"Consumerism" Is Dead | The Cloud of Racism | Rihanna's Privacy | Lonely Joe the Plumber

Headlines Newsletter March 2nd, 2009 All stories, blogs, and video »

"Consumerism" Is Dead -- Can Obama Lead Us to a Downscaled Lifestyle? By James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler.com Dear Mr. President, your assignment is to handle our economic decline in such a way as to avoid wars, civil disorder or both. Read more »   Why Are We "Surging" into Afghanistan? By Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate Not for nothing is that country called "the burial ground of empires," "a guerilla's paradise" and "the theme park of problems." Read more »   Constitutional Crisis Sparks All-Out War for Control of Powerful Union By Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet A struggle for power within one of the nation's most powerful unions, UNITE HERE, has devolved into all-out civil war. Read more »   Holder's Much Touted Speech on Race Lets White People Off the Hook By Tim Wise, CounterPunch Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder blamed personal cowardice for our racial divide, rather than institutionalized inequities. Read more »   Poor Joe the Plumber Looks Lonely at His Own Book Signing By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville Never have I longed to be in DC so much as reading about this splendid event. Read more »   Hey Obama, Downsize This: 25% Slash for Defense Spending Needed Now By Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org With so many social programs desperately in need of better funding, progressive leaders are making a push to go after Pentagon budgets. Read more »   Rihanna's Privacy Over Public Exposure By Smita Satiani, Brave New Films The shameful role of the media in this case of domestic violence. Read more »   It's Bring Your Gun to Church Day By Bill Berkowitz, Smirking Chimp Arkansas takes the lead in bringing America's obsession with firepower to the pews. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Target Women: Jennifer and Angelina's Oscar Ex-Plosion By Cara, Feministe Sarah Haskins tackles the bizarre media obsession with the fact that Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston were at the same award show. Read more »   A Great Pic Shows 'How the Bankers Went Down' By Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet This graphic, titled "Golden Parachutes: How the Bankers Went Down" is just fantastic. Read more »

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