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"Super PACs Don't Have Spouses"
By Ed Kilgore | Washington Monthly
Obama Campaign Goes After Romney's 'Vampire' Capitalism; Cory Booker Cries Foul
By Adele M. Stan | AlterNet
1000 Protesters Show Up at Geithner's House to Demand Wall Street Accountability
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd | AlterNet
Missouri Legislature Approves Bill Allowing Employers To Deny Access To Birth Control
By Amanda Peterson Beadle | ThinkProgress
Breasts—Augmented or Not—Belong to Real Women
By Laurie and Debbie | Feministe
Call them Pro-Coathanger, Because That's Just What They Are
By tristero | Hullabaloo
Getting Out of Afghanistan
By BooMan | Booman Tribune
Strauss-Kahn Faces US Gang Rape Investigation
By Marine Laouchez | Agence France Presse
Today in Chicago I Witnessed Police Brutalizing Activists
By Bjorn in MN | DailyKos
VIDEO: Chicago Police Attack Press, Use Bikes As Weapons
By Tracey Pollock | The UpTake
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Catching Fire: Inflaming Our Passion to Pass the Safer Chemicals Act
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Not In My Backyard! As Local Government Attacks on Women’s Health Increase, Citizens Are Fighting Back
RH Reality Check
House VAWA Bill is Racist, Elitist, Homophobic, and Anti-Victim
RH Reality Check
Tied To “Cult-Like” Order, Former Vatican Analyst For CBS News Steps Down Amid Sex Scandal
B. E. Wilson
Abu Ghraib and Hiroshima by PowerPoint and Lectern
Mikey Weinstein
House Bill on Violence Would Hand Power to Abusers of Immigrant Women and Allow Criminal Prosecution of Victims
RH Reality Check
VAWA Saved My Life. Now House Republicans Are Pushing For Changes That Will Leave Others Like Me Vulnerable
RH Reality Check
Republican Partisan Bill H.R. 4970 Will Make Life More Difficult for Domestic Abuse Victims
RH Reality Check
How Big of a Liar is David Barton? You Ain’t Even Gonna Believe This One!
Chris Rodda
Watergate Revelations: The Coup Against Nixon, Part 3 Of 3
WhoWhatWhy.com
In All the Debate About Breastfeeding, Where Is the Support For Mothers?
RH Reality Check
Occupy Jail, Occupy Big Banks
Reverend Billy Talen
The Bank vs. America Showdown
Mark Engler
Obama’s Declaration, North Carolina’s Gay Marriage Ban, and Next Steps in LGBT Organizing
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Two separate girls! Packard Children’s surgeons separate conjoined twins
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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
grantlawrence
Strange case of Kentucky soldier charged with espionage
Christopher Hignite
Petition to Stop Foreclosures, Hold Banks Accountable!
danbacher
The Great Rice Shortage
E. B. Klassen
Occupy Wall Street? No Problem!
Jacob Freeze
Occupy everything…but after the anger, then what?
Pat Thomas
Remember, Joe, There Is No Tea Party
Earon
A real Social Network.
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The Rise of the New Economy Movement
By Gar Alperovitz / AlterNet
The Terrifying Ways Google Is Destroying Your Privacy
By David Rosen
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Why Do Sex Scandals Destroy Democrats But Not Republicans?
By Russ Baker
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826 Valencia: Transforming a Community, One Student at a Time
By Theresa Ralston
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The Enviro Disaster You Know Nothing About: The Eco-Devastating Quest for "Frac Sand" in Rural America
By Ellen Cantarow
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NATO Comes to Chicago, Highlights Violence and Inequality at the Heart of the System
Gary Younge / Comment Is Free
GENDER
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Attachment Parenting: More Guilt for Mother
Katha Pollitt / The Nation
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Are JPMorgan’s Losses A Canary in a Coal Mine?
Bill Moyers / BillMoyers.com
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Can You Find True Love By Sniffing a T-Shirt?
Lauren Eggert-Crowe / Salon
Toward a More Perfect Student Unionism: Lessons From the Maple Spring
Biola Jeje, Isabelle Nastasia / AlterNet
The 5 Most Offensive Sexist and Homophobic Moves by Conservatives: This Month Alone!
Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet
DRUGS
"The Whole System Relies on These Arrests": The NYPD's Racist Marijuana Arrest Crusade And Its National Implications
Alexander Zaitchick / American Independent News Network
CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND WORKPLACE
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Colonized by Corporations
Chris Hedges / Truthdig
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Over 100 Children a Year Die Working On Farms: Why Do Prominent Right-Wingers Fight Safety Regulations?
Mariya Strauss / AlterNet
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Are Democrats Bent on Political Suicide?
