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MAIN News Archives for June 2007

 06/30 -  Moyers on Murdoch: 'All appetite, no taste'
 06/30 -  Congressmen vow 'full force of the law' in Bush subpoenas
 06/30 -  CNN assesses 'Sicko' and confirms its accuracy
 06/30 -  What is a single-payer health program?
 06/30 -  Corporate media entertain but fail to inform
 06/30 -  Giuliani confronts string of bad news
 06/29 -  It's time to expose the obstructionists
 06/29 -  How progressives should come to grips with the Roberts court
 06/29 -  Can WNC become the 'Sustainability Capital'?
 06/29 -  Coulter continues attacks on Elizabeth and John Edwards
 06/29 -  What mainstream media can learn from Jon Stewart
 06/29 -  Privatizing the White House
 06/29 -  Energy bill with renewables passed by NC Senate
 06/29 -  Raid links former Buncombe sheriff to illegal gambling
 06/28 -  The wiring of rural America
 06/28 -  Even in agreement, Scalia jabs Roberts
 06/28 -  White House is subpoenaed on wiretapping
 06/28 -  Time is right for real ethics reform
 06/28 -  Government's economic policies favor investors over wage-earners
 06/28 -  Power to the people . . . not
 06/27 -  The Iraq-gate cover-up continues
 06/27 -  Cheney left mark on environment
 06/27 -  Energy bill advances in NC
 06/27 -  Supreme Court tilts to the right, in their own words
 06/27 -  WSJ: GOP big loser if immigration bill fails
 06/27 -  Top GOP senators turn against Iraq War
 06/27 -  DOT rejects I-26 alternative
 06/26 -  Is your Internet service throttling your speed?
 06/26 -  Ralph Nader on Michael Moore and health care reform
 06/26 -  Congress must restore checks and balances
 06/26 -  Drugmakers, insurance firms love Medicare mess
 06/26 -  Internet speeds in US called 'pathetic'
 06/25 -  Bottled water industry threatens Florida's natural springs
 06/25 -  Congress set to boost alternative energy
 06/25 -  Vice-president of torture
 06/25 -  Complaints rise as health plans entangle seniors
 06/24 -  Google is watching you
 06/24 -  It's time to re-open investigation of Abu Ghraib
 06/24 -  Bush-Cheney's two-way mirror
 06/23 -  Kafka at the Supreme Court
 06/23 -  Religious Right gets unequal airtime
 06/23 -  Will Congress tackle private-equity 'robber barons'?
 06/23 -  Critics question EPA's tighter ozone limits
 06/23 -  Survey: 40 percent of NC pharmacies do not stock emergency contraceptives
 06/23 -  Will the progressive majority emerge?
 06/23 -  Lipstick on pigs: US lobbyists make dictators look good
 06/22 -  Health insurance, drug industries launch Michael Moore smear campaign
 06/22 -  The courage of Sen. Martin Nesbitt
 06/22 -  Is the vice-president's office above the law?
 06/22 -  Questions and answers on the immigration debate
 06/22 -  North Carolina's battle over raw milk
 06/21 -  Corporate lawyers well-treated by Roberts court
 06/21 -  US losing more than 500,000 teachers each year
 06/21 -  NC auditor retreats from 'voter fraud' charges
 06/21 -  A new US general for God's army?
 06/21 -  Former Humana physician blows whistle on healthcare industry
 06/21 -  Intel, Google join fight against NC telecom bill
 06/21 -  Global warming may uproot millions
 06/21 -  Senate makes new try at immigration bill
 06/21 -  Senators question outsourcing of high-tech jobs
 06/21 -  Despite Bush veto, stem cell research is alive in NC
 06/20 -  Congress set to move against gasoline price-gouging
 06/20 -  Plastic bag revolt spreads across Britain
 06/20 -  NCLB gives military access to student records
 06/20 -  A well-aimed gun control bill
 06/19 -  The 'No Competition Wireless Act for NC'
 06/19 -  How telling the truth about Abu Ghraib cost a general his job
 06/19 -  Asheville lands media arts festival
 06/19 -  HUB Project aims to lure weather industry to Asheville
 06/19 -  Dan, Katie and the fear of journalism
 06/19 -  Scientists challenge rosy view of world oil reserves
 06/19 -  Wal-Mart and allies lobby for NC tax loophole unavailable to small firms
 06/18 -  Did Justice official block voting rights lawsuits?
