Obama’s Liberal Critics Find Their Voice

Published on Sunday, June 20, 2010 by the Sunday Observer/UK Obama’s Liberal Critics Find Their Voice We on the left have been in numb denial about President Obama’s failures. But as the crises pile up we can’t remain silent by Clancy Sigal Until President Obama’s first ever Oval Office address-to-the-nation the other night BP’s chief [...]

Is Using Dispersants on the BP Gulf Oil Spill Fighting Pollution with Pollution?

Published on Friday, June 18, 2010 by Scientific America Is Using Dispersants on the BP Gulf Oil Spill Fighting Pollution with Pollution? It remains unclear what impact chemical dispersants will have on sea life–and only the massive, uncontrolled experiment being run in the Gulf of Mexico will tell by David Biello Roughly five million liters [...]

Unrest in Pakistan: Moving Beyond U.S. National Interest

Published on Saturday, June 19, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Unrest in Pakistan: Moving Beyond U.S. National Interest by Josh Brollier and Kathy Kelly “The military is the muscle that protects the ruling elite from the wrath of the people,” says Pakistani political analyst Dr. Mubashir Hassan. “Right now, people are out on the street; blocking roads, [...]

Obama Officials Still Approving Flawed Gulf Drilling Plans

Published on Saturday, June 19, 2010 by the McClatchy Newspapers Obama Officials Still Approving Flawed Gulf Drilling Plans by Shashank Bengali WASHINGTON – Despite President Barack Obama’s promises of better safeguards for offshore drilling, federal regulators continue to approve plans for oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico with minimal or no environmental [...]

President Obama Doesn’t Strike Again

Published on Friday, June 18, 2010 by CommonDreams.org President Obama Doesn’t Strike Again by David Michael Green I really didn’t want to write another rant this week on the now yawn-inducing fact of Barack Obama’s irrelevance and presidential impotence (when, that is, it isn’t something far worse), but watching his first Oval Office address to [...]

Corporate Gusher, Public Sun

Published on Friday, June 18, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Corporate Gusher, Public Sun by Harvey Wasserman BP’s apocalyptic Gulf gusher has put our ability to survive in serious doubt. We have no reason to believe an end to the crisis is near—or even in sight. Nor can we begin to calculate the damage to our Mother [...]

Disclosure Act in Jeopardy after Interest Groups Balk at NRA Deal

Published on Friday, June 18, 2010 by The Washington Post Disclosure Act in Jeopardy after Interest Groups Balk at NRA Deal Bill would exempt more interest groups from disclosing top donors by Dan Eggen WASHINGTON – One of President Obama’s top legislative priorities is in serious doubt after top House Democrats’ attempt to satisfy the [...]

New Clash in World Cup Labor Dispute

Published on Thursday, June 17, 2010 by Reuters New Clash in World Cup Labor Dispute Police stun grenades and rubber bullets at striking World Cup workers during a protest in Cape Town. by Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Police fired rubber bullets and a stun grenade on Thursday to disperse protesting workers in [...]

Billions of New Nuke Giveaways in Kerry-Lieberman Bill Exposed

Published on Thursday, June 17, 2010 by Friends of the Earth Billions of New Nuke Giveaways in Kerry-Lieberman Bill Exposed Earth Track Analysis Finds That Just Two of the Subsidies Add Another $1.3 Billion to $3 Billion in Tax Breaks Per Reactor Statement by Friends of the Earth (FOE) lear industry could end up facing [...]

“You Should Be in Prison!”: Protester Interrupts BP Hearing

Published on Thursday, June 17, 2010 by The Hill “You Should Be in Prison!”: Protester Interrupts BP Hearing by Eric Zimmermann WASHINGTON – No sooner did BP CEO Tony Hayward begin the first sentence of his opening statement at a House hearing Thursday morning than a protester disrupted the hearing. The protester appeared to be [...]