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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 2005

Oppressive Government a Greater Threat than Al-Qaida

The San Jose Mercury News

Corporate Chains Exploit Eminent Domain

Harper's Magazine

NYPD Caught Provoking Violence at Protest

New York Times

Bush Investors Reap Big Dividends from Taxpayers

Toledo Blade

Big Box Balderdash

New York Times

Automakers Seek Bailout Without the Stigma

Washington Post

November 2005

A Human Face Illustrates the Necessity of Habeus Corpus

Washington Post

FBI Serves Alarming Number of "National Security Letters"

Washington Post

Is Alito Too Friendly Toward Corporate Interests?

New York Times

Corporate Cash in CA Initiatives Raise Questions of Corruption

Los Angeles Times

Wal-Mart Charity Evaluated

The Nation

October 2005

Papers Submitted to Wal-Mart's Own Conference Undercut Company Claims

Business Week

How the Coast Guard Gets It Right

Time Magazine

Corporations Using Chapter 11 Bankruptcy to Reward Executives, Shaft Employees

Washington Post

A Turning Point in the Tort Wars?

New York Times

Bush Administration Coddles a Criminal Corporation

Providence Journal

Will Americans Submit to "Virtual Strip Searches" at Airports?

New York Times

Bush Court Pick Pleases Corporate Backers

Salon Magazine

The Broken Promise

Time Magazine

September 2005

Beyond DeLay: The Real Scandal Is Corporate Contributions

TomPaine.com

Supreme Court to Revisit "Money = Speech" Ruling

Associated Press

Heavier Vehicles Not Necessarily Safer, Say New Studies

Wall Street Journal

Guantanamo Bay: The Continuing Disgrace to America

Baltimore Sun

Toughest State "No-call List" Withstands Court Challenge

Associated Press

Law-Abiding Businesses Need Criminal Corporations Prosecuted

The Corporate Crime Reporter

The Predictable and Predicted Disaster

Nola.com

August 2005

Wal-Mart CEO Calls for Gov't Intervention to Prevent Market Dominance!

The London Times

The Bush Plan for Addressing Racism in Law Enforcement: Deny Its Existence

New York Times

The Story Behind Merck's Court Loss

Wall Street Journal

Judge Slaps Firm for Frivolous SLAPP Suit

Los Angeles Times

Mercury Poisoning a Growing Threat

Wall Street Journal

Industrial Chemicals Raise Health Issues

Wall Street Journal

Whistleblower Under Attack for Exposing Taxpayer Rip-offs in Military Contracting

Associated Press

Law Enforcement Agencies' Addiction to Drug War

New York Times

CA Initiative Would Require Shareholder Consent for Corporate Political Spending

Los Angeles Times

July 2005

AFL/CIO Split May Help Build Labor's Power

Washington Post

Wal-Mart Bans Newspaper for Daring to Criticize Company

Pensacola News Journal

A Proposal to Curb Lobbying Abuses

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Sugar Industry Reaping Billions from Campaign Investments

The National Review

Costco vs Wal-Mart Models of Employee Treatment

New York Times

Smaller Families, Bigger Homes

The Washington Post

Competition Between Unions Will Be Good for Labor

Christian Science Monitor

New Bill Would Compel Timely Gov't Response to Information Requests

The Washington Post

June 2005

Bush Officials Commission Labor Study, Then Censor Unwanted Findings

Associated Press

Beware of Bono and Geldof

Monbiot.com

Wal-Mart Workers Told to Schedule Life Around Corporation's Needs

USA Today

Mining Corporation's Attack on Democracy Fails in Montana

The Missoulian

Aiding Communist Oppression for Profit

Associated Press

Leon County, FL Shows Ease of Vote Hacking

Tallahassee Democrat

Wal-Mart's Latest PR Ploy: Buying Its Own TV Show

New York Times

May 2005

Reality Check: Central America Can't Afford U.S. Goods

Washington Post

Will Congress Bring Back the Braceros?

Pacific News Service

Creating "Terrorism" Out of Misdemeanors

Des Moines Register

Scapegoating Newsweek

Boulder Daily Camera

International Campaign Against Mass Surveillance Launches

April 2005

Court Declines to Shield Dow Chemical from Injured Farmers

The Los Angeles Times

REAL ID Act Would Waste Time, Money

New Hampshire Union Leader

Bush's Sunset Commission: Be Afraid

Rolling Stone

Would Universal Health Care Cost Less?

The New York Times

Wal-Mart Thrives on Government Coercion, Not "Free Trade"

TomPaine.com

Media Corporations Wage War on Community Wi-Fi

In These Times

Dangers of Nuclear Production Obscured by Media

Editor and Publisher

Why the Bankruptcy Bill is Bad for Business

The Los Angeles Times

Will U.S. Step Back from Corporate Globalization?

The Nation

March 2005

Wal-Mart Makes a Grab for Your Taxes

The Associated Press

Kids Depend on Social Security, Too

TomPaine.com

Forgotten Wal-Mart Gets Another
Gift from Bush Administration

The New York Times

Stop Subsidizing Irresponsible Risk

Writers on the Range

Why Privatizing Social Security Would Be Bad for Business

The Washington Post

Bush "Terrorism" Convictions Are Mostly False Advertising

TomDispatch.com

Wal-Mart Claims Constitutional Immunity from Class Action Lawsuit

Business Week

India Wins Battle to Stop WR Grace from Patenting Nature

BBC News

Bush Seeks to Keep Torture Policies Secret

The Chicago Tribune

February 2005

Student Rebels Fight High Stakes Tests

San Antonio Express News

PBS Covers Battle of Corporations vs. Democracy

PBS.org

Labor Department: In Service to Wal-Mart?

New York Times

Bush's Budget Time Bomb

Washington Post

"Real ID" Act a True Threat to Liberty

The Monitor

Where Are the Real Conservatives?

lewrockwell.com

Forget Small Business: Chamber of Commerce Serves Corporate / Bush Agenda

Washington Post

January 2005

Could the U.S. Go Bankrupt?

Boston Globe

Why Privatizing Social Security Would Weaken Our Nation

Los Angeles Times

Most Vioxx, Celebrex Users Should Have Taken Ibuprofen

Washington Post

The Gap Between Statutory and Real Corporate Tax Rates

Multinational Monitor

Tennesseans Foot the Bill for Wal-Mart's Lack of Health Care

Memphis Commercial Appeal

The Dangers of Running Schools Like Businesses

San Francisco Chronicle

The State of Labor in 2005

The New Republic

A U.S. Health Care Tragedy: 18,000 Preventable Baby Deaths

The New York Times

Wean Airlines Off Corporate Welfare

Los Angeles Times

Bush Cans Homeland Security Official--Was He Too Responsible?

USA Today

Corporations Now Seek Control of Judiciary

Los Angeles Times

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