U.S. News and Information

News/Articles:

Added February 2009:

• House passes stimulus bill; now for the great Senate debate (Christian Science Monitor)
• Economist James Galbraith:  Bailed-Out Banks Should Be Declared Insolvent (Democracy Now!)
• Ahead of Senate Vote, Obama Warns of “Catastrophe” Without Economic Stimulus (Democracy Now!)
• Utah Student Who Thwarted Auction of Utah Wildnerness Hails Cencellation of bush Admin Selloff (Democracy Now!)
• Should Economic Stimulus Bill Include Billions for Nuclear Power? (Democracy now!)
• Harry Lewis:  “Blown to Bits:  Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion.”(Democracy Now!)
• Robert Kuttner and Michael Hudson on the Obama Administration’s $789 Billion Economic Stimulus Package and $2.5 Trillion Bank Recovery Plans (Democracy Now!)
• Penn. Judges Get Kickbacks for Placing Youths in Privately Owned Jails (Democracy Now!)
• Arizona Sheriff Faces Civil Rights Probe, Allegations of Undermining Law Enforcement with Controversial Focus on Immigration (Democracy Now!)
• As Obama Unveils Foreclosure Plan, Activists Place Homeless in Vacant Homes (Democracy Now!)
• RNC Protesters Tried on Terrorism Charges Despite Acknowledgment They Didn’t Commit Alleged Acts (Democracy Now!)
• Obama Won on a Populist Surge — So Where’s the Populist Policy? (AlterNet)

Audio Links:

• Guns and Butter – “Obama’s War Administration” with economic historian and author, Webster Tarpley (Audio Link)