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Stories by Joshua Holland

Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer at AlterNet.

Hardliners Try to White-Wash Their Own Immigrant Pasts by Redefining 'Immigration'

Redefining the word "immigrant" is an attempt to differentiate between those they hate and their own grandparents