How a Victim of the Housing Crisis Was Saved from the Brink of Eviction (www.alternet.org)

Jocelyn Voltaire is an emigre from Haiti who has lived in this country for 45 years. She's a United States citizen, a college graduate, and the mother of four. She recently suffered the unbearable... More

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Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding on Economy | 0 Comments

The Case for Plain Vanilla (www.prospect.org)

"How did you go bankrupt?" "Two Ways. Gradually, and then suddenly." --Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises I recently debated an economist from...

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Submitted 2 months ago by cdoherty on Economy | 0 Comments

The Blue Marble: How the Bailout Benefits the Environment (www.motherjones.com)

Everyone knows the $700 billion bailout package is a boon for Wall Street. But it turns out green consumers stand to benefit too. According to Fortune and the Environmental News Network, the... More

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Submitted 2 months ago by SpencerKent on Sustain | 0 Comments

Obama vs. McCain: Who Won? Short Takes on the Debate (www.alternet.org)

The first problem with this debate was calling it a debate. The second was calling it a "town hall." In the strange, stilted ritual atop the red carpet at Nashville's Belmont University, the studio... More

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Submitted 3 months ago by cdoherty on JohnMcCain | 0 Comments

Massive US Military Budget passed (therealnews.com)

Chalmers Johnson: US wrong to believe it can maintain both a military and civilian economy

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Submitted 3 months ago by SpencerKent on OurTroops | 0 Comments

How McCain could tilt the Supreme Court | Salon (www.salon.com)

If elected, McCain might well push the court far to the right -- with dramatic consequences for abortion rights, sexual privacy, diversity in schools and more.

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Submitted 3 months ago by SpencerKent on JohnMcCain | 0 Comments

City Admits Violating Immigrants Civil Rights - NAM (news.newamericamedia.org)

The Latino community has reached an agreement with the city of Manassas, Va., the city has agreed to pay $775,000 and also cover legal expenses of the Latino immigrant families whose civil rights were... More

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Submitted 3 months ago by SpencerKent on Immigration | 0 Comments

MotherJones Blog: A McCain Flip-Flop on Osama bin Laden? (www.motherjones.com)

On August 7, 1998, hundreds of people were killed when terrorists detonated car bombs at the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya. Almost immediately, the United States had evidence that a... More

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Submitted 3 months ago by SpencerKent on JohnMcCain | 0 Comments

Zip It, Soldier! (www.motherjones.com)

On the fourth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, in March 2007, Marines Adam Kokesh and Cloy Richards joined a group of other Iraq Veterans Against the War in a mock combat patrol in... More

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Submitted 3 months ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments

McCain: No, Palin Did Not Mean That (www.motherjones.com)

After attacking Barack Obama's position on Pakistan during the debate, John McCain "was in the painful position of having to retract his vice presidential pick's statement."

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Submitted 3 months ago by JayHarris on JohnMcCain | 0 Comments