Clancy Sigal / CounterPunch
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A Night at the Vibrator Museum
Tracy Clark-Flory / Salon
What the Mainstream Media Still Doesn't Get About Big Banks
John Knefel / AlterNet
Low-Wage Workers in New York Come Together to Fight Greedy Bosses
Camille Rivera / AlterNet
Debt: What It Is and Why We Fight It
Sarah Jaffe, Mike Konczal, David Graeber, Astra Taylor, Brian Kalkbrenner / N+1 Magazine
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Chicago Police Accused of Planting Evidence on "NATO 3" Protesters
Staff / The Guardian
EDUCATION
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How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking -- and What That Means For Our Kids' Future
Sara Robinson / AlterNet
FOOD
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Big Beer Brewers Like Anheuser-Busch Are Drunk on Greed
Jim Hightower / AlterNet
ECONOMY
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Shafted! Why are Homeowners Still Left to Struggle Against Big Banks Alone?
Pat Garofalo / AlterNet
Pharoah Bloomberg: Paying Workers Enough to Live Is 'Communism'
Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet
PERSONAL HEALTH
Why We Cry: The Fascinating Psychology of Emotional Release
Jay Efran, Mitchell Greene / Psychotherapy Networker
8 Awesome Things About Tim Burton
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet
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Why is the FBI Manufacturing Reasons to Arrest Occupy Protesters While Ignoring White Supremacist Violence?
Natasha Lennard / Salon
CULTURE
1976657
How America Is Like the Serial Killer in Dexter
John Feffer / Foreign Policy in Focus
CIVIL LIBERTIES
1976654
Actions Speak Louder Than Words: How the Obama Administration Has Worked Behind the Scenes to Advance Marriage Equality
Joshua Holland / AlterNet
1977035
Facebook IPO: An Anatomy of Wall Street Overreach
Heidi Moore / Comment Is Free
CIVIL LIBERTIES
Tasing a Pregnant Woman in Front of Her Kid? The Outrageous -- And Dangerous -- Abuse of Tasers by Police
Joshua Holland / AlterNet
BELIEF
10 Frightening Things That Happen at Conservative Christian Schools That May Be Funded With Your Tax Dollars
Kristin Rawls / AlterNet
ECONOMY
Ehrenreich: How Corporations and Local Governments Rob the Poor Blind
Barbara Ehrenreich / TomDispatch.com
1976771
Journalists, Wiki-Leakers, Anti-War Activists Overturn Domestic Military Detention in Major Civil Rights Victory
Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
ECONOMY
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TED: Even More Elitist Than We Thought
Lauren Kelley / AlterNet
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Giant Tax Loopholes and Tax Breaks: All About the Multi-Billion Dollar Facebook IPO
Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet
WORLD
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10 Cool Discoveries You Should Know About
Liz Langley / AlterNet
Occupying Farmland for Organic Food and Fairness Exposes University Elitism
Diana Pei Wu / Race, Poverty & the Environment
GOP Version of Violence Against Women Act Tries to Push Women Back Into the Home
Michelle Chen / In These Times
MEDIA
Press Freedom Declines in the US With Arrests of Journalists at Protests--and More Will Likely Come
Timothy Karr / AlterNet
PERSONAL HEALTH
1976651
How Big Pharma and the Psychiatric Establishment Drugged Up Our Kids
Martha Rosenberg / AlterNet
NEWS & POLITICS
1975793
5 Things the Science Doesn't Say About the Conservative Brain
Chris Mooney / AlterNet
WORLD
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Why Obama and Romney Will Compete to be Cheerleaders for U.S. Imperial Dominance
William Astore / TomDispatch.com
BELIEF
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How the Christian Right's Homophobia Scares Away Religious Young People
Amanda Marcotte / AlterNet
FOOD
5 Ways to Make America Less Fat
David Sirota / Salon
ECONOMY
Memo to Mayor Bloomberg: JP Morgan Blow-Up is Not a ‘Hiccup’ -- It's a Giant, Ugly Warning
Lynn Parramore / AlterNet
ECONOMY
Bill Clinton, Boehner, And Some Other Rich White Guys Had A "Summit" And Agreed: It's Your Fault
RJ Eskow / Blog for Our Future
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Chicago's Cracking Down on Protests but Nurses Union Still Planning Huge Rally with Tom Morello
Aaron Krager / AlterNet
CIVIL LIBERTIES
1976659
NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Lawsuit Ruled a Class Action Suit
Ryan Devereaux / The Guardian
NEWS & POLITICS
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Wells Fargo Has Blood on Its Hands: Desperate Man Commits Suicide After Shocking Foreclosure Mistreatment
Dave Johnson / AlterNet
NEWS & POLITICS
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5 Ways Conservatives are Destroying the Institution of Marriage
June Carbone, Naomi Cahn / AlterNet
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