT, California limits HMO wait times
January 17, 2010
1/17/10 o'Shaughnessey, Independent, US Waves White Flag in Disastrous 'War on Drugs'
1/17/10 Billeaud, AP, Thousands protest sheriff's immigration efforts
January 16, 2010
1/16/10 BBC, US releases names of prisoners at Bagram, Afghanistan
January 15, 2010
1/15/10 Greer, IntelDaily, The Costs of Community
January 13, 2010
1/13/10 Hansen, SolveClimate, The People vs. Cap-and-Trade
January 12, 2010
1/12/10 Guardian, Woman who rescued Anne Frank diary dies aged 100
1/12/10 AFP, Iraq Invasion in 2003 Was Illegitimate: Dutch Probe
January 11, 2010
1/11/10 Worthington, AlterNet, Guantanamo: The Definitive Prisoner List
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 Issenberg, Boston Globe, Sanders a Growing Force on the Far, Far Left
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 McCurry, Guardian, Anti-whaling boat Ady Gil sinks off Antarctica
1/08/10 Greenhouse, NYT, Unions Oppose Possible Health Insurance Tax
January 7, 2010
1/07/10 Johnson, Baseline Scenario, Hoenig Talks Sense On Casino Banks
January 6, 2010
1/06/10 BBC, Anti-whaling activists accuse Japan fleet of attack
January 5, 2010
1/05/10 BBC, Benn unveils plan to boost UK food and 'grow your own'
January 3, 2010
1/03/10 Hodgson, TruthOut, Escape from Pottersville: Strengthening Banking in the Public Interest
January 1, 2010
1/01/10 CNN, Pope's peace message focuses on environment
December 30, 2009
12/30/09 Littlepage, TruthOut, Report Says ACORN Didn't Commit Voter Fraud or Misuse Federal Funding
12/30/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, What's in Your Wallet?
12/30/09 Al Jazeera, Dutch court to hear Shell case
12/30/09 Rubin & Winton, LAT, Federal court restricts Taser use by police
December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Savage, NYT, Obama Curbs Secrecy of Classified Documents
12/29/09 CNN, Iran's parliament speaker calls for 'harshest punishment'
December 26, 2009
12/26/09 Gallagher, Free Press, Activist Sows Seeds for Farm Co-Op
12/26/09 Mwanangombe, IPS, SANITATION-ZAMBIA: Turning Urine Into Gold
December 19, 2009
12/19/09 Protess, Huffington Post, Barney Frank vs. the Credit Raters
12/19/09 Smith, AP, Fear of violence grows in mountaintop mining fight
December 18, 2009
12/18/09 Applebaum, WP, Kucinich panel to investigate Citigroup tax ruling
December 16, 2009
12/16/09 BBC, Intel being sued for using size to keep out rivals
December 15, 2009
12/15/09 Lustgarten, ProPublica, Colorado Towns Take Extra Measures to Protect Their Water From Gas Drilling
12/15/09 Sparrow, Guardian, Sir Jeremy Greenstock at the Iraq war inquiry - live
December 13, 2009
12/13/09 Valente, IPS, ARGENTINA: Solar Villages Light Up the Andes
12/13/09 CNN, Houston elects first openly gay mayor
12/13/09 BBC, Climate activists condemn Copenhagen police tactics
December 12, 2009
12/12/09 Greenwald, Salon, Major Victory for ACORN and the Constitution
12/12/09 BBC, Iranian men don hijabs in protest at student's arrest
December 11, 2009
12/11/09 McKibben, MoJo, Tuvalu's Army
December 6, 2009
12/06/09 Independent, New Website Helps Shoppers Avoid GMO Foods
12/06/09 Carroll, Guardian, Evo Morales routs rivals to win second term in Bolivian elections
12/06/09 Purvis, Guardian, Wake up and smell the biodynamic coffee
12/06/09 Rosenburg, OpenLeft, Behind the Lies About ACORN
12/06/09 EDIE, Thousands march against climate change
December 5, 2009
12/05/09 Littlepage, TruthOut, Watchdog Group Calls For Senate Ethics Committee to Review "Secret Holds"
12/05/09 BBC, Climate change protests ahead of Copenhagen summit
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 Gonzalez, Uruguay shuffles left
12/04/09 Schmidle, NYT, The Hostage Business
12/04/09 Benno, PSL, Michigan restaurant workers protest wage theft
12/04/09 Christina, ALterNet, Hey Religious Believers, Where's Your Evidence?
November 27, 2009
11/27/09 Guardian, Brazilian president says 'gringos' must pay to protect Amazon
November 26, 2009
11/26/09 Beckett, Guardian, The dark side of the internet
November 24, 2009
11/24/09 Baldauf, CSM, Climate change: Are women the solution?
November 21, 2009
11/21/09 Salazar, IPS, PERU: Fighting Hunger with Native Crops
November 20, 2009
11/20/09 Greer, IntelDaily, How Relocalization Worked
11/20/09 Chitwood, Ledger-Enquirer, SOA Watch Marks 20th Anniversary of Assassinations
11/20/09 Lydersen, ITT, Exhibits of Conscience
November 19, 2009
11/19/09 BBC, US Army blamed for Katrina floods
November 17, 2009
11/17/09 Greenhouse, NYT, Labor Fight Ends in Win for Students
11/17/09 Reuters, U.S. labor group unveils plan to tackle joblessness
11/17/09 Porter, Guardian, From Prague to Berlin, liberty will always owe youth
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Holland, IntelDaily, Why Switzerland Is Still Free and America Is Not
11/13/09 Guardian, Music site for unsigned bands Ooizit finally goes live
11/13/09 Nation, Slide Show: Enemies of Health Reform
11/13/09 Reckard, LAT, Fed Reserve bans most bank overdraft fees
November 12, 2009
11/12/09 AP, MIA dog found in Afghanistan after 14 months
November 10, 2009
11/10/09 EDIE, New rules for pesticide crop spraying
November 9, 2009
11/09/09 Robbins, BBC, Global Poll: Widespread Dissatisfaction with Free-Market Capitalism
November 7, 2009
11/07/09 AP, Computers, records seized at ACORN offices in La.
