The Republican Who Dared Tell the Truth About America's Looming Oil Disaster
By Andrew Nikiforuk / The Tyee
Matt Simmons didn't let the money, bullshit or arrogance surrounding the oil industry cloud his judgment.
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Weird Drug Politics in the Kentucky Senate Campaign
By Phillip S. Smith
Drug Reform Coordination Network
5 Ways the Tea Party Agenda Screws Tea Party Supporters
By Adele M. Stan
AlterNet
Federal Prosecutors Hiding Evidence in War on Gangs
By Tom Hayden
The Nation
The Dems Need to Speak to Progressive Values, or Else Lose Badly Come November
By George Lakoff
AlterNet


Will Glenn Beck's Creepy "Black Robe Regiment" Use Churches to Sway Voters?
By Joe Strupp / Media Matters for America
Will Obama Admit to Our Volunteer Soldiers That There Was No Real Mission in Iraq?
By Patricia Foulkrod / AlterNet
Hidden Corporate Scandal: CEOs Who Laid Off the Most Workers Rake in the Most Treasure
By Sarah Anderson / AlterNet
Newt Gingrich Teams With Anti-Gay Zealot Lou 'Uganda' Engle For U.S. Cyber-'Revival'
By Frederick Clarkson / Talk To Action
Hillary Clinton vs. Sarah Palin 2012: Can You Imagine Who Would Win That One?
By Don Hazen / AlterNet
One of Obama's Social Security Slasher Wannabes Threatens Small Town with Nuclear Annihilation
By Mike Elk / AlterNet
What Created the Populist Explosion and How Democrats Can Avoid the Shrapnel in November
By Drew Westen / AlterNet

Obama Rebuffs Defense Establishment's Hunger for Conflict with Iran
By Gareth Porter / Inter Press Service
Tribunal Puts Pol Pot-Era Prison Director Away for 35 Years But Ignores U.S. Involvement; U.S. Embassy Celebrates Relationship
By Tom Fawthrop / Foreign Policy in Focus
Mississippi Shrimpers Find Oil Throughout Waters, Refuse To Trawl
By Dahr Jamail / IPS News
What the Primaries Will Tell Us About the Politics of Immigration
By Wendy Feliz Sefsaf / Immigration Impact
Billionaire Who Denies Connection to Tea Parties Bankrolls Tea-Partying Glenn Beck Fans
By Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Glenn Beck Goes Messianic at America's Divine Destiny Event Before 2,500 Screaming Fans
By Peter Montgomery / AlterNet
Florida Lawmakers Of Both Parties Oppose Arizona-Type Legislation In Their State
By Seth Hoy / Immigration Impact
Wyclef Jean's Disqualification Signals Haiti Diaspora not Welcome in Politics
By Alice Speri / Christian Science Monitor
7 States Where the Levels of Corruption and Ideological Madness Have Gotten Beyond Embarrassing
By Matt Palmquist / Miller-McCune.com
Glenn Beck’s MLK Dream is Perverse, But What's Our Vision?
By Kai Wright / ColorLines

Unlikely Activists Say "Frack No!", Win Legislative Victory For Moratorium On Drilling
By Maura Stephens / YES! Magazine
Why Climate Change Denial Has Nothing to Do With Science and Everything to Do With Politics
By George Monbiot / Monbiot.com
Colleague of NYC Taxi Driver Stabbed in Anti-Muslim Attack Describes What Happened
By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!
Muslim 9/11 Debate Is off the Mark: The Real Problem Is Fundamentalism of Every Kind
By Frank Schaeffer / AlterNet
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