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Reports: Different Republican, Same Right-Wing Court

Ear to the Ground: Preparations Made for Sadr City Assault

Ear to the Ground: Crisis Deepens in Burma as Cyclone Toll Passes 22,000

Ear to the Ground: Food Crisis Leads to Opportunity in Cuba

Reports: The Pentagon vs. America

Arts and Culture: Jeff Madrick on ‘High Wire,’ Peter Gosselin’s Look at the Economic Meltdown

Ear to the Ground: Iran Condemns Clinton

Ear to the Ground: Italians Outraged, Yet Curious

Reports: Ticker Tape Ain’t Spaghetti

Ear to the Ground: Decision on Bears: Bush Is on the Clock

Reports: The Cutting Edge of Backward Thinking

Reports: Bloated in Baghdad

Cartoons: White House Life

Reports: The Single-Payer Solution

Reports: McCainomics

Ear to the Ground: Sadr Warns of ‘Open War’

Ear to the Ground: Cafferty’s China Comments Spark Protest

Reports: Colorado Still Sneers at Labor

Ear to the Ground: Democratic Voters Agree: Bail Us Out

Reports: The $3-Trillion War

Arts and Culture: Steve Wasserman on Fidel Castro

Reports: The Long, Sorrowful Ludlow Legacy

Ear to the Ground: Dalai Lama Shows Support for Olympics

Reports: Failing the Troops

Reports: In Utero Inc.

Ear to the Ground: Lawmaker: Atheism ‘Extremely Dangerous’

Reports: Seven Years of Scandal

Ear to the Ground: Maliki Gives Up the Fight

Reports: Forty Years On

Reports: Remembering the Real Martin Luther King

Reports: Doctors and Patients Agree

Reports: Where Do We Go From Here?

Reports: A Submarine to Fight al-Qaida’s Navy

Ear to the Ground: Pelosi: Perhaps Bush Should Skip Olympics

Reports: Consider Iraq Defined

Ear to the Ground: Kidnappers Free Baghdad Security Spokesman

Ear to the Ground: The Next Great Depression?

Ear to the Ground: It’s the Economy, John

Ear to the Ground: Foreign Journalists Enter Tibet

Reports: Slap Down ‘Free Market’ Pirates

Reports: Conservatives Beware

Reports: Greed Is Not Good

Reports: A Conscientious Objection

Reports: New Crisis, Old Isms

Reports: War Started With Lies, Continues With Lies

Ear to the Ground: Supreme Court Considers Second Amendment

Reports: Be Careful What You Wish For

Reports: Dinner With Ahmed

Arts and Culture: Mark Dowie on Michael Shnayerson’s ‘Coal River’

Reports: The Silver Lining

Reports: A Cause Bigger Than Any Scandal

Reports: Putting Clinton and Obama on the Grill

Reports: Visit Trumpets Iran’s Power in Iraq

Ear to the Ground: Russia Stands With Serbia

Ear to the Ground: Israel’s Version of Pat Robertson

Reports: The Poppy Problem

Ear to the Ground: Top Court Sets Back the Foes of Bush’s Wiretaps

Ear to the Ground: End of an Era

Ear to the Ground: Sentenced to Die Over a Download

Cartoons: Sad Uncle Sam

Ear to the Ground: Huge Recall of Beef Is Linked to Schools

Reports: Homeland Insecurity

Ear to the Ground: Spielberg Quits Olympics Post in Protest of China

Arts and Culture: Mark Arax on California’s Capitalist Founders

Arts and Culture: Milton Viorst on Israel’s Tragic Predicament

Reports: The McCain Divide

Ear to the Ground: Bush Goes Out With a Thud

Reports: An Economic Bridge to Nowhere

Reports: The End of Privacy

Arts and Culture: Chalmers Johnson on the Myth of Free Trade

Reports: The Stimulus Swindle

Ear to the Ground: Immigration Dept. Deports Americans

Ear to the Ground: World Markets Dive Amid U.S. Economy Fears

Reports: No Time to Argue About the Economy

Arts and Culture: Doug Henwood on Robert Kuttner’s ‘The Squandering of America’

