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Report: 'Scores' of Civilians Dead in Homs as Syrian Military Attacks
By Staff | AlterNet
The Washington Post Backs the GOP's Economic Voodoo
By Dean Baker | Center for Economic and Policy Research
Is the GOP Re-Segregating the South?
By Ed Kilgore | Washington Monthly
Roseanne Barr Wants Green Party's Presidential Nomination
By staff | AlterNet
'Would You Pee in the Cup?' The Daily Show Exposes Hypocrisy of Drug Testing the Poor for Benefits
By Tony Newman | AlterNet
Food Inc. Hero Carole Morison: From Perdue Agribusiness to Sustainable Farming
By Chris Hunt | Food and Water Watch
Comedian Chris Rock Explains Why He Wouldn't Mind Paying More Taxes
By Digby | Hullabaloo
Sexist Super Bowl Ad Says If You Buy a Girl a Gift, She Will Sleep With You
By Kristen Gwynne | AlterNet
Outrage: S.E.C. Lets Firms That Wrecked the Economy Get Away With Fraud
By Steven D. | Booman Tribune
Reversal or PR Stunt? Komen Statement Renews Planned Parenthood's Eligibility for Grants
By Kristen Gwynne | AlterNet
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An Apology, But Not A Reversal, From the Susan G. Komen Foundation
RH Reality Check
If We Can Stop the Keystone Pipeline, We Can Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining in Appalachia
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New York City: Still The Marijuana Arrest Capital Of The World
Paul Armentano
Susan G. Komen: Can You Trust a Breast Cancer Organization Whose Staff and Board Members Lie About Breast Cancer?
RH Reality Check
No History Is Illegal: Teach-Ins Target Arizona’s Mexican American Studies Ban, As National Organizations Demand Return of Banished Books
jeffbiggers
The Cancerous Politics and Ideology of the Susan G. Komen Foundation
RH Reality Check
Child Abduction for Adoption and the Tangled Web of Deceit in Guatemala: A Review of Erin Siegal’s “Finding Fernanda”
RH Reality Check
Wag The Seal
Russ Baker, WhoWhatWhy.com
Retirees Occupy Century Aluminum
Leo Gerard
So Pa, So Good…But Must Activists Always Align With Corporations To Win?
Russ Baker, WhoWhatWhy.com
Hauling the Koch brothers into Congress
Robert Greenwald
In Bad Faith: New Study Further Underscores Lack of Truth in Anti-Choice Claims
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Are black pastors opposing marriage equality for religious right money?
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Covering Romney? Some Tips for Journalists Tracking Mitt’s Changing Position on “Personhood”
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If We Clear Out Our Ideological Cobwebs, Perhaps Americans Can Have a Long Overdue Discussion
Earon Davis
German Radiation Expert: Fukushima “Atomic Bomb” Possible
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Strange case of Kentucky soldier charged with espionage
Christopher Hignite
Petition to Stop Foreclosures, Hold Banks Accountable!
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The Great Rice Shortage
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Occupy Wall Street? No Problem!
Jacob Freeze
Occupy everything…but after the anger, then what?
Pat Thomas
Remember, Joe, There Is No Tea Party
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A real Social Network.
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6 Things You Need To Know About the Komen Foundation/Planned Parenthood Controversy (Updated: Komen Reverses Decision)
By Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet
Doomsday Scenario: What Happens When Banks Control the Economy?
By Michael Hudson
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1.25 Billion Chicken Wings? The Vast Amounts of Crappy Food Americans Consume on Super Bowl Sunday
By Tara Lohan
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Why You Don't Need God to be Good: the Rise of Atheist Charities
By Alex DiBranco
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The 18 Most Secretive Corporations in the Citizens United Era
By Steven Rosenfeld
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The Right-Wing Zombie Lie About Public Workers That Just Won't Die
Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet
ECONOMY
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Bill Moyers: 6 Movies You Have to See About the Financial Crisis
Bill Moyers / Moyers & Company
ENVIRONMENT
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Gasland Director Josh Fox: Obama's Support for Natural Gas Drilling 'A Painful Moment' for Communities Exposed to Fracking
Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez / Democracy Now!
TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT
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Why We Got Ayn Rand Instead of FDR: Thomas Frank on How Tea Party 'Populism' Derailed a New New Deal
Thomas Frank / Picador Press
6 Things You Need To Know About the Komen Foundation/Planned Parenthood Controversy (Updated: Komen Reverses Decision)
Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet
Breasts Yes, Vaginas No? How to Fight Back Against Komen "Race for the Cure" Foundation's Bizarre Capitulation to Right-Wingers
Amanda Marcotte / AlterNet
VISIONS
New Rules for Radicals: 10 Ways To Spark Change in a Post-Occupy World
Sara Robinson / AlterNet
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The Real Newt Gingrich: 5 Things Georgians Know That the Rest of Us Should
George Bauer / AlterNet
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Komen Website Hacked, Planned Parenthood Rakes in Donations, and News Surfaces That Komen Official Resigned Over Decision
Lauren Kelley / AlterNet
CIVIL LIBERTIES
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New York Muslims Fight Back Against Police Department's Institutionalized Paranoia About Islam
Alex Kane / AlterNet
ENVIRONMENT
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Why a Likely Natural Event Could Cause Nuclear Reactors to Melt Down and Our Grid to Crash
Matthew Stein / AlterNet
ACTIVISM
How 'Anonymous' Went From Mischief Makers to a Force That Terrifies Corporations and Governments
Nathan Schneider / Waging Nonviolence
TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT
Praying to Be Skinny and Straight: Why Evangelicals Are Concerned With Weight-loss and 'Ex-gay' Therapies
Hannah Tepper / Salon
ECONOMY
6 Shocking Ways Capitalism Is Failing Working America
Les Leopold / AlterNet
BELIEF
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5 Signs the Christian Right Still Wields Too Much Power in America
Peter Montgomery / AlterNet
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The Real Newt Gingrich: 5 Things Georgians Know That the Rest of Us Should
George Bauer / AlterNet
ECONOMY
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United States of Europe? What it Will Take to Save the Continent from Economic Collapse
Edward Harrison / AlterNet
ELECTION 2012
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In Florida Romney Trounces Competitors, But Gingrich Steals Thunder With Bizarre Speech
Adele M. Stan / AlterNet
VISIONS
What's Next? Join With AlterNet in Looking into the Future
Don Hazen / AlterNet
Why is Obama So Chicken, Unwilling to Even Address the Question of Pot and the Failed Drug War?
Erik Altieri / AlterNet
OCCUPY WALL STREET
Why #OWS Needs to Denounce Violent Tactics on Display at Occupy Oakland
Tina Dupuy / AlterNet
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Apple Tries Damage Control after Horrific Working Conditions at its Factories Exposed
Jeff Ballinger / Labor Notes
GENDER
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Son of New York Police Commissioner Accused of Rape, Media Smears Alleged Victim
Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon
WATER
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Was Lou Gehrig's ALS Caused by Drinking Water?
Wendee Holtcamp / Miller-McCune Magazine
OCCUPY WALL STREET
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Inside the Bacchanalian Wall Street Fraternity Party of Billionaire Bankers and Hedge Fund Predators
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship / AlterNet
How Fox News Is Destroying The Republican Party
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America
FOOD
The Scary Danger of Meat (Even For Those Who Don't Eat It)
Martha Rosenberg / AlterNet
ECONOMY
How Male Global Elites Work Hard to Fix the Economy - In Their Favor
Lynn Parramore / AlterNet
OCCUPY WALL STREET
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Why #OWS Needs to Denounce Violent Tactics on Display at Occupy Oakland
Tina Dupuy / AlterNet
NEWS & POLITICS
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Is Mitt Romney's Candidacy Part of 'The Eternal Plan' of the Mormon Church?
Sally Denton / Salon
NEWS & POLITICS
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Why the Super Bowl Is Socialist
David Morris / On the Commons
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Can Labor Help Break the Power of the Democratic Establishment? A Connecticut City's Model for Change
Paul Bass / The Nation
WORLD
Could Ecuador Be the Most Radical and Exciting Place on Earth?
Jayati Ghosh / Comment Is Free
The Truth About the Conservative Mind: Why Reactionaries from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin Have Fought Real Liberty
Corey Robin / The Chronicle of Higher Education
ELECTION 2012
5 Dishonest Ad Campaigns Coming Your Way For Election 2012
Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
OCCUPY WALL STREET
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Clashes in Oakland: 400 Arrests, Tear Gas, Flash-Bang Grenades
Joshua Holland / AlterNet
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7 Signs the Corporatocracy is Losing its Legitimacy--and 7 Tools to Help Shut it Down
Sarah van Gelder / YES! Magazine
ECONOMY
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Why New Birth Control Benefits are the Right Choice and Why Religious Conservatives Have it Wrong
June Carbone, Naomi Cahn / AlterNet
DRUGS
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The Dangerous Panic Over Painkillers
Maia Szalavitz / The Fix
How Yelp Destroyed the Thrill of Exploring
Will Doig / Salon
What if Iran Sent Commandoes to the US Border? How US Policies Look from the Other Side
Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch.com
ENVIRONMENT
Conservatives Use Creationist Playbook to Attack Climate Change Education in Schools
Bill Walker / AlterNet
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Obama's Union-Busting New Chief of Staff? Jacob Lew Helped Destroy Grad Students' Union at NYU
Josh Eidelson / In These Times
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'Let’s Stay Together' -- Can Obama’s Charm Offensive Woo Back Disgruntled Progressives?
Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet
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How Swedes and Norwegians Broke the Power of the '1 Percent'
George Lakey / Waging Nonviolence
WORLD
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Right-Wing Official Pushes Bible Death Message at Obama
Frederick Clarkson / AlterNet
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