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Headlines Newsletter March 27th, 2009 All stories, blogs, and video »

This Crisis Is Way Bigger Than Dead Banks and Wall Street Bailouts By James Galbraith, Washington Monthly Why the economic crisis, and its solution, are bigger than anyone has so far admitted. Read more »   Cell Phone Scare: What Do We Really Know About the Health Risks? By Elisa Batista, Terrain Given the confusing studies and the fact that cell phones are a part of modern life, what is a concerned person to do? Read more »   Why Is a Progressive Think Tank Telling Obama to Escalate the War in Afghanistan? By Tom Hayden, Huffington Post It is deeply disappointing that the Center for American Progress has issued a call for a 10-year war in Afghanistan. Read more »   The Intellectual Crash of 2009: Where Have All the Smart People Gone? By Lee Siegel, The Daily Beast The intellectuals have given way to ranters, abusers, and screamers, who grab our attention and also free us from having to pay attention. Read more »   AIG Exec Whines About Public Anger, and Now We're Supposed to Pity Him? Yeah, Right By Matt Taibbi, AlterNet AIG exec Jake DeSantis' NY Times letter asking for us to chill out about his poor overworked employees is a sick joke. Read more »   How Bush and Co. Broke the Law to Keep Women from Using Birth Control By Marie Cocco, Truthdig Political operatives and ideological helpmates of George W. Bush broke the law to keep birth control away from women -- particularly teenagers. Read more »   Why Suburbs May Become the Next Slums By David Villano, Miller-McCune.com The poor are fleeing our cities, but life is not always greener in the suburbs, even when affordable housing comes with a two-car garage. Read more »   Pot Saved My Life, Mr. President By Jim Gilliam, WhiteHouse2.org Why Obama shouldn't chuckle at the question of legalization. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Plumbers' Union Rips "Joe the Plumber": Stop Carrying Water for Corporate Union-Busters! By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Too rich. Read more »   Never Met a Woman Before? New Poll Tells You What They're Like By Tana Ganeva, AlterNet A B.S., stereotype-ridden poll about contemporary womanhood taken at face value by media. Read more »   Bayh: My Group of Blue Dogs 'Literally Has No Agenda' Other Than Blocking Obama's By Ryan Powers, Think Progress "Anyone voting against a Democratic agenda voted Republican." End of story. Read more »   Sarah Palin Continues to Champion Personal Responsibility by Blaming Other People for Her Failures By Blue Texan, Firedoglake Everything is always the media's fault. Read more »

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