Reports: The Evangelical Rebellion

Reports: Fear, Loathing and the Crisis of Confidence

Ear to the Ground: FCC Sells Out

Reports: From Oil Wars to Water Wars

Reports: The Promised Land

Reports: A Faith-Based Boondoggle

Ear to the Ground: Airport Security Fails to Catch Bomb Components

Ear to the Ground: Time to Take UFOs Seriously?

Cartoons: Rich Government, Poor People

Reports: America Is Watching You

Reports: The American Police State

Reports: Hold Politicians’ Feet to the Fire

Reports: Gouging Grandma

Reports: Imagine Peace—A Ray of Light in Dark Times

Ear to the Ground: Bush Planted Canned ‘News’ Spots on U.S. Stations

Ear to the Ground: Robot Insects Spying on Protesters?

Ear to the Ground: UK Plans Troop Reduction

Reports: Here We Go Again

Ear to the Ground: Leading Iraqis Get Practical

Reports: Bush the Saboteur

Reports: Lebanese Government on Verge of Collapse

Ear to the Ground: Whistleblowers Expose State Department Bushie

Reports: Checkbook Imperialism:  The Blackwater Fiasco

Ear to the Ground: Iraq to Scrutinize Private Security Firms

Reports: ‘Giving’ and Taking

Ear to the Ground: GAO Report Gives Iraq Gov’t an ‘F’

Cartoons: Recycled Rhetoric

A/V Booth: Send In the Clergy!

Ear to the Ground: Obama: Not Everything Is Bush’s Fault

Ear to the Ground: Sunni Leader Links Maliki to ‘Death Squads’

Ear to the Ground: Cabinet Reflects a Divided Iraq

Reports: An Absurd Debate

Bazaar: Sacred Places, Civic Purposes: Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity?

Bazaar: United We Serve: National Service and the Future of Citizenship

Bazaar: What’s God Got to Do With the American Experiment?: Essays on Religion and Politics

Bazaar: The Raw Deal: How Bush Republicans Plan to Destroy Social Security and the Legacy of the New Deal

A/V Booth: War Made Easy

Cartoons: Jack and the Branches of Government

Ear to the Ground: Baghdad a Long Way from Meeting Benchmarks

Reports: Draining the Swamp

Reports: Republicans Play Softball With Scandal

Ear to the Ground: A Diverse Picture in French Cabinet

Reports: The GOP Identity Crisis

Ear to the Ground: Bill Clinton Warns on Disaster Preparedness

Ear to the Ground: Last-Minute Tax Woes

A/V Booth: Bill Maher: Bring Back Elitism

Reports: Swift Boat Appointment Obscures the Real Threat

Ear to the Ground: Free Trade’s Bitter Pill

Ear to the Ground: Spy on the Government

Ear to the Ground: Israel Says No Dice to Palestinian Government

Truthdig Podcast: California Pioneer on Public Healthcare and More

Reports: Ronnie’s Legacy

Ear to the Ground: Bush Calls for End of Communism in Cuba

Cartoons: Mr. Fish: Bush Turns to a Trusted Source

Ear to the Ground: Iraq Nears Oil Sharing Deal

Ear to the Ground: Iraq President Hospitalized

Ear to the Ground: Bush Wants to Gut PBS Funding

Ear to the Ground: New Mexico Tries Talking Urinals

Ear to the Ground: Satellite Spy Agency Gets Bilked

Reports: The Budget Speaks Louder Than Pandering

Ear to the Ground: States Revolt Against ID Law

Ear to the Ground: Americans Prefer Swiping to Saving

Ear to the Ground: Historic Appointment for Israel

Ear to the Ground: Gonzales Installs Bush Loyalists in Key Positions

Reports: Brad Friedman: Stop Whining and Start Leading

Ear to the Ground: Public Officials Pledge to Eliminate Gay Marriage Ban

Ear to the Ground: Parsing the Dead

Ear to the Ground: Pentagon Caught in Contract Shuffle

Ear to the Ground: A Bid to Ostracize Moqtada al-Sadr

Cartoons: Mr. Fish - McCain’s Campaign Promise

Ear to the Ground: Human Rights Watch: Hussein Trial ‘Flawed and Unsound’

