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It Gets Better – New York FrontRunners

The “It Gets Better” project keeps growing, with more and more videos added each day.

The Road Not Taken or Drill Baby Drill!

The Road Not Taken or Drill Baby Drill!

Thank goodness sanity won out last November.

The HuffPo Investigative Fund Gets Big Support

It is great to see people willing to put money behind investigative journalism. The Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Alternet, and ProPublica have all shown great promise. It has been a fun couple of years watching Alternet stories gain traction through Facebook sharing and via retweets on Twitter until they finally show up in the more traditional news outlets.

Nicole Sandler – After Air America

Nicole Sandler, a progressive radio host – formerly of Air America and other talk and music gigs – is now broadcasting online. You can check her out on twitter (@nicolesandler) or at her website Radio or Not. She also has a blog as part of the site. Last night’s (March 1, 2010) episode is embedded below. You can go to UStream.tv/radioornot and get all her latest episodes as they air. She seems to use the chat room there during broadcasts. Currently there are about a dozen archived shows there from the last few weeks. That should be plenty to to see if you like her style.

Frustrated Owner Bulldozes Home Ahead Of Foreclosure

Frustrated Owner Bulldozes Home Ahead Of Foreclosure

Terry Hoskins said he’s been in a struggle with RiverHills Bank over his Clermont County home for nearly a decade, a struggle that was coming to an end as the bank began foreclosure proceedings on his $350,000 home. “When I see I owe $160,000 on a home valued at $350,000, and someone decides they want to take it – no, I wasn’t going to stand for that, so I took it down,” Hoskins said