LIBERAL NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND

REMEMBERING NEW ORLEANS
Kristina Rizga, WireTap
An interview with the co-founder of the Neighborhood Story Project, looking back at what has happened since the hurricane hit, and what needs to happen next.
http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/32636/

EXCERPT: THESE STREETS ARE OURS
Ebony Bolding, Ashley Nelson, WireTap
A street-level look at two New Orleans neighborhoods from teens that know then inside and out:
http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/32708/

QUOTE OF THE DAY ... The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, ALL of them imaginary. H.L. Mencken

ALL GOOD POLITICS ARE LOCAL
Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown
Washington may be squandering our democratic promise, but out beyond the Beltway, America's progressive grassroots are thriving.
http://www.alternet.org/story/32483/

SAVING OUR DEMOCRACY
Bill Moyers, AlterNet
The Abramoff and DeLay corruption scandals make it clear that now more than ever we need publically financed elections.
http://www.alternet.org/story/32750/
[Duchess Note: I’ve been a great admirer of Mr Moyers for years. It was a sad day when he left the PBS program “NOW” Happily he is still busy in all forms of activism. Bravo Mr Moyers Bravo!]

A FOOL'S ECONOMIC PARADISE
Stephen Pizzo, News for Real
Bushonomics has been the most destructive set of economic policies to hit Americans since Herbert Hoover. No, wait. That understates the problem.
http://www.alternet.org/story/32754/

PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S PRICEY PILLS
Kara Jesella, Nerve.com
For young women, access to low-cost birth control is more important than ever. So why's it so hard -- and expensive -- to get it from Planned Parenthood?
http://www.alternet.org/story/32759/