Ear to the Ground: Hoyer Elected House Majority Leader

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Torture Providing Cover for Other Countries

Ear to the Ground: Israelis Worried Over Political Prospects

Ear to the Ground: Zimbabwe Goes Offline

Ear to the Ground: First Reaction to Bush’s Speech

Ear to the Ground: Government Admits to Yet Another Domestic Spying Program

A/V Booth: Limbaugh: ‘The Government Is Killing the Poor…With Too Much Food.’

Ear to the Ground: Judge Orders End to Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping

Ear to the Ground: While Feds Stall, Locals Tackle Big Issues

A/V Booth: Lauer to Lieberman: Haven’t the Voters Spoken?

Ear to the Ground: Washington Deal Maker Details Palm Greasing

Ear to the Ground: Tax Dollars to Fund Study on Restricting Public Data

Ear to the Ground: Lobbyists Fund Local Needs Through Earmark Appropriations

Ear to the Ground: Paper Publishes New Details of Insurgency Amnesty Deal

Ear to the Ground: Did Telcos Use Scapegoat-for-Hire in NSA Case?

Ear to the Ground: Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi Resigns

A/V Booth: Schwarzenegger & Celebs: ‘Stop the Madness’ on Drugs

Reports: Molly Ivins: Pro-Israel ‘Nutjobs’ on the Attack

Ear to the Ground: Bin Laden Releases Another Tape

Ear to the Ground: A Glimmer of Hope in Iraq

Reports: Andy Borowitz: U.S. to Send One Troop to Iran

Ear to the Ground: ‘Liberated’ Iraqis Turned Into Refugees

Ear to the Ground: Analysts: Iran Is Years Away From Making Bomb

Ear to the Ground: Top Aging Scientist Quits Over Bush’s Stem Cell Policy

Ear to the Ground: Rice Visits Baghdad in Desperation Over Iraqi Leadership

Ear to the Ground: Seven Questions: What’s Next for Iraq?

Ear to the Ground: With Chaos Reigning, Bush Tells Iraqis: Build Your Government

Ear to the Ground: Bush Opposes Jaafari as Iraq’s Next Leader, Say Shiites

Ear to the Ground: Court OKs Anti-Abortion License Plates

Ear to the Ground: Elizabeth Dole’s Fundraiser Disguised as Tax Form

Reports: ‘This Place Is Broken’: The Gore Vidal Interview Part II

Ear to the Ground: Taliban in Afghanistan Stronger Than Ever

Ear to the Ground: Al Qaeda in 2002: We Infiltrated UAE

Ear to the Ground: Bush Lacked Iraq Rebuilding Plan

Ear to the Ground: Bush’s Katrina Understatement of the Year

Ear to the Ground: When Politics Defeat Science

Ear to the Ground: Justice Dept. Rejects Google’s Stand on Privacy

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Plans $7-Billion Royalty Windfall to Oil Companies

Ear to the Ground: Death Squads and Prison Abuse in Iraq

Ear to the Ground: Iraqi Shiites Nominate Jafari as Prime Minister

Reports: Iraq the Disaster, Officially Speaking

Truthdig Podcast: Inside Chavez’s Venezuela

Reports: You’ve Got Jail

Dig Blog: A New Ally for the Latin American Left

Ear to the Ground: UK Gov’t. Tries To Cover Up Its Use Of Torture-Stained Intel

Ear to the Ground: Propaganda? What Propaganda?

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