NYT (7): National News

Census data confirms disappearing middle class; House approves obnoxious gun bill; AL lawmakers have "passer's remorse" over immigration bill, seek to repeal some parts; Will Obama's own words influence SCOTUS to defeat health bill?; Congress blocks new school lunch program changes, but unanimously passes two elements of jobs bill; NYC Comptroller in trouble re election fund-raising.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, November 17, 2011

NYT Editorials, Op-Eds, Letters

"From an anti-immigrant backlash, a new civil rights movement is stirring in Alabama" (Editorial); "A federal sentencing report shows gross unfairness in mandatory minimums. Congress needs to rescind them" (Editorial); "It is disturbing that three of the Republicans running for president support the illegal act of waterboarding" (Editorial); "The justices should follow precedent, show restraint and uphold the constitutionality of health care reform" (Editorial); "We must live by values truly worthy of exporting" (Bruni); "How his campaign might make the case to the deciders in the middle" (Keller); "Vouchers for veterans is just one of the Republicans’ really bad health care ideas" (Krugman); "Is Mandatory Voting a Good Idea?" (Letters)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, November 15, 2011

NYT (2): National News

Few presidential candidates in "99%"; Fearing election backlash, some GOPers start to "nuance" immigration stances.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, October 29, 2011

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (4)

"An extreme ballot measure in Mississippi, which would define a fertilized human egg as a 'person,' would destroy women’s reproductive rights" (Editorial); "There were alternatives to the economic doctrine that championed bank bailouts and mass suffering from the public. Look at Iceland" (Krugman); "Civil rights have barely made a dent in today’s most severe and persistent social injustices" (Guest Op-Ed); "The tired and poor the Statue of Liberty once welcomed are now often part of an enormous backlog of deportation cases" (Morgenthau)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, October 28, 2011

NYT (6): National News

Despite pledge against lobbyists, Obama raking in millions from them; Despite all evidence to the contrary re efficiency and success, GOP pushes for military trials for all terrorism suspects; Just how ugly is the new AL immigration law?; Ticket-fixing scandal snags 16 NYPD officers; Disability fraud scheme against LIRR may have netted $1 billion; Outrage grows over wounding of war vet in Occupy Oakland debacle.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, October 28, 2011

Washington Post – From Ellis Island to an electrified fence, why America is so torn on immigration

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, October 23, 2011

NYT (5): National News

US approves BP's return to gulf drilling; Senate panel approves rewrite of NCLB; Fed judges upholds US right to protect wilderness and public land; Fed judge dismisses AZ suit against US re immigration; Despite huge profits, McDonalds likely to raise prices again - third time this year.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, October 22, 2011

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (5)

"The pain from Alabama’s harsh anti-immigration law isn’t felt just by the undocumented. Native Alabamans are paying a high price as well" (Editorial); "Weakening environmental regulations, part of the G.O.P. jobs plan, would do little to create jobs and would make us both poorer and sicker" (Krugman); "Occupy Wall Street has a local precedent: the sit-ins and 'occupations' that followed New York City’s deep budget cuts in 1975 and 1976" (Guest Op-Ed); "Want to close the equality gap? Providing early childhood education would be a great place to start, and it might even pay for itself" (Kristof); "Wasn’t this week’s debate great? Rick Perry took his jabs in complete sentences and now we know all about Mitt Romney and the illegal landscapers!" (Collins)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, October 21, 2011

NYT (13): National News

Citigroup to pay fine for betting against self; Social Security recipients to get COL increase; Trouble with fracking mortages?; Why is the FBI amassing data on ethnic and religious groups?; Senate GOP defeats jobs bill for second time; CA adopts new greenhouse gas regs; Is GOP tough talk on immigration turning away Hispanics?; U.S. solar companies sue China over unfair practices; First it was no more "last meals" for death row, now TX prisoners get no weekend lunch; New food labeling plan moves forward; Did Rubio lie about his family history?; A "Rosa Parks" moment on a NYC bus; Batman to add mayhem to OWS.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, October 21, 2011

NYT (8): Foreign Affairs

Qaddafi is dead; Greece approves austerity measures as protests rage; Kidnapped disabled Frenchwoman dies in captivity; Can an Islamist bring democracy to Tunisia?; Is Syria headed for civil war?; U.S. claims no foreknowlege of Kenyan incursion into Somalia; British becoming more and more unwelcoming to "travelers" and artists.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, October 21, 2011

NYT (8): National News

Re OWS: "official" calls to Brookfield ended plan for displacement, Denver police clear protest there, and - surprise! - in private, Wall St. denigrates protest; Two particularly offensive parts of AL immigration law are blocked; Many who eagerly signed on to fracking boom in PA are now worried; Obama pulls part of health law; Perry's jobs and energy plan is sop to industry; Murdoch in trouble as CA pension funds call for his removal.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, October 15, 2011

NYT Op-Eds (5)

"Should religious belief be allowed to trump public responsibility?" (Greenhouse); "Crisis pregnancy centers portray themselves as nonpartisan health and counseling clinics, but they push a political agenda on vulnerable women" (Guest Op-Ed); "Many Republican politicians — and not a few Democrats, too — use the bogeyman of border violence to justify exorbitant security measures, like the ever-growing border fence" (Guest Op-Ed); "By isolating his country and expanding settlements, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is undermining the peace process and his country’s future" (Kristof); "It’s only October. We can’t be down to a race only between Romney and Obama. Hello, Gov. Butch Otter! Hello, Gov. Jack Dalrymple!" (Collins)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, October 6, 2011

