Top Stories
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
By Michael Lind, Salon
From Social Security hysteria to "Obamacare" madness, right-wing propaganda is increasingly divorced from reality.
By Melissa Gira Grant, AlterNet
Law enforcement and conservative campaigners want to threaten men who buy sex with the possibility of being marked for life in a government database.
By Lauren Kelley, AlterNet
Celebrities really should have turned down these endorsements, for our sake and theirs.
By Brad Jacobson, AlterNet
Why ask the most famous unhealthy cook in America to promote a diabetes drug before anyone knew she suffered from diabetes?
By Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet
The B of A death watch continues as a new petition calls for federal regulators to dismantle the big bank before it implodes.
By Alison Pace, AlterNet
One moviegoer's list of why you should run, dance, and mug to see 'The Artist' -- a celebration of silent films and the power of cinema.
By Richard C. Bell, Stephen Hilgartner, Rory O'Connor, AlterNet
In the end, the answer to the mystery of why nuclear power in the United States is still afloat comes down to money.
By Holly Kearl, Ms. Blog
A new documentary called The Invisible War reveals the heart-breaking truth about sexual assault in the military.
By Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle
A coalition of advocates has filed a statewide medical marijuana regulation initiative aimed at ending the years-long confusion over what is and what is not allowed.
Friday, January 27th, 2012
By Robert Greenwald, AlterNet
Hastings, in his hard-hitting new book, discusses "politically correct imperialism," why the military is obsessed with its legacy, and why we're stuck in post-9/11 thinking.
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Just because some of its wheels have come flying off, that doesn't mean the GOP clown car isn't still moving down the road toward Election Day.
By Scott Thill, AlterNet
Colbert educates viewers on America's arcane political machinery, while schooling mainstream journalists on how to properly inform the citizenry.
By Louis Ferleger, AlterNet
Some regions are recovering, while others across America remain in deep decline. How did this happen and what can we do?
By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet
By Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet
Myths about marijuana convince people that alcohol is safer, but science shows pot is the healthier choice.
By Christian Parenti, TomDispatch.com
By Andrew Leonard, Salon
The American middle class might not be making iPads and iPhones, but they sure are buying a lot of them
By Theresa "Darklady" Reed, AlterNet
You don’t lie about an affair for six years and then ask permission.
By Susie Cagle, AlterNet
"The government can always articulate rationales for why they're prosecuting one person and not another."
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
By Chauncey DeVega, AlterNet
The Republican Party is digging deep into the old bucket of white racism, using the politics of fear, hostility and anxiety to win over white voters.
By Robert Cruickshank, AlterNet
Better technology is not sufficient to build a better society. To really change lives, corporations must use their work force to improve democracy and equality.
By Harriet Barlow, AlterNet
Crucial movements of the past with clear and radical demands suffered a diminished voice when traditional organizational standards took hold. Hopefully not Occupy.
By Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet
Gingrich doesn’t live by the strict sexual rules laid out by conservatives, because those rules are meant for other people: the poor, Democrats, gays, and minorities.
By Lynn Parramore, AlterNet
Tradition doesn't need to be thrown out, but adapted as we learn about the body and adjust ourselves to the more sedentary ways of modern life.
By Nomi Prins, AlterNet
The president was in full campaign mode this week, but there was a lot he didn't say.
By David McRaney, You Are Not So Smart
No matter how you turn it, research says once your basic needs are taken care of, money and other rewards don’t make you happier.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
If Gingrich does manage to pull off an unlikely victory, it will be the result of running a picture-perfect right-populist campaign.
By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet
In his State of the Union message, Obama succeeded in painting the GOP as obstructionist, and came down hard on the banks.
By Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet
The solution to class exploitation and abuse is always the same: Get conscious, get angry, get energized, and get organized.
By David Morris, On the Commons
The Republican position on inequality rests on five statements, all false.
By Josh Eidelson, AlterNet
Daniels’ response was the first to be delivered from a building surrounded by dozens of police cars and chanting activists, protesting his latest anti-union move.
By Dave Johnson, AlterNet
These documents could reveal a lot about how our economy was transformed into a playground for the 1 percent.
By William Astore, TomDispatch.com
Last year saw the U.S. on pace to deliver more than $46 billion in foreign arms sales. Who says America isn’t number one anymore?
By Valerie Tarico, Away Point
One of the great ironies of American society is that most abortions in the U.S. are caused by conservative Christians.
By Eric Johnson, AlterNet
The Occupy movement's evolving agenda is in danger of being sullied by association with neo-Nazi David Duke and antigovernment crusader Ron Paul.
By Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon
Activists have long combated attacks on LGBT identities by highlighting the science showing that homosexuality is genetic, but there is other research worth considering.
By Peter Montague, AlterNet
The U.S. legal system is strongly biased in favor of economic growth, even if it harms human health and the environment.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
By Lynn Parramore, AlterNet
Representing the twin evils of ruthless capitalism and government corruption, the GOP candidates are bringing core Occupy issues to the fore.
