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EDUCATION
Gun Deaths Outpace Motor Vehicle Deaths in 10 States
By Angela Lee | AlterNet
Scantron Becomes 15th Corporation to Dump ALEC, Leaves Educational Task Force
By Rebekah Wilce | PR Watch
More Drug War Deaths: Violent DEA-Backed Honduran Drug Raid Kills 4 Civilians, Wounds 4
By Bryan Le | The Fix
Pregnant Woman Who Attempted Suicide Forced to Wear Tracker, Awaits Trial For Absurd 'Attempted Murder' Charges
By Jodi Jacobson | RH Reality Check
New Survey: Most Americans Want to Legalize and Regulate Pot Like Alcohol and Tobacco
By Kristen Gwynne | AlterNet
The 10 Major Corporations that Control Everything You Buy
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd | AlterNet
Cory Booker Hits Up Rachel Maddow for Some Damage Control
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd | AlterNet
Attorney: "NATO 3" Activists Detained on Terror Charges in Chicago Are Victims of Police Entrapment
By Amy Goodman | Democracy Now
Tom Ferguson on JP Morgan: "You Can't Believe Anyone [Saying] That Risks Are Controlled"
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd | AlterNet
Quebec Government Tries To Squash Student Protests With Draconian Criminal Law
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd | AlterNet
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Fukushima Tour de Force: New Book Chronicles Nuclear Devil’s Tango
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Rasmussen Poll: Majority Of Voters Favor Legalizing Marijuana Like Alcohol
Paul Armentano
Something Stinks: John Edwards And A Thirty Year Jail Term?
WhoWhatWhy.com
Criminal Injustice: Arrested and Detained Parents Are Denied Opportunity to Contact and Make Arrangements for Their Children
RH Reality Check
Workers of the World Unite — with Shareholders
Leo Gerard
Diseases Grow at Psychiatry Meeting–Thanks to Big Pharma
Martha Rosenberg
How Long Will Japan’s Nuclear Recess Be? Enter Kazakhstan
WhoWhatWhy.com
Arizona Law Endorses Malpractice and Discrimination In Defense Of “Religious Liberty”
RH Reality Check
Charles Koch + Roger Ailes = Ohio University?
Robert Greenwald
Catching Fire: Inflaming Our Passion to Pass the Safer Chemicals Act
RH Reality Check
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
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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
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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
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A real Social Network.
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Paul Krugman: We Could End This Depression Right Now
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Police Handcuffing 7-Year-Olds? The Brutality Unleashed on Kids With Disabilities in Our School Systems
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Addiction and America's Fat Problem
By Susan Cheever
The Fix
What Horrible Right-wing (or Criminal) Cause Is Your Favorite Sports Team Connected To?
By Erik Malinowski
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Why a Growing Movement of Young People Could Ignite a Workers' Revolution
By Michelle Chen
The New Press
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Cooperative Banking, the Exciting Wave of the Future
Ellen Brown / AlterNet
ELECTION 2012
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5 Reasons Why Obama's Attack on Bain Is Good For America
Adele M. Stan / AlterNet
WORLD
1977767
The Mindboggling Sum We Actually Spend on National Security
Chris Hellman, Mattea Kramer / TomDispatch.com
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'The Dictator': Sacha Baron Cohen Tries to Emulate Charlie Chaplin
Nicholas Powers / AlterNet
TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT
10 Dumbest Members of Congress
Mark Howard / AlterNet
TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT
Koch Operative Steered $55 Million to Front Groups Airing Ads Against Democrats; Ads Assailed Candidates Over Abortion, 9/11, Medicare
Lee Fang / Republic Report
ECONOMY
There Is a Way! Beyond the Big, Bad Corporation
Tara Lohan / AlterNet
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Today's GOP: Worst Political Party Since the Civil War
Martin Longman / AlterNet
ECONOMY
1977625
The Super "Connected" 1% CEO: The Incredible Tale of Billions of Dollars of Failure
Mark Ames / The Daily Banter
1977185
Is Texas Waging War on History?
Katherine Stewart / Comment Is Free
MEDIA
1977632
Why TED Is a Massive, Money-Soaked Orgy of Self-Congratulatory Futurism
Alex Pareene / Salon
TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT
Military Industry Lobbyists Manufacturer Fake Tea Party Outrage Against Cutting Defense Pork
Lee Fang / Republic Report
Cory Booker Falls Victim to Disease of False Equivalence
Ilyse Hogue / The Nation
How the US Press Lost its Way
Robert Parry / Consortium News
DRUGS
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Why Oregon's Attorney General Election May Be Referendum on Medical Marijuana With National Consequences
Steven Wishnia / AlterNet
ECONOMY
1977175
The Rise of the New Economy Movement
Gar Alperovitz / AlterNet
CIVIL LIBERTIES
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The Terrifying Ways Google Is Destroying Your Privacy
David Rosen / AlterNet
SEX & RELATIONSHIPS
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Why Do Sex Scandals Destroy Democrats But Not Republicans?
Russ Baker / WhoWhatWhy.com
The Enviro Disaster You Know Nothing About: The Eco-Devastating Quest for "Frac Sand" in Rural America
Ellen Cantarow / TomDispatch.com
826 Valencia: Transforming a Community, One Student at a Time
Theresa Ralston / AlterNet
ECONOMY
Protest Roars to Life at Chicago NATO Summit in Face of Violent Police Crackdowns
Matt Reichel / AlterNet
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NATO Comes to Chicago, Highlights Violence and Inequality at the Heart of the System
Gary Younge / Comment Is Free
GENDER
1977034
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
1977181
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 Zaitchik / 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
1977177
Chicago Police Accused of Planting Evidence on "NATO 3" Protesters
Staff / The Guardian
EDUCATION
1976376
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
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