Our Shrinking Democracy | Are 'Eco-Villages' Too Exclusive? | Obama Chiefs Fight 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'

TODAY'S TOP STORIES Obama's Defense Chiefs Make Public Endorsement of Allowing Gays to Serve in Military Openly The US's two highest-ranking defense officials have thrown their weight behind President Barack Obama's call to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."READ MORE Daniel Tencer / Raw Story Our Incredible Shrinking Democracy "It seems as if more and more decisions that should be made democratically are being shunted off somewhere to a few people who make them in back rooms." READ MORE By Robert Reich Robert Reich's Blog Why Are Some Civil Rights Groups & Leaders On the Wrong Side of Net Neutrality? The trickle-down economics proposed by the big broadband providers never works and has always failed communities of color. READ MORE By James Rucker Jack & Jill Politics Explosion of "Fringe Financial Services" Underscores Need for Strong Consumer Protection Agency "Consumers are finding they need to be ever more vigilant in protecting themselves from businesses that may not have their best interest at heart." READ MORE By Christopher Moraff / Philadelphia Inquirer Can 'Eco-Villages' Be Sustainable Without Being Exclusive? According to one Austrian architect, master-planned "compounds" actually "violate the principle of public space," a key element, he says, in truly sustainable city development. READ MORE By Jennifer Hattam / TreeHugger [Video] Why Obama Should Pull Out of National Prayer Breakfast Adele Stan What If the Landrieu Phone Plot Perpetrators Were Liberal? Or Muslim? lauraflanders The Tea Party: Economic Populists or Wall Street Toadies? LesLeopold Don't Let Supreme Court Giveaway to Corporations Wreck Our Economy zachcarter You are subscribed as: ignoble.experiment@arconati.us SUPPORT ALTERNET | CONTACT US | PRIVACY POLICY | UNSUBSCRIBE © 2010 Independent Media Institute All Rights Reserved 77 Federal St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107