November 6, 2009
11/06/09 Tankersley, LAT, Senate panel OKs sweeping climate bill
11/06/09 Tarpley, Deep Journal, Webster Tarpley on the CIA convictions in Italy
11/06/09 Stein, Huffington Post, Bernie Sanders Tackles Too Big to Fail in Two Pages
11/06/09 Burkeman, Guardian, Civil unrest has a role in stopping climate change, says Gore
November 5, 2009
11/05/09 Cobb, AlterNet,
11/05/09 Seager, Guardian, Friends of the Earth Attacks Carbon Trading
11/05/09 Margil, Yes, Spokane Considers Community Bill of Rights
11/05/09 Rosen, McClatchy, Senate rejects effort to block civilian trials for 9/11 suspects
November 4, 2009
11/04/09 Vidal, Guardian, African Nations Make a Stand at UN Climate Talks
11/04/09 Bluemink, ADN, Lawsuits have Shell debating Arctic drilling
November 3, 2009
11/03/09 Kransich, Boston Globe, In Fight Over Credit Rules, Elizabeth Warren Wields a Plan
November 2, 2009
11/02/09 Kwenda, IPS, ZIMBABWE: Far From the City's Money, Villagers Barter Again
November 1, 2009
11/01/09 Morris, MoJo, Agents of Climate Change
October 31, 2009
10/31/09 Shapiro, AlterNet, Putting Farm Animal Protection on the Map, One Step at a Time
October 30, 2009
10/30/09 Clark, Guardian, US safety authorities to impose record £52m fine on BP for Texas City failings
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 BBC, Iraq hearings 'must be in public'
10/29/09 Rolbein, BU Today, The Return of Howard Zinn, and Company
10/29/09 Labaton, NYT, F.D.I.C. Chief Criticizes Reform Plan
10/29/09 Farrel, NYT, Plan to Drill on Colorado Plateau Meets Resistance
October 28, 2009
10/28/09 Puzzangherra, LAT, Plan would end taxpayer bailouts for financial firms deemed 'too big to fail'
10/28/09 BBC, Audio slideshow: Ethiopia's water traps
October 27, 2009
10/27/09 Mouawad & Krauss, NYT, Gas Company Won't Drill in New York Watershed
10/27/09 Thomas, KC Star, EBay refuses benefit auction for Roeder
10/27/09 Feffer, FPIF, Lords of Misrule
10/27/09 Campos, FPIF, The Struggle Against Free Trade Continues
October 26, 2009
10/26/09 AFP, New Bill to Make Seizure of US Companies Easier: Report
10/26/09 Johnson, Telegraph, Peaceful Protesters Included on Police Database of 'Domestic Extremists'
10/26/09 Barrionuevo, NYT, Ex-Guerrilla Ahead in Uruguay Vote
October 25, 2009
10/25/09 Labaton, NYT, Trying to Rein in 'Too Big to Fail' Institutions
October 24, 2009
10/24/09 CNN, International Day of Demonstrations on Climate Change
10/24/09 Henry, TimesOnline, Thousands protest over war in Afghanistan
October 23, 2009
10/23/09 Schaill, Nation, Judge Refuses to Dismiss War Crimes Case Against Blackwater
10/23/09 Grist, Groups Use 350's Big Day to Fight Cap-and-Trade
October 22, 2009
10/22/09 Allen, OneWorld, Stop Texting, to Save Lives in Africa
10/22/09 Moore, MichaelMoore, Michael Moore's Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now
October 21, 2009
10/21/09 Margasak, AP, House Bill Would Make Changes in Patriot Act
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 Wheatley, FT, Brazil imposes tax on foreign investments
10/20/09 Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Admiral: I can empty Guantánamo camps in 10 days
October 19, 2009
10/19/09 Levinson, Nation, Overturning DOMA
10/19/09 Toynbee, Guardian, Beware the zealots selling miracle cures of privatisation
October 17, 2009
10/17/09 BBC, 'Toxic waste' report gag lifted
October 14, 2009
10/14/09 Lester, Climate Progress, How to Mobilize to Save Civilization
10/14/09 Clark, Guardian, Bear Stearns duo lied 'over and over again', court hears
10/14/09 Worthington, Judge Confirms Detainee Tortured to Make False Confessions
10/14/09 Weisberg, Nation, ICE Program Under Fire
October 13, 2009
10/13/09 Hamilton, LAT, Trial to begin for two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers
October 11, 2009
10/11/09 Ireland, ITT, The Barney Frank Story
October 10, 2009
10/10/09 Leighton, BBC, Guinea strike call over killings
October 9, 2009
10/09/09 Alingod, AHN, House Gives Final Approval To Hate Crimes Bill
October 7, 2009
10/07/09 Tran, Guardian, Activism Works. Kingsnorth Coal Plant Shelved
10/07/09 Pemberton, AP, Feds give sea otters habitat protection in Alaska
10/07/09 Gibson, ITT, The Politics of Enchantment
10/07/09 Russell, CNN, Recycling facts that may surprise you
October 4, 2009
10/04/09 Nichols, Nation, Bernie Sanders Applies "ACORN Standard" to Defense Contractors
October 3, 2009
10/03/09 Vidal, Guardian. Tilting at windmills
October 2, 2009
10/02/09 Lendman, IntelDaily, Reviewing Project Censored's Latest Top 25 Censored Stories
10/02/09 Drago, IPS, POLITICS: Marching Round the World for Peace
October 1, 2009
10/01/09 Tankersley, LAT, EPA proposes curbs on industrial greenhouse gases
10/01/09 Morgan, Ann Arbor Chron. How to Sustain a Local Economy: From PB&J to Regional Currencies
10/01/09 Wilber, WP, Justice Dept. Ordered to Release Cheney Statements in Plame Case
September 30, 2009
9/30/09 McKinnley, NYT, Plan Outlines Removal of Four Dams on Klamath River
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Shuler, PublicRecord, Whistleblower's Letter to Holder Reveals Corruption in Siegelman Prosecution
9/29/09 Bink, OpenLeft, Societal Challenges for Eco-Conscious Living
9/29/09 Sherman, AP, Ex-Bush Officials Face Lawsuits Over Their Actions
9/29/09 Ferner, IntelDaily, Robocops Come to Pittsburgh
September 28, 2009
9/28/09 Roy, CommonDreams, What Have We Done to Democracy?
9/28/09 Quigley, TruthOut, Street Report From the G20
9/28/09 Krauss & Galbraith, NYT, Exelon to Quit Chamber Over Climate Bill
9/28/09 VIPS, Intelligence Veterans Write to President on Torture
September 27, 2009
9/27/09 AP, Feds Reviewing Humpback Whale Endangered Status
September 26, 2009
9/26/09 Kakesako, Honolulu Star-Tib, Watada Discharged
9/26/09 Dixon, Reuters, More tax cases vs wealthy, U.S. banks
9/26/09 Moraff, ITT, Protesting the G-20 Summit
9/26/09 Democratic Underground, Video: Military arrest at G20 - very scary!
