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CEO Pay Proposals Fall Short
The Obama administration named a "compensation czar" yesterday to set salaries and bonuses for seven financial firms bailed out by the government. This is a welcome step but the authority of the "czar" doesn't go nearly far enough. Read IPS' solutions: Executive Compensation and the Culture of Wall Street, The CEO Pay Debate: Myths v Facts, and Executive Excess 2008: How Average Taxpayers Subsidize Runaway Pay.
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Playing the Hawk With North Korea
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A Withdrawal in Name Only
June 24 - U.S. troops are moving out of Iraqi cities — or are they? By Erik Leaver, published in AlterNet and Common Dreams and Foreign Policy In Focus
Op-Ed
The Obama-Lee Summit: Dangerous Consensus?
June 19 - Washington and Seoul should coordinate policy. But they should also keep their eyes on the prize: resolving the current crisis with North Korea without resorting to force. By John Feffer, published in Foreign Policy In Focus and The Asia Chronicle
Talking Points
Netanyahu Speaks: The Israel-Palestine Ball Remains in Obama's Court
June 16 - The Israeli prime minister's speech responding to U.S. wishes for the region amounted to little more than rhetorical change. By Phyllis Bennis
Op-Ed
Outsourcing North Korea Policy
June 11 - Washington can't rely on Beijing to clean up this mess. By John Feffer, published in The Asia Chronicle
Op-Ed
Apologists for the Rich Are Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel
July 1 - In a down economy, apologists for the awesomely affluent are having to dig deep for inspiration. In the process, they're looking dopey. By Sam Pizzigati, published in AlterNet
Op-Ed
Hey Progressives, Join Forces to Fight the Health Insurance Industry!
June 29 - Single-payer and public option advocates are fighting each other. We must remember that we're on the same side. By Karen Dolan, published in AlterNet
Op-Ed
What Happened to the Crackdown on Executive Pay?
June 24 - New Treasury rules have backpedaled on CEO pay reform for bailed-out companies. But we can no longer afford the status quo. By Chuck Collins and Sam Pizzigati, published in AlterNet and Common Dreams and The Baltimore Sun
Op-Ed
People Power Pushed the New Deal
June 22 - Roosevelt didn’t come up with all those progressive programs on his own. By Sarah Anderson, published in Common Dreams and Grassroots Netroots Alliance and Truthout and YES! Magazine
Speech
Testimony, 'Investment Protections in U.S. Trade and Investment Agreements'
May 29 - Sarah Anderson's testimony to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, subcommittee on trade. By Sarah Anderson
Commentary
DOE's Nuclear Millstone
June 18 - The Department of Energy has to stop funding its nuclear complex. Otherwise, forget about a new energy future for the United States. By Robert Alvarez
Interview
As Energy Northwest Looks to Nuclear Power, Expert Details Risks
June 17 - Grist Magazine interviews Bob Alvarez on the risks of nuclear power. By Robert Alvarez, published in Grist
Op-Ed
Blame Game Leads to Climate Deadlock in Bonn
June 12 - What's at stake is perhaps the largest transfer of resources from the global south to the north in history. By Janet Redman, published in AlterNet
Letter to the Ed
The Oil Need That Fuels U.S. 'Outreach' in Africa
May 28 - U.S. military "outreach" on Africa's seas and land is in search not of pirates but of oil. By Emira Woods, published in The Washington Post
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Good News, There's a Climate Bill -- Bad News, It Stinks
May 19 - Sparing the many odiferous details, here are three particularly bad aspects that have to be addressed. By Daphne Wysham, published in AlterNet and OneWorld US