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Action at State Department on Tar Sands - World's Dirtiest Oil
Common Dreams, ForestEthics - Jun. 26, 2009 (Press Release)
The Canadian Tar Sands are located a day’s drive from Glacier National Park and are one of the most destructive projects on Earth. Already visible from space, the Tar Sands, ...
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What Was I Fighting For?
The Nation, Common Dreams, Brave New Films - by Rick Reyes - May. 21, 2009 (Opinion)
I never detained or arrested anyone guilty of a crime. I witnessed firsthand the ineffectiveness of US military strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, I didn't fully ...
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"How Wall Street and Washington Betrayed America"
Common Dreams, Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) - by Robert Weissman, Harvey Rosenfield - Mar. 4, 2009 (Investigative Report)
"The financial sector invested more than $5 billion in political influence-purchasing in Washington over the past decade, with as many as 3,000 lobbyists winning deregulation ...
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Coen Brothers Direct New "Clean Coal" Ad
Common Dreams - Feb. 26, 2009 (Advocacy)
The Reality Campaign has released a new ad. They're the folks behind the widely-played ad that featured a foreman in a hard hat taking viewers on a tour of a non-existent ...
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Senate's socialist scores a win
The Politico, Common Dreams - by Lisa Lerer - Feb. 12, 2009 (News Report)
Sanders is often dismissed as a novelty in two-party Washington. But the move toward heightened corporate regulation moves him a step closer to the political mainstream. ...
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Investing in Our Human Infrastructure: The Real Wealth of Our Nation Is Its People
files.tikkun.org, Common Dreams - by Riane Eisler - Feb. 5, 2009 (Opinion)
Over half a million people lost their jobs last month. There's no question we need a job-creation plan. The real question is what kind of plan will most quickly stimulate the ...
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NSA Spied on Journalists? Whistleblower Reveals Surveillance Target
Common Dreams, MSNBC - by Olbermann, Russell Tice - Jan. 22, 2009 (News Report)
In an exclusive interview tonight on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," former NSA analyst Russell Tice says that the agency under the Bush administration secretly ...
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Mumbai was not our 9/11
The Guardian, outlookindia.com, Common Dreams - by Arundhati Roy - Dec. 13, 2008 (Opinion)
...But November isn't September, 2008 isn't 2001, Pakistan isn't Afghanistan and India isn't America. So perhaps we should reclaim our tragedy and pick through the debris with ...
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Homes with No People, People with No Homes
Common Dreams, AP - by Tamara Lush - Dec. 8, 2008 (News Report)
he is unlike any real estate agent you've ever met. He is unshaven, drives a beat-up car and wears grungy cut-off sweat pants. He also breaks into the homes he shows. And his ...
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A Message for Climate Change Negotiators: Small Farmers Key to Combating Climate Change
Common Dreams - by Annie Shattuck - Dec. 2, 2008 (Special Report)
It's little wonder. The Via Campesina Declaration casts small farmers in the developing world as both global warming's victims and a potential solution. ... While industrial ...
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Now Is the Time to Unleash the Power of Clean Energy
Common Dreams, Environment America - Jun. 26, 2009 (Press Release)
“While the dramatic shift we need in our energy policy and the dire scientific predictions regarding global warming demand that we do much more, the first step is always the ...
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Endangered Species Act Fell Into Disuse Under Nominee
Common Dreams, PEER - by Carol Goldberg - Jun. 22, 2009 (Press Release)
The man named by the Obama administration to administer the Endangered Species Act almost never invoked it to protect wildlife, according to agency statistics released today ...
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Who Can We Bank On, Who Who Can We Trust, as Crisis Sharpens?
Common Dreams - by Danny Schechter - Jun. 12, 2009 (Opinion)
Wall Street may be down but by more means out. It is "clawing back" its influence with a new lobbying surge which is allowing Goldman and the big banks to pay back their TARP ...
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Industrialised Countries Sabotaging Talks Through Inertia
Common Dreams, Oxfam International - Jun. 12, 2009 (Press Release)
Rich countries' inertia is sabotaging a climate deal and abandoning millions of the worlds poorest people to a desperate future said Oxfam on the final day of international ...
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Hamas Letter to Obama
Common Dreams, Institute for Public Accuracy - by Dr. Ahmed Yousef - Jun. 8, 2009 (News Report)
We in the Hamas Government are committed to pursuing a just resolution to the conflict not in contradiction with the international community and enlightened opinion as ...
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Safety of Shredded Tires in Playgrounds Under Question
Common Dreams, PEER - by Peer - Jun. 4, 2009 (Special Report)
Every year millions of pounds of tires are recycled into ground rubber, (called "tire crumb") and placed on playgrounds to reduce injuries from falls. Both EPA and the U.S. ...
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Supreme Court Nominee Should Be Closely Questioned on Church-State Views, Says Americans United
Common Dreams, Americans United for Separation of Church and State - May. 26, 2009 (Press Release)
It appears that Sotomayor has not written widely on church-state issues, meaning the committee has an obligation to ascertain her views. "We hope Judge Sotomayor turns out ...
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Concern Mounts Over US Predator Covert Killings
The Times, Common Dreams - by Tom Baldwin - May. 23, 2009 (News Report)
The CIA is said to have carried out at least 16 Predator strikes in Pakistan during the first four months of this year. America has stepped up the covert targeted killing ...
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Drinking from Plastic Bottles 'Increases Exposure to Gender-Bending Chemical'
Daily Telegraph, Common Dreams - by Murray Wardrop - May. 22, 2009 (News Report)
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that polycarbonate containers release the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) into liquid stored in them. BPA has been shown to ...
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Rx and the Single Payer
Common Dreams - by Bill Moyers, Michael Winship - May. 22, 2009 (News Analysis)
In 2003, a young Illinois state senator named Barack Obama told an AFL-CIO meeting, "I am a proponent of a single-payer universal health care program."
Overview
| Media | Online |
| Audience | (English) |
| Political Viewpoint | Left |
| Story Formats | Opinion (61), News Report (55), Press Release (50), News Analysis (36), Special Report (20), Statement (10), Advocacy (6), Investigative Report (4), Editorial (3), Speech (3), Interview (2), Poll (2) |
| Story Authors | Robert Naiman (9), Harvey Wasserman (7), Thom Hartmann (4), Ralph Nader (4), Dave Lindorff (4), Robert Weissman (3), Sam Husseini (3), Ray Mcgovern (3), Michael Winship (3), Danny Schechter (3), Jeff Cohen (2), Pierre Tristam (2), George Lakoff (2), Cindy Sheehan (2), Michael Parenti (2)... |
| Story Topics | Bush Administration (49), War in Iraq (28), War (26), Obama Administration (26), Law Enforcement (23), Law (20), Money and Politics (19), Media and Politics (18), Environment (17), Civil Liberties (15), Global Economy (13), Global Warming (13), Climate Change (12), U.S. Congress (11), U.S. Economy (11)... |
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| Edited By | Ezra Fox |
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