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How to Get Our Democracy Back

Seeded on Fri Feb 5, 2010 10:09 AM EST (The Nation)

If we want change, we have to change Congress.

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You Can Help Bloggers Defy Their Repressive Governments

Seeded on Thu Feb 4, 2010 10:08 AM EST (Utne)

How you can use the open-source software TOR to volunteer your computer for global privacy....

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Courting Corporations by the Supreme Court

Seeded on Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:00 AM EST (BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash)

The 'rule of law' isn't just a collection of words; it is supposed to mean something and have relevance in the conduct of our daily lives. It shouldn't be co-opted by activist ideologues on the bench who claim constitutional neutrality but rule otherwise.

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Hoist Your Pitchforks!

Seeded on Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:55 AM EST (New Republic)

"Populism" is the most overused and misused word in the lexicon of commentary. But thanks to a reckless decision by Chief Justice John Roberts' Supreme Court and also the greed of the nation's financial barons, we have reached a true populist moment in American politics.

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Italian official condemns Haiti earthquake relief as 'vanity parade'

Seeded on Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:33 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Guido Bertolaso, who led L'Aquila quake response in Italy, targets lack of leadership and role of US military

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Haitian empowerment must be the prime goal

Seeded on Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:24 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

As a result of the US decision to prioritise the accumulation of foreign soldiers over the distribution of emergency supplies, untold numbers of people have died needlessly.

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The Bernanke Conundrum

Seeded on Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:41 AM EST (The New York Times)

If Mr. Bernanke is reappointed, he and his colleagues need to realize that what they consider a policy success is actually a policy failure.

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Is The Tea Party Over?

Seeded on Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:31 AM EST (Newsweek)

The man who serves both as the tea party's spiritual leader and carnival barker, Glenn Beck, spent the morning after Scott Brown's victory sounding very much like a man who would just as soon undermine the party as he would share the spotlight with Washington's newest star.

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Who Are You Calling Looters?

Seeded on Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:16 AM EST (TomDispatch)

Rebecca Solnit wants to banish the word "looting" from the English language. "It incites madness and obscures realities," she says. What to call it then? How about "emergency requisitioning."

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How to Stop Complaining and Start Improving Government

Seeded on Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:03 AM EST (Utne)

Concerned citizens, developers, and bloggers around the world are using the internet to promote transparency, accountability, and civic engagement.

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Fat Tires in the Everglades

Seeded on Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:59 PM EST (CounterPunch)

It was a gamble what time to leave Coral Gables. I would either make the meeting on the other side of the state or waste the day missing it.

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Tales from a D.C. school kitchen: Hold the fat and please pass the sugar

Seeded on Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:33 PM EST (Grist)

Ed Bruske spent a week in the kitchen at H.D. Cooke Elementary School in the District of Columbia observing how food is prepared. This is the third in a six-part series of posts about what he saw. Check out the first, second, and third posts. Cross-posted from The Slow Cook.

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When Republicans stop lying ...

Seeded on Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:03 PM EST (BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash)

Specifically the White House and Democrats in general have got to turn populist rage against populist rage, declaring every waking moment: When Republicans stop lying, we'll stop attacking.

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Four Reasons Why Democrats Should Oppose the Bernanke Reappointment

Seeded on Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:00 PM EST (BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash)

Editor's note: In a letter to Senate colleagues, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) today offered four reasons why Democrats should oppose the reappointment of Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Here is the letter:

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25 Intelligent Optimists

Seeded on Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:21 AM EST (Ode)

25 Intelligent Optimists

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The power to fight poverty right in the supermarket

Seeded on Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:13 AM EST (Ode Magazine)

Enough cannot be said about the importance of supporting a sustainable food supply, eating locally is the way to go. Except for the extraordinarily disciplined few, most of us partake in food that has been produced elsewhere.

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New Anti-Smog Restrictions Could Warm Planet

Seeded on Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:05 AM EST (NPR)

...Shindell argues that what's needed is a more holistic approach to the intimately linked problems of climate change and air quality. "I think we need to have policies which try to take into account both air quality and climate change.

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Walmart To Lay Off 11,200 Sam's Club Staffers

Seeded on Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:59 AM EST (NPR)

"I feel betrayed," said Sally Grueling, 56, who had worked at Sam's Club for nine years, most recently in Hilliard, Ohio as a new business membership rep.

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How 'The Hidden Brain' Does The Thinking For Us

Seeded on Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:51 AM EST (NPR)

The autopilot mode can be useful when we're multitasking, but it can also lead us to make unsupported snap judgments about people in the world around us.

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The Tips of Your Fingers

Seeded on Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:48 AM EST (Orion)

Individualism, identity, and the state's assault on public life

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A Supreme Victory for Special Interests

Seeded on Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:15 AM EST (Truthdig)

The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, none of whom has been elected to anything, ever, has given a monumental victory to special interests.

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20,000 march against racist sheriff

Seeded on Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:08 AM EST (Workers World)

"¡Se ve, se siente! ¡El pueblo está presente! (You can see it! You can feel it! The people are here!)" This was one of the many popular chants that reverberated through the streets of Phoenix on Jan.

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Torture's Loopholes

Seeded on Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:02 AM EST (The New York Times)

Americans can now boast that they no longer "torture" detainees, but they cannot say that detainees are not abused, or even that their treatment meets the minimum standards of humane treatment mandated by the Geneva Conventions, the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (the so-call …

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Bill Gates' Vision of Combating Climate Change is Mostly Myopic, Out of Touch, and a Little Bit Scary

Seeded on Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:53 AM EST (TreeHugger)

In case you haven't seen it, Bill Gates has a new piece over at Huffington Post where he argues that "We need innovation, not insulation," concluding that the world is distracted from what counts in terms of dealing with climate change "in a big way."

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Forget Energy Star and LEED, Green Building is Passivhaus

Seeded on Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:44 AM EST (TreeHugger)

It is hard to believe, but this "mountain hut" in Austria needs next to no heating; it is all done with body heat, cooking heat and passive solar heat.

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