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Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Shocking: High School Grads Twice As Likely To Be Jobless Than College Grads – and Right-Wingers are Profiting From Their Pain

 By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet
Politics: The economic meltdown has hit non-college grads much harder than the educated. And conservatives are very good at exploiting their anger and unease.

Our Lives Are Filled With Worthless Crap That's Destroying the Earth: Here's What You Can Do

 By Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, In These Times
The way to lower the quantity of energy required to make and distribute short-lived consumer goods is to make them durable, repairable and upgradable.

Rabid Right-Wing Media Mogul Building a News Empire

 By Jamison Foser, Media Matters for America
Media and Technology: If you like what Rupert Murdoch has done for the national discourse, you'll love what Philip Anschutz is trying to do in your hometown.

Lou Dobbs, Looking at Public Office, Says He's in Favor of Policy He Used to Spin as "Shamnesty for Illegals"

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Politics: Dobbs said he now favors the very legalization process for unauthorized immigrants that he's long derided as a brain-dead "amnesty".

Disney Apocalypse: Why 2012 Sucks

 By Alexander Zaitchik, Killing the Buddha
Movie Mix: Even by the popsicle-stick standards of its genre, the disaster movie 2012 is so dumb you actually want everyone to die.

"You Like That Baby, You Like That?": Has Porn Made Men Bad at Sex?

 By Cord Jefferson, Nerve.com
Sex and Relationships: Porn is entertainment, not a how-to manual. If men want to know what really turns women on, hetero porn is the last place they should look.

How One Journalist Learned About Modern Union-Busting the Hard Way

 By Seth Sandronsky, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: Sara Steffens thought that labor negotiations were civilized affairs ... until her newsroom became a battlefield.

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

Bailed-Out AIG Forcing Poor to Choose Between Running Water and Food

 By Yasha Levine, AlterNet
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Thanks to AIG, some of the poorest residents of rural Kentucky learned you can always be made poorer by corporate villains.

Atheism and Diversity: Is It Wrong For Atheists To Convert Believers?

 By Greta Christina, AlterNet
Belief: Atheism isn't an attack on diversity, it's a defense of reality.

Lou Dobbs, Looking at Public Office, Says He's in Favor of Policy He Used to Spin as "Shamnesty for Illegals"

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Politics: Dobbs said he now favors the very legalization process for unauthorized immigrants that he's long derided as a brain-dead "amnesty".

White House's Ties to Health Care Industry Deeper Than Visitor Records Show

 By Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet
Politics: The White House released records cataloguing 575 visits by health care industry heavyweights since Jan. 20. The ties run deep.

Is Obama Following in the Footsteps of Bill Clinton?

 By Jeff Cohen, AlterNet
World: Obama's shown a Clinton-like willingness to roll over progressives to enact corrupt legislation and compromise for the votes of Republicans.

The Battle of Durban II: New Film Brings Dose of Sanity to Debate Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

 By Brian White, Gotcha Movies
World: It's a great feat to bring an even view to international politics. The Battle of Durbin II does just that.

Citing "National Defense Needs," Obama Administration Says it Won't Sign Ban on Land Mines

 By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
World: Stephen Goose, director of Human Rights Watch's arms division, called the decision to keep the Bush-era policy "an appalling decision."

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

47,000 Women Could Die As a Result of the New Mammogram Guidelines

 By George Lakoff, AlterNet
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Cost-benefit analysis can kill. Scaling back on mammograms, as a government task force suggested, could result in 47,000 unnecessary deaths.

Is Belief in God Hurting America?

 By David Villano, Miller-McCune.com
Belief: According to a new study, prosperity is highest in countries that practice religion the least.

Is Amazon.com Screwing You Over?

 By Steve Brown, AlterNet
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Amazon is charging -- and pocketing -- exorbitant shipping and handling fees, and someone somewhere is getting rich from it.

Black Teacher May Get 15 Years in Prison for Cutting in Line at Wal-Mart

 By Devona Walker, The Loop
Rights and Liberties: This is not how our criminal justice system is supposed to operate.

Drink Some Booze, Smoke a Joint and Relax: How to Have a Hedonistic Thanksgiving

 By Ben Reininga, Nerve.com
Thanksgiving is a holiday about three things: eating, drinking, and fun. If you haven't realized that yet, you're doing it wrong. Here's how to do it right.

