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October 6, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Here's a great speech given by Al Gore yesterday on the threat corporate controlled media poses to democracy. In his opening he says "American democracy is in grave danger" and that "it's almost as if America has entered an alternate universe."

October 6, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal From the Atlanta Journal Constitution (free registration required):

October 6, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal Chris had a great post yesterday on Seven Points for Rebuilding the Gulf Coast. As a follow up to that, here's an op-ed from the Boston Globe (free registration required):

October 6, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal

October 6, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal A new FDIC Regional Profile (PDF format) report for the second quarter of 2005 provides a snapshot of U.S. economic conditions by region. The effects of Katrina are not reflected in the report, and the FDIC says:

October 5, 2005 - Darryl Malek-Wiley, a long-term New Orleans-based organizer with the Sierra Club (which down there works closely with labor and community groups), sends me this excellent platform for Gulf Coast reconstruction from his new base in Baton Rouge:

October 5, 2005 - First it was a book tour, now visits to primary states. Newt's bid for the White House is officially in high gear: