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Will the Real John Kerry Please Stand Up
Robert Scheer, AlterNet
Election 2004: John Kerry showed true patriotism, integrity and prescience in his opposition to the Vietnam War. He should draw on that background now rather than echoing Bush's militarism. |
Rage against the Machines
Ronnie Dugger, The Nation
Election 2004: Computerized voting systems have been proven insecure; is enough being done to assure that the 2004 election will not be stolen? |
Fahrenheit This!
Bill Berkowitz, WorkingForChange.com
MediaCulture: Moore-bashing is going full-throttle, and one filmmaker seeks to out-Fahrenheit Michael Moore. |
Public Nuisance No. 1
Amanda Griscom, Grist Magazine
EnviroHealth: A bold lawsuit filed last week against five major U.S. energy companies may have the strange side effect of encouraging utilities to ask the feds for mandatory emissions caps. |
The Music That Ate the Planet
Stefan Braidwood, PopMatters
MediaCulture: Any musical genre that is so successful that it becomes the mainstream inevitably becomes homogenized; hip hop, in its diversity, strength and potential, can fight the tendency towards mediocrity. |
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It's about the Teachers
Jonathan Schorr, Washington Monthly
Election 2004: John Kerry has quietly assembled a radical school reform plan. |
Political Barbies
Sheila Gibbons, Women's eNews
MediaCulture: The wives of modern presidential candidates are smart, independent women – but no one in the media seems to notice. |
No Heroes In Iraq
Naeem Mohaiemen, AlterNet
War on Iraq: The terrorists' willingness to kidnap poor migrant workers to fight the U.S. reveals the darker side of the insurgency. |
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Election 2004:
New voters in Florida
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War on Iraq:
New Halliburton shame
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Rights & Liberties:
Playing politics with the poor
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Racial profiling for reporters
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