Archive for the Category ‘Top 25 of 2005’

15. U.S. Develops Lethal New Bio-weapon Viruses

15. U.S. Develops Lethal New Bio-weapon Viruses

The New Scientist, October 29, 2003 Title: “US develops lethal new viruses” Author: Debora MacKenzie Faculty Evaluator: Lynn Cominsky Ph.D. Student Researcher: Brian Pederson Mainstream media coverage: CBS News, November 1, 2003 CNN News, October 31, 2003 Scientists funded by the US government have developed a way to make pox viruses incredibly deadly. Ostensibly, this [...]

14. New Bill Threatens Intellectual Freedom in Area Studies

14. New Bill Threatens Intellectual Freedom in Area Studies

YALE DAILY NEWS, November 6, 2003 Title: “New Bill threatens intellectual freedom in area studies” Author: Benita Singh CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, March 11, 2004 Title: “Speaking in ‘Approved’ Tongues” Author: Kimberly Chase Faculty Evaluator: Robert Manning Student Researchers: David Sonnenberg, Josh Sisco The International Studies in Higher Education Act of 2003 threatens the freedom of [...]

13. Schwarzenegger Met with Enron’s Key Lay Before the California Recall

13. Schwarzenegger Met with Enron’s Key Lay Before the California Recall

COMMON DREAMS, August 17, 2003 Title: “Ahnuld, Ken Lay, George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Gray Davis” Author: Jason Leopold THE LONDON OBSERVER, October 6, 2003 Title: “Arnold Unplugged- It’s Hasta la Vista to $9 Billion” Author: Greg Palast Additional Sources: San Francisco Chronicle and CommonDreams, October 11,2003 Title: “Schwarzenegger Electricity Plan Fuels Fears of Another [...]

12. The Destabilization of Haiti

12. The Destabilization of Haiti

KPFA RADIO-FLASHPOINTS, April 1, 2004 Title: “Interview with Aristide’s lawyer, Brian Concannon” Reporter: Dennis Bernstein GLOBALRESEARCH.CA, February 29, 2004 Title: “The destabilization of Haiti” Author: Michel Chossudovsky DOLLARS AND SENSE, September/October 2003 Title: “Still Up Against the Death Plan in Haiti” Author: Tom Reeves KPFA – DEMOCRACY NOW!, March 17, 2004 Title: “Aristide talks with [...]

11. The Media Can Legally Lie

11. The Media Can Legally Lie

CMW REPORT, Spring 2003 Title: “Court Ruled That Media Can Legally Lie” Author: Liane Casten ORGANIC CONSUMER ASSOCIATION, March 7, 2004 Title: “Florida Appeals Court Orders Akre-Wilson Must Pay Trial Costs for $24.3 Billion Fox Television; Couple Warns Journalists of Danger to Free Speech, Whistle Blower Protection” Author: Al Krebs Faculty Evaluator: Liz Burch, Ph.D. [...]

10. New Nuke Plants: Taxpayers Support, Industry Profits

10. New Nuke Plants: Taxpayers Support, Industry Profits

NUCLEAR INFORMATION AND RESOURCE SERVICE, November 17, 2003 Title: “Nuclear Energy Would Get $7.5 Billion in Tax Subsides, US Taxpayers Would Fund Nuclear Relapse If Energy Bill Passes” Authors: Cindy Folkers and Michael Mariotte WISE/NIRS NUCLEAR MONITOR, August 2003 Title: “US Senate Passes Pro-Nuclear Energy Bill” Authors: Cindy Folkers and Michael Mariotte Faculty Evaluators: Lynn [...]

9. Widow Brings RICO Case Against U.S. Government for 9/11

9. Widow Brings RICO Case Against U.S. Government for 9/11

SCOOP.CO.NZ, November 2003 Title: “911 Victim’s Wife Files RICO Case Against GW Bush” Author: Philip J. Berg SCOOP.CO.NZ, December 2003 Title: “Widow’s Bush Treason Suit Vanishes” Author: W. David Kubiak Faculty Evaluator: Andy Merrifield, Ph.D. Student Researcher: Amelia Strommen Ellen Mariani lost her husband, Louis Neil Mariani, on 9/11 and is refusing the government’s million-dollar [...]

8. Secrets of Cheney’s Energy Task Force Come to Light

8. Secrets of Cheney’s Energy Task Force Come to Light

JUDICIAL WATCH, July 17,2003 Title: Cheney Energy Task Force Documents Feature Map of Iraqi Oilfields Author: Judicial Watch staff FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS, January 2004 Title: “Bush-Cheney Energy Strategy:Procuring the Rest of the World’s Oil” Author: Michael Klare Faculty Evaluators: James Carr, Ph.D., Alexandra Von Meier, Ph.D. Student Researcher: Cassie Cypher, Shannon Arthur Documents turned [...]

7. Conservative Organization Drives Judicial Appointments

7. Conservative Organization Drives Judicial Appointments

THE AMERICAN PROSPECT, Vol. 14, Issue 3, March 1, 2003 Title: “A Hostile Takeover: How the Federalist Society is Capturing the Federal Courts” Author: Martin Garbus Title: “Courts Vs. Citizens” Author: Jamin Raskin Faculty Evaluator: Barbara Bloom, Ph.D., Tony White, Ph.D. Student Researcher: Liz Medley In 2001 George W. Bush eliminated the longstanding role of [...]

6. The Sale of Electoral Politics

6. The Sale of Electoral Politics

IN THESE TIMES, December 2003 Title: “Voting Machines Gone Wild” Author: Mark Lewellen-Biddle INDEPENDENT/UK, October 13, 2003 Title: “All The President’s Votes?” Author: Andrew Gumbel DEMOCRACY NOW!, September 4, 2003 Title: “Will Bush Backers Manipulate Votes to Deliver GW Another Election?” Reporter: Amy Goodman and the staff of Democracy Now! Evaluator: Andy Merrifield Ph.D., Wendy [...]

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