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Is New Orleans Really Ready for Gustav?
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 8:00pm EDT by Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor
As Gustav bears down, the greatest threat is the potential for a 20-foot storm surge that could overtop the region's vast fortifications. -
Despite Campaign Spin, McCain Would Be a Disaster on Women's Rights
Posted: August 31st, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by The Progress Report
Artful spin by McCain's campaign team has misled many voters about his rightist stance and awful record on reproductive rights. -
Alaska Chooses Largest Gold Mine Over Clean Water
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Kari Lydersen, AlterNet
Alaska is one step closer to approving Pebble Mine, which threatens the world's largest salmon fishery and native communities. -
Meet Sarah Palin, McCain's (Youthful) Running Mate
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Joshua Holland, AlterNet
McCain shores up religious right support and tries to grab disaffected Clinton supporters. Will it work or will it backfire? -
Palin: The Stakes Just Got Higher
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Nomi Prins, AlterNet
McCain may be resorting to obvious pandering with his VP pick -- but political pandering wins elections. -
Americans' Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding Are Making Our Kids Sick
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Aisha Qaasim, Women's eNews
Want a healthy baby? Put the Baby Einstein videos and hand sanitizer away and breastfeed. -
Hollywood Gets Muslims Wrong, Again
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Wajahat Ali, Huffington Post
"Traitor" tries to combine blockbuster plot mechanics with important, philosophical musings about our complex post 9-11 world: it fails. -
Americans' Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding Are Making Our Kids Sick
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Aisha Qaasim, Women's eNews
Want a healthy baby? Put the Baby Einstein videos and hand sanitizer away and breastfeed. -
New Orleans, Three Years Later
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 10:00am EDT by Jordan Flaherty, Left Turn
Despite sunny media reports about post-Katrina rebuilding, the facts on the ground reveal a stark portrait of a city transformed. -
Sadr Announces Suspension of Mahdi Army "Indefinitely"
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 10:00am EDT by Middle East Online
The powerful Shiite cleric, who first announced a ceasefire last summer, says the Mahdi Army will carry out cultural activities instead. -
David Sirota: The Democratic Convention Was Anything But Conventional
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 9:00am EDT by David Sirota
This year's Democratic convention may have helped forge a new progressive movement. -
Obama's Progressive, Populist Agenda: "Now Is Not the Time for Small Plans"
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Obama has shown the pathway out of the decades-long, ruinous mess conservative rule has created. -
Obama's Grand Speech: Reason for Hope
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by David Corn, Mother Jones Online
Can an acceptance speech make a difference in an election? This was one with the potential to do so. -
Are Organic Foods Getting Too Pricey for the Middle Class?
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Jill Richardson, AlterNet
Even Whole Foods and its upper-middle-class customers are feeling the pinch. -
How the Media's Tarring of Hillary Hurt Obama Too
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America
From the primaries to the convention, the media have become experts at inventing a storyline and skewing facts to support it. -
Yet Another Obscenity Trial? We Should Be Ashamed
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Dr. Marty Klein, AlterNet
Shocking but true: An American city, in the year 2008, asked a jury to declare that a movie of adults having sex is illegal. -
Plan B Damned: My Quest for Emergency Contraception
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Nikol Hasler, RH Reality Check
Unless you have Plan B in your medicine cabinet, it's highly unlikely you'll get your hands on a morning-after pill the morning after. -
How the Media's Tarring of Hillary Hurt Obama Too
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America
From the primaries to the convention, the media have become experts at inventing a storyline and skewing facts to support it. -
Katrina Pain Index: Measuring New Orleans' Devastation Three Years Later
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Bill Quigley, CounterPunch
The United States' economic crisis and simultaneous wars have left New Orleans as an afterthought. This is what the city looks like today. -
Plan B Damned: My Quest for Emergency Contraception
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Nikol Hasler, RH Reality Check
Unless you have Plan B in your medicine cabinet, it's highly unlikely you'll get your hands on a morning-after pill the morning after. -
Katrina Pain Index: Measuring New Orleans' Devastation Three Years Later
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Bill Quigley, CounterPunch
