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Each week we review dozens of articles and essays from both corporate and independent media sources and choose one or more that we believe brings you important information on relevant issues or an exceptionally useful or unique perspective. Opinions presented do not necessarily reflect those of ReclaimDemocracy.org

December 2004

Family Farm Protection Laws Under Attack

The Associated Press

Days Before Gonzalez Hearing, DOJ Rewrites Torture Memo

The Associated Press

The Good and the Bad in Intelligence Reform Act

Bill of Rights Defense Committee

FBI Confirms Torture at Guantanamo

The Washington Post

Drug "War" Costs Mount, but Where's the Debate?

Cato Institute

Is Corporate Welfare Unconstitutional?

The New Yorker

Questions for Ken Blackwell

Letter of Inquiry from U.S. Representatives

The Truth Behind Large Malpractice Awards

Wall St. Journal

Social Security Debate Must Start With Facts

Knight-Ridder News Services

Former Police Officer Warns of "Implied Consent" Dangers

The Washington Post

Should We Limit Tenure of Federal Judges?

American Enterprise Institute

November 2004

About That Falling Dollar

Center for Economic & Policy Research

Corporate Profits Trump Conservative Values

Atlanta-Journal Constitution

Corporate Intimidation in the War on Science

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Ashcroft Decries Rule of Law

Knight Ridder News

Corrupt Election or Conspiracy Theory?

The Nation

Leaching Off the Dead

The New York Times

The Red State, Blue State Myth

Los Angeles Times

Court Allows Voter Challenges by Partisan Operatives in Ohio

AP Wire Service

October 2004

Wal-Mart Spending Millions to Sway California Elections

Orange County Register

Will Dramatic Shift in Newspaper Endorsements Influence Election?

Editor and Publisher

Blowing the Whistle on Halliburton

Reuters

Leaving Too Many Children Behind

The Los Angeles Times

ACLU Chooses Values Over Cash

The New York Times

An Anniversary to Remind Us of "Watch Lists" Danger

San Francisco Chronicle

Libertarians Win Hearing in Attempt to Stop Exclusion from Arizona Presidential Debate

New York Sun

Don't Call Them Debates!

Los Angeles Times

Show Your ID...and Don't Ask Why!

Wired.com

September 2004

Journalists Slam Kerry/Bush Debate Rules

Editor and Publisher Magazine

Do Black-Majority Districts Weaken Black Citizens' Political Power?

The New York Times

Corporate Tax Rates Continue to Plummet

Forbes.com

Creating a Corporate-Friendly Judiciary

Business Week

A Cost of Cheap Goods: Rivers Run Black in China

New York Times

A Voice of Experience: Korematsu Speaks on Racial Profiling

San Francisco Chronicle

Taxing Wages, Exempting Wealth

The New York Times

Use Wi-fi to Strengthen Communities, Not Corporations

The Seattle Times

August 2004

Bush Administration Continues to Deny Fifth Amendment Guarantees

Los Angeles Times

More Productive or Just Working Longer?

Los Angeles Times

Community Reinvestment Act Under Attack

The New York Times

Voting While Black

The New York Times

Is World Bank Serving the Poor or Extractive Industry?

The Christian Science Monitor

Bid to Undo Arizona Clean Elections Law Snuffed in Court

The Arizona Republic

Will Silly Putty Be Outlawed? The Absurd "Induce Act"

Reason.com

Dangers of a Media-Government Complex

Wired Magazine

The First Unionized Wal-Mart?

Tu Thanh Ha & the Canadian Press

July 2004

Shop Your Party Preference?

Bloomberg News

"Terrorism" Arrests Mislead Public

Des Moines Register

LA Times: Support Micro-broadcasting Bill

Los Angeles Times

FEC Ignores Illegal Convention Funding

The Christian Science Monitor

A Monsanto Executives' Nightmare

The Sacramento Bee

Dangerous Security Scheme Gets Shelved

The Associated press

Thousands of Eligible Voters on Purge List

The Miami Herald

June 2004

Malpractice Lawsuits and the Phony Crisis

The New York Times

Supreme Court Sets a Dangerous Precedent

The Washington Post

Right to Remain Silent Undermined by Supreme Court's Hiibel Ruling

The Washington Post

Women's Class-Action Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart, Inc. Given Go-ahead: Suit is largest private civil rights lawsuit in U.S. history

The Associated Press

Disenfranchising Blacks as Political Strategy

GregPalast.com

Beware of Patriot Act II -- Now In Pieces

Wired Magazine

Slot Machines vs. Electronic Voting

New York Times

L.A. Times Endorses New Citizens' Debate Commission

Los Angeles Times

Buying Influence and Ambassadorships

The Washington Post

Supreme Court Must Halt Growing Abuse of Redistricting (Gerrymandering)

Los Angeles Times

May 2004

Shareholders Deserve a Say on Corporate Boards

New York Times

Supreme Court to Hear Beef Checkoff Dispute

Associated Press

NY Times Admits Shoddy Reporting on PR Campaign for Invading Iraq

New York Times

In Praise of New Diesel Emissions Rules
Denver Post

A Foreign Reporter Gets a Story of U.S. Paranoia

Los Angeles Times

Are Corporations Psychopathic? A Corporate View of "The Corporation"

The Economist

The Dark Side of America Conditions In Many U.S. Prisons Make Abu Ghraib Photos Seem Mild
New York Times

Wal-Mart Knows No Shame : Can class action lawsuits curtail abusive practices?