September 25, 2009
9/25/09 BBC, Australia seeks investment limits
9/25/09 BBC, FBI payout for Egyptian over 9/11
9/25/09 Singh, BBC, India's 'green and clean' village
September 24, 2009
9/24/09 FPIF, People's Voices: Challenging the G20's Agenda of Corporate Globalization, September 2009
September 23, 2009
9/23/09 Egelko, SF Chron, Court Rejects Genetically Modified Sugar Beets
9/23/09 Frieden, CNN, Attorney general announces limits on 'state secrets' defense
9/23/09 CNN, ACORN sues filmmakers
9/23/09 Klein, Nation, Naomi Klein in Conversation With Michael Moore
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 Brown, AP, Fed judge says grizzlies still threatened
9/21/09 Bridges, McClatchy, Latin America Pioneers an Anti-Poverty Program That Works
9/21/09 Wired, The Smart List: 12 Shocking Ideas That Could Change the World
September 20, 2009
9/20/09 Al Jazeera, Oil firm 'settles' toxic waste case
September 19, 2009
9/19/09 Savage, NYT, Battle Looms Over the Patriot Act
9/19/09 Tewary, BBC, Meeting India's tree planting guru
9/19/09 BBC, Picutre: Belgian Farmers protest milk prices by dumping 660,000 gallons of milk in fields
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 AFP, US Senators Target Bush-Era Surveillance Laws
9/18/09 Barlow, ITT, Gay Boys in Oil City
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 Gibbs, TimesOnleine, Trafigura offers deal to 31,000 Africans over dumped waste
9/17/09 Tse, WP, Cuomo Subpoenas Bank of America Directors
September 16, 2009
9/16/09 Tankersley, LAT, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to end royalty program that erupted in scandal
9/16/09 Taylor, McClatchy, FBI chief vows to protect terror detainees from rendition
9/16/09 Bluemink, ADN, Native leaders urge developers to consult in villages
September 15, 2009
9/15/09 Reuters, Shell Halts Mining as Activists Protest Oil Sands
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 Reuters, Obama tries to reinvigorate Wall Street reform
9/14/09 Rothschild, Progressive, An Interview with Wendell Potter
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 Leopold, PublicRecord, CIA IG: Zubaydah's Torture Precded John Yoo's Torture Memo
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 Vanden Heuvel, Nation, Resisting Foreclosures
9/12/09 Johar, IPS, MINING-INDIA: Woman Leads Tribals Against World's Steel Maker
September 11, 2009
9/11/09 Schoof, McClatchy, EPA delays 79 permits for Appalachian surface mines
September 10, 2009
9/10/09 Boswell, Canada.com, Environmental Groups Sue to Protect Grand Canyon From Mining
September 8, 2009
9/08/09 Cohen, NYT, Killing Wolves for Fun
September 6, 2009
9/06/09 Jamail, TruthOut, Art as Resistance
9/06/09 Nichols, Nation, Van Jones Exit Isn't Right-Wing Win, It's an Obama Surrender
9/06/09 Corcoran, Irish Times, S Africa Backs Action in US on Firms Linked to Apartheid
September 5, 2009
9/05/09 Appel, IPS, ECONOMY-US: Activists Demand Real Change as Foreclosures Mount
9/05/09 BBC, Hope and rusty guns in Niger Delta
September 4, 2009
9/04/09 CNN, Ashcroft subject to lawsuit by man who cites Justice policies
September 3, 2009
9/03/09 Bello, FPIF, The Virtues of Deglobalization
9/03/09 Arnoldy, CSM, Farmers take to streets as Doha trade talks start in India
September 2, 2009
9/02/09 Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Bin Laden aide's Guantanamo conviction appealed
9/02/09 Murphy, NYT, One Man's Trash ...
9/02/09 Johnson, Guardian, A school for changing the world
September 1, 2009
9/01/09 Dlouhy, SF Chron, EPA to Declare CO2 a Dangerous Pollutant
9/01/09 Allen, Politico, White House Fears Liberal War Pressure
9/01/09 Guardian, 10:10 Campaign
9/01/09 Katz, Guardian, The beauty of 10:10 is that it's both achievable and meaningful
August 31, 2009
8/31/09 Carroll et all, Guardian, Mexico and Argentina move towards decriminalising drugs
8/31/09 Fahrenthold, WP, Environmentalists Slow to Adjust in Climate Debate
8/31/09 reuters, U.S. military ends journalist profiling contract
August 29, 2009
8/29/09 Godoy, IPS, MEXICO: Biological Remedy for Sickened Soil
August 28, 2009
8/28/09 Leopold, TruthOut, US Interrogators Back Torture Probe
8/28/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Health Insurance Exec Admits Her Industry Rations Care: "We Believe In Controlling Utilization"
August 27, 2009
8/27/09 Doyle, McClatchy, Judge challenges executive branch's control of secret acess
August 26, 2009
8/26/09 Ward, Charleston, Protesters in Trees at Massey Mine Site
8/26/09 Scheer, Nation, Remembering the Real Deal - Kennedy
8/26/09 Lightman, McClatchy, Ted Kennedy, last of the legendary brothers, dies
August 25, 2009
8/25/09 Leopold, PublicRecord, Revealed: Docs Describe in Extraordinary Detail Process of 'Rendition,' Torture
8/25/09 Coutts, ProPublica, UBS and the Taxpayers' Hidden Billions
8/25/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Fed Loses Suit Over Lending Programs' Transparency
8/25/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Bernie Sanders Denounces Bernanke Reappointment
8/25/09 Meyer & Miller, LAT, Holder opens investigation into CIA interrogations
August 24, 2009
8/24/09 ACLU, ACLU Obtains Detailed Official Record Of CIA Torture Program (Document Links)
8/24/09 Johnston, NYT, Justice Dept. Report Advises Pursuing CIA Abuse Cases
8/24/09 Hall, Windsor Star, Activists Assail Tar Sands
8/24/09 EDIE, Roscommon communities tackle environmental impact
August 22, 2009
8/22/09 BBC, The vegetable gardeners of Havana
August 21, 2009
8/21/09 Hattersley, Guardian, Rehabilitate the state
August 20, 2009
8/20/09 Fisher, IPS, POLITICS-US: Court Reins in Terror Finance Policy
August 19, 2009
8/19/09 Brown & Allen, Politico, Democratic Investigators Target Health Insurers
8/19/09 Rosenberg, Miami Herald, Judge orders release of Yemeni from Guantanamo
8/19/09 Ohlemacher & Barrett, Miami Herald, UBS to divulge 4,450 account names
August 18, 2009
8/18/09 Singer, NYT, Senator Moves to Block Medical Ghostwriting
8/18/09 Swanson, IntelDaily, Top 50 US War Criminals Who Need to be Prosecuted
8/18/09 Painter, BBC, Bolivians look to ancient farming
August 17, 2009
8/17/09 Ash, TruthOut, Fight for the Public Option
August 16, 2009
8/16/09 Barnard, AP, Tribal effort to fix broken world hinges on condor
August 15, 2009
8/15/09 Friedman, ABCNews, Health Care Stirs Up Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, Customers Boycott Organic Grocery Store
August 13, 2009
8/13/09 WorldFocus, Cambodian monks save remote forests, tree by tree
8/13/09 Taylor, Guardian, China drops Green Dam web filtering system
8/13/09 Tremayne, OpenLeft, Why a Whole Foods Boycott Might Actually Work to Spur Real Health Care Reform
8/13/09 Lydersen, AlterNet, In Illinois, Another Workers' Rebellion Flares Up Against 'Banksters' Greed
8/13/09 Robinson, AlterNet, 7 Ways We Can Fight Back Against the Rising Fascist Threat
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Browning, NYT, UBS and U.S. Report a Deal on Tax Inquiry
8/12/09 Williams, LAT, $500-million settlement reached in suspension of Social Security benefits
8/12/09 CNN, Obama presents 16 with Presidential Medal of Freedom
8/12/09 Hornick & Quajano, CNN, Whistle-blower: Health care industry engaging in PR tactics
August 11, 2009
8/11/09 Demer, ADN, Murkowski: Don't tell lies about the health-care reform bill
8/11/09 video, Sanders Unfiltered: America's Class Crisis
8/11/09 Sehgal, FPIF, Postcard From...Dharamsala
August 10, 2009
8/10/09 Stoddard, Reuters, U.S. religious left wades into healthcare fight
8/10/09 Story, NYT, Judge Attacks Merrill Pre-Merger Bonuses
8/10/09 De Groot, OpenLeft, Oops, Freedomworks Forgot To Censor Its Comments
August 9, 2009
8/09/09 AFP, Holder to Name Prosecutor to Probe CIA Abuses: Report
8/09/09 Leopold, PublicRecord, Nadler Warns Holder Not to Limit Torture Probe to CIA Interrogators
8/09/09 Public Record, Fight Back Against the Health Insurance Industry's Lies
