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The End of an Institution

By Bill Boyarsky
From truthdig.com
August 29th, 2008
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truthdig.com — I suppose I should be sad to watch the decline of the once mighty political media, an institution that trained and nurtured me. But that’s not how I feel. For this was the institution that cheered when President Bush took us to war.

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The Dead Zone Diet

By Kerry Trueman
From openleft.com
August 19th, 2008
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openleft.com — Enjoy your dithering over dining choices while you can, folks, because the day is coming when you may not have the luxury of choosing the lobster over the London broil. For those with a more populist palate, I've got some bad news, too; a future with no more fried clam strips or canned tuna, for you.

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What Have We Become?

By Kyle de Beausset
From news.newamericamedia.org
August 18th, 2008
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news.newamericamedia.org — On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, while Bush was preparing to express his "deep concerns" over China's human rights record, Chinese immigrant Hiu Lui Ng was dying in the custody of our great nation's own U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. For months, 33-year-old Mr. Ng had complained of excruciating back pain. Officials accused him of faking it.

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"Don't Get Me Started On Consultants"

By Tom Sullivan
August 10th, 2008

The trajectory of nascent political campaigns is not unlike that of indie rock bands once they get popular enough to attract the attentions of recording industry slicks. The price the big boys extract for their financial backing is creative control over the music. Caution sets in. Experimentation is out. Fans complain they sold out. Sound familiar? more »

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Race-Baiting Scoundrels

By Eugene Robinson
From truthdig.com
August 5th, 2008
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truthdig.com — Sen. Lindsey Graham and the rest of John McCain's front-line surrogates know full well what messages they're sending about Barack Obama and race. On the off chance that they — or some of the white voters they're trying to reach — don't know text from subtext from context, here's a deconstruction.

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An Apology is a Good Start

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
From news.newamericamedia.org
July 31st, 2008
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news.newamericamedia.org — The House of Representative's vote to apologize for the horror of slavery was an easy call. It was also — like those passed in several states — mild, innocuous, and ultimately toothless. In truth that's all they were supposed to be. But the House resolution was still important. It was tacit acknowledgment of something that the slavery apology opponents vehemently deny and that is that slavery was not just the evil doings of greedy Southern planters.

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1968 Heroism Can't Excuse 2008 McCarthyism

By Mark Green
From huffingtonpost.com
July 31st, 2008
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huffingtonpost.com — It's time that McCain's acolytes and the mainstream media stopped assuming that his extraordinary military service nearly 40 years ago gives him immunity to questions about being President today, in a different century.

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Bringing New Integrity to Our Criminal Justice System

By Alan Jenkins
July 28th, 2008

There is a saying in many African-American communities that our system of criminal “justice” means “just us.” While overstated, the expression reflects longstanding, as well as very recent, experiences of racial profiling and unequal treatment. more »

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US Population Reduction is the Root of the Progressive Agenda

By Robert Stein
July 23rd, 2008

The earth has a limited abilty to sustain more people, living in increasing affluence, and using increasingly destructive technologies. There are many scientific and government papers reporting that both our national and global populations are over that limit by a factor of two or three -- even if we stop using fossil fuels immediately. more »

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Slammed: The Coming Prison Meltdown

By Mother Jones
From motherjones.com
July 22nd, 2008
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motherjones.com — We're locking up 1 in every 100 American adults — and going bankrupt in the process. Are there alternatives to a total meltdown?

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