In the blinking of an eye, the reactionary Supreme Court majority took a whack at 53 years of progress in civil rights in this country. Thurgood Marshall would be turning … [Keep reading >>]

The Houston Chronicle attacks the court majority for confusing the cause and the cure in rejecting efforts by educators in Louisville and Seattle to more effectively integrate local schools: “In … [Keep reading >>]

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch calls on congress to seriously consider proposals to reform the current, dysfunctional system of agricultural subsidies: “America’s $19 billion system of farm subsidies encourages farmers to … [Keep reading >>]

The BBC’s Roger Harrabin reports on findings suggesting that the mad rush to biofuels might not be as healthy for the environment as some think: “The report from the charity … [Keep reading >>]

The Guardian’s Richard Adams applauds MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski for refusing to read on air a lead story focused on Paris Hilton: “After a media frenzy that saw even arch-publicist Michael … [Keep reading >>]

“Police thwarted a devastating terrorist plot on Friday, discovering two Mercedes loaded with nails packed around canisters of propane and gasoline set to detonate and kill possibly hundreds in London’s … [Keep reading >>]

Jack the Fixer Abramoff is in the pokey. Meanwhile, those who couldn’t resist his siren song have fallen into the tar pit of greed and corruption. Why just … [Keep reading >>]

As the climatologists have pointed out, the effects of climate change will not be uniform. No nice 1 degree rise in temperature and everything otherwise stays the same. Chaos … [Keep reading >>]

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Hunger-Striker Collapses in Lieberman’s Office 1 hour Ago

Bay area CODEPINK member collapsed in Lieberman’s office after 10 days of an ongoing hunger-strike to gain a meeting with the Senator … [Keep reading >>]

Writing for Reuters, Cynthia Osterman reports on the odyssey of one US family trying to see what it’s like to live without Chinese products for a year: “Bongiorni got a … [Keep reading >>]

Writing in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jay Bookman explains how the administration’s dream of a permanent republican majority was (relatively) quickly relegated to the dustbin of history: “The result has been … [Keep reading >>]

This piece in the Nashville Tennessean by Beverly Moore is becoming a more and more common occurrence, even in areas of the country normally supportive of the US war effort: … [Keep reading >>]