August 8, 2009
8/08/09 Worthington, Public Record, Attorney: Military Commissions "A Catastrophic Failure"
8/08/09 Christenson, Charlotte News&observer, Hundreds picket over health-care plan
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 Fisher, IPS, Rights Groups Appeal For UN Investigation of Rendition
8/07/09 Pawlaczk & Hundsdorfer, BND, Hundreds call governor's office concerning conditions at Tamms prison
August 2, 2009
8/02/09 Hauser, NYT, Malaysia Cracks Down on Protests
July 31, 2009
7/31/09 AFP, Pfizer, Nigeria Sign $75 Mln Settlement in Drug Suit: Official
7/31/09 Mayer, Chicago Tribune, Rove: Nothing Wrong With US Attorney Firings
7/31/09 Bohn, CNN, Fired U.S. attorney gets second chance
7/31/09 Bourdreau & Bronstein, CNN, Take back KBR bonuses, senators urge Pentagon
7/31/09 BBC, Obituary: Corazon Aquino
July 30, 2009
7/30/09 AP, Senate Passes Energy Bill That Kills Yucca Facility
7/30/09 Reuters, U.S. judge orders Guantanamo prisoner released
7/30/09 Katz, NPR, Senate Subpoenas Banks Over Subprime Mortgages
7/30/09 Boggs, ITT, Love and Revolution
July 29, 2009
7/27/09 Swanson, After Downing Street, Nine More Go to Jail for Single Payer
7/29/09 Hari, Independent, We've Forgotten the Force Which Really Drives Political Change
7/29/09 Coulter, Burlington Mass., Can the Buck Stop Here?: Supporting the Local Economy
7/29/09 EDIE, City becomes 'living laboratory' to tackle climate change
July 28, 2009
7/28/09 Dennis, WP, Small Banks at Center of Overhaul Debate
July 26, 2009
7/26/09 Fiore & Levey, LAT, Ted Kennedy is making a final press for universal healthcare, from his sickbed
July 23, 2009
7/23/09 LAT, White House releases list of health executive visitors
July 22, 2009
7/22/09 Charlton, AP, Workers lock up execs in new French 'bossnappings'
July 21, 2009
7/21/09 Singel, Wired, Group Plans Lawsuit To Unveil the CIA's 'Pentagon Papers'
July 20, 2009
7/20/09 Tang, ITT, Your Crap, Our Compost
7/20/09 Doyle, McClatchy, Judge Accuses CIA Officials of Fraud, Unseals Secret Files
7/20/09 BBC, Tuvalu vows to go carbon neutral
7/20/09 Vozella, Baltimore Sun, City Farming Becomes a Social Cause
July 18, 2009
7/18/09 Branigan, Guardian, Chinese security forces admit shooting dead 12 Uighur rioters
7/18/09 BBC, Chechnya's dissenting voice silenced
July 17, 2009
7/17/09 Scahill, RebelReports, House Intelligence Committee Announces Official Investigation Into Assassination Program
7/17/09 Nichols, Nation, A Real Win for Single-Payer Advocates
7/17/09 Appelbaum, WP, Lawmakers Blast Paulson For His Response to Crisis
7/17/09 Kane, WP, House Will Investigate CIA's Handling of Canceled Program
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
July 15, 2009
7/15/09 Meeropol, AlterNet, The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: The Most Dangerous Domestic Terror Law You've Never Heard Of
7/15/09 Pickler, AP, Justice Agrees to Exclude Detainee's Confession
July 12, 2009
7/12/09 Johnson, WP, Probe of Alleged Torture Weighed
7/12/09 Desai & Roberts, AlterNet, Young People of Color Are Rising Up Against Military Recruiters
7/12/09 Hanrahan, BBC, Czechoslovak dissidents' mental resistance
July 11, 2009
7/11/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Empowering A Progressive Movement-A Web-Based Tool For Bottom-Up Self-Organizing
July 10, 2009
7/10/09 BBC, SA miners hold bosses underground
July 9, 2009
7/09/09 Mistillis, FPIF, Niger Delta Standoff
July 8, 2009
7/08/09 Bello, FPIF, Keynes: A Man for this Season?
7/08/09 Vanden Heuval, Nation, Real Health, Real Reform
July 7, 2009
7/07/09 Miller, PSL, Federal judge allows 'first of its kind' lawsuit against Wells Fargo bank to proceed
7/07/09 BBC, Pope calls for ethical dimension to global capitalism
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 Fox, ITT, Budgets by the People
7/06/09 Sack, NYT, Health Co-op Offers Model for Overhaul
7/06/09 Abdullah, McClatchy, Mine safety advocates praise Obama's choice to lead agency
July 5, 2009
7/05/09 Seager, Observer, Costa Rica is World's Greenest, Happiest Country
July 3, 2009
7/03/09 Moran, Times Online, Footage of last ever Michael Jackson rehearsal released
7/03/09 Woodall, Reuters, Los Angeles Will End Use of Coal-Fired Power
7/03/09 Zinn, Progressive, Untold Truths About the American Revolution
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Hecht, SacBee, In S.F., thou shalt compost: It's the law
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Rothberg, Nation, Defining Patriotism
June 30, 2009
6/30/09 Notte, Boston Herald, Crosby, Stills, and Nash have a lot to say to the next generation
6/30/09 Brociner, ITT, Progressive Blind Spots
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 BBC, New Bangladesh textile protests
June 28, 2009
6/28/09 Lydersen, ITT, The Legacy Lives On
6/28/09 BBC, Argentine army in torture ruling
June 27, 2009
6/27/09 Hren, AlterNet, Save Money By Saving Rainwater
6/27/09 Franklin, AP, Stonewall rebel reflects 40 years after NYC riots
6/27/09 Doulkes, BBC, Red Cross marks battle anniversary
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 WorldFocus, Cuba provides free health care without the worry
6/26/09 Rizvi, IPS, ECONOMY: "Patching Up Bretton Woods Makes No Sense"
6/26/09 Tomkins, ITT, Small Towns vs. Nestle
6/26/09 Monbiot, Guardian, Why do we allow the US to act like a failed state on climate change?
June 25, 2009
6/26/09 AFP, Author Naomi Klein Calls for Boycott of Israel
6/25/09 Chevez, Lexington Herald-Leader, Report: Coal industry costs state government
6/25/09 Goyette & Daniel, Miami Herald, South Floridians sneak Iranians past Web censors
June 24, 2009
6/24/09 Stiglitz, Nation, A Global Recovery for a Global Recession
6/24/09 Fisher, PSL, An important victory for the Indigenous of Peru
June 23, 2009
6/23/09 Thomas, ITT, All-American Squatters
6/23/09 Duffy, BBC, Amazon bill controversy in Brazil
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 Brown, ITT, SEIU Fights Banks Over Bonuses
6/22/09 Brown, ITT, SEIU Fights Banks Over Bonuses
6/22/09 EDIE, Government comes under fire on clean coal
6/22/09 BBC, Refinery sackings spark walkouts
June 20, 2009
6/20/09 Salatin, AlterNet, Taking Down the Corporate Food System Is Simple
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Johnson, WP, Report on Bush Policy May Come In 'Weeks'
June 16, 2009
6/16/09 Valencia & Slack, Boston Globe, State suspends weapons program
6/16/09 Williams, LAT, Exxon must pay $480 million in interest over Valdez oil tanker spill
6/16/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, Obama targets US public with call for climate action
6/16/09 Guardian, Honeybees create a buzz at Kew year after they were wiped out by disease
6/16/09 BBC, Indian and Pakistani leaders meet
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 Hurdle, Reuters, Pennsylvania Town Fights Big Coal on Mining Rights
6/15/09 Ireland, ITT, The Real History of a Radical
June 14, 2009
6/14/09 Smiley, Miami Herald, Knight Foundation sets aside $15 million for investigative reporting
6/14/09 Costantini, IPS, Unions and Migrant Workers Coalesce from Coast to Coast
6/14/09 Lightman, McClatchy, Congress will pass war spending, but not without fight over photos
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Egelko, SF Chron, Judge: Ex-Bush Lawyer Can be Sued Over Torture
6/13/09 Estrada, IPS, CHILE: Mixed Reception for Indigenous Protection Code
6/13/09 Feingold, Progressive, Feingold Expresses "Concern" that Obama May Now Endorse Warrantless Wiretapping
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Morris, Guardian, Farm gives hope to UK flora and fauna
6/12/09 Kachere, IPS, ENVIRONMENT-ZIMBABWE: Farmers Go to War Against Lantana Camara
6/12/09 Tejpar, CNN, Recycled homes, one box at a time
6/12/09 BBC, Environment fears halt China dams
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 Carter, Yes!, Are Small Banks America's Next Cash Crop?
