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Would You Eat Lab-Grown Meat?

Posted on Jul 12, 2006, Source: AlterNet

Scientists growing meat in petri dishes say it's safer, healthier, more humane and less polluting. But can we get past the 'yuck' factor?

Asexuals Unite

Posted on Apr 24, 2006, Source: AlterNet

A small but growing movement believes that asexuality is an orientation as valid as straight or gay.

In Praise of Darkness

Posted on Mar 31, 2006, Source: AlterNet

On the eve of Daylight Saving Time, we wonder: When did everybody get so scared of the dark?

Planet Earth, Year 2050

Posted on Jan 25, 2006, Source: AlterNet

An important report on the world's ecosystems says there is time to avert the worst consequences of global warming, if we start now.

The Greening of Goldman Sachs

Posted on Jan 3, 2006, Source: AlterNet

One of the world's leading investment banks concedes there are real financial costs to ignoring the environment -- and they don't intend to get stuck paying them.

Following The Path of Service -- to Nature

Posted on Dec 5, 2005, Source: Common Ground

Michael Green used his studies in Buddhism to launch an organization that's taking on toxics one by one -- and making major strides.

Preserving Kosovo's Separate Peace

Posted on Oct 21, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Six years ago, NATO halted a bloody campaign of ethnic cleansing in which 10,000 Albanians died at the hands of Serb paramilitaries. Is the polarized region ready for independence?

A World Without Bosses?

Posted on Jul 2, 2005, Source: Common Ground

A handful of Northern California collectives take cues from an innovative Basque cooperative in Northern Spain. But can they really make a difference?

The Great Live 8 Debate

Posted on Jun 23, 2005, Source: AlterNet

The Live 8 concerts are part of a larger effort that will do some good for Africa, despite critics who have slammed Bob Geldof for staging another ego-serving aidfest.

Peace Warrior

Posted on May 21, 2005, Source: Dragonfly Media

Aqeela Sherrills has spent much of his adult life fostering peace between rival gangs. Now the activist wants to launch a movement of the heart.

Waging War on War

Posted on May 12, 2005, Source: AlterNet

A fledgling organization tries to ignite a movement in favor of peace -- taking its cues from an unlikely source.

Les Fleurs du Mall

Posted on Dec 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet

The pagans had Yule, the Romans had the Saturnalia, we have Christmas. And with it, extended mall hours and an excuse to go nuts.

The Godmother of Green Health Care

Posted on Dec 3, 2004, Source: Common Ground

A lifelong activist, Commonweal's Charlotte Brody is making the world a safer place for mothers and babies (and also men, frogs and coral).

The New Southern Democrats

Posted on Nov 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Fed up with the neoliberal policies advocated by Washington and the IMF, Latin America is turning to the left. The question now is, can it last?

AIDS Prevention Is Harder Than ABC

Posted on Jul 27, 2004, Source: TomPaine.com

While the Bush administration's approach to fighting AIDS might sound good, it means nothing to women in poor countries who haven't got the bargaining power to make it work.

War Crimes

Posted on Apr 22, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Another military sex scandal erupts with reports of rape among the ranks. The response from the military seems to be the same: Act fast, do nothing.

The Vision Men

Posted on Feb 4, 2004, Source: AlterNet

A new book by William Hartung offers a portrait of an entrenched cadre with an agenda of lasting American global dominance through overwhelming military might.

Who Wants to Marry a Marriage Initiative?

Posted on Jan 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Bush's 'healthy marriages' initiative shores up the president's conservative credentials after a year in which Texas and Massachusetts courts handed down rulings in favor of gay rights.

Rally Recipe Wins No Prizes

Posted on Oct 27, 2003, Source: AlterNet

With its totally unfocused message and the fact that organizers missed a golden opportunity by not holding it three weeks earlier, was Saturday's anti-war rally in Washington, DC really a success?

The Billion-Dollar Breakup

Posted on Aug 8, 2003, Source: TomPaine.com

Why a Pentagon plan to boost aid to Afghanistan is a good-bye gift.

Seabiscuit's Joyride

Posted on Jul 31, 2003, Source: AlterNet

The U.S. may currently dominate the globe, yet rooting for the underdog -- even when he's a horse -- is the American way.

A Safe Haven Turns Hostile

Posted on Mar 27, 2003, Source: AlterNet

For perhaps the first time in America's history, we are witnessing the spectacle of people – most of them Muslims who fear being detained or deported – migrating from the United States in search of safety.

Will Middle America Board the Peace Train?

Posted on Mar 24, 2003, Source: AlterNet

When men and women in uniform speak out against the war, C-SPAN listens -- and so might mainstream America.

Signs of Peace in DC

Posted on Jan 20, 2003, Source: AlterNet

Even sub-freezing temperatures couldn't keep determined antiwar marchers off the streets of the nation's capitol this weekend.

Limited Tolerance

Posted on Dec 26, 2002, Source: Monterey County Weekly

US Army policy conflicts with gay-friendly culture at military's elite Defense Language Institute.

Insecurity Complex

Posted on Dec 3, 2002, Source: Monterey County Weekly

How the Coast Guard and INS are being massively pumped up to fit into the Department of Homeland Security.
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