- With No New Jobs in August, White House Calls for Action--Really looks like the Republican plan to sabotage the economy just to win 2012 is working. NYT
- Who To Blame?
- Record Profits, $1.8 trillion in cash. Cutting taxes will not create jobs without increased demand
- Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not
- Goldman Sachs VP Changed His Name, Now Advances Goldman Lobbying Interests As Top Staffer To Darrell Issa
- Why Is the White House Defending the Banks from Investigations?
- Vince Cable: disingenuous bankers are trying to derail reforms
- U.S. Is Set to Sue a Dozen Big Banks Over Mortgages NYT
- WikiLeaks decides to make public all US state department cables--Information related to confidential informants will not be redacted, despite fears for their safety
- WikiLeaks: unredacted cable release is Guardian's fault
- Leak at WikiLeaks: A Dispatch Disaster in Six Acts
- Hacking's Stunning Victim List--"Scotland Yard has a list of 3,870 people whose phones were tapped. From the 'schoolboy killer' to Prince William, Brian Cathcart reports on the scandal's huge scope."
- News Corp. PAC hands out cash during phone hacking scandal--"In the first month after a phone hacking scandal rocked News Corp., four congressional campaign committees or leadership PACs received contributions from the political action committee of the company’s American subsidiary, newly filed federal campaign documents show."
- Scotland Yard paid John Yates's legal bills--"[Former assistant commissioner John] Yates, who resigned over the phone-hacking scandal last month, used the legal firm to send letters of complaint to the Guardian and other outlets over allegations made about his role in the affair."
- News Corp. Hunkers Down: Murdochs to Testify Under Oath
- Chalk it up to the hacks: New York scraps $27 million education contract with Murdoch firm
- India's Parliament Agrees to Anna Hazare's Demands--The anti-corruption activist ended a standoff with government that started after his arrest "that sparked protests and left the ruling party with a major crisis."
- Inspired by Anna, Pakistani to fast against corruption
- Argentina: Judge orders all ISPs to block the sites LeakyMails.com and Leakymails.blogspot.com--"Leakymails.com was a project designed to obtain and publish relevant documents exposing corruption of the political class and the powerful in Argentina."
- Indonesia's politics: Corruption everywhere
- Russian mayor killed after alleging corruption