By Guy T. Saperstein, AlterNet
Sullivan took Obama's critics to task for not recognizing his accomplishments--sadly, those accomplishments only appeal to "conservative-minded independents" like him.
By Kristin Rawls, AlterNet
Though National School Choice Week has some liberal support, its primary backers are deeply conservative activists whose goal is to dissolve public education in the US.
By Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, Moyers & Company
We’ve already made our choice for the best headline of the year, so far: “Citigroup Replaces JPMorgan as White House Chief of Staff.”
By Patricia J. Williams, The Nation
From Sacco and Vanzetti to Troy Davis, witnesses to crime scenes get it wrong too often. So why did the Supreme Court just make it harder to challenge such evidence in court?
By Amy Goodman, Raj Patel, Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman and Raj Patel discuss the 49 million people who are struggling to get enough to eat in America, and why GOP candidates' posturing isn't helping.
By Tracy Clark-Flory, Salon
The specter of cheating looms large. But does it always have to have catastrophic consequences?
By Becky Hogge, Comment Is Free
America's use of drones for targeted killings is serious enough. But commercial and law enforcement uses are on the horizon.
By Adam Lee, AlterNet
As much as religion's defenders would like us to believe otherwise, there is no non-human moral authority.
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Without bold government action on behalf of our workforce, good American jobs will continue to disappear.
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
By Ilyse Hogue, The Nation
This past week saw a flurry of progressive victories that could upset the conventional wisdom about a post–Citizens United world.
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
The recall campaign is becoming a nationwide proxy fight pitting union-busting Republicans against pro-labor Democrats.
By Jeff Deeney, The Fix
Dismissing AA as a white-person's movement, many black addicts take a pass on the 12-steps and seek salvation from their church.
By Lawrence Wittner, TruthOut.org
Are American politicians out of sync with the public when it comes to foreign policy? There is considerable reason to believe so.
By Gary Kamiya, Salon
After a brief hibernation, a refocused movement takes aim at corporate America--specifically, Wells Fargo and Bank of America on "Wall Street West."
By Ellen Cantarow, TomDispatch.com
Consider this, then, an environmental Occupy Wall Street. It knows no divisions of social class or political affiliation. Everyone, after all, needs clean water.
By Mark Weisbrot, Comment Is Free
With a brain trust like this, a lost decade for America looks likely – unless the citizenry can steer a different course.
By David Edwards, Raw Story
Christie told "Meet the Press" that Gingrich's ethics violations and failures as Speaker make him unqualified to be President.
By Rinku Sen, ColorLines
The ban on Mexican American Studies in Tucson high schools has led to "offensive" books--including Shakespeare's The Tempest--being removed and locked in a warehouse.
By Theresa Moran, Labor Notes
Dems in the legislature skipped sessions to block the bill, and rallies in protest draw crowds of thousands as Indiana workers fight a union-busting "right-to-work" bill.
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet
Gingrich set about putting a black face on America's poor, and was rewarded with 40% of South Carolina's primary vote.
By Tom Barry, AlterNet
DHS has little to show for its drone spending spree other than stacks of seized marijuana and a few thousand immigrants who crossed the border without visas.
By William K. Black, New Economic Perspectives
Apple's bombshell report on its suppliers shows anti-employee practices as common as iPods. White collar criminologist William K. Black investigates.
By Bill Fletcher, Jr., AlterNet
The US government claims he's a supporter of terrorism. Millions of others consider Sison a Marxist theorist and revolutionary.
By Amanda Dennis, RH Reality Check
January 22, 2012, marks the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court decision that recognized a woman's constitutional right to have an abortion.
By Justin Elliott, Salon
The soldier accused of giving files to WikiLeaks will likely face a court-martial -- an expert explains how it works.
By Chris Hedges, Truthdig
With the latest National Defense Authorization Act, the military can indefinitely detain without trial any U.S. citizen deemed to be a terrorist or an accessory to terrorism.
By Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company
Bill Moyers talks to President Reagan's former budget director and to Gretchen Morgenson of the New York Times about the way Wall Street runs Washington.
By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet
Is there anything in the years to come that can lead to a victory against the notorious Supreme Court decision?
By Jill Richardson, AlterNet
Sugar is now 20 percent of the American diet, but it's not just our health that suffers from its pervasiveness.
By Jennifer Matesa, The Fix
Can athletics be misused like drugs?
By Rob Boston, Church & State Magazine
In an unusually religion-soaked primary season, faith has been front and center for months. What's next?
By Roger Bybee, In These Times
Wisconsinites' efforts to protect democracy—in the workplace and through the ballot—are rapidly escalating on two key fronts.
By Krystie Yandoli, AlterNet
Last week, "Jersey Shore" member Vinny left the show for his depression and anxiety, and launched a campaign to assist those with mental health issues
By Nicholas Garnett, Salon
We thought bringing in new people would add adventure and spice up our sex life.
By Fran Quigley, AlterNet
Judging Duvalier has become an opportunity to send a message, but prosecuting old crimes in a neglected justice system has its challenges.
