Corporate America Hearts Obama
By Chris Hedges, Truthdig
Obama's campaign message, filled with lofty promises of change and hope, is also filled with repeated reassurances to the corporate elite. Read more »

"Women Are Being Beheaded for Taking Their Veil Off": Honor Killings On Rise in Iraq
By Terri Judd, Independent UK
In Basra alone, police acknowledge that 15 women a month are murdered for breaching Islamic dress codes. Others say the number is higher. Read more »

Yesterday's "Broad" Is Today's Kick-Ass Woman
By Meta Wagner, PopMatters
This species of woman is endangered because, to flourish, society must appreciate a zaftig figure, hard-won lines, and unapologetic strength. Read more »

How to Talk About Health Care
By Bernie Horn, TomPaine.com
The health care debate is not about right versus left. It's about McCain's radical scheme to dump our employer-provided health coverage into a ditch. Read more »

Our Political Leaders Are to Blame in World Water Crisis
By Maude Barlow, The New Press
As Barlow's new book shows, the world does not lack the knowledge about how to build a water-secure future; it lacks the political will. Read more »

What We Can Learn From Woodrow Wilson
By Ted Widmer, MIT Center for International Studies
Wilson's idealistic vision of democracy and self-determination around the world should serve as a model for the Democrats' foreign policy. Read more »

FOX EXPOSED: The Pentagon is Alright!
By ZP Heller, Brave New Films
Tell Congress to investigate the propaganda pundits. Read more »

PEW: Youth-Driven Demographic Shift Moves the Electorate Left
By Mike Connery, AlterNet
The Millennial Generation is set to usher in a new progressive majority. Read more »

The Oklahoma Legislature's Invasive, Anti-Choice Legislation
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Majikthise
The Oklahoma legislature wants to force invasive ultrasounds on women seeking abortions. Read more »