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Don't Slave Your Life Away: Why America Should Embrace a 4-Day Work Week

Bill Ivey
AlterNet
Workers today are expected to be on call 24/7.

It's Time to Challenge the Propaganda Regarding Who is Killed by U. S. Drones

Don Hazen
AlterNet
"The public would not be accepting of drones, if they knew how kill decisions are made, and how many innocents are killed in the process."-- Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films

5 Ways to Beat the Plutocrats

Sam Pizzigati
Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality
Americans today can take more than inspiration from the struggles against plutocracy that progressives waged years ago.

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Yuck: Our Seafood Is Loaded with Unspeakably Gross Pollutants

Jill Richardson
AlterNet
Some of our most popular seafood treats come to us from filthy operations in other countries.

How Close Is Rupert Murdoch to Owning the L.A. Times and the Chicago Tribune?

Alyssa Figueroa
AlterNet
The FCC may weaken the exact rule needed to allow Murdoch this media ownership.
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Why Does the Media Make Our Generals Into Heroes When the Wars They Commanded Are Failures?

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Dominance: The New Democratic Voting Base Is an Electoral Steamroller

At This Fiscal Crossroads, Let's Talk About the Common Good and Our National Future

Bradley Manning: How Keeping Himself Sane Was Taken as Proof of Madness

Do Addicts Have Free Will?

Chris Wright / The Fix

“Central Park Five”: New Film On How Police Abuse, Media Frenzy Led to Jailing of Innocent Teens

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!

My Wife "Pegged" Me ... and I Liked It

Eric Martin / Role Reboot

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How One GOP Plutocrat Helped Make 20,000 Kids Homeless

8 Reasons Wall Street Greed Is the Cause, and the Solution, To Phony Fiscal Cliff Crisis

If Red States Seceded, Who'd Pay for Their Massive Government Handouts?

How to Stop Psychopath CEOs from Looting and Destroying Their Own Companies

Should a 7-Year-Old Use Medical Marijuana?

Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

World AIDS Day: We Can’t “Get to Zero” Until We End the Drug War

Jag Davies / AlterNet

What's Next for Anti-Choice Zealots?

Irin Carmon / Salon

Petraeus Was a Disaster: Enough with Glorifying Failed Military Generals

Julian Assange on Wikileaks, Bradley Manning and the Emerging Surveillance State

We Have to Be on Guard About False Solutions for Climate Change

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How S&M Sex Helped Me Heal from My Rape

How I Changed My Mind About the Jeffrey MacDonald Murder Case

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

AlterNet Comics: Tom Tomorrow on Republicans' Somber Post-Election Introspection

Tom Tomorrow / AlterNet

'Crisis Pregnancy Center' that Made Couples Study the Bible Now Suing for Taxpayer Dollars

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

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Who's Bringing Home the Juicy Paycheck? The Surprising Numbers

Paul Bucheit / AlteNet  

Is Mississippi About to Execute an Innocent Man?

5 States Where GOP Extremists Are Pushing Repugnant Anti-Women Laws

The Right-Wing Media Bubble Cocoons Republicans from Adapting to the New Political Landscape

80 Years for Medical Pot? Montana Man's Potential Sentence Sparks Outrage

Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

No Wonder So Many Are Disillusioned by Our Politics -- We've Got an 18th Century Political System

Steven Hill / AlterNet

"Isolation Rooms" in Elementary Schools: Are They Treatment or Punishment?

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

Tom Ricks and Media Truth-Telling About Fox News

Eric Boehlert / Media Matters  

As Rumors of 'Grand Bargain' Cuts to Medicare Swirl, Progressives in Congress Say No Way

Our Climate Is Headed Toward 'Extremely Dangerous' or 'Catastrophic:' Here's Our Best Off Plan For Staving Off Total Disaster

Life of Pi Presents an Imperfect Slice of India

Sharing Communities Are Spreading Across the World Like Wildfire

Cat Johnson / Shareable

Cornel West to Economists: 'Wake Up From Your Mechanistic, Cartesian Dream!'

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

7 Highly Disturbing Trends in Junk Food Advertising to Children

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

Fast Food Workers Launch Strikes Across New York City

Why Are We Testing Newborns for Pot?

AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorensen -- If Only We Cared About Strikes as Much as Shopping

Secretary of State Candidate Susan Rice Has a Major Financial Stake in Canadian Tar Sands

Good News For Animal Lovers: Factory Farming's Days May Be Numbered

Ocean Robbins / AlterNet

How Walmart and Other Huge Companies Support Horrific Conditions That Kill Workers

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Whistleblower: Nuclear Disaster in America Is More Likely Than the Public Is Aware of

William Boardman / AlterNet

Ron Paul's Farewell Speech in Congress Lays Bare His Hatred for "Pure Democracy," and Love of Oligarchy

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Why Obama Must Avoid "Centrist" Solutions with the GOP and Set a Bold Course for Washington to Follow

Stephen Colbert Mocks Absurd Fox News Piece About the Sexual Revolution and Non-Existent 'War on Men'

Progressive Photo of the Day: Chickens Living in an Old Bug

AlterNet

Study: Porn Stars Aren’t “Damaged” by Their Profession

Tracy Clark-Flory / Salon

Former UK Defense Minister Suggests Dropping Thermonuclear Bombs on Afghanistan-Pakistan Border

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

What Happens If Labor Dies?

5 Ways Speeding and Red Lights Cameras Are Causing Political Outrage

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