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Obama Slides Further Down Bush’s Hill on Indefinite Detention

Matthew Rothschild — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:36:16 +0000

By Matthew Rothschild, July 8, 2009

Obama’s chief lawyer at the Pentagon has expanded the prospects of indefinite detention to include those who actually have already been prosecuted and have even been found not guilty.read more

Recent attacks on immigrants tell us who we are

Scot Vee — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:44:23 +0000

By Yolanda Chávez Leyva, July 8, 2009

We need to speak out against the ugliness that is fueling anti-immigrant violence and taking lives.read more

American Economic Triumphalism Is Over

Ruth Conniff — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:01:14 +0000

Ruth Conniff, July 7, 2009

The Western European, humane approach to preserving culture and protecting jobs is making a comebackread more

Michael Jackson’s death should raise awareness about his skin disease

Scot Vee — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:03:10 +0000

By Starita Smith, July 7, 2009

Jackson suffered from vitiligo, an autoimmune system disease affecting about 1 million to 2 million Americans that causes stark white patches in the skin.read more

Robert Gates, Meet Robert McNamara

Matthew Rothschild — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:39:44 +0000

By Matthew Rothschild, July 6, 2009

Robert Gates and his boss, Barack Obama, might want to learn a thing or two from Robert Strange McNamara, who only too late recognized that military force won’t work in a failed state.read more

Jobs Report Sign of Deeper Economic Trouble

Ruth Conniff — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:47:26 +0000

Ruth Conniff, July 4, 2009

If there is one thing that will start turning things around, it's pressure from Americans who are seeing their jobs dry up.read more

Untold Truths About the American Revolution

Howard Zinn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:23:45 +0000

By Howard Zinn, July 3, 2009

The American Revolution was not a simple affair of all of us against all of them. And who actually gained from it? Not the Indians.read more

This July 4th, let’s be true to our principles

Scot Vee — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:13:50 +0000

By Jeanne Theoharis, July 3, 2009

It’s the Fourth of July in America, and a U.S. citizen sits in solitary confinement in New York — and he hasn’t even been convicted of a crime.read more

Franken Needs to Keep Fighting

Matthew Rothschild — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:53:09 +0000

By Matthew Rothschild, July 1, 2009

There really is no excuse now for not pushing a progressive agenda through, no excuse for offering half a loaf when we can now get the whole loaf.read more

Al Franken Interview

The Progressive Magazine — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:53:09 +0000

By Stephen Thompson, September 2005 Issue

Al Franken, From the Archives.read more