Stories by Joshua Holland
Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer at AlterNet. He is the author of The 15 Biggest Lies About the Economy: And Everything else the Right Doesn't Want You to Know About Taxes, Jobs and Corporate America. Drop him an email or follow him on Twitter.
Posted on May 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The Nobel laureate talks about Washington, Europe and the bizarre alternate universe inhabited by deficit fear-mongering media and political elites.
Posted on May 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Ultimately, it's the courts that will ultimately make marriage equality the law of the land in all 50 states.
Posted on May 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Police often misuse tasers -- with terrible results.
Posted on May 10, 2012, Source: AlterNet
America's political-economy is caught in a vicious cycle, with concentrated wealth at the top leading to outsized political power.
Posted on May 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Is free media worth the mockery that comes with these bizarre pitches? Many candidates think so.
Posted on May 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Charles Johnson was among the nation's leading "anti-jihad" bloggers until he realized that his compatriots were totally nuts.
Posted on May 2, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Walk a mile in your ideological counterparts' shoes...if you dare.
Posted on May 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Yesterday, Occupy recaptured the public's attention with rallies, marches, parties, and yes, arrests all over the country.
Posted on Apr 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The move to lock out shareholders was unprecedented, according to organizers.
Posted on Apr 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet
According to Chomsky, America's declining power is self-inflicted.
Posted on Apr 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet
"I entered into this race in order to really build an organization for the long haul."
Posted on Apr 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The Right likes the parts of "big government" that limit our freedoms and attacks those that expand them.
Posted on Apr 10, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Journalist Chris Mooney discusses his new book, "The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Reject Science -- and Reality."
Posted on Mar 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The lie that Obama is responsible for high gas prices will become another un-killable "zombie lie" in our political discourse.
Posted on Mar 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Jeff Thigpen is trying to restore the rule of law in one North Carolina county.
Posted on Mar 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet
It looks like we will have zero African Americans elected as a Senator or Governor -- what's behind the dismal number?
Posted on Mar 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet
How can straight men not see their own interests in this fight?
Posted on Mar 12, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Key members of Israel's opposition parties say Israel's rightward-turn poses a threat to its democracy.
Posted on Mar 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet
We shouldn't have to subsidize the antiquated religious beliefs of a small minority.
Posted on Mar 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet
There are similarities in the run up to the Iraq war, but there is also a key difference -- this time, the driving force for the push for war with Iran isn't Washington.
Posted on Mar 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Republicans tend to engage in blatant alarmism about foreign threats and Democrats respond in kind for fear of being portrayed as weak.
Posted on Feb 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet
It's tough to find common ground in a divided country, but it's almost impossible when the emotional heat of the culture wars is added to the mix.
Posted on Feb 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Unfortunately for Romney, this may just be the wrong cycle for an obviously out-of-touch Wall Street elitist.
Posted on Feb 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Conservatives are going wildly off-message when it comes to the fight over contraception.
Posted on Feb 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The Republicans' chosen narrative about Obama's contraceptive coverage betrays a total lack of understanding of the most basic realities of human reproduction.
Posted on Feb 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet
In general, American political discourse isn't terribly civil. But critics of Israel's far-right government and its enablers at home aren't even allowed to throw a sharp elbow.
Posted on Feb 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet
In the era of Citizens United, early money from deep-pocketed donors played a major role in shaping the GOP field.
Posted on Feb 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet
DC is the most liberal region of the country, but until now all the talk on the radio dial skewed right.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Police once again ratcheted up the tension by using force against an entire crowd of protesters.
Posted on Jan 26, 2012, Source: 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.
Posted on Jan 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet
If Gingrich does manage to pull off an unlikely victory, it will be the result of running a picture-perfect right-populist campaign.
Posted on Jan 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet
At Bain Capital, Romney used the tax code to redistribute wealth from taxpayers to his investors and partners.
Posted on Jan 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Many believe the 20th century represents the pinnacle of human violence, but psychologist Steven Pinker argues that the opposite is true.
Posted on Dec 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Tea Partiers, freaking out about "Agenda 21" and convinced global warming isn't real, are gumming up the works for those trying to save the planet.
Posted on Dec 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet
PolitiFact clearly chose the claim to avoid charges that it holds a liberal or Democratic bias.
Posted on Dec 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The right seems to offer up a new trumped-up pseudo-scandal every week. Here are ten of our favorites from the year past.
Posted on Dec 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Will a recent attack on progressive journalists help spark a sea-change in the debate over Middle East policy?
Posted on Dec 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Around the country, Occupy activists moved to block ports, halting shipping and making their power felt among the 1%.
Posted on Dec 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet
In a textbook example of psychological projection, John Carney calls me a liar.
Posted on Dec 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet
They're highly educated, skew Republican, and look up at the top tenth of the top 1 percent with envy.
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