graphic by Joseph Pirrotta |
Issues |
THE REPUBLICAN ATTACK ON LABOR AND THE MIDDLE CLASS
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/wisconsin-protests
THE NON-EXISTENT SOCIAL SECURITY "CRISIS"
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2011-02-22-editorial22_ST1_N.htm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/budget-baloney-why-social_b_824331.html
Republican Propaganda:
Republican Playbook on Social Security from 2005
http://www.lawprofessorblogs.com/taxprof/linkdocs/Republican%20Playbook%20on%20Social%20Security.pdf
THE ENVIRONMENT
HYDRO-FRACKING
Excellent series in the NY Times about fracking:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/us/series/drilling_down/index.html
Other sites:
http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM - VOTER OWNED ELECTIONS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Elections
http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2011/02/pushing-for-voter-owned-elections/
THE MEDIA
Accuracy In Media http://www.aim.org/
Annenberg Political Fact Check http://www.factcheck.org
The Center for Public Integrity
Colombia Journalism Review http://campaigndesk.org/
Cursor's Media Transparency http://www.mediatransparency.org/
Democrats Media Watch http://www.democrats.com/media
Fairness and Accuracy in the media www.mediamatters.org
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting http://www.fair.org/
Free Press : media reform through outreach, activism, lobbying and networking
The Free Press -- Independent News Media
Institute for Public Accuracy - IPA - http://www.accuracy.org/
Media Channel Network of more than 1000 media issues groups – http://www.mediachannel.org/mediaocracy/
NewsWatch: A Consumer's Guide to the News http://www.newswatch.org/
The Real News Network http://therealnews.com/
Alaska Wilderness League http://www.alaskawild.org/