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How Coca-Cola's Ruthless Business Tactics Created a Despicable Global Powerhouse

Jill Richardson
AlterNet
Mark Pendergast's book, "For God, Country, and Coca-Cola" guides readers through decades of shrewd marketing campaigns and the company's ugly history.

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Shocker: Republicans Fight Obama Plan to Privatize the Hugely Popular, Cheap Energy Source of the TVA

Gar Alperovitz, Thomas Hanna
AlterNet
Obama's scheme to sell off the Tennessee Valley Authority gets push-back from Tennessee Republicans who know the benefits of a publicly-owned facility.

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Atheists Rising: Wolf Blitzer Learns a Lesson and Arizona Lawmaker Says "Don't Bow Your Heads"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Salon
Watch: Asked if she "thanks the lord," Oklahoma survivor tells Wolf, "actually, I'm an atheist."

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How Racism Turned an Interracial Family's Trip to Walmart into a Kidnapping Investigation

Kristen Gwynne
AlterNet
'They don't fit' is the phrase that apparently prompted concern.

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NYPD Stops of (Mostly) People of Color Wrong 90 Percent of the Time: 'High Error Rate,' Judge Says

Kristen Gwynne
AlterNet
Closing arguments have been made in the trial over the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk tactic. What now?
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Here's What a Real Political Cover-up Looks Like -- Orchestrated by the Right-Wingers Who Know It Best

Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Energy Is Putting Power Back in the Hands of the People

The Internet Is Slaying the Middle Class

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The Inside Story of a Harvard Dissertation Too Racist for the Heritage Foundation

Zack Beauchamp / Think Progress  

Austerity Kills: Crippling Economic Policies Causing Global Health Crisis

Amy Goodman, David Stuckler, Sanjay Basu / Democracy Now!

Obama Shows He's Serious About Fixing Our Screwed-Up Election System

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

The Federal Govt. Wants the Nuclear Industry to Be One Big Secret

Feds' Bogus Threat of Terrorism to Hunt Down Black Liberation Activist

Will Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter Stop Meaning Anything When Climate Change Hits?

How America's National Security Apparatus -- in Partnership With Big Corporations -- Cracked Down on Dissent

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn Demands Tornado Relief Be Offset by Cuts Elsewhere

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Moyers/Winship: Corporate Greed Is Poisoning America — Literally

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship / BillMoyers.com

How America Became a Third World Country

Mattea Kramer, Jo Comerford / TomDispatch

US Marshals Hold Innocent Family At Gun Point, Tell Them Not to Move Even After They Realize They've Got Wrong House

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Police Tase Foreclosed Upon Homeowners Protesting Criminal Bankers, Criminal Bankers Continue Facing No Repercussions

Red State Hypocrites: Inhofe and Coburn

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Watch: The Touching Moment a Mother Sees Her Young Son Alive and Well for the First Time Since Tornado Hit

6 Ways Oklahoma's GOP Senators Have Fought to Undermine Relief Funding

Rebecca Leber / Think Progress

It's Time to Step Up and Help the Workers of Bangladesh

Jodie Gummow / AlterNet

Horrifying New Trend: Posting Rapes to Facebook

Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon

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Elderly Woman Dies in Court "Gasping for Breath" After Sheriff's Deputies "Callously" Refused to Give Her Medication, Daughter Claims

80-Year-Old North Carolina Educator: Why I Got Arrested Protesting Right-Wing Agenda for Schools

The Long, Sordid History of the American Right and Racism

Nerds, Jocks and Jailed Dissidents: Inside the World of Israel’s High School War Resisters

Our Govt. Is Turning into a Surveillance State That's Almost Impossible to Stop

Murtaza Hussain / Al Jazeera English

Death Toll Continues to Rise After Devastating Oklahoma Tornado

AFP

Soda Industry Cashes In on Govt. Food Assistance Programs to Tune of $4 Bilion a Year

Stan Cox / AlterNet

Bill Moyers: 12 Ways You Can Avoid Toxic Chemicals

Lauren Feeney / Bill Moyers  

12-Year-Old Girl Raped, Video Posted to Facebook by Alleged Attackers

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Corporations Are Stealing Billions in Tax Breaks, While the Confused, Screwed Citizenry Turn On Each Other

Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog  

The 4 Big Ways That Insatiable Corporate Hunger for Profits Has Devastated American Life -- and the World Along with It

Smashing the Absurd Myth That More Guns Make Us Safer

Sean McElwee / AlterNet

Teen Girl Faces Felony Charge Over Lesbian Relationship, Mom Blames "Religious Zealot Parents"

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Tourists Encouraged to Gawk At, Mock Poor in Horrifying "GHETTO" Bus Tour in Bronx

Alex Kane / AlterNet

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GOPer Who Got Millions in Farm Subsidies Thinks the Poor Should Starve Rather Than Get Food Stamps

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Virginia GOP Nominee For Attorney General Would Force Women To Report Their Miscarriages To Police -- Or Face 1 Year in Jail

Ian Millhiser / Think Progress  

Former "Hero" Cop Accused of Raping Women at Gun Point

Too Soon to Tell: The Case for Hope, Continued

What is Paper Terrorism? Anti-Gov't Nuts File Tens of Thousands of False Docs as "Sovereign Citizens"

Jillian Rayfield / Salon

Traffic Ticket Camera Company Channels Kafka, Threatening Court Appearances, Even Though "No Such Court Exists"

Courthouse News

The Other IRS Scandal: Outright War Against Marijuana Dispensaries

Clarence Walker / Drug War Chronicle

Will Banksters at JPMorgan Chase Finally Pay for Their Misdeeds?

Is Nestle Involved in Murder Of Colombian Union Leader?

Meet the Senate's Powerful and Progressive Policy Wonk, Ron Wyden

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Towns' Latino Community Totally Unsurprised That Police Beat Man to Death for No Reason and Tried to Cover it Up

How the US Turned Three Pacifists Into 'Multiple Felony Saboteurs'

Fran Quigley / AlterNet

Outrageous Attacks on Supporters of Church-State Separation: Death Threats, Murdered Pets, and Vandalized Property

Adam Lee / AlterNet

How a Well-Meaning Progressive Accidentally Launched Powerball Lottery Industry Across America

Matthew Vaz / In These Times

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