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Despite Overwhelming Evidence, Creationists Cling to Unreality

By Nathan Schneider, AlterNet. July 31, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: Battling creationists will not fix science education. Teaching science will.

Muqtada, the Future of Iraq

By Robert S. Eshelman, In These Times. July 29, 2008.
World: Veteran Iraq reporter Patrick Cockburn presents a historical portrait of the man leading the only true mass political movement in Iraq.

Eat Me: In Defense of Sex and Bacon

By Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom. July 28, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: Sarah Katherine Lewis' new book connects the dots between food, sex, and our relationships with our bodies.

The New Knitting: This Is Not Your Grandma's Arts & Crafts

By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. July 28, 2008.
Environment: To casual observers it may look like adults making toys and keeping them, but embroidery hoops and homemade clothes are officially cool.

"Return of Desire": Fighting Myths About Female Sexuality

By Sue Katz, Consenting Adult. July 23, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: Gina Ogden's new book knocks down false assumptions about women’s sexual dysfunction by actually listening to women.

Fidel Castro on Fidel Castro

By Greg Grandin, The Nation. July 19, 2008.
ForeignPolicy: Readers of Fidel Castro's 'My Life' will hear all about the Cuban Revolution, but no apologies for its suppression of dissent.

Africa: The Next Victim in Our Quest for Cheap Oil

By Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 14, 2008.
ForeignPolicy: The new book Curse of the Black Gold shows how Nigeria may be the epicenter of the full-blown resource wars to come.

Love Bites: An Interview With Toby Barlow

By Tony DuShane, Mother Jones. July 12, 2008.
Media and Technology: The author of the future cult novel Sharp Teeth talks about his tale of werewolves in Los Angeles.

Inside the Bush White House's Nonstop Propaganda War

By Mark Dery, AlterNet. July 10, 2008.
World: Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan exposes the culture of deception that sold an unnecessary war to the public.

A Peak Oil Prophet Imagines Life in America After Wal-Mart

By Michelle Nijhuis, Grist.org. July 9, 2008.
Environment: James Howard Kunstler's new novel describes a small town in upstate NY where a chain of global crises has forced the community to fend for itself.

Now Let's Talk About Populism for Real

By Ruth Rosen, Truthdig. July 5, 2008.
Politics: A new book explores the real populist vision that lies behind the shallow rhetoric to which we've been subjected during this election year.

Christian Nation: Bush Moves Big Bucks to Religious Organizations

By Frederick Lane, Beacon Press. July 3, 2008.
Even worse, Bush wants to ensure that faith-based organizations receiving federal funds can discriminate in their hiring on the basis of religion.

Revisiting the Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder and the Search for Justice

By Eleanor J. Bader, Public Eye. July 1, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: It took two trips to the electric chair to kill murder suspect Francis, whose unfair trial catapulted racial justice into public consciousness.

Party Crashing: How the Facebook Generation Does Politics

By Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. June 26, 2008.
Election 2008: Author Keli Goff on how today's youth -- black youth in particular -- choose their leaders. Hint: It's not by skin color or party affiliation.

Is Congress the Problem with Health Care?

By Ezra Klein, The American Prospect. June 20, 2008.
Health and Wellness: Tom Daschle thinks so. The former Senate minority leader and author of the new book, Critical, explains why.

What Happens When a School Board of Religious Zealots Will 'Lie for Jesus'?

By Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. June 20, 2008.
Media and Technology: Lauri Lebo, author of Devil in Dover, gives an insider's account of a historic court battle about dogma and Darwin in small-town America.

Iraq in Pictures

By Robert Fisk, Independent UK. June 19, 2008.
World: The dangerous face of ordinary life has been captured by Iraqis on their cell phones.

Can the U.S. Thrive as Other Powers Rise?

By Terrence McNally, AlterNet. June 18, 2008.
ForeignPolicy: Author Nina Hachigian shows that some of the biggest threats to our security don't come from rival nations. They come from us.

What's the Best Way to Be Earth-Friendly? Meet the Guy with the Answers

By Bob Schildgen, Sierra Club Books. June 16, 2008.
Environment: Mr. Green -- the Sierra Club green living guru has a new book that may be have the answers you've been looking for.

The Family's Values: America's Most Influential (and Secretive) Religious Organization

By ZP Heller, AlterNet. June 16, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: Jeff Sharlet's The Family will leave you stunned by the religious motivations behind seemingly every political decision in the last 70 years.

