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American Prospect Rakes In Donations Amid News It May Close

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.01.2012

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NEW YORK -- The American Prospect has raised $7,500 from 130 individual donors since The Huffington Post reported Monday that the cash-strapped libera...

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Michael Calderone

Influential Liberal Magazine May Close

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 05.01.2012

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The American Prospect, an influential liberal politics and policy magazine, could shut its doors at the end of May unless the nonprofit publication ra...

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Weekly Mulch: Cost-Cutting at the Environment's Peril

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, Public News Service, New York, Robert Howarth, Clean Air, Methane, Epa, Deal, Natural Gas, Economy, House, Noaa, Clean Water, Mother Jones, Budget, Alternet, Green News
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By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger In Washington, the environment is under attack. The cost-cutting deal that the House passed yesterday strip...

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Weekly Mulch: Obama Lacks Vision on Energy, Stomach to Defend EPA

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Obama, Clean Energy Standard, Republicans, Grist, The American Prospect, Solar Energy, Public News Service, Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Oil, Mark Bittman, Tar Sands, Penn State, Debbie Stabenow, Nuclear Energy, Grittv, Epa, Natural Gas, ENERGY SPEECH, Michigan Messenger, Germany, Care2, Mother Jones, Pew Environment Group, China, Green News
The Media Consortium

President Obama made an energy speech this week that had little new to offer, while on Capitol Hill, Republicans were pushing to relieve the governm...

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Weekly Diaspora: 100 Years After Triangle Fire, Immigrant Workers Still Fighting for Labor Rights

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Triangle Fire, The American Prospect, Florida Independent, Farmers, Colorado Independent, Feet in Two Worlds, Hmong, Working in These Times, Immigration, Arizona, In These Times, Immigrant Workers, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Feet in 2 Worlds, Center for American Progress, Politics News
The Media Consortium

By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Last week marked the centennial of the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, in which 146 most...

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Weekly Diaspora: AZ Lawmakers Try to Ban Undocumented Children from Public School

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Mexican American Studies, In-State Tuition, The American Prospect, Public News Service, La Opinion, Afl-Cio, Connecticut, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, Plyler v. Doe, Immigration, Arizona, Tusd, California, Russell Pearce, Ethnic Studies, Immigration Reform, Education, DREAM Act, Hb 2281, New America Media, In These Times, Senate, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Arizona lawmakers are considering two bills that would block undocumented immigrants' access to edu...

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Weekly Mulch: Activist Tim DeChristopher Convicted of Two Felonies

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher was convicted yesterday of two felony counts. DeChristopher was o...

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Weekly Diaspora: Justice for Brisenia as Minutemen Leader Convicted of Murders

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, Robert Krentz, Minutemen, Tom Horne, Feet in Two Worlds, Roger Barnett, Immigration, Arizona, Fair, Alternet, Tapped, Campus Progress, Colorlines, Anti-Latino Hate Crime, Jan Brewer, Shawna Forde, Nativist, New America Media, Raul Flores, Brisenia Flores, Hate Crime, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Days after Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne filed suit against the federa...

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Weekly Mulch: Can Clean Energy Curb Climate Change? Probably Not.

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, Clean Coal, Public News Service, Obama, Clean Energy, Care2, Shale Gas, Kern County, Carol Browner, Energy and Environment, Penn State, Mother Jones, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Sotu, Renewables, Hydrofracking, Climate Bill, ORION MAGAZINE, Natural Gas, North Carolina, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger During the State of the Union address earlier this week, President Barack Obama spoke at length about clea...

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Weekly Mulch: The Sticky Truth about Oil Spills and Tar Sands

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, The American Prospect, Green Jobs, Oil Sands Discovery Centre, Obama Administration, Richard Heinberg, The Nation, Friends of the Earth, Pipeline, National Oil Spill Commission, Canada, Offshore Drilling, Tar Sands, Mother Jones, Oil Pipelines, Earth Island Journal, Transcanada, Bp, The Michigan Messenger, Halliburton, Alberta, Keystone XL, Care2, Oceana, Transocean, Post Carbon Institute, State Department, Peak Oil, BP Oil Spill, Hillary Clinton, Paul Elliott, Economy, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger The National Oil Spill Commission released its report on last year's BP oil spill this week. The report la...

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Weekly Diaspora: In 2011, Birthright Citizenship in the Crosshairs

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexican American Studies, The American Prospect, Tom Horne, Feet in Two Worlds, Obama, Apportionment, change.org, TUSD, 2010 Census, Colorlines, Ethnic Studies Ban, Jan Brewer, Sb 1070, New America Media, Birthright Citizenship, 14th Amendment, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Yesterday, a coalition of anti-immigrant lawmakers from 14 states unveiled their much-anticipated b...

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Not Another Year-End List!

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogosphere, John McCain, Percocet, Jet Blue, Sandy Newman, Haley Barbour, Christine O'donnell, Keith Olbermann, Demos, Wikileaks, Lawrence O'Donnell, Rachel Maddow, Sarah Palin, Voices for Preogress, Cable News, The American Prospect, u.s. Intelligence, Sharron Angle, Mediaite, Politics News
Michael Sigman

Why am I so obsessed with American politics in the first place? Does it really matter, or does interest in politics merely occupy the same part of the brain that used to handle starting line-ups, batting averages and RBI's?

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Weekly Pulse: Egg Salad Surprise! Congress Votes to Clean Up Food Supply

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger It's a Christmas-week miracle! The Senate, in a vote that astonished everyone, brought the Food Safe...

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Weekly Mulch: What's in Your Water? Nuclear Waste, Coal Slurries and Industrial Estrogen

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grist, Estrogen, The American Prospect, Hydrofracking, MUTANT FISH, COAL SLURRIES, SUE STURGIS, Water Supply, Pittsburgh, Running Out of Water, Contamination, Arsenic, Grittv, Enriched Uranium, New Jersey, Natural Gas, Water Pollution, Nuclear Waste, Massey Energy, Clean Coal, PURGEN, Care2, YES! Magazine, East Tennessee, Linden, Mining, Fracking, Factory Farms, Rhrealitycheck, Oceans, 60 Minutes, Susan Leal, Water, EE2, Bpa, Learning Disabilities, change.org, Coal, LADYPEE, MINGO COUNTY, Green News
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by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger It won't be long before the world has to confront its diminishing supply of clean water. "We've had the sa...

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The Smartest Things Written About Antoine Dodson

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality TV, Rape, Kathleen Parker, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Cord Jefferson, Gregory Brothers, Salon, Bed Intruder Song, Bed Intruder, Internet, Sex-Offender-Tracker-App, Itunes, Alabama, Apple, Antoine Dodson, Washington Post, The American Prospect, Memes, Hollywood, Media News
Danny Groner

By now, you've likely heard the story of Antoine Dodson, the 24-year-old Alabama hairdresser who was interviewed this summer on a local news report af...

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Jon Stewart Rally Represents Elitism, Consumerism, and Disrespect for the Progressive Movement

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medea Benjamin, Sit Down Strike, Martin Luther King, Efca, Honeywell, Sanity Bus, The Daily Show, Arianna Huffington, Rally for Sanitry, Jezebel, Jon Stewart, David Cote, Codepink, The American Prospect, Richard Trumka, Organized Labor, Afscme, Politics News
Mike Elk

Stewart's rally is not a political event aimed at informing grassroots progressive activists such as union members. It is an "entertainment event," in the tradition of Glenn Beck, aimed at increasing ratings so Comedy Central can make bigger profits.

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Weekly Diaspora: The Burden of Record-Breaking Deportations

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Colorlines, The American Prospect, Midterm Elections, Racewire, Immigration, New America Media, Obama, Barack Obama, Deportation, The Washington Independent, Shahed Hossain, Politics News
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by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced last week that it had broken its own record for...

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Weekly Pulse: Sharron Angle Mocks Insurance for Autism; The Fight to Save Food Stamps

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ms. Blog, The American Prospect, Food Stamps, Tpm, Sharron Angle, Food Stamp Benefits, The Progressive, Care2, E!, The Swan, Ectopic Pregnancy, School Lunch, Tapped, Reality TV, Nevada, Harry Reid, Plastic Surgery, Bridalplasty, Mother Jones, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Health Insurance, Ms Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Autism, Health Care, Senate, The Washington Independent, Politics News
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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The woman gunning for Sen. Harry Reid's (D-NV) job doesn't believe that autism exists. Yes, you hea...

