Saturday, August 29, 2009

Saturday Morning (Journalism) Quarterback

The top-five stories worth reading from the week in worth-reading stories

The real unemployment rate is at 16%, and the banks deemed "too big to fail" have grown even bigger. If a bank is too big to fail, its too big to exist.

The intellectual and professional wing of the democratic part needs labor, and vice-versa. Without progressive politics and labor economics, liberalism cannot stand.

Glenn Greenwald has a great article on what every American should learn from the IG's torture report. Also, Thomas Paine vs. the Republican's torture defense.

The corporate food industry is desperate to tar Michael Pollan and the organic movement. Also, Mother Jones looks into the retrovore's dilemma.

Finally, small mid-western states will be the hardest hit by climate change.

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