The United States' economic crisis and simultaneous wars have left New Orleans as an afterthought. This is what the city looks like today. -
The Dangerous Consequences of Recruiting Nazis to Serve in Iraq
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by David Holthouse, Hate Watch
The U.S. military appears to be teaching a skinhead with genocide on his mind how to become a tactical bomb maker. -
Sex Worker Rights Are Human Rights
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Juhu Thukral, On The Issues Magazine
It cannot be said enough: sex workers are people -- friends, wage earners, parents -- and they deserve the same human rights as everyone else. -
Sex Worker Rights Are Human Rights
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Juhu Thukral, On The Issues Magazine
It cannot be said enough: sex workers are people -- friends, wage earners, parents -- and they deserve the same human rights as everyone else. -
Martin Luther King: 'I Have a Dream'
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 8:00pm EDT by Martin Luther King, Jr., AlterNet
Today is the 45th anniversary of MLK's historic speech. -
Standoff with Police as Iraq Vets Demanded to Meet with Obama Campaign
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Alex Kane, Jessica Lee, Indypendent
With no reply from Obama to their letter asking him to endorse their goals, IVAW marched to the Pepsi Center to demand that their voices be heard. -
Standoff with Police as Iraq Vets Demanded to Meet with Obama Campaign
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Alex Kane, Jessica Lee, Indypendent
With no reply from Obama to their letter asking him to endorse their goals, IVAW marched to the Pepsi Center to demand that their voices be heard. -
Standoff with Police as Iraq Vets Demanded to Meet with Obama Campaign
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Alex Kane, Jessica Lee, Indypendent
With no reply from Obama to their letter asking him to endorse their goals, IVAW marched to the Pepsi Center to demand that their voices be heard. -
Standoff with Police as Iraq Vets Demand to Meet with Obama Campaign
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Alex Kane, Jessica Lee, Indypendent
With no reply from Obama to their letter asking him to endorse their goals, IVAW marched to the Pepsi Center to demand that their voices be heard. -
Standoff with Police as Iraq Vets Demand to Meet with Obama Campaign
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Alex Kane, Jessica Lee, Indypendent
With no reply from Obama to their letter asking him to endorse their goals, IVAW marched to the Pepsi Center to demand that their voices be heard. -
Standoff with Police as Iraq Vets Demand to Meet with Obama Campaign
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Alex Kane, Jessica Lee, Indypendent
With no reply from Obama to their letter asking him to endorse their goals, IVAW marched to the Pepsi Center to demand that their voices be heard. -
After Biden, the Economic Debate Takes Shape
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Bill Scher, Campaign for America's Future
Sen. Joe Biden shows that he gets what's going on in America, not with stats, but around middle-class kitchen tables. -
Digital TV: A Giveaway to Corporate Media
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report
The FCC hopes the public won't notice its generous gift to corporate broadcasters: thousands of new channels on publicly owned spectrum. -
Debate Continues, but There's Little Doubt Speculators Are Adding to Pain at the Pumps
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Thomas Palley, AlterNet
Many economists are saying that oil markets are working as they should, but their arguments are weak. -
U.K. and Australia Fight Breast Cancer with Free Screening for Women 50+
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT by Alice Alech, The Wip
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, with one in nine women affected at some stage in their lives. -
U.K. and Australia Fight Breast Cancer with Free Screening for Women 50+
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT by Alice Alech, The Wip
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, with one in nine women affected at some stage in their lives. -
Democrats: Don't Make Afghanistan Your War
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT by Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
Biden, Obama, and the Dems are rallying to escalate the war in Afghanistan. But trading one war for another would be catastrophic. -
Manufactured Famine: How Europe Is Snatching Food from the World's Poor
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 8:00am EDT by George Monbiot, Monbiot.com
A new wave of food colonialism is taking food from the mouths of the poor. -
Manufactured Famine: How Europe Is Snatching Food from the World's Poor
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 8:00am EDT by George Monbiot, Monbiot.com
A new wave of food colonialism is taking food from the mouths of the poor. -
What a McCain Victory Could Mean: No Money for Health Care and the End of Our Volunteer Army
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Robert Parry, Consortium News
The price tag for John McCain's war lust would mean virtually every other national priority would be short-changed or neglected. -
If Obama Wins, Who Will Be in His Cabinet -- And Who Should Be?