San Francisco Chronicle

April 2004

Padilla v. Rumsfeld: Executive Power v. the Bill of Rights

The Cato Institute

From Your Wallet to Criminal Corporations

Associated Press

Corrupting the Court System: A corporate judicial revolution is stacking the nation's courts

Mother Jones Magazine

Earth Day Inc.

New York Times

To Bush Administration, Only Pro-Corporate Economic Studies Are Useful

The Missoulian

Creekstone Farms Slaughtered by USDA

Los Angeles Times

Government Attacks on Free Speech Continue (G8 in Georgia)

Associated Press

Impact of Downloads on Music Sales? Study by Harvard and UNC Says Zero

New York Times

Lawsuit Reform Initiative By California Corporations Overreaches

Los Angeles Times

Corporate Tax Evasion via Offshore Subsidiaries: A Primer

Pacific News Service

Will Corporate Theft from Workers Be Taken As Seriously as Swindling Investors?

New York Times

Scandal Rocks Milwaukee Private Schools

Associated Press

California Chamber of Commerce Initiative Threatens Public Interest

The Daily Breeze

Democracy Run Amok? An Excess of Ballot Initiatives Plagues California

L.A. Times

Is Treating Employees Well Unacceptable for Publicly Traded Corporations?

Wall St. Journal

IRS Response to Widespread Accounting Fraud? Audit Fewer Corporations

Cincinnati Enquirer

March 2004

War On Terror or War on Justice?

The Detroit News

USDA and Beef Industry Giants Fight Small Producer Wanting to Ensure Safe Meat

USA Today

Who Needs Chains When You've Got Community?

New Rules Project

Rand Beers Quits to Protest Bush "War on Terrorism"

Washington Post

John Kerry, National Security Threat?

L.A. Times

Spaniards Are Not Cowards

Boulder Daily Camera

Do Your (Jury) Duty

Christian Science Monitor

Tax Rates and Unemployment Rates Show Negative Correlation

Washington Post

Ignore the Whines of Corporate Reform Opponents

Washington Post

Your I.D. or Your Freedom Hiibel v. Nevada

L.A. Times

Bush Administration Hid Truth on Medicare Costs from Congress

Knight Ridder Co

Darpa Wants to Build Big Brother Blimp

Defense Tech

Supermarket Workers' Union Fails in California

TomPaine.com

I Was a Millionaire Welfare Queen: How rich bastards like me rip off taxpayers for millions of dollars

Reason Magazine

Another State Sacrifices Citizens' Privacy to the Matrix

Wired.com

Are We Deterring Corporate Crime?

New York Times

The Greenspan/Bush Social Security Scam

New York Times

Is the Bush Administration Waging War on Freedom? Threatens to Charge Publishers for "Trading with the Enemy"

New York Times

Corporate Interests Lose Two Big Election Day Battles in Northern California
Associated Press

February 2004

Democrats vs. Free Speech:
Protesters' Rights Disregarded

The Boston Globe

Wal-Mart Becomes the Largest Corporate Political Investor

The Financial Times

Dick Cheney, Small Businessman: Claims That Bush Tax Cuts Benefit Small Business Are Based on Deceptive Definitions

The Washington Post

Addressing Poverty at the Roots Requires Integrated Solutions

New York Times

The Importance of Independent Media and Quality Reporting: a Case Study

Columbia Journalism Review

Did USDA Deceive Public on "Downer" Cow?

Washington Post

Cintas Corporation Sues Walden to Suppress Shareholders' Free Speech

SocialFunds.com

Pentagon Report: Global Warming Is a National Security Issue

Fortune Magazine

Beef Check off Case Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court

Associated Press

Wal-Mart Inc. Claims the 14th Amendment

Modes to Bee

The Corporate Media Kills a Candidacy

The Black Commentator

Bush's Bogus Budgeting

Washington Post

January 2004

Parade Magazine Promotes Citizen Activism in FOIA Feature

Parade Magazine

Democratize Energy Production

Indian Country Today

Chile Prospers via a Balanced Market Economy; Snubs "Free Market" Pedagogy

Washington Post

The Unconstitutional Patriot Act: First of several illegal provisions struck down by federal court

Angeles Times

Beware: Super-Oligopolies Threaten to Dominate Economy and Democracy

Steve Hannaford

Cornell Study Debunks Corporate Myth of Lawsuit Explosion

New York Times

Behind Deceptive Unemployment Statistics, Joblessness is Still Growing

the Baltimore Sun

Rewarding Wealth, Discouraging Its Creation

Washington Post

Waging War on the First Amendment in the Name of Fighting Drugs

Cato Institute

U.S. Health Care Spending Reaches All-Time High: 15% of GDP

New York Times

Expansion of "National Security Letters" Gives Unaccountable Power to FBI

Wired.com

The Myth of the Populist Stock Market

Christian Science Monitor

End Child Poverty: Let's Stop Tolerating a National Disgrace

San Jose Mercury News

State Subsidies to Corporations Yield Little Return

New York Times

Chief Justice Rehnquist Derides Congress for Infringing on Judicial Independence

New York Times

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