NY1 (1)

NYC Council likely to pass bill rejecting federal requirement for deportation of prisoners.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, October 5, 2011

NYT (5): National News

Justice Dept. asks SCOTUS to fast-track hearing on health bill; Protest re Canada-U.S. pipeline is jobs vs. environment; Fed judge upholds most of harsh AL immigration law; NYS union refuses to back down despite Cuomo layoffs; Use of pepper spray at Wall St protest is under investigation.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, September 29, 2011

NYT (7): National News

Poor still getting poorer; Some Dems (not just Blue Dogs) wary of Obama jobs plan; Were GOP wins in NY and NV a bellwether?, or much ado about nothing?; Is Jewish vote "in play" for first time in three decades?; Investigation into Solyndra loan finding ugly stuff; Immigration advocates in AZ split over boycott of State; McGinniss' book on Palin claims she smoked pot, did coke, had an affair with Todd's business partner, and even had a one-night stand with a basketball player!
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, September 15, 2011

Border Security After 9/11: Ten Years of Waste, Immigrant Crackdowns and New Drug Wars

Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, September 14, 2011

NYT (6): National News

CA will pass its own "DREAM" Act; Palin still toying with candidacy; Could Buffett investment in BOA backfire?; In blow to alternative energy, federally-funded solar firm goes under; Judge allows racial profiling lawsuit against NYPD; and the (Scientology) empire strikes back at The New Yorker.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, September 1, 2011

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (11)

"Religious leaders in Alabama have sued to block the state’s sweeping and punitive new immigration law" (Editorial); "International peace movements revived. Governments tried outlawing war (the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact is still on the books). Students held antiwar protests and signed pledges to refuse to fight. Peace advocates and statesmen wrestled to build the League of Nations. Time magazine chose Mohandas K. Gandhi man of the year in 1931. For a brief moment, pacifism seemed to be a driving force in international politics" (Guest Op-Ed); "America the broken" (Bruni); "To hear some of the G.O.P. presidential candidates talk, it would seem as if willful ignorance has become a litmus test" (Krugman); "Some points to keep in mind when asking politicians about faith" (Douthat); "In small-town Oregon, it’s easy to spot the country’s most pressing problem" (Kristof); "The revolutions of hope could give way to a cascade of sectarian conflicts" (Guest Op-Ed); "With the world experiencing so much change at once, will America get its act together?" (Friedman); "Why is the air-conditioning blasting in stores, airports and restaurants and at home?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Glitter bombing is the latest act of political theater from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement" (Guest Op-Ed); "When you have a delusion that you’re Captain America, it’s easier to let yourself do things that hurt America" (Dowd)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, August 29, 2011

NYT (8): National News

Protests lead to change in Obama deportation plan; Exchange student incident goes from kerfuffle to debacle; Racism in NIH grant process?; Montana's Tester being tested in critical race; NYS AG Schneiderman subpoena's energy companies; Cuomo and Christie force Port Authority to accept less drastic toll increases; Silence is deafening as mosque opens on Staten Island; Liberty Media buys $200 million stake in B&N.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, August 19, 2011

NYT (4): National News

Obama deportation policy leads to protests; FL gov loses first of many lawsuits; Perry stands by incendiary comments; and Bloomberg sees lowest-ever approval rating.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, August 17, 2011

NYT (2): National News

As State budgets starve, gambling revenues are looking better and better; and clergy sues over Alabama immigration law.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 14, 2011

NYT (5): National News

ARE TEA PARTY POLS ACTUALLY REPRESENTING THEIR PRESUMED CONSTITUENCY, OR HAVE THEY GONE ROGUE?; Former "classification czar" files suit against NSA/Justice Dept re "over-classification" of docs; Justice Dept challenges Alabama immigration law; As both fed and state money dry up, arts are taking a huge hit; and developers of "Ground Zero" mosque take a new, slower approach.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, August 2, 2011

NYT (5): National News

Obama's continued rightward drift risks Dem base; Farmers oppose GOP immigration verification bill; The man behind the anti-shariah crusade; The Sunday Magazine profile on media provocateur James O'Keefe; and a new book on "the triumph of finance and the decline of America."
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 31, 2011

NYT Op-Eds (3)

"Placing blame equally on Democrats and Republicans for the stalemate over the debt crisis only encourages more bad behavior" (Krugman); "The hatred behind the tragedy in Norway fits into a larger narrative, and we must guard against it" (Egan); "Data from 2009, 2010 and 2011 show that spring was a frustrating season in the combat zones" (Guest Op-Chart)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, July 29, 2011

NYT (7): Foreign Affairs

Norway incident leads to shift in immigration debate throughout Europe; Suicide bomber kills Kandahar mayor; Motive uncertain for Israeli commando raid on West Bank theater; Violence erupts on Kosovo-Serbia border; Palestinian budget crisis couldn't come at worse time; British police arrest Net hacker; and Dunkin Donuts IPO is sweet and caffeinated.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, July 28, 2011