6/11/09 Parr, IPS, RIGHTS-US: Death Row Case Embodies Systemic Flaws, Critics Say
June 10, 2009
6/10/09 Corn, MoJo, Will Senate Torture Probe Target Cheney?
June 9, 2009
6/09/9 Goodman, DemocracyNow, Bernie Sanders and Nurses Tell Obama: Embrace Single-Payer Health Care
6/09/09 Vidal, Guardian, Shell settlement with Ogoni people stops short of full justice
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Ross, IntelDaily, Two "School of Americas" Generals Charged In Crimes In Colombia
6/08/09 BBC, Shell settles Nigeria deaths case
6/08/09 Constantini, IPS, LABOUR-US: Unions Embrace Street Corner Solidarity
June 6, 2009
6/06/09 Allen, OneWorld, Ethnic Media Reaching Record Numbers in U.S.
June 5, 2009
6/05/09 Werner, AP, Kennedy Bill Would Make Employers Provide Care
June 4, 2009
6/04/09 Al Jazeera, The Power of Microfinance
June 2, 2009
6/02/09 AFP, US Must Release Guantanamo Evidence: Judge
May 30, 2009
5/30/09 Holland, AlterNet, The Results Are In: Americans Are Now More Closely Aligned With Progressive Ideas Than at Any Time in Memory
5/30/09 Heller, OpenLeft, Ex-Interrogators Are Mad as Hell About Torture, and They're Not Gonna Take Cheney Anymore
5/30/09 Cardinale, IPS, DEVELOPMENT: Local Currencies Really Can Buy Happiness
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 CNN, 'Crazy Turtle Woman' transforms graveyard into maternity ward
May 28, 2009
5/28/09 Scahill, Rebel Reports, After Gen. Taguba Alleges Existence of Prisoner Rape Photos, Robert Gibbs Attacks. . . British Media
May 26, 2009
5/26/09 BBC, China farmers raid police station
May 25, 2009
5/25/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, CIA Backtracks On Reasons For Withholding Docs in Torture Tapes Case
5/25/09 BBC, Singer Boyle reaches Talent final
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Whitlock, WP, Spain's Judges Cross Borders in Rights Cases
5/24/09 Al Jazeera, Pakistanis protest Swat offensive
5/24/09 BBC, World Bank warns of social unrest
May 23, 2009
5/23/09 Painter, BBC, Chile faces climate change challenge
May 22, 2009
5/22/09 Feingold, Progressive, Feingold to Obama: Preventing Detention "Likely Unconstitutional."
5/22/09 Gard, ITT, The Aspiration of Global Zero
5/22/09 BBC, Morales in 'new liberation' plea
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Michel & Grabel, ProPublica, How to Run a Background Check on Companies Awarded Stimulus Contracts
5/21/09 Ashby & Hawking, ITT, Prairie Fire
5/21/09 Douzinas, Guardian, Does the left still care about liberty?
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Lakoff, Alternet, How We Talk About the Environment Has Everything to Do with Whether We'll Save It
May 19, 2009
5/19/09 Feffer, FPIF, Quaker Utopias
5/19/09 Biggers, AlterNet, Dear Mr. President: Declare August 3rd as Armistice Day in the Appalachian Coalfields
5/19/09 BBC, Obama to curb vehicle emissions
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Reuters, U.S. to propose most aggressive auto fuel standards
5/18/09 IntelDaily, Broad Coalition Of Groups Files Disciplinary Complaints Against Twelve Bush Administration Lawyers Who Advocated Torture Of Detainees
5/18/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Obama and the Right Wing vs. the ACLU and Human Rights Groups (Again)
5/18/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Spanish Investigation Reveals 'An Approved Systematic Plan of Torture' Under Bush
May 16, 2009
5/16/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, Obama Nominates Leading Peace Activist To Top Pentagon Post
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Marquez, IPS, Shootings of Unionists Continue Unabated
5/15/09 Watts, Guardian, Young animal activists challenge Chinese culture
5/15/09 Marson, CSM, Ukraine's economic straits raise worries about radicalism
May 14, 2009
5/14/09 Gelzer, TruthOut, Lt. Ehren Watada Wins Victory; Legal Limbo Continues
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Nation, Ten Things You Can Do to Fight World Hunger
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 CNN, ACLU sues over patents on breast cancer genes
5/12/09 Jakes, AP, Tillman's parents want general's record reviewed
5/12/09 Feffer, FPIF, Cities Can Save the Earth
May 11, 2009
5/11/09 Segal, NYT, We're Dull, Small Banks Say, but Have Profits
May 10, 2009
5/10/09 Anqvi, AP, Yet another Gandhi rises in Indian politics
May 8, 2009
5/08/09 BBC, Chavez extends state oil industry
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 sTEIN, mOjO, Meet K Street's Worst Nightmare
5/07/09 Hayes, Mercury News, Harvesting the Rain: An Old Idea Takes on New Life
5/07/09 Cohn, Nation, Stanford Antiwar Alumni, Students Call for Condi War Crimes Probe
May 6, 2009
5/06/09 Scahill, RebelReports, A Response to Those Who Say Don't Prosecute Bush's Torture Lawyers
May 5, 2009
5/05/09 Brand, AP, EU takes aim at Canada, bans seal products
5/05/09 Mulholland, Guardian, Home Office 'names and shames' 16 people banned from UK
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 IPS, SRI LANKA: In Honour of Slain Editor, They Keep Writing
5/02/09 Pope, Times, Mission to Break up Pacific Island of Rubbish Twice the Size of Texas
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 RebelReports, Rice defends torture - video
5/02/09 Wides-Munoz, AP, Immigrants push for reforms at rallies nationwide
5/02/09 Al Jazeera, Morales nationalises fuel supplier
5/02/09 Boyles & Bremmer, Times Online, Riot police working overtime as unions and anarchists link arms for May Day
May 1, 2009
5/01/09 Rothberg, Nation, Pete Seeger at 90
5/01/09 Saltmarsh, NYT, Anger and Fear Fuel May Day Europe Protests
5/01/09 Arrieta, ITT, An Inconvenient Woman
5/01/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, Torture Flight Lawsuit Against Boeing Subsidiary Reinstated by U.S. Appeals Court
5/01/09 Taylor, Guardian, Campaigners monitored by civil servants
April 30, 2009
4/30/09 Pearce, Guardian, Greenwash: Fujitsu's green laptop costs the earth
4/30/09 Karimi, CNN, Kenyan women ban sex over political reform
4/30/09 Marquand, CSM, Spanish judge opens Guantánamo investigation
April 29, 2009
4/29/09 Stack, CSM, US court allows rendition lawsuit against CIA contractor
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 Mead, Lexington Herald, Obama plans to enforce mining limits
4/28/09 Cole, LAT, Congress members arrested in Darfur protest
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Rascoe, Reuters, US Seeks to End Bush Mountaintop Coal Mining Rule
April 26, 2009
4/26/09 Hutton, Guardian, Britain's no longer a world power, so let's be a better, fairer nation
April 25, 2009
4/25/09 Glock, IPS, TECHNOLOGY-BRAZIL: E-Waste Can Produce Marvels
April 24, 2009
4/24/09 Schild, Daily Vidette, Beehive Design Collective Shares Stories of Activists
4/24/09 Foderaro, NYT, Anonymous Donor Gives Millions to Colleges
4/24/09 BBC, Gray whales granted rare reprieve
April 23, 2009
