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Minor League Paulsons
By Dave Zirin, December 2008 Issue
We now live under a cloud of crisis where debt is socialized and profit is privatized. It’s like Marxism brought to you by the House of Morgan. And we have Treasury Secretary Hammerin’ Hank Paulson to thank.
Maude Barlow Interview
By David Barsamian, December 2008 Issue
“Half the hospital beds in the world are filled with people who would not be there if they could afford water,” says the H2O crusader.
phyllis bennis on Gaza: 
What Norm Coleman sees at night:
Al Franken then & now:
Nine Muslims kicked off plane
Check on Nir Rosen on Israel as colonial power. When is resistance terrorism? And when is state action terrorism?
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Israel Tweeting Fails
By Ruth Conniff, January 6, 2009
There is something downright creepy about the juxtaposition of mass civilian casualties in Gaza and Israeli officials' demonstrated fluency in cutesy text message jargon.
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Bill V. Mullen
My guest this week is Bill V. Mullen, the author of "Afro-Orientalism" and "Popular Fronts: Chicago and African-American Cultural Politics." We talk about Obama's political background and his prospects.MP3 | PODCAST | RSS
International community must stop Gaza war
January 5th, 2009
It is imposing an intolerable price on civilians, killing more than 500, many of them innocent children, injuring 2,700 people and making daily life, which was already dire, all but impossible.
Green jobs should top our economic recovery list
By Juleyka Lantigua, January 6, 2009
The beauty of green jobs is that they are not only ecologically sound, but they are also economically prudent.
Obama, Congress must repeal Medicaid rule change
By Mike Ervin, January 5, 2009
President-elect Barack Obama and the new Democratic Congress must repeal a terrible rule change that the Bush administration imposed while packing up.
GOP shouldn’t ridicule Obama
By Brian Gilmore, January 5, 2009
The Republican Party still does not get it when it comes to race.
Obama Throws Us Under the Bus
December 22nd, 2008
Let’s have some real gay balls after this inauguration.
A Shadow Falls on Mumbai
By Amitabh Pal, December 1, 2008
The Mumbai attacks seem to be quite certainly the handiwork of jihadists: Note the seeking out of Americans and British citizens and the attack on the Jewish center, the first significant case of anti-Semitism on Indian soil.
Valentino Achak Deng
A 2007 interview with the Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng, whose life is immortalized in the semi-fictional book by Dave Eggers entitled “What Is the What?”MP3 | PODCAST | RSS
Immigrants hold key to healthier eating
December 17th, 2008
Most immigrants to the United States have come to our country from agriculture-rich regions, where fresh food is the norm and local markets are essential. Their cultures traditionally rely on organic production of food. We should emulate their practices.
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Several soldiers who have returned from combat zones talk with the American News Project about what they say is the widespread practice of using "drop weapons" to cover up the killing of innocent civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. We feature five veterans and current members of Iraq Veterans Against the War, plus retired Lieutenant Colonel Gary Solis, a Vietnam War veteran and legal scholar who taught "Law of War" at West Point. |
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Al Franken as Mic Jagger, Tom Franken as Keith Richards, backed by the Solid Gold Band led by Michael Miller (on guitar!), Dave Edelstein on bass, and Ron Aston on drums. |
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SOLID GOLD - Al Franken & Tom Davis - The Rolling Stones!!
DAILY DOSE OF DURST Barack Obama had lunch with four former Presidents, and he could raise money for his economic stimulus plan by selling the photo of the gathering as a bipartisan dartboard.
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