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URGENT ACTION NEEDED: The Death of Democracy

ProjectPOV Chernynkaya - February 10, 2010 15

With the growing abuse of the filibuster and Democrats unwilling to take the strong action necessary to fix the economy and regain the public...

Op Ed 2.0

ProjectPOV nellie - January 24, 2010 132

From the responses to the first op ed article, I would like to reboot, and first of all, ask if any PlanetPOV members are...

Let’s write an op ed

ProjectPOV nellie - January 22, 2010 19

Dear Planet members: I've started the satirical opinion piece below—a critique of the recent Supreme Court decision on campaign financing. I thought it could be...

ProjectPOV

ProjectPOV nellie - January 17, 2010 4

ProjectPOV is the corner of PlanetPOV for members who want to collaborate on projects, such as letters, articles, or blog posts to make available...

ProjectPOV: Brainstorming

ProjectPOV nellie - January 14, 2010 100

I've been thinking about the HP Truth Campaign for a few weeks. I'm very excited that we have such enthusiastic support for this project....

HP Truth Campaign

ProjectPOV nellie - January 14, 2010 187

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: Dec 22, 2009 @ 7:34 Cher's phenomenal article on the media and e'cat's excellent Rashomon feature have left me thinking that there...

Welcome to ProjectPOV!

ProjectPOV AdLib - January 14, 2010 27

Return to Home Page This post is made in the new category of ProjectPOV. This category is solely for the use of Authors to collaborate...

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