4/23/09 Barrett, AP, Holder Won't Selectively Release Terror Memos
April 21, 2009
4/21/09 Schwartz, NYT, Civil Lawsuit Over Katrina Begins
4/21/09 Fimrite, SF Chron, Gore: 2009 Turning Point in Environment Battle
April 19, 2009
4/19/09 BBC, CIA torture exemption 'illegal' ... The Obama approach to interrogation (1/29/09)
April 18, 2009
4/18/09 Mercer, BBC, Tasmania's wombat poo paper a hit
April 17, 2009
4/17/09 Levin, CNN, Downtown Atlanta recycles self into a Zero Waste Zone
4/17/09 BBC, G20 death was not heart attack
4/17/09 England, BBC, HK students debate Tiananmen legacy
4/17/09 ITT, Prometheus Radio Project
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Eilperin, WP, EPA Will Mandate Tests On Pesticide Chemicals
4/16/09 Reuters, Bush-era memo saw no-long term waterboarding harm
4/16/09 CNN, Obama unveils high-speed passenger rail plan
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 Keen, USA Today, Economic survivalists take root
4/15/09 SI, Xinhua, Strikes spread worldwide amid global economic downturn
4/15/09 BBC, Blockades halt channel crossings
April 14, 2009
4/14/09 Horton, Daily Beast, The Bush Six to Be Indicted
4/14/09 BBC, Germany Bans Monsanto's GM Maize
April 13, 2009
4/13/09 BBC, Activists thwart Japan whale hunt
4/13/09 PSL, Socialism 101
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 IntelDaily, Local US currency strengthens community
4/10/09 Hobsbawm, Guardian, Socialism has failed. Now capitalism is bankrupt. So what comes next?
4/10/09 Viera, IPS, RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: Fact-Finding Mission "Shocked"
4/10/09 Pilkington, Guardian, CIA chief Leon Panetta orders closure of secret rendition sites
4/10/09 BBC, Georgians plan mass disobedience
April 9, 2009
4/09/09 Benson, CNN, CIA bars contractors from doing interrogations
4/09/09 Sarno, LAT, FCC seeks comments on national broadband plan
4/09/09 Black, BBC, Prize for 'Sun in the box' cooker
April 5, 2009
4/05/09 Wesolowsky, CSM, Obama lays out steps for a nuclear free world
4/05/09 Mathiason, Guardian, Shell in court over alleged role in Nigeria executions
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 Pupovac, ITT, Same-Sex Marriage in the Heartland
4/03/09 EDIE, Climate change action plan created
4/03/09 Miller, PSL, Thousands take to streets of Sydney to support Tamil struggle
4/03/09 IntelDaily, Civil Unrest, Ghost Malls, and Another American Revolution
4/03/09 Sanders, ITT, Do-It-Yourself Governance
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 BBC, Foreign detainees 'have US right'
4/02/09 Freston, AlterNet, The Startling Effects of Going Vegetarian for Just One Day
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 van Gelder, Yes!, 8 Ways to Join the Local Food Movement
4/01/09 Seeyle, NYT, Jury Gets Case of Fired Professor
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Hindery & Riegle, MoJo, An End to False Globalization
3/31/09 Searle, Guardian, Whitechapel Gallery reopens with Picasso and anthrax
3/31/09 Grieder, AlterNet, A Scary Corporate Coup Is Under Way -- We've Got to Stop It
3/31/09 Wintour et al, Guardian, Climate Change Experts Call on G20 Members to Commit to Action
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 Baseline Scenario, Structured Finance for Beginners
3/30/09 Fountain, NYT, Concrete Is Remixed With Environment in Mind
3/30/09 Doyle, McClatchy, Obama signs massive wilderness bill
3/30/09 Bleifus, ITT, To Boycott Israel...or Not?
3/30/09 Bradlow, FPIF, Fixing the IMF
March 29, 2009
3/29/09 Ford, CNN, Can the West cultivate ideas from Cuba's 'Special Period'?
3/29/09 Borger & Fuchs, Guardian, Spanish judge to hear torture case against six Bush officials
3/29/09 McVeigh & Lewis, Guardian, The 'revolution' starts here as 35,000 pack the G20 march
3/29/09 CNN, Lights go out across planet for Earth Hour
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 Lewis et al, Guardian, G20 protests: Cry havoc - and let slip a rainbow alliance of summit protesters
3/28/09 Stone & Richtel, NYT, Forging a Hot Link to the Farmer Who Grows the Food
3/28/09 Bourne, TimesOnline, G20 protests begin with wet march through London
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 AP, Jury finds Kansas doctor not guilty in abortion case
3/27/09 Rousseau, AP, Lights out in 84 countries for Earth Hour 2009
3/27/09 Fram, AP, The Influence Game: Obama limits stimulus lobbying
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 Ferraro, Reuters, Senate votes to expand U.S. public service
3/26/09 Fiore, MoJo, Leverage Me Tender
3/26/09 Taibbi, AlterNet, AIG Exec Whines About Public Anger, and Now We're Supposed to Pity Him? Yeah, Right
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Wolff, AlterNet, Do the Secret Bush Memos Amount to Treason? Top Constitutional Scholar Says Yes
3/25/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Populist Caucus Organizes Around Trade and Globalization
3/25/09 Trueman, OpenLeft, Fedco Seeds: The David To Monsanto's Goliath
3/25/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Cheney War Crimes: Just Look at the Statute
3/25/09 Mead, Kentucky.com, EPA signals mining crackdown
3/25/09 Simon, LAT, Feinstein wants desert swath off-limits to solar, wind projects
March 24, 2009
3/24/09 Haynes, WP, Senate to Consider Relief for Credit Card Holders
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 Stewart & Elliott, Observer, World Bank: G20 Warned Unrest Will Sweep Globe
3/22/09 BBC, Tibetan monks 'held after riot'
3/22/09 Isikoff & Hosenball, Newsweek, Coming Soon: Declassified Bush-Era Torture Memos
March 20, 2009
3/18/09 Adam, Guardian, Leading Climate Scientist: "Democratic Process Isn't Working"
3/20/09 BBC, Argentine farmers in food strike
3/20/09 Hencke, Guardian, Intelligence Made It Clear Saddam Was Not a Threat, Diplomat Tells MPs
3/20/09 BBC, Nazi trial letters open to public
March 19, 2009
3/19/09 Saltmarsh & Jolly, NYT, Workers Protest Across France
3/19/09 Selsky, Yahoo, Ex-Bush admin official: Many at Gitmo are innocent
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 DiNovella, Progressive, A New Day for El Salvador
3/18/09 CNN, New Mexico governor repeals death penalty in state
3/18/09 Delasantellis, Asia Times, Justice on Comedy Central
March 17, 2009
3/17/09 Grabell, ProPublica, Contracting Fraud: A Glossary
3/17/09 Gibbs, BBC, El Salvador rebels in from the cold
March 16, 2009
3/16/09 Ria-Novosti, Ex-Marxist guerrilla party candidate wins El Salvador polls
3/16/09 Annan, Guardian, A message from Africa
3/16/09 Renner, Truthout, Dr. Ravi Batra: New Thinking on the Economy
March 15, 2009
3/15/09 Faul, AP, Women in Congo Speak Out about Rape Despite Taboo
3/15/09 Carroll, Guardian, Now Coca-Cola feels force of Chavez' colourful revolution
3/15/09 BBC, Bolivia leader redistributes land
March 14, 2009
3/14/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism--A Roadmap For Current Debates
3/14/09 Holland, NYT, Is It Time to Retrain B-Schools?
