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PEEK Newsletter April 10th, 2009 More blogs and video »

CIA Director 'Fires' Military Contractors From Interrogating Terror Detainees By Liliana Segura, AlterNet Leon Panetta said on Thursday that interrogators will be replaced by agency employees and promised that no suspects would be tortured. Read more »

Surprising Poll Finds Only Half of Americans Believe Capitalism is Better Than Socialism ... Or? By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Do respondents know what these words mean? Read more »

Activists Jump On Stage During Larry Summers Speech By Sam Stein, Huffington Post "Larry Summers is part of the problem," screamed one of the activists. "He is a toxic mess." Read more »

VIDEO: Six-Year-Old Iraqi Girl Describes the Killing of Her Father and Brother by the U.S. Military No More Victims In 2006, while traveling to Ramadi, U.S. forces fired on Naba's family's car. Her father and brother were killed. Naba was hit in the arm and chest. Read more »

Ten Things You Can Do to Oppose the War in Afghanistan By ZP Heller, The Nation Practical ways to get involved and take action. Read more »

Republican Lawmaker to Asian-Americans: I'm Not Gonna Learn Chinese, So Can't You Change Your Funny Names? By Tana Ganeva, AlterNet During a hearing on voter ID legislation, Texas Republican Betty Brown said Americans of Asian descent should "simplify" their names. Read more »

Immigration: Time for the Practical Solutions the Country Needs AlterNet When you have a system where bad employers abuse workers and avoid taxes, it undermines us all. Read more »

Sixth Anniversary of Baghdad's Fall Marked By Huge Anti-American Protests By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress Six years ago today, coalition forces defeated Saddam Hussein's regime and watched the toppling of the dictator's statue in Firdos Square. Read more »

Alan Keyes to Address "Tea Party" as Right-Wing Crack-up Deepens By Joshua Holland, AlterNet 100 days in, and conservatives are throwing the "F-word" at Obama. Read more »

Equal Rights: Iowa, Vermont, DC ... Virginia next? By Adam Green, Open Left "As a delegate, I'll make it one of my top priorities to ensure civil liberties for all Virginians." Read more »

Roger Ebert Strikes Back at Bill O'Reilly ... Hard By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly If recent history is any guide, I suppose this means Bill O'Reilly will feel compelled to send strange men to Roger Ebert's home. Read more »

More Good News on the Same-Sex Marriage Front By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville As I've said before, all social progress really is, in the end, is making the extraordinary seem ordinary. Read more »

Geithner Bank Plan Faces New Wave of Criticism By Sam Stein, Huffington Post Economists say the proposal is likely to produce major losses for taxpayers as banks and investors game the system. Read more »

Republican Members of Congress Embrace Radical Tea Party Protests By Lee Fang, Think Progress Gun rights militias, secessionists, and neo-Nazi groups are currently working to contribute to the organizing effort. Read more »