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 Isaiah J. Poole, Op-Ed: "If it were not for congressional Republicans' repeated obstruction or dilution of virtually every significant job-creation proposal sent to Congress since 2009, unemployment today would likely be under 7 percent instead of stubbornly persisting at around 8 percent. Let's not wait for Obama to lead. We have to push. Start by confronting members of Congress this weekend, before they return to Washington for more right-wing political grandstanding such as 'repealing Obamacare,' as well as candidates running for Congress." |
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 James Trimarco, News Analysis: "The activities of the National Gathering—or 'Natgat,' as occupiers invariably called it—covered a wide range of styles, tactics, and approaches to social change. At the gathering's center was a visioning process in which small groups of occupiers spent days carefully hammering out their ideas about the kind of changes they'd like to see. Then, these groups were combined and began compiling their ideas into a single document, which is rumored to now be 75 pages long." |
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 Joe Conason, Op-Ed: "How is American exceptionalism defined today? It would be hard to find a more potent example of what marks this country as truly great, even now, after the myriad abuses and errors of the past, than the ascent of Barack Obama to the White House. Out of a partisan (and sometimes racial) myopia that has very little to do with the president's actual flaws, the Republican right is largely unable to concede that simple fact." |
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 Rebecca Leber, News Report: "Hours after new Duke Energy CEO Bill Johnson assumed his new position following the Duke/Progress Energy merger this week, he resigned his post. But Johnson can still qualify for up to $44.4 million for his time and effort. The Duke board voted for Johnson's resignation, and since Johnson was eligible for severance if he quit for 'good reason,' he is able to collect his $44 million." |
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 Mark Engler, Op-Ed: "Being in the opposition, of course, is a familiar position for left parties. But it's helpful to remember that Mexico is a rare case in Latin America right now, and that progressives in far more foreboding circumstances have experienced reversals of fortune in the course of a single presidential term. The hope that this could happen for the United States's southern neighbors is not entirely fanciful. Here's looking to 2018." |
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 Paul Steiger and Stephen Engelberg, News Analysis: "One of the issues arose when Mr. Maass asked Ms. Poss about the difficulty she and others have in monitoring consumer hardware and software, because FTC rules and budget limitations constrain their access to such tools as Androids and iPhones. As the story says, Ms. Farrell interceded, warning Ms. Poss: 'He's trying to get you to bitch, Patti. Don't do it.' Ms. Poss first tried to comply, then conceded that 'we have some restrictions on the sites we can visit on government computers.'" |
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 Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Video Interview: "A new exposé by human rights investigator Clara Gutteridge for The Nation magazine looks at secret U.S. operations in Africa and how the United States rendered, tortured and discarded one innocent man from Tanzania. Suleiman Abdallah was captured in Mogadishu in 2003 by a Somali warlord and handed over to U.S. officials, who had him rendered to Afghanistan for five years of detention and torture." |
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 Robert Reich, Op-Ed: "The real political test comes after Labor Day. Before Labor Day, Americans aren't really focused on the upcoming election. After Labor Day, they focus like a laser. If the economy is moving in the right direction then - if unemployment is dropping and jobs are increasing - Obama has a good chance of being reelected. If the jobs doldrums continue - or worse - he won't be." |
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![]() Thalif Deen, News Analysis: "Fulfillment of the U.N. resolution to end deep sea bottom fishing; an end to overfishing, including the suspension of fishing in some cases until stocks have recovered; requirement that regional fisheries management bodies be accountable to the United Nations; national action to eliminate harmful fisheries subsidies; closure of ports to illegally obtained fish; and the establishment of national and high seas marine protected areas, including reserves." |
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 Special Coverage: "As we enter Day 293 of the Occupy movements the protests have spread not only across the country but all over the globe. Thousands of activists have descended on Wall Street these past weeks as part of the #OccupyWallStreet protest organized by several action groups. What follows is a live video stream and live Twitter feed of this event." |
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