The Vampire Banks Are Back: Will There Ever Be Meaningful Financial Reform?

 By Dean Baker, CounterPunch
Politics: The halls of Congress are infected with financial industry lobbyists looking to block necessary changes to our broken financial system.

Conservative "Purity Test" Too Right Wing for Ronald Reagan

 By John Nichols, The Nation
Rigid conservatives in the RNC want to establish a purity test for the party's candidates. Guess what? Reagan the conservative hero would have failed most of the criteria.

What Nidal Hasan, Timothy McVeigh, and the Beltway Sniper Have in Common: All Were Scarred by Pointless U.S. Wars

 By Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet
World: Some of the most notorious massacres of the past 15 years have been committed by veterans whose brains have been severely damaged from trauma or exposure to toxic chemicals.

Don't Be Scared of Food: Are We Being Needlessly Hysterical About Food Safety?

 By David E. Gumpert, Chelsea Green Publishing
Food: Despite all the media hype, there's little to actually suggest we're facing a major food safety crisis.

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Feeling Nervous? 3,000 Behavior Detection Officers Will Be Watching You at the Airport This Thanksgiving

 By Liliana Segura, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: Nearly 100,000 passengers were pulled aside by TSA behavior watchers last year, and it remains to be proven whether you can spot terrorists by the looks on their faces.

Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan Revealed

 By Jeremy Scahill, The Nation
World: An elite division of Blackwater plans targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan. And everyone's denying it.

Why Can't We Look Away From Sarah Palin?

 By Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet
Reproductive Justice and Gender: She's an incompetent has-been. Yet she keeps getting our attention. Is it that she embodies a set of contradictions that many women grapple with?

10 Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving

 By Sarah Newman, Takepart
Food: Here's what you need to know, from tips on a meatless meal to options for a humanely raised turkey to having diversity on your actual dinner table.

Is the House's Health Bill Really Worse than Nothing?

 By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Politics: Some progressive opponents of the health care bill say it's so bad, we may as well drop it. That analysis ignores the millions of Americans who stand to get coverage.

When Sex Hurts, and No One Can Tell You Why: The Mysterious Condition Called Vulvodynia

 By Carey Purcell, AlterNet
Sex and Relationships: Imagine a choice between no intercourse or sex with unbearable pain. Then imagine that no doctor knows how to fix it. That's the world occupied by women with vulvodynia.

Why the New Breast Cancer Guidelines Are Racist

 By Devona Walker, The Loop
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Black women get breast cancer at younger ages, but the new breast-cancer guidelines entirely ignore that fact. This is the very definition of institutionalized racism.

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

The War on Weed: Marijuana Is Basically Harmless -- The Monumentally Stupid Drug War Is Not

 By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown
DrugReporter: The war on marijuana is insane; our officials keep sacrificing tax dollars, lives, civil liberties, and their own credibility in this misguided and losing effort.

Just When You Thought It Was Safe: 3 Potential Obstacles to Health-Care Reform

 By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet
Politics: Harry Reid may have gotten the Senate to move his health-care bill forward, but a handful of conservative Democrats could still keep the bill from getting a final vote.

Why Is Malcolm Gladwell So Successful?

 By Maureen Tkacik, The Nation
Good writing succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head.

The Memory Scrub About Why Ft. Hood Happened Is Almost Complete ... If It Weren't for Archives

 By Mark Ames, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: That Maj. Hasan tried to get a military discharge before the massacre is largely being erased -- we're supposed to keep focusing on the Muslim part.

Why Do Conservatives Love Sarah Palin? Because She Never Stops Whining

 By Matt Taibbi, True/Slant
Sarah Palin constantly complains about the imaginary injustices done to her person. And our country loves whiners.

Barbara Ehrenreich: Our Maniacal Optimism Is Ruining the World

 By Anis Shivani, In These Times
Many people are not getting by. The human species faces dire ecological threats. Pretending everything will be OK helped get us into this mess, and it won't get us out.

Will There Be Justice for the Victims of El Salvador's Jesuit Massacre?

 By Pamela Merchant, AlterNet
World: El Salvador's President Funes has affirmed his commitment to seeking the full truth of the military's role in the massacre.

5 Bad Things That Immediately Happen to Your Body When You Eat Sugary Junk

 By Vicki Santillano, Divine Caroline
Sugary food tastes great going down, but the effects it has on our insides are far less appetizing.

