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10 Big Goals for Obama's First 1,460 Days By Mark Green, Huffington Post If Obama wants to be credited with inspiring an era of progressive governance we have to push him to adopt a really bold agenda. Read more »   Pro-Israel Rally Attended by Big-Time NY Dems Descends into Calls for 'Wiping Out' Palestinians By Max Blumenthal, AlterNet Attendants of a rally attended by Sen. Chuck Schumer and Gov. David Patterson in support of Israel's attacks on Gaza went far beyond the pale. Read more »   The Nouveau Poor Have Reached Numbers Too Large to Ignore By Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com As the poor and the formerly middle-class become the new American majority, will they finally have enough status to get their needs met? Read more »   Five Essential Things We Must Do to Stop America's Idiotic War on Drugs By Tony Newman, AlterNet This is a time to put big ideas on the table. We have to learn how to coexist with drugs. They aren't going anywhere. Read more »   What It Was Like Being Forced to Leave Palestine 60 Years Ago By Suzanne Manneh, New America Media Palestinian expats tell their stories from decades ago when they were forced to flee their homeland. Read more »   Now I Understand Why They Hate Us By David Hilfiker, AlterNet How a middle-class white American came to accept the evil embedded in American political and military might. Read more »   Why Single-Payer Health Care Can't Wait By Mike Ferner, After Downing Street Americans' experience with employer-paid health benefits has been far from happy. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Bush I & Bush II Share Their Thoughts on Vibrating Chairs in Their Goodbye Interview By Jan Frel, AlterNet Strange talk in a goodbye interview with degenerate father and son on Fox News. Read more »   Separating Fact From Fiction About Immigrants and Crime By Walter Ewing, Immigration Policy Center Harsh immigration policies are not effective in fighting crime because the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. Read more »   Fair Pay: Decent Wages Must Be Part of Obama's Jobs Package By Art Levine, In These Times Decent wages -- and strengthened union organizing -- must go hand-in-hand with any economic recovery plan. Read more »

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