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Blog - She who holds the pen... August 11 Erin Simpson | The Larry O'Brien influence peddling trial has implications for women in politics. |
Blog - The Media Consortium Blog August 11 TMC MediaWire Blogger, Zach Carter | The U.S. job market may be showing signs of life, according to a report issued by the Labor Department on Friday. |
Blog - Judy Rebick's Blog August 10 Judy Rebick | The only thing we are hearing so far about the NDP convention is the proposal for a name change. That's the least of their problems. |
Blog - Code Pink Canadian Delegations to Gaza August 10 Libby Davies | As you enter Jerusalem from the Allenby bridge the vista of illegal settlements on just about every hill top is surreal. |
Blog - John Bonnar's August 9 John Bonnar | The Latin American Solidarity Network rallied in Toronto on Saturday, condemning the military coup d’etat in Honduras and what they called U.S. involvement and support for a military dictatorship. |
Blog - Code Pink Canadian Delegations to Gaza August 8 Kim Elliott | A delegation of Members of Parliament from three of Canada's political parties depart this week for the Middle East: Jordan and Palestine (the West Bank and Gaza) to assess the humanitarian situation. |
Blog - The Media Consortium Blog August 7 TMC MediaWire Blogger, Raquel Brown | The government-sponsored Car Allowance Rebate System, commonly known as “Cash for Clunkers,” burned through $1 billion of funding within a week. |
Blog - rabble.ca's staff blog August 7 rabble staff | Today is the last day of our summer membership drive where you can still get our bonus gifts -- signed copies of great books by some of the most exciting authors around! |
Blog - StopWar Blog August 7 Dave Markland | Professor Marc Herold's findings regarding civilian deaths in Afghanistan are put under a microscope. |
Blog - StopWar Blog August 6 Dave Markland | U.S. forces threaten to target civilians in eastern Afghanistan. |
Blog - The Media Consortium Blog August 6 TMC MediaWire Blogger, Nezua | The number of undocumented immigrants coming into the U.S. is plunging, as The Washington Independent’s Daphne Eviatar reports. |
Blog - John Bonnar's August 6 John Bonnar | This case has been dragging on so long that the accused can’t even remember the last time they appeared in court. |
Blog - Pierre Beaudet's Blog August 5 Pierre Beaudet | The sun is slowly coming down in this northern West Bank village. We are really a few kilometers from Galilee just outside the green line. |
Blog - The Media Consortium Blog August 5 Lindsay Beyerstein, TMC MediaWire Blogger | An update on health care reform in the U.S.: By now it’s clear that the Senate Finance Committe won’t cough up a heathcare bill before the summer recess. |
Blog - The Media Consortium Blog August 4 TMC MediaWire Blogger, Sara Luckow | It’s abundantly clear that we can’t rely on the economic elite to represent the people’s interests. Tomorrow’s economic structure must be drastically different if the United States is going to thrive. |
Blog - John Bonnar's August 3 John Bonnar | "Juggling was in my living room," said Kyle, pausing for a photo. "Unfortunately I was a theatre student and couldn’t afford cable. So this was the better option." |
Blog - Derrick O'Keefe's blog August 1 Derrick O'Keefe | Malalai Joya has just completed a one-week visit to London, to launch the UK edition of her memoir and to speak out about the plight of occupied Afghanistan. |
Blog - The Media Consortium Blog July 31 Raquel Brown | International climate negotiations are currently bogged down in smog. Many countries are in disagreement about the best way to go about reducing emissions and curbing climate change. |
Blog - Word of the Rings July 31 Pina Belperio | An agressive forest fire broke out on Blackcomb Mountain in Whistler on July 30, adding to the woes of Olympic organizers. |
Blog - John Bonnar's July 31 John Bonnar | In April, the Wood family was told that they were being cut off the provincial benefits program, without any discussion of their extraordinary expenses or their daughter's condition. |
Blog - The Media Consortium Blog July 30 Nezua | Nobody said becoming a post-racial nation would be easy. The U.S. has its first black president, but the White House is advancing programs linked to racial profiling and civil rights violations. |
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Blog - rabble.ca's staff blog July 30 rabble staff | rabble.ca is proud to sponsor politically charged and electronically driven indie band LAL's summer 2009 tour! |
Blog - rabble.ca's staff blog July 29 rabble staff | Submit your questions for "You Ask" -- the rabbletv show where you get to ask the questions of today's newsmakers. |
Blog - The Media Consortium Blog July 29 Lindsay Beyerstein | Anticipation is quickly turning to dejection in progressive healthcare circles about the SFC's healthcare bill. |
Blog - Trish Hennessy's Blog July 29 Trish Hennessy | The streets of my community may be lined with fresh sheets of pavement gold, but for those hit by Canada's recession, the road is still very bumpy. |
Blog - rabble.ca's staff blog July 29 rabble staff | The World Out Games opened this week in Copenhagen, integrating sports, culture and human rights. |
Blog - John Bonnar's July 28 John Bonnar | They could have backed down. They could have refused to fight. But they didn’t. Instead, they stood their ground and now are on the edge of a collective agreement. |
Blog - The Media Consortium Blog July 28 Zach Carter | If we want our economy to be strong and stable, we have to start thinking about it as a product of community -- not a get rich quick scheme. |
Blog - John Bonnar's July 26 John Bonnar | A recent video contest in Los Angeles challenged students to capture the impact of budget cuts in their school – in one minute or less. The results were stunning. |