Zapped! How Irradiation Is Threatening Our Food System

By Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch. June 13, 2008.
Environment: Lab animals fed irradiated food have developed illnesses from cancer to immune system failure. So why is the government pushing the same food on you?

Worse Than Fascists: Christian Political Group 'The Family' Openly Reveres Hitler

By Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. June 12, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: In his new book, The Family, author Jeff Sharlet reveals sordid details about this power-hungry, inside-the-Beltway fundamentalist group.

Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman

By Mary Tillman, Rodale Inc. June 12, 2008.
World: Mary Tillman writes about when her family first began hearing conflicting details of the Army's account of her son Pat's death.

Flunk the Electoral College: Getting Rid of the Exploding Cigar of American Politics

By Michael Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice. June 12, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: The Electoral College is an affront to basic democracy, warping competition and subverting political equality -- even when it works.

Soldiers: Know Your Rights!

By Jonathan Hutto, Sr., The Nation Institute. June 11, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: What every soldier should know before resisting.

What Kind of Adulterer Are You?

By Andy McSmith, Independent UK. June 10, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: There are 17 reasons people cheat, Mira Kirshenbaum says in her book "When Good People Have Affairs," and they're not all selfish or immoral.

Population: What to Do When There Are Too Many of Us

By Robert Engelman, Island Press. June 10, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: The author of "More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want" writes that we can tackle a population-induced environmental crisis by empowering women.

Dispatches from the Workplace: the Big Squeeze

By Kim Bobo, Religion Dispatches. June 9, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Steven Greenhouse's new book charts the growing economic pain faced by the middle class.

Women and the New Economic Revolution

By Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Alison Maitland, Jossey-Bass/Wiley. June 9, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Women have entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers over the past 30 years. How is business adapting?

How Important Is a Fair Election in November? How Important Is AlterNet to You?

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. June 9, 2008.
Politics: AlterNet is stepping up to help make sure elections are fair and all votes are counted in November. But we need your help.

Squeezing the American Dream: Workers Face Diminishing Returns

By Nicholas von Hoffman, Truthdig. June 9, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: A new book on plight of white-collar and blue-collar workers lays bare how the American dream is now out of the reach of tens of millions.

Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World's Food System

By Raj Patel, Melville House Publishing. June 2, 2008.
Health and Wellness: Hunger and obesity stem from the same problem -- the corporations that sell our food determine what we eat and how we think about food.

Apocalypse in the Oceans

By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. May 30, 2008.
Water: With 150 dead zones in our oceans, some the size of Ireland, author Taras Grescoe argues that there's been a massive die out of sea life.

'Sharp Teeth': A Ferociously Good Read

By Vivian Dent, AlterNet. May 29, 2008.
Media and Technology: Author Toby Barlow's epic poem about werewolves in Los Angeles is a page-turner with insights and imagery that will resonate long after you read it.

Sick Planet: Our Obsession with Dieting Boosts the Economy But Destroys the Earth

By Stan Cox, Pluto Press. May 28, 2008.
Health and Wellness: Our obsession with dieting, including the low-carb Atkins fad, may be good for our economy but it's a nightmare for the environment and our health.

The Courage of Rachel Corrie

By Amy Wilentz, Truthdig. May 26, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: The journals of protester Rachel Corrie, killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Palestine, reveal her untimely death all the more tragic.

The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder

By Vincent Bugliosi, Vanguard Press. May 24, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: Why do so many in the liberal media simply move on to another topic after stating that Bush took the nation to war based on a lie?

Martin Amis & Chris Hitchens: Vicious Racism Concealed by a British Accent

By John Dolan, AlterNet. May 24, 2008.
Media and Technology: The American right wing, desperate for articulate hate mongers, is importing UK polemicists to stir the base up against the Muslim/Arab "enemy."

The Most Savage Shock Jock of Them All

By Rory O'Connor, Aaron Cutler, AlterNet Books. May 23, 2008.
Media and Technology: An excerpt from AlterNet's newest book, Shock Jocks: Hate Speech & Talk Radio.

Right Is Wrong -- How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America

By Arianna Huffington, Knopf Publishing. May 22, 2008.
The GOP is now a dark, putrefied party of Bush, Cheney, Rove, Limbaugh and Coulter. And we're all the worse because of it.

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