Stories by Joshua Holland
Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer at AlterNet. Drop him an email or Follow him on Twitter.
Posted on Aug 26, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A CIA memo released by Wikileaks on Wednesday looks at America's long tradition of exporting violent extremism abroad, and its implications for U.S. foreign policy.
Posted on Aug 25, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Alan Simpson has a long history of belittling advocates of the popular program -- he's the wrong person to lead the 'fiscal responsibility' commission.
Posted on Aug 23, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The right-wing freak-out over the Islamic community center hurts U.S. efforts in Afghanistan. Think they care?
Posted on Aug 22, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Anti-Islam groups created by extremists like Pamela Geller are on a crusade against U.S. Muslims.
Posted on Aug 21, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The hysteria over a planned Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan is only the tip of the iceberg.
Posted on Aug 20, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The American Civil Liberties Union is highlighting ongoing abuses at a private immigration prison in Texas.
Posted on Aug 16, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The absurd controversy over the proposed Islamic center in New York shows that many Americans need to meet some Muslims.
Posted on Aug 13, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A new survey finds a huge majority of Americans are in agreement about our biggest problem. Obama and the Dems better listen up.
Posted on Aug 11, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Immigration in America would take a disastrous course if the 'enforcement only' crowd kept getting its way. And Americans would have to suffer for it.
Posted on Aug 5, 2010, Source: AlterNet
We have to drive the debate about our economic priorities and not get distracted by the opposition.
Posted on Aug 1, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Many airports offer express security lines for first- and business-class passengers. Why are the Feds letting rich people cut in line?
Posted on Jul 29, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The Supreme Court handed over our political system to corporate power, and now some lawmakers are fighting to get it back.
Posted on Jul 14, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Arizona's controversial SB 1070 attempts to make immigration policy that differs from federal law. Precedent suggests it will be shot down.
Posted on Jul 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Give some advice to Hamas or al Qaeda about how they can peacefully achieve their objectives -- and the Supreme Court might call it material aid.
Posted on Jul 3, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Law enforcement is using dubious justifications to spy on Americans based on nothing more than people's political beliefs.
Posted on Jun 30, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The real story of Petraeus' job in Iraq is that he failed to accomplish one of the most crucial tasks of the occupation.
Posted on Jun 28, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Stoking fears of an impending government gun-grab shakes money out of the conservative base and energizes activists.
Posted on Jun 25, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Obama's hardline move on BP is exactly what government is supposed to do; whatever it can, within the limits of the law, to protect its citizens’ interests.
Posted on Jun 23, 2010, Source: AlterNet
While we’ll be treated to plenty of blather about the McChrystal incident, the most important part of the story is largely being ignored by the corporate media.
Posted on Jun 21, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A provision buried deep in the arcane rules of a federal agency gives some investors the ability to make working people pay a piece of their income taxes.
Posted on Jun 19, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Those obsessed with Northern European 'racial purity' will be in the minority, but they already are.
Posted on Jun 14, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Right-wingers constantly deny the existence of the Palestinian identity, and they get to keep their jobs.
Posted on Jun 12, 2010, Source: AlterNet
These are some of the things that keep American conservatives awake at night.
Posted on Jun 7, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The Gaza blockade has nothing to do with Israel defending itself.
Posted on Jun 5, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Because the blockade of Gaza itself violates international law, Israel committed an illegal act of war attacking the convoy, regardless of who attacked whom first.
Posted on May 31, 2010, Source: AlterNet
When Israeli commandos dropped from the sky, swarmed the vessels and massacred international activists, Israel lost a massive battle in its global public relations war.
Posted on May 23, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The bill would cut the DoD's budget and use that money to make the first $35,000 each American earns tax-free.
Posted on Apr 28, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Discussion about "racial profiling" isvmissing the larger point: what about all the business Arizona's sick, racist law will bring to the copper state?
Posted on Mar 28, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The charge that Ayad Allawi committed a heinous crime was widely reported outside the United States, but our media killed it.
Posted on Jan 27, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Massachusetts voters weren't alone in "sending a message" to their elected officials.
Posted on Jan 26, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Four young right-wing activists were arrested by Federal marshals for attempting to bug the Louisiana Senator's office.
Posted on Dec 13, 2009, Source: AlterNet
A California hipster can hit the vaporizer without fear of harassment, but a lower-class person smoking a blunt may not be so lucky.
Posted on Dec 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Consider a rescue shelter for all your pet needs.
Posted on Nov 30, 2009, Source: AlterNet
If the partisan tables were turned, the GOP would waste no time laying the blame on Democrats. We need to do the same to build political capital for key fights ahead.
Posted on Nov 26, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Dobbs said he now favors the very legalization process for unauthorized immigrants that he's long derided as a brain-dead "amnesty".
Posted on Nov 24, 2009, Source: AlterNet
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.
Posted on Nov 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Wall Street's raking in massive profits and paying its execs and traders record bonuses, thanks in part to government cash. What about ordinary Americans?
Posted on Nov 7, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Wild, over-the-top rhetoric and bizarre conspiracy theories about health reform aren't just coming from the right-wing blogs and talk-radio loudmouths.
Posted on Nov 3, 2009, Source: AlterNet
There's momentum to repair our fractured health care system -- but activism is desperately needed to keep the process honest.
Posted on Oct 30, 2009, Source: AlterNet
An interview with Prins, former managing director at Goldman Sachs, now a razor-sharp financial muckraker and author of the new book, "It Takes a Pillage."
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