 06/18 -  Politics weakens Justice Dept. independence
 06/18 -  Chris Hedges on a culture of atrocity
 06/18 -  Wal-Mart fight heats up in California
 06/18 -  Airwaves auction to shape future of rural broadband
 06/18 -  Maine enacts nation's first 'net neutrality' resolution
 06/18 -  Michael Moore refocuses healthcare debate
 06/18 -  Clock is ticking for state budget
 06/18 -  US attorney scandal seeps into federal courtrooms
 06/17 -  Supreme Court's conservative majority gets it wrong on fairness
 06/17 -  Cheney and neo-cons press for war on Iran
 06/16 -  As GOP courts evangelicals, some pastors decry partisanship
 06/16 -  Press ignores new martial law powers
 06/16 -  Neo-cons rally to portray Libby as 'victim'
 06/16 -  Easley adds four WNC counties to drought list
 06/16 -  Libby pins hopes on politicized circuit court of appeals
 06/16 -  Review: 'Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas'
 06/16 -  Putting energy hogs in the home on a strict low-power diet
 06/16 -  Top US general refused 'voluntary' retirement
 06/16 -  Senior Justice official resigns over US attorney scandal
 06/15 -  Senate leaders revive stalled immigration bill
 06/15 -  Cable, telephone companies push to ban local networks in NC
 06/14 -  Mainstream economists concerned about growing inequality
 06/14 -  Judge rejects Libby's bid to stay out of jail
 06/14 -  Websites spur social networking for booklovers
 06/14 -  Does Congress have the political will to tackle global warming?
 06/14 -  Common bird species in dramatic decline
 06/14 -  America's vice-president of secrecy
 06/14 -  New Zealand firm buys Blue Ridge Paper
 06/14 -  Deadline looms for 'Save the Internet' campaign
 06/14 -  Spectrum auction will decide fate of rural broadband
 06/13 -  In wake of Va. Tech shooting rampage, House passes gun-control bill
 06/13 -  NC DOT gets an earful on I-26 connector
 06/13 -  What America owes its 'illegals'
 06/13 -  The myth of 'conservative America'
 06/13 -  Two former White House officials subpoenaed
 06/13 -  'Poisoned Patriots' of Camp Lejeune
 06/13 -  Study taps Shuler as 'contrarian' freshman Congressman
 06/13 -  US attorney scandal probe may shift to Bush staff
 06/12 -  Asheville bans gated communities
 06/12 -  Clock's ticking on 'net neutrality'
 06/12 -  Can the city save the farm?
 06/11 -  Connecting the dots between subsidized corn and a militarized border
 06/11 -  US signals permanent bases on Iraq
 06/11 -  Court strikes blow to Bush detainee strategy
 06/11 -  Watchdog group slams Google on privacy
 06/11 -  What's so bad about corporate rule?
 06/11 -  Cities take lead as feds delay climate change policy
 06/11 -  Venezuela's battle over media is about race as well as class
 06/11 -  Unions fight abuse of migrant workers
 06/11 -  Bush delays while rising sea levels threaten Outer Banks
 06/10 -  John Edwards and the courage to talk about poverty
 06/09 -  Romney's gaffe on pre-war Iraq
 06/09 -  Ralph Nader on corporations gone wild
 06/09 -  The real cost of offshoring
 06/09 -  Politics at play in Missouri voter fraud allegations?
 06/09 -  Immigration bill defeat threatens NC crops
 06/09 -  Save Our Slopes fundraiser tonight
 06/08 -  Gen. Peter Pace forced to retire
 06/08 -  New White House plan: keep US troops in Iraq permanently
 06/08 -  Attorney general halts Mitchell County development
 06/08 -  US regional divisions complicate global warming debate
 06/08 -  Marine vets, now in reserve, face speech limits
 06/08 -  Dole's vote critical in stalling immigration bill in Senate
 06/07 -  Complaints abound over US enforcement of voter registration laws
 06/07 -  Federalist Society implicated in US attorney firngs
 06/07 -  Congress pushes for better gas mileage
 06/06 -  When prosecutors get political
 06/06 -  Why restrict immigration at all?
 06/06 -  Georgia home to biggest source of greenhouse gas in US
 06/06 -  A community statement to Progress Energy
 06/06 -  Dick Cheney is no joke
 06/06 -  Bush mantra: Be afraid, be very afraid
 06/06 -  NC cities fight bill to limit broadband buildout
 06/06 -  Senator charges election meddling by Justice officials
 06/06 -  NC regulators deny bid to block Cliffside coal plant
 06/05 -  Disposable Americans
 06/05 -  Bush's amazing achievement
 06/05 -  Can the religious left sway the '08 election?
 06/05 -  Corporate funding and US universities
 06/05 -  The end of the 'road to nowhere'?
 06/05 -  Libby gets 30 months in prison in CIA leak case
 06/05 -  John Perkins on the 'Secret History of American Empire'
 06/05 -  Wireless spectrum may hold key to ' net neutrality'
 06/05 -  Henry Kissinger, still hungry for power
 06/05 -  Experts cast doubt on threat of JFK terror plot
 06/05 -  Debates have too few voices, too many topics
 06/04 -  Immigration sabotage
 06/04 -  Chavez is no enemy of free speech
 06/04 -  Court undercuts fair pay, Congress must act
 06/03 -  What if our mercenaries turn on us?
 06/03 -  Media ignore poverty while attacking Edwards for mentioning it
 06/03 -  The price of free airwaves
 06/03 -  NC farmers call for passage of immigration bill
 06/03 -  Edwards jabs Clinton, Obama on war funding vote
 06/03 -  China has cornered the global market on vitamins
 06/03 -  America's private army
 06/03 -  Rising sea levels redefine NC coast