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

 By Tara Lohan, AlterNet
Water: Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.

15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams

 By David DeGraw, Amped Status
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Are we nearing a tipping point as rapacious elites push a heavily armed populace too far?

In Trying to Prevent Gay Marriage, Texas May Have Accidently Abolished it for Everyone

 By Liz Langley, Liz Langley's Blog
Sex and Relationships: It's rare a story about banning gay marriage actually has a silver lining.

Army Sends Mom to Afghanistan, Infant to Protective Services

 By Dahr Jamail, AlterNet
World: "This would do irreparable harm to her child. I think they are doing this to punish her."

Senate Votes to Move Forward on Health-Care Bill: McCain Accuses Reid of Criminal Scheme

 By Adele Stan, AlterNet
Politics: In debate leading to vote, McCain compared Reid to Madoff, Hatch invoked socialism, and Lincoln promised trouble ahead

Is Right-Wing Media Hustler Trying to "Blackmail" Obama's Attorney General over ACORN Videos?

 By David Edwards, Muriel Kane, Raw Story
Media and Technology: Andew Breitbart appears to be threatening to release more ACORN smear videos to avoid a serious DOJ investigation.

20 Weird, Crazy Ideas for Helping the Earth

 WebEcoist Environment: Many ideas for stemming environmental catastrophe have turned out to be impossible, dangerous, or just … ridiculous.

Companies Kill 16 Workers A Day

 By Robert Greenwald Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Sixteen workers are killed a day in the United States because of reckless negligence on the part of their employers.

Dobbs' Resignation Was Long Overdue

 By Janet Murguía, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: My problems with Dobbs surfaced more than two years ago, during the debate over the last version of immigration reform.

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Economic Crisis Is Getting Bloody -- Violent Deaths Are Now Following Evictions, Foreclosures and Job Losses

 By Nick Turse, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead.

Why Is Congress Demonizing an Investigation of Israel's War Crimes in Gaza?

 By Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal
World: Recognition of human rights expert Richard Goldston's investigation is essential to the peace process in Israel and Palestine -- and the Congress is trying to demonize it.

Maddow: Anti-Muslim 'McCarthyism' Making Us Less Safe

 By David Edwards, Raw Story
Rights and Liberties: Wave of prejudice among Republican politicians may actually be frustrating anti-terrorism efforts Maddow says.

New Right-Wing Craze: Using Bible Quote to Pray That Obama’s 'Days Be Few'

 By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress
Rights and Liberties: A new slogan is making its way onto t-shirts and even teddy bears: 'Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8,' which reads, 'Let his days be few; and let another take his office.”

Thanks to GM, People Are Being Displaced So Their Forests Can Become Offsets for SUVs

By Mark Schapiro, Mother Jones
Environment: Should we focus on industries paying to preserve distant trees rather than reducing emissions closer to home? It's the question of the day in Washington and Copenhagen.

Out-of-Control Rick Perry Overrides Rare Clemency Vote, Executes Man Who Killed No One

 By Liliana Segura, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: The TX Board of Pardons voted to spare the life of Robert Lee Thompson, who took part in a robbery that led to a murder. The killer is serving life. Perry chose to kill him anyway.

Pharmaceutical Giant Paid $500,000 to Psychiatrist Who Used Chicago's Poor as Guinea Pigs

 By Christina Jewett and Sam Roe, ProPublica
Health and Wellness: Dr. Michael Reinstein reaped a cool half million off his patients' misery.

What if People Actually Treated Religion as Just a Metaphor (Like Trekkies and Secular Jews)?

 By Greta Christina, AlterNet
Belief: It's possible to keep the good parts of religion -- like the music, rituals and pageantry -- and get rid of the sex-hating dogma, the belief in god and other troublesome aspects.

Hey Guys, Don't Want Kids? A Vasectomy Is Probably the Way to Go

 By Anna Clark, RH Reality Check
Sex and Relationships: Historically, the burden of family planning has almost always fallen on women. Isn't it about time for that to change?

Mystery of World's Worst Mass Arsenic Poisoning Finally Solved

 AFP Water: The culprit are tens of thousands of man-made ponds excavated to provide soil for flood protection.

Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectuals Did

 By Stephen Zunes, AlterNet
World: Reagan was inspirational, but to claim he defeated Communism is a disservice to the millions of Eastern Europeans who struggled against great odds for their freedom.
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