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What Wall Street Thinks of Wall Street

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Anderson, Credit Default Swaps, Bob Mondello, Media, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Wall Street 2, Movie, Greed, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Shia LaBeouf, The American Prospect, Igor Kirman, Greed Is Good, Rick Newman, Gordon Gekko, U.S. News & World Report, Nouriel Roubini, CBS MoneyWatch.Com, Money, Oliver Stone, Film, Business, Npr, Newsday, Investing, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street, Eric Schurenberg, Banking, Martin Fridson, Banks, Banking Crisis, Warren Buffett, Tim Fernholz, Michael Douglas, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

With movie critics split on the film, here's a look at what Wall Street's real bankers -- and those who cover them -- had to say about the movie, its 1987 original, and the larger-than-life Gordon Gekko.

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Weekly Audit: Can Elizabeth Warren Save the Economy?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Elizabeth Warren, The American Prospect, Poverty, Regulation, Annie Lowrey, Jobs, Obama, The Nation, Kevin Drum, Kai Wright, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Mother Jones, Tim Fernholz, Economic Inequality, Wall Street, Consumer Protection, Inequality, The Washington Independent, Economy, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger President Barack Obama's decision to appoint Elizabeth Warren to set up the new Consumer Financial Protection...

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Beyond Messaging: Obama's Path to Jump-Starting the Economy Without Congress

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Obama, The American Prospect, Economy, Kuttner, Demos, Politics News
Art Levine

Cowed by deficit hawks, neither the Obama administration or Congress has shown an appetite for passing the sort of large-scale job creation packages that could make a difference in the ongoing unemployment crisis.

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Weekly Diaspora: Immigrants Abused, Denied Social Services in Broken Immigration System

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, T. Don Hutto Residential Center, Human Rights Watch, T. Don Hutto, Detention Abuses, Immigration Prisons, Obama, Immigration, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Barack Obama, Ice, Alternet, Detention, Detention Centers, Hutto Detention Center, Immigration Reform, American Civil Liberties Union, Colorlines, Detention Industry, The Media Consortium, Health Care Reform, Secure Communities, Racewire, U-Visa, Border Control, Health Care, Immigration Policy, The Washington Independent, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger After decades of misguided policies and patchwork practices, the high human costs of our disordered...

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Weekly Audit: Save Affordable Housing, Help Revive America's Middle Class

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freddie Mac, The Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, Housing, Shamus Cooke, Annie Lowrey, Jobs, YES! Magazine, Ellen Brown, Fannie Mae, Affordable Housing, Alternet, Steve Benen, Truth-Out, New Deal 2.0, Rob Johnson, Treasury, Tim Fernholz, Economy, The Washington Independent, Politics News
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by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Over the past decade, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transformed themselves into some of the worst-run companies ...

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Weekly Diaspora: Has Obama Failed the Immigration Reform Movement?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, Joe Arpaio, Obama, Immigration, Arizona, YES! Magazine, Arpaio, Barack Obama, Ice, Alternet, Anchor Baby, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Grittv, Mother Jones, Sb 1070, Border, Racewire, Militarized Border, Ms Magazine, sb1070, The Washington Independent, Media News
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by Catherine Traywick, Media Consortium blogger After signing a controversial $600 million border security bill last week, President Barack Obama is d...

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Weekly Pulse: Insurance, Dispersants, and Teen Botox

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The American Prospect, Bp, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Cosmetic Surgery, Corexit, Health Insurers, Anthem, Healthcare Reform, Gulf Spill, Kathleen Sebelius, Insurance Rate Hikes, Dispersants, Health Care Reform, Health Care, The Nation, Affordable Care Act, Mother Jones, Midterm Elections, Botox, Politics News
The Media Consortium

by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Is the IV Bag half-empty or half-full? Theda Skocpol, the author of a forthcoming book on President Ba...

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