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Losing or Giving Up the Fight Against Racism?
US president Barack Obama: has he gone back on pledges made to black America? Photo: Michael Reynolds/EPA.Obama’s big silence: the race question: Has the president turned his back on black America?By Naomi Klein / September 12, 2009 Americans began the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Racism, Right Wing Extremists, Right Wing Media
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Thousands March Against Their Own Self-Interest
When you see this happening, you just know that big insurance has already won the battle. Health care reform in Amerikkka is a pipe dream. Joe Bageant tried to help me understand why so many vote against their own self-interest, … Continue reading
We’re Number Thirty-Seven
Thanks to Jeffrey Segal / The Rag Blog
Foodie Friday: Food Is Power
Graphic from the Environmental Working Group.The Carbon TradeBy Janet Gilles / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2009 Seventy percent of the farm subsidy goes to just a small number of states in the upper Mississippi River basin, where farmers … Continue reading
Michael Pollan: What’s Really Wrong with Health Care in America – Corporate Agribusiness
Big Food vs. Big InsuranceBy Michael Pollan / September 9, 2009 TO listen to President Obama’s speech on Wednesday night, or to just about anyone else in the health care debate, you would think that the biggest problem with health … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Alternative Health Care, Food Production, Health Care, Obama Administration
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Beyond Hutto : Reforming Immigrant Detention
Demonstrator at T. Don Hutto detention facility on World Refugee Day, June 20, 2009. Photo by Melissa Del Bosque / The Texas Observer.Beyond Hutto:Activists reflect on the continuing struggle against immigrant detention centers. By DC Tedrow / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Criminal Justice Reform, Hutto Prison, Immigrant Detention, Immigration, Political Action, Social Justice, Texas
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Juan Cole: Labor Day in a Kleptocracy
Where have All the broad Shoulders Gone? Or, Labor Day in a KleptocracyBy Juan Cole / September 7, 2009 The unemployment rate as I write is inching toward 10 percent nationally, and that is only counting people who were still … Continue reading
Firefighters: Mostly Paramedics in Some Places
Firefighters from Company 10 responding to an emergency call in Washington in late August. Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times.Firefighters Become Medics to the PoorBy Ian Urbina / September 3, 2009 WASHINGTON — Peeling off his latex gloves after treating … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Public Health
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Alberto Gonzales, the Tragic Opera
Alberto Gonzales, the Opera, Hits StageSeptember 4, 2009 A graduate music student has taken the political theater of Washington, D.C., one step further this summer. She’s turned it into opera. Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ congressional grilling in April 2007 … Continue reading
Net Neutrality : Next Target of Astroturf Groups?
“WWIII Propaganda Posters: Support Net Neutrality” by Brian Moore / Flickr.Will ‘Astroturf’ groups block Net Neutrality reform? It’s no secret the five biggest telecom companies want Net Neutrality to disappear. All just happen to be members of a ‘pro-consumer’ group. … Continue reading
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Tagged Astroturf Groups, Freedom of Information, Health Care Reform, Internet, Net Neutrality, Right Wing, Telecoms
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