God’s Profits: Faith, Fraud and the GOP Crusade for Values Voters
By Sarah Posner, PoliPoint Press
A look into the shady finances and manipulative politics of America’s leading televangelist hucksters.

Are U.S. Policies Killing Women?
By Michele Kort, Ms. Magazine
In a word, yes. And what’s Bush doing about it? These days, making it worse.

How to Pull Out of a Recession: the Ethical Way, Not the Bush Way
By Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive
We can’t worry about the budget deficit when a recession is upon us.

Obama Takes on Homophobia, Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia at MLK’s Church
By Pam Spaulding, Pam’s House Blend
It was a pointed statement to black parishioners in the pews. He did not hold back.

Leading Dems Miss the Boat on Health Care
By John P. Geyman, Tikkun
No amount of tax credits, health savings accounts or market solutions will fix this problem.

Why Horse Race Journalism Works for Journalists But Fails Us
By Jay Rosen, Tomdispatch.com
The national press corps are a beast without a brain: Most of the time, they don’t know what they are doing.

Fabled Vacationland on the Verge of Water Collapse
By Nicole Itano, Christian Science Monitor
Across the Mediterranean, water is being pumped out of the earth at an unsustainable pace.

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Democracy Now! Re-Hosts NBC Las Vegas Debate with Dennis Kucinich [VIDEO]
By Manila Ryce, The Largest Minority
Kucinich has shown once again that he is hip to rights which most Americans don’t even know they have. Click the link to see the full debate.

Bush Surrogates Raise Nearly $250 Million to Smear Dem Nominee
By Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report
Democrats should not “get lulled into a false sense of security” when it comes to fundraising for the 2008 election.

Corporate Think Tanks: Recession Ain’t All That Bad!
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
All those worries about economic hardship are just more liberal media myths.