Gender Inequality 2.0: Extra! shows women writers underrepresented in a study of bylines on one of the top liberal weblogs

As the US discusses bailing out Wall Street, the UN discusses progress in Africa on Millennium Development Goals. The continent needs $52 billion dollars over two years to close the infrastructure gap while the bankers need a quick $700 billion for reasons left unelaborated. More from Green Left Weekly
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Serge Halimi on Barack Obama's politics. James Thindwa analyzes urban violence in US cities. Aijaz Ahmad discusses Islam and the West.More

Union Organizing 2.0: Labour enters the Facebook matrix

Matthew Rothschild's tribute to Studs Turkel

Short interview with Green Party presidential candidate, defector from the Democratic Party, Cynthia McKinney


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Wiki-ing our way to better elections: "popular monitoring of popular elections."

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is in a crucial position to bring overdue attention to the violations and abuses that women’s human rights defenders face in the Americas, four rights organizations said today after a historic hearing raised these issues for the first time. 

David W. Moore's new book, The Opinion Makers:  public opinion polls are deliberately designed to NOT reveal what the American people are really thinking.More

"A chilling blow to academic freedom."  William Ayers uninvited from University of Nebraska-Lincoln's graduation. 

The relationship between students and locals is fraught with long-held mistrust and resentment. Ex-student Jenny Nelson looks at the history of these often segregated communities, and meets some of the student activists who are trying to break that mold.

Center for American Progress Action Fund and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund:
McCain's health care plan is "worse for women."
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