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 CNN, Stewart slings barbs face-to-face with Cramer
3/13/09 Harvey, BBC, Papua's struggle for independence
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 Savan, Nation, Stewart Asks Cramer: "Where's the D'Oh!"
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Bunkley, NYT, U.A.W. Deal Cuts Hourly Rate to $55
3/11/09 Stein, MoJo, Obama's Progressive Treasury Pick
3/11/09 Eyal, Nation, The Perfect Storm
3/11/09 EDIE, Master Classes: Landfill Gas, Lechate & Groundwater
3/11/09 Appel, IPS, CORRUPTION-US: Homeowner Rip-Offs Spark Scores of Lawsuits
3/11/09 Birnbaum, Nation, The Half-Forgotten Prophet: C. Wright Mills
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 Byron, CNN, U.N. report: Forestry can create 10 million jobs
3/10/09 Sell, McClatchy, UN Report Says US Rendition Policy Broke International Law
3/10/09 Gupta, Huffington Post, The Change We Need I: A Bank for America
3/10/09 Becker, PSL, Capitalism: a system of mass destruction
3/10/09 AP, Activists Set to Defy Ban on WVa Mining Protests
3/10/09 Nebehay, Reuters, U.S. allies told to review role in secret renditions
3/10/09 McDonnell, Guardian, Time for a new People's Charter
March 9, 2009
3/09/09 BBC, In pictures: Mindanao conflict
March 8, 2009
3/08/09 Reuters, Protesters target U.S. foreclosed-homes auctioneer
3/08/09 Savage & Shane, NYT, Terror-War Fallout Lingers Over Bush Lawyers
March 7, 2009
3/07/09 Olemacher, AP, IRS dumps private debt collectors, shifts pendulum
3/07/09 BBC, Police break up Malaysia protest
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Liptak, NYT, Justices Erase Ruling That Allowed Detention
3/06/09 Messina, CMS, Icelanders knit crafty response to global crisis
March 5, 2009
3/05/09 Barry, Wired, Swedish Solar Car Runs on Fool's Gold
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Jewitt, ProPublica, Report: Cons, Convicts and Government Contractors
3/04/09 Ehrenreich & Fletcher, Nation, Reimagining Socialism
3/04/09 CNN, Chavez orders nationalization of Cargill
3/04/09 BBC, Warrant issued for Sudan's leader
March 3, 2009
3/03/09 CNN, Obama overturns Bush endangered species rule
3/03/09 Mikkelsen, Reuters, Bush-era memos saw rights limits in U.S. terror war
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 Reuters, U.S. government calls "waterboarding" torture
3/02/09 Wilson, NYT, Harvard Medical School in Ethics Quandary
3/02/09 Lee, Indypendent, Thousands of Youth Demand New Climate Change Policy
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Wallace, MoJo, Consumer Retorts: Fair Trade Coffee
3/01/09 Trujillo, BBC, The Amazon's most ardent protector
3/01/09 Sack, NYT, Outside Atlanta, a Utopia Rises
February 28, 2009
2/28/09 Fisher, PSL, Irish workers take to the streets to protect jobs and wages
2/28/09 Babington, AP, Obama Tells Powerful Lobbies: Bring It On
2/28/09 Rowlatt, BBC, Ethical Man's guide to making a fortune in a low-carbon world
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 Sheridan & Harris, WP, D.C. Voting Measure Clears The Senate
2/27/09 BBC, US detainee 'on terror charges'
February 26, 2009
2/26/09 McGee, Star-Telegram, Bill offers leeway on deportations
2/26/09 MoJo, Factcheck, Mate
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Flood & Irvine, Guardian, Outstanding 'complexity' wins Naomi Klein 50,000(pnd) inaugural Warwick prize
2/25/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, David Sirota For MSNBC!
2/25/09 Moberg, ITT, SEIU Split Widens
2/25/09 CNN, Banker in Obama speech recognized for his generosity
February 24, 2009
2/24/09 Fouche, Guardian, UK supermarkets protest against Iceland's whaling quota increase
February 23, 2009
2/23/09 Naiman, Truthout, Guadeloupe Strikes: A Warning to Obama?
2/23/09 Reuters, UAW and Ford reach deal over retiree health care
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/23/network-coal-burning-protest-washington">Why I'll get arrested to stop the burning of coal
2/23/09 Stone, IntelDaily, FBI Arrests Four Animal Rights Activists, Claims "Terrorism"
2/23/09 Ross, IntelDaily, A Dozen Books For Americans That Tell It Like It Is
February 21, 2009
2/21/09 BBC, Huge protest over Irish economy
2/21/09 Heller, OpenLeft, Forcing Burger King to Backtrack on Employee Free Choice
2/21/09 Morgenson, NYT, After Losses, a Move to Reclaim Executives' Pay
February 20, 2009
2/20/09 Redman, FPIF, Postcard From...Belém
2/20/09 Sirota, Open Left, Market Populism vs. Grassroots Populism - Which Side Are You On?
2/20/09 GW Blog, The Next Big Thing: Barter
2/20/09 Talvi, ITT, Our Town vs. Exxon
February 19, 2009
2/19/09 Frieden, CNN, Holder: U.S. a 'nation of cowards' on race discussions
2/19/09 Sutter, CNN, Volunteers, scientists guard endangered whales
February 18, 2009
2/18/09 AL Jazeera, Violent protests hit French island
2/18/09 Guha & Lucer, Financial Times, Greenspan backs nationalisation (or here)
2/18/09 Machtinger, ITT, You Say You Want a Revolution
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 Santos, NYT, Resisting Home Evictions Becomes a Group Effort
February 16, 2009
2/16/09 Leopold, IntelDaily, DOJ Probe on Yoo Torture Memos 'Damning,' Senators Demand Answers
February 13, 2009
2/13/09 Lef & Dobnick, AP, Gay Couples Protest at Marriage Bureaus Across US
2/13/09 Ruder, IntelDaily, Revolt is in the air: Countries across Europe in turmoil
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 Williams, Boston Globe, Bills Would Limit Use of 'State Secrets'
2/12/09 Lydersen, ITT, In Mexico, Resistance is Utile
2/12/09 Jha, Guardian, UK government announces green makeover for every home by 2030
February 11, 2009
2/11/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Nationalize the Banks
2/11/09 Pearlstein, WP, Big Lessons in Finance From a Little Bank You've Never Heard Of
February 10, 2009
2/10/09 WW4 Report, Eco-militant gets 21 years; violent racists half that
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 Reid, Global Monitor, Support for Private Medicine Wanes in U.S.
2/09/09 GW's Blog, WTO Chief Joins Others in Warning of Crash-Induced Unrest
February 8, 2009
2/08/09 Solnit, TomDispatch, The Icelandic Volcano Erupts
2/08/09 USA TOday, New anticapitalist party born in France
2/08/09 Groves, LAT, Obama poster artist Shepard Fairey is arrested on tagging charges
February 7, 2009
2/07/09 Cronin, IPS, TRADE: South Africa in Growing Conflict With EU
2/07/09 CNN, 23 killed at Madagascar protest
2/07/09 BBC, New Bolivia constitution in force
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Stiglitz, Deutche Welle, Joseph Stiglitz: Nationalized Banks Are "Only Answer"
2/06/09 Taylor, Belingham Herald, Army deserter deported from Canada, placed in Whatcom County Jail
2/06/09 Loy, ADN, Council outlaws Arctic fisheries
2/06/09 Sanders, ITT, The Failed Prophet
2/06/09 BBC, Alternative views of the economic crisis
February 5, 2009
2/05/09 Douglas, ITT, The Dragon We Must Slay
2/05/09 Martin, Utne Reader, The People's Professor: Community Education Goes Ivy League
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 Klein, Nation, All of Them Must Go
2/04/09 Younglai & Wutkowski, Reuters, Madoff whistleblower blasts SEC's shortcomings
2/04/09 Zeller, NYT, A Tough Week for Coal
2/04/09 Fox, ITT, This Land Is Their Land
February 3, 2009
2/03/09 CNN, Habitat for Humanity founder dies
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Grant, BBC, A tale of two Venezuelas
2/02/09 TimesOnline, Whalers attacked us with 'sound guns' claim conservationists
2/02/09 Kirk, IPS, WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Resolution and a Plan of Action
2/29/09 Harrabin, BBC, 'Green' gas could help heat homes
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 Al Jazeera, Icelanders agree on new government
2/01/09 Fisher, PSL, More than two million protest anti-worker policies in France
2/01/09 Grudgings, Reuters, Leftist Forum Ends in Amazon; Capitalism Seen Dying
2/01/09 Gustavo Capdevila interviews academic ALAIN BIHR, IPS, Q&A: Crisis Could Lead to 'Revolutionary Change'
January 31, 2009
1/31/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, The Utterly Innocent At Guantanamo
1/31/09 BBC, Thousands protest in Russian east
January 30, 2009
1/30/09 Buskirk, Wired, LimeWire Creator Brings Open-Source Approach to Urban Planning
1/30/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Bernie Sanders Demands Investigation of Banks
January 29, 2009
1/29/09 Seward, AP, Nationwide French strike shuts trains, subways
1/29/09 Umanski, ProPublica, Missing Memos: Take A Look Yourself ... List
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 Lee, ProPublica, Bush's Secret Counterterrorism Law Book--and the Demands to Release It
1/28/09 Nguyen & Weaver, ProPublica, The Missing Memos
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 CNN, House passes act to make pay-discrimination suits easier
1/27/09 Kinver, BBC, UK gets biofuels research centre
January 26, 2009
1/26/09 Crabtree, The Hill, Conyers Subpoenas Rove
January 24, 2009
1/24/09 Wolf, Times Online, Obama pricks America's bubble of denial
1/24/09 Greenwell, WP, Activists Seek New ways to Get Food to 35 Million
1/24/09 IHT, Iceland's political scene melting
1/24/09 Watt, Guardian, ITV to air Gaza aid appeal as pressure mounts on BBC
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Zetter, Wired, NSA Whistleblower: Wiretaps Were Combined With Credit Card Records of US Citizens
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 CNN, Obama signs executive order to close Guantanamo Bay
1/22/09 Ehrenreich, Nation, Foreclosure Fightback
1/22/09 Goldsmith, McClatchy, FTC urges Wachovia customers to cash checks
1/22/09 Abrams, AP, Senate Passes Wage Discrimination Bill
1/22/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Maryland Legislators Introduce Bill to Ban Police Spying
1/22/09 Ehrenreich, Nation, Foreclosure Fightback
1/22/09 Barber, Nation, A Revolution in Spirit
1/22/09 BBC, White House plans open government
January 21, 2009
1/21/09 LeFleur, ProPublica, Obama Begins Rollback of Bush-Era Secrecy
1/21/09 LeFleur, ProPublica, Obama Reverses Bush Executive Privilege Claim Over Documents
1/21/09 BBC, Obama plea stops Guantanamo trial
January 20, 2009
1/20/09 Gantz, ITT, Mo' Power for Low Power
1/20/09 Lundberg, IntelDaily, Peak-oil activist approach for the coming change in culture
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 Boxun, Press Freedom Award Announced
1/19/09 Malveaux, CNN, Sources: Obama may quickly reverse abortion policy
1/19/09 BBC, Ex-rebels lead El Salvador poll
January 18, 2009
1/18/09 IntelDaily, George Bush is a genius (Video and Transcript)
1/18/09 Cook, ITT, Contemplating King's Legacy
1/18/09 Sammon, FOX news, Pelosi Open to Prosecution of Bush Administration Officials
January 17, 2009
1/17/09 Luban, IPS, MIDEAST: U.S. Jewish Peace Lobby Isolated on Gaza
January 16, 2009
1/17/09 Collins, IntelDaily, Feds Drop Case Against Accused Iraqi Agent
January 14, 2009
1/14/09 Al Jazeera, Bolivia cuts Israel ties over Gaza
1/14/09 Smith, WP, Judge Orders Search of Administration Appointees' E-Mails
1/14/09 Schenwar, Truthout, Congress Aims to Take Back Constitutional War Powers
1/14/09 IntelDaily, Greece hinders US arms delivery to Israel
January 11, 2009
1/11/09 Bauwens, CNN, MIDEAST: Some Israelis Cry Out for Peace
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 Wahlstrom, OneWorld, Rights Groups Condemn US Role in Gaza Conflict
1/10/09 Hinsliff, Guardian, Labour's new blog courts best of the left on the web
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Sirota, ITT, Mind the Gap
January 7, 2009
1/07/09 Nation, Your Guide to the Nation
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Black, BBC, US vows 'huge' marine protection
1/06/09 Galbraith, NYT, Regulators Push Energy Efficiency for TVs
January 5, 2009
1/05/09 Kravetz, Wired, Judge: 'Sufficient Facts' Exist That U.S. Spied on Islamic Charity Lawyers
January 3, 2009
1/03/09 Schweimler, BBC, Che's spirit burns on in Latin America
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 Rice, Guardian, Three million customers and still counting: the bank getting rich by helping the poor
1/02/09 Harlow, CSM, Adoptive parents visit Guatemala to give back
January 1, 2009
1/01/09 BBC, Anti-apartheid icon Suzman dies