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown
Obama's advisers will be the ones whispering in the president's ear and pulling the levers of executive power. -
Dems Nominate Obama, Unify and Transform the Party
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by John Nichols, TheNation.com
A hundred years ago, Dems questioned whether to take a stand against lynching. Today, Obama's nomination completes a long process of transformation. -
The Christian Right's Slick Campaign to Make Abstinence Seem Trendy
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Vanessa Valenti, AlterNet
Conservatives finally learned that sheer moralizing doesn't keep teens from having sex. Now they have a creepy new tactic. -
What 15,000 Reporters Are Doing at the DNC
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Justin Peters, Columbia Journalism Review
Drinking, complaining and getting massages are just a few of reporters' preferred convention activities. -
Should Uncle Sam Be Helping CEOs Get Richer?
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
America's overpaid corporate execs have plenty of people to thank for their good fortune, including average American taxpayers. -
The Bikini Car Wash: One Sexist Tradition
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Kimberly Gadette, Women's eNews
Bikini car washes, inexplicably sanctioned by many parents, teach girls the best way to turn a buck is by stripping down for men. -
Jim Hightower: If Obama Wins, Who Will Be in His Cabinet -- And Who Should Be?
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Jim Hightower
Obama's advisers will be the ones whispering in the president's ear and pulling the levers of executive power. -
A Truck-Sized Loophole: Corporations, Special Interests to Spend $100 Million on Convention Parties
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Michael Winship, TruthOut.org
The parties' conventions offer plenty of opportunity to skirt the spirit of campaign finance laws without violating them. -
What a McCain Victory Could Mean: No Money for Health Care and the End of Our Volunteer Army
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Robert Parry, Consortium News
The price tag for John McCain's war lust would mean virtually every other national priority would be short-changed or neglected. -
The Candidates Need More Than a Patchwork Approach to Health Care
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group
Though Obama's health plan is far better than McCain's, it still only tinkers around the edges. What we need is a system overhaul. -
The Bikini Car Wash: One Sexist Tradition
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Kimberly Gadette, Women's eNews
Bikini car washes, inexplicably sanctioned by many parents, teach girls the best way to turn a buck is by stripping down for men. -
Half of Baghdad Lacks Drinking Water
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Kareem Abed Zair, Azzaman
Amid soaring temperatures, Baghdad's Water Authority says three million people in Baghdad have no access to running water. -
Half of Baghdad Lacks Drinking Water
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Kareem Abed Zair, Azzaman
Amid soaring temperatures, Baghdad's Water Authority says three million people in Baghdad have no access to running water. -
Mark Weisbrot: Bolivia: Can the Majority of People Vote for Change and Actually Get It?
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Mark Weisbrot
A wealthy minority in Bolivia seems determined to thwart the changes demanded by a majority of the population. -
Immigration: Too Hot for the Dems?
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Roberto Lovato, New America Media
America's brutal immigration detention network is getting little attention from Democratic reformers and their institutional allies in Denver. -
Robert Scheer: John McCain: Running for War President at Any Cost
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Robert Scheer
In order to win, McCain needs a new Cold War. Lucky for him that Republicans are so good at whipping up false international threats. -
Why We Need a Revolution
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 10:00am EDT by Bill Vitek, Prairie Writers Circle
Efficiency tweaks won't save us. Even if every car in the world were a hybrid, growing demand would dwarf savings. -
Israel Expanding Settlements in East Jerusalem
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 10:00am EDT by Mel Frykberg, IPS News
As peace negotiations supposedly continue, there are approximately 430,000 Israeli settlers residing illegally in the West Bank. -
Bush Is Pouring Gas on Afghanistan's Bonfire
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Chris Hedges, Truthdig
Mounting NATO bombing raids and widespread detentions of Afghans are rapidly turning the country into the mirror image of Iraq. -
Hillary Electrifies: "Nothing Less Than the Fate of Our Nation ... Hangs in the Balance"
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
In a speech to a roaring crowd at the DNC, Hillary Clinton gave full support to Barack Obama, promising to fight for health care and the environment. -
The Villains of the Housing Crisis Are Denying All Responsibility
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Dean Baker, TruthOut.org
The housing crisis is a result of reckless deregulation by specific individuals. -
The Christian Right's Got a New Stealth Tactic to Smuggle Creationism into Science Class
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Sandhya Bathija, Church & State Magazine
A new law in Louisiana allows teachers to bring in "supplemental textbooks" about evolution, the origins of life and global warming to science class. -
Does McCain Really Need Another Mansion? Giving Him White House Is One Too Many
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Jared Bernstein, Huffington Post
McCain's got eight houses and a level of wealth that insulates him from the real lives of 99% of Americans. That's dangerous for a president. -
Women Film Critics: An Endangered Species?
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Jennifer Merin, The Women's Media Center
The lack of female voices in film criticism is a manifestation of an industry that favors male-oriented movies and audiences. -
Does McCain Really Need Another Mansion? Giving Him White House Is One Too Many
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Jared Bernstein, Huffington Post
McCain's got eight houses and a level of wealth that insulates him from the real lives of 99% of Americans. That's dangerous for a president. -
Climate Reality Eludes the Business Press
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by John Miller, Dollars and Sense
For the Wall Street Journal's editors, fear of a bigger government outweighs the fear of a warmer planet. -
Immigration: Mixed-Race Couples Face Violent Harassment in Pennsylvania Town
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Cristina Loboguerrero, El Diario/ La Prensa
Amid racial harassment, mixed-couples try to make lives for themselves in rural Penn. -
Women Film Critics: An Endangered Species?
Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Jennifer Merin, The Women's Media Center
The lack of female voices in film criticism is a manifestation of an industry that favors male-oriented movies and audiences. -
'The Dope Craze That's Terrorizing Vancouver'
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT by Lani Russwarm, The Tyee
The long, true history of hard drugs in Canada's poorest neighborhood. -
Children of Immigrants Dominate the Olympics
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Ruben Navarrette, Washington Post Writers Group
The U.S. team won the most medals; it also won the argument back home over the contributions of immigrants and their children. -
Maliki the Nationalist? Don't Buy It.
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation
In his demands for a U.S. troop withdrawal, the Iraqi PM is hardly the tough negotiator the media makes him out to be. -
Half of Americans Believe GOP Spin on Obama's Tax Plan
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Even though Obama says he'll cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans, Gallup records 53 percent thinking he'll raise them. -
Half of Americans Believe GOP Spin on Obama's Tax Plan
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Even though Obama says he'll cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans, Gallup records 53 percent thinking he'll raise them. -
Don't Assume Candidates Support Your Access to Contraception
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Cristina Page, RH Reality Check
The issue many candidates don't want voters to think about is not abortion, but contraception -- and the media hasn't called them on it. -
Dispatch from Denver: Making Climate Change the Issue
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by Jeffrey Allen, OneWorld.net
Why we need to make "global warming" the most important issue of the convention. -
Dispatch from Denver: Making Climate Change the Issue
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by Jeffrey Allen, OneWorld.net
Why we need to make "global warming" the most important issue of the convention. -
Police Trap Peaceful Protesters in Denver
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 10:00am EDT by Davin Hutchins, American News Project
Not everything is warm and fuzzy at the DNC. -
10 Ways Obama Should Not Imitate the John Kerry Campaign
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Drew Westen, Huffington Post
Dems have used the same playbook to guide themselves to losing presidential campaigns for decades. Here are the techniques Obama should avoid. -
Michelle Introduces Who the Obamas Really Are: Just Like All of Us
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Michelle Obama gives an inspiring and intimate introduction to her family's all-American success story. And: Ted Kennedy passes the torch. -
The Pinched Middle Class Is Ditching Target for Wal-Mart
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group
Money is on the mind of voters as they see their paychecks shrink from inflation, their jobs threatened and their middle-class dreams diminished. -
Looking Back at Five Years of Bush's Wreckage in Iraq
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com
Bush's supporters see the global war on terrorism as a "clash of civilizations" -- yet the civilization we are destroying in Iraq is part of our own. -
Will Thirsty States Get Great Lakes Water?
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Dave Dempsey, AlterNet
A new compact protecting the Great Lakes is set to pass Congress, but there are a few green critics with serious concerns. -
10 Ways Obama Should Not Imitate the John Kerry Campaign
Posted: August 26th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Drew Westen, Huffington Post
Dems have used the same playbook to guide themselves to losing presidential campaigns for decades. Here are the techniques Obama should avoid. -
America's Invisible Rich
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 8:00pm EDT by Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Politicians can't seem to see any wealthy people when deciding whom to tax. -
The Masher: Jumping Jack Rachel Maddow
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT by The Masher
An exuberant Maddow called for a stronger progressive media to counter the right-wing propaganda machine. -
Jumping Jack Rachel Maddow
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT by The Masher, AlterNet
An exuberant Maddow called for a stronger progressive media to counter the right-wing propaganda machine. -
Jumping Jack Rachel Maddow
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT by The Masher, AlterNet
An exuberant Maddow called for a stronger progressive media to counter the right-wing propaganda machine. -
Growing Industry Helps Moms Relaunch Careers
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Kara Alaimo, Women's eNews
Women reentering the workforce after taking time off to care for their families are getting help from career counselors and staffing firms. -
War Resister Robin Long Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Sarah Lazare, Courage to Resist
Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada last month, was sentenced to 15 months of prison and dishonorable discharge. -
Iraqi Refugees Spurn Government Call to Come Home
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 5:00pm EDT by Azzaman
"Iraq has turned into something like a no man's land," one refugee says. "It no longer belongs to its people." -
Unplug and Recharge: Can Arianna Huffington Really Make Politicos More Self-Aware?
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by Don Hazen, AlterNet
In a stark contrast to the endless talk and politics, Arianna Huffington launches campaign for more self-awareness at the Democratic Convention. -
Priced Out of Prescription Drugs
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future
Reducing drug industry influence is critical to bringing skyrocketing prescription drug and health care costs under control. -
Deb Price: Gay Colorado Politician Heads Toward Election Milestone
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Deb Price
The success, so far, of Jared Polis' run for Congress underscores how far voters have come in looking beyond sexual orientation. -
The Three Dumbest Neocon Predictions Since the Disaster in Iraq
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by John Dolan, AlterNet
Nothing seems to keep the Neocons from losing respectability. Here are three contenders for the dumbest Neocon predictions post-Iraq. -
Outrageous CEO Salaries Are a Nationwide Scandal -- Where Are the Politicians?
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Sarah Anderson, AlterNet
Obama and McCain are both taking whacks at overpaid CEOs, but their solutions fall short. -
Welcome to the Food Revolution
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Kerry Trueman, AlterNet
The Slow Food Nation gathering promises to be a Woodstock for food lovers and enviros concerned with our food system. -
Obama and McCain: The Stakes Are Too Huge for 'Civil' Politics
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Frank Rich, The New York Times
R.I.P., 'Change We Can Believe in.' The fierce urgency of the 21st century demands Change Before It's Too Late. -
Welcome to the Food Revolution
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Kerry Trueman, AlterNet
The Slow Food Nation gathering promises to be a Woodstock for food lovers and enviros concerned with our food system. -
Joe Biden Is a Key Fighter in Dissolving Bush's 'Terror' Myths
Posted: August 24th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT by Andy Worthington, AlterNet
Biden doesn't have clean hands when it comes to Iraq, but he's been a leader in re-establishing the rule-of-law in Bush's terror war. -
Joe Biden Is a Key Fighter in Dissolving Bush's 'Terror' Myths
Posted: August 24th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT by Andy Worthington, AlterNet
Biden doesn't have clean hands when it comes to Iraq, but he's been a leader in re-establishing the rule-of-law in Bush's terror war. -
Joe Biden Is a Key Fighter in Dissolving Bush's 'Terror' Myths
Posted: August 24th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT by Andy Worthington, AlterNet
Biden doesn't have clean hands when it comes to Iraq, but he's been a leader in re-establishing the rule-of-law in Bush's terror war. -
Joe Biden Is a Key Fighter in Dissolving Bush's 'Terror' Myths
Posted: August 24th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT by Andy Worthington, AlterNet
Biden doesn't have clean hands when it comes to Iraq, but he's been a leader in re-establishing the rule-of-law in Bush's terror war. -
Media Sees Biden Pick as Big Plus for Dem Ticket
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 8:00pm EDT by Joshua Holland, AlterNet
But his overall record is a mixed-bag for progressives. -
For the Next 10 Weeks, Obama Should Hammer McCain on the Economy
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 6:00pm EDT by Bob Herbert, The New York Times
A populist message and a willingness to take the fight to his opponent is Barack Obama's ticket to the White House. -
And the Winner Is: Joe Biden.
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by John Nichols, The Nation
It didn't take a newfangled text message, just an old-fashioned leak, to identify Obama's running mate. -
Jerome Corsi: How a Racist, Conspiratorial Crank Became a Top GOP Anti-Obama Point Man
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Max Blumenthal, The Nation
Corsi's success represents the apotheosis of a long, strange trip from the furthest shores of the right into the national spotlight. -
What Will the Green Economy Look Like?
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Adele M. Stan, Media Consortium
We all say we want to go green, but do we all see the same kinds of change when we imagine an eco-friendly economy? -
Jerome Corsi: How a Racist, Conspiratorial Crank Became a Top GOP Anti-Obama Point Man
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 3:00am EDT by Max Blumenthal, The Nation
Corsi's success represents the apotheosis of a long, strange trip from the furthest shores of the right into the national spotlight. -
Same Sex Marriage Affects the Whole Country
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 8:00pm EDT by Suzi Steffen, AlterNet
How same-sex marriage in California affects the country -- and the election. -
What is the Carbon Footprint of McCain's Countless Homes?
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by Joseph Romm, Climate Progress
If McCain can't even keep count of the number of homes he has, you can bet he has no idea on their environmental impact. -
U.S.-Iraqi "Security Agreement" a Distraction as Conflicts Continue to Simmer
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation
A debate over McCain's claims of "victory in Iraq" is one Obama can win if he hits hard. -
U.S.-Iraqi "Security Agreement" a Distraction as Conflicts Continue to Simmer
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation
A debate over McCain's claims of "victory in Iraq" is one Obama can win if he hits hard. -
Freakonomics Author Takes on 'Plight' of Mixed Race Adolescents
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Twanna A. Hines, Huffington Post
In a new study, the author of Freakonomics treats biracial kids like fashion accessories. And that's one of the less offensive things about it. -
Importing Food Means Exporting Drought
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Tom MacMillan, Comment Is Free
If we don't make changes quickly it will be our plates, not our rates, that bear the brunt of water shortage. -
Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Movement Loses Ground
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Joseph DiNorcia Jr, RH Reality Check
Despite the best efforts of conservative groups and the Bush Administration, more kids are getting information that can save their lives. -