Friday 04.02.10 Headlines... Dead Iraq & Afghan Civilians Don't Count Under 'Combat Exemption' http://act.commondreams.org/go/78?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=2 Progressives Push Obama: Go Further on Foreclosure Prevention http://act.commondreams.org/go/79?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=4 New Regulations Will Put an End to Mountaintop Mining http://act.commondreams.org/go/80?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=6 Top Fed Official Wants To Break Up Megabanks, Stop The Fed From Guaranteeing Wall Street's Profits http://act.commondreams.org/go/81?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=8 Israel Threatens New Gaza Offensive http://act.commondreams.org/go/82?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=10 A Once-Unwelcome Scholar Speaks in US http://act.commondreams.org/go/83?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=12 What's Driving Up Oil Prices Again? Wall Street, Of Course http://act.commondreams.org/go/84?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=14 and more... **************************************************** Video... Amid Widespread Economic Pain, Hedge Fund Managers Mark Record Year http://act.commondreams.org/go/85?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=16 Mass Closures of Public Schools, Promotion of Charters Raise Fears of Privatized Detroit Education System http://act.commondreams.org/go/86?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=18 and more... **************************************************** Views... Mark Weisbrot: The IMF's New Wisdom http://act.commondreams.org/go/87?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=20 Cesar Chelala: Is Racism Still Alive in America? http://act.commondreams.org/go/88?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=22 Fabien Cousteau: People Protect What They Love http://act.commondreams.org/go/89?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=24 Christine Ahn and Anasuya Sengupta: The State of the World's Women http://act.commondreams.org/go/90?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=26 Sarah Laskow: Off-Shore Drilling, Auto Emissions, Mountaintop Mining From Obama Administration http://act.commondreams.org/go/91?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=28 Mark Morford: Back Off, I'm a Corporate Whore http://act.commondreams.org/go/92?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=30 and more... **************************************************** Newswire... NOW Applauds Life Sentence for Roeder, Calls for Anti-Abortion Rights Violence to be Acknowledged as Terrorism http://act.commondreams.org/go/93?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=32 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the March Employment Report http://act.commondreams.org/go/94?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=34 ARAMARK & Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) Sign Agreement to Improve Wages, Working Conditions in Tomato Fields of Florida http://act.commondreams.org/go/95?akid=11.8603._4qh2D&t=36 and more... |