Sources: AlterNet, March 17, 2009 Title: “Fifth World Water Forum Marked by Violence and Repression” Author: Jeff Conant AlterNet, March 18, 2009 Title: “An Inside Peek: Why the World Water Forum Is a Sham” Author: Jeff Conant Democracy Now! March 23, 2009 Title: “Water Rights Activists Blast Istanbul World Water Forum as ‘Corporate Trade Show [...]

Source: August Review.com, January 30, 2009 Title: “Obama: Trilateral Commission Endgame” Author: Patrick Wood Student Researcher: Sarah Maddox Faculty Evaluator: Peter Phillips Sonoma State University Barack Obama appointed eleven members of the Trilateral Commission to top-level and key positions in his administration within his first ten days in office. This represents a very narrow source [...]

Sources: Mother Jones, January 15, 2009 Title: “Brave New Welfare” Author: Stephanie Mencimer Associated Press, March 26, 2009 Title: “States consider drug tests for welfare recipients” Author: Tom Breen Student Researcher: Samantha Barowsky, Southwest Minnesota State University Malana Men, Sonoma State University Faculty Evaluator: Douglas Anderson, PhD Southwest Minnesota State University Many states are in [...]

Sources: Open Debates, September 18, 2008 Title: “Pro-democratic Groups Call on Debate Commission to Make Secret Contract Public” Author: George Farah Democracy Now! October 2, 2008 Title: “No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates” Interviewee: George Farah Student Researchers:  Erin Galbraith, Natalie Dale, and Kerry Headley Faculty Evaluator: Mickey [...]

Source: Huffington Post, January 27, 2009 Article: “Bailout Spent to Defeat Labor” Author: Sam Stein Student Researchers: Ben Kaufman and Rosemary Scott Faculty Evaluator: Kelly Bucy, PhD Sonoma State University On October 17, 2008, three days after Bank of America Corporation received $25 billion in federal bailout funds, they hosted a conference call to organize [...]

Source: Upside Down World, September 25, 2008 Title: “Ecuador’s Constitution Gives Rights to Nature” Author: Cyril Mychalejko Student Researcher: Chelsea Davis Faculty Evaluator: Elaine Wellin, PhD Sonoma State University In September 2008 Ecuador became the first country in the world to declare constitutional rights to nature, thus codifying a new system of environmental protection. Reflecting [...]

Sources: Inter Press Service, March 9, 2009 Title: “Aren’t There War Crimes in The US? Legitimacy of Global Court Questioned Over Sudan” Author: Thalif Deen Dissindentvoice.org, Black Star News, and San Francisco Bay View, March 6, 2009 Title: “Africom’s Covert War in Sudan” Author: Keith Harmon Snow Michelcollon.info, April 1, 2009 Title: “The Darfur crisis: [...]

Sources: Haiti Liberté, September 4, 2008 Title: “UN Military Base Expanding: What is Washington up to in Cité Soleil?” Author: Kim Ives Upside Down World, June 25, 2008 Title: “Bush Administration Accused of Withholding ‘Lifesaving’ Aid to Haiti” Author: Cyril Mychalejko Upside Down World, August 4, 2008 Title: “RFK Center Releases Documents Outlining US Actions [...]

Source: Upside Down World, February 11, 2009 Title: “The World Bank and Climate Change: Sustainability or Exploitation?” Author: Mary Tharin Student Researchers: Victoria Masucci and Christine Wilson Faculty Evaluator: Elaine Wellin, PhD Sonoma State University In the name of environmental protection, the World Bank is brokering carbon emission trading arrangements that destroy indigenous farmlands around [...]

Source: Opensecrets, April 3, 2008 Title: “Strategic Assets” Author: Lindsay Renick Mayer Student Researchers: Leora Johnson and Michael Seramin Faculty Evaluator:  Peter Phillips PhD Sonoma State University The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics has calculated that more than 151 members of Congress have up to $195 million invested in major defense contractors that are earning [...]