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Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. November 20, 2008. [366 total comments]
A who's who guide to the people poised to shape Obama's foreign policy.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 15, 2008. [215 total comments]
The Bush-Paulson plan isn't doing anything to address the underlying problems threatening America's economic future.
Sherry Wolf, CounterPunch. November 18, 2008. [215 total comments]
Institutionalized homophobia in American society is definitely a white monopoly.
Gary Brecher, eXiled Online. November 17, 2008. [173 total comments]
Only a fool like Bush could pick an anti-American Arab country, add an invading army, and expect a nice fluffy democracy souffle.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. November 18, 2008. [148 total comments]
The bailout is a parting gift to the people that George Bush once referred to jokingly as "my base."
Daphne Merkin, The Daily Beast. November 20, 2008. [136 total comments]
Change may well be coming to Washington. But the public discourse about women has taken several steps backward.
Dan Shelly, Milwaukee Magazine. November 17, 2008. [130 total comments]
Behind the scenes of one of the largest and most successful news/talk radio stations in America.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. November 19, 2008. [117 total comments]
Wal-Mart is the only store where hard-squeezed consumers can afford anything, and so it keeps posting big profits amid the retail bloodbath.
Steve Benen, Washington MonthlyAlterNet: PEEK. November 18, 2008. [116 total comments]
Sickening: Newsweek publishes a 600-word piece on those who wonder about Obama being the Antichrist.
Mark Brenner, Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes. November 19, 2008. [110 total comments]
With U.S. car makers billions of dollars in the red, jobs vanishing and factories closing, the industry's problems may be insurmountable.
Mike Davis, Tomdispatch.com. November 19, 2008. [101 total comments]
We are now at a crash site, and our priority should be to save the victims. Here's how we do that.
Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times. November 18, 2008. [89 total comments]
Huge union campaign will hopefully counterbalance "corporate power and reverse the decline of the middle class."
Robert Parry, Consortium News. November 21, 2008. [88 total comments]
Deep-pocketed conservatives have long dominated the media landscape. If we want real change, it's time for progressives to fight fire with fire.
Stephanie Losee, AlterNet. November 19, 2008. [80 total comments]
A new book from Valerie Frankel shows how the only lasting effect dieting has is on people's mind-sets about their bodies.
Faiz Shakir, Think ProgressAlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 18, 2008. [75 total comments]
A South Texas grand jury has returned multi-count indictments against Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Staff, Think ProgressAlterNet: Video. November 18, 2008. [68 total comments]
Harry Reid: "I don’t apologize to anyone for what we did today."
Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. November 20, 2008. [67 total comments]
The bailout should be used to expand unemployment compensation instead of propping up a single, failing corporation.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. November 21, 2008. [66 total comments]
Wherever we go, our "stuff" goes with us -- in such large quantities that removing it could prove more daunting than invading in the first place.
Garland McLaurin, American News Project. November 17, 2008. [62 total comments]
The automobile lobby is back on Capitol Hill to secure $25 billion in loans. Will the money get wasted or put to good use?
Staff, Huffington PostAlterNet: Video. November 16, 2008. [61 total comments]
Obama 60 Minutes interview: talks national security, financial crisis, first dog.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. November 20, 2008. [59 total comments]
A dystopian sci-fi fantasy may soon be coming to fruition on a battlefield near you.
bmaz, FiredoglakeAlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2008. [52 total comments]
When it comes to the netroots, Barack Obama has the long arm-short arm syndrome.
Robert L. Borosage, Campaign for America's Future. November 21, 2008. [51 total comments]
Congress might adjourn without acting on the deepening economic crisis, leaving Obama to inherit the catastrophe.
Paul Armentano, NORML. November 17, 2008. [51 total comments]
If lawmakers really wanted to address marijuana use, they would regulate and tax pot like they do tobacco.
Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Christian Science Monitor. November 20, 2008. [49 total comments]
Scientists now suspect that the earth's greatest mass extinction wasn't caused by an asteroid strike or any other single cataclysmic event.
Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. November 17, 2008. [48 total comments]
We have no idea who got this money or the conditions or collateral put up in return for the loans.
Ali Frick, Think ProgressAlterNet: Video. November 19, 2008. [48 total comments]
The dangerous violence threshold argument.
Sasan Fayazmanesh, CounterPunch. November 15, 2008. [44 total comments]
What's the likely fallout of our economic crisis? Nobody knows for sure -- but the economists won't admit it.
Vince Beiser, Miller-McCune Magazine. November 18, 2008. [42 total comments]
Welcome to North America's only officially sanctioned "supervised injection site."
David Sirota, Open LeftAlterNet: PEEK. November 18, 2008. [41 total comments]
"The left has been foiled again. They can rant and rage but they still do not put the fear into folks to actually change their votes."
Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. November 19, 2008. [38 total comments]
There are a lot of complicated plans being discussed, but sometimes the simplest solution to a problem is best.
Steve Benen, Washington MonthlyAlterNet: PEEK. November 17, 2008. [37 total comments]
Shake-ups at the National Review continue.
Jane Hamsher, FiredoglakeAlterNet: PEEK. November 18, 2008. [36 total comments]
"It's very clear that the vast majority of the Democratic caucus wants to keep Sen Lieberman as chairman of this committee.
John Nichols, TheNation.com. November 18, 2008. [35 total comments]
Senate Democrats opted not to punish Joe Lieberman for backing John McCain. Will the risk pay off?
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 21, 2008. [35 total comments]
When the Big Three's best Rep. lost a key committee spot, their share prices dropped. That's not just business as usual, it's a sign of corruption.
Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive. November 15, 2008. [34 total comments]
Joint military exercise 'Vigilant Shield,' involving maritime, aerospace, ballistic missile defense is under way.
Larry Beinhart, AlterNet. November 17, 2008. [34 total comments]
The raw truth is that the economy has grown faster when taxes were higher, but how can we explain that phenomenon?
John Nichols, The NationAlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 18, 2008. [33 total comments]
For starters, he called for the firing of any "petty bureaucrat" who might dissent from the expansion of government powers after 9/11.
Digby, HullabalooAlterNet: PEEK. November 17, 2008. [32 total comments]
Joe is slated to release a book December 1st. Yes, of this year.
Jennifer Fenton, The Wip. November 17, 2008. [31 total comments]
Dead bodies and blown-out humvees in Casey Porter's films reveal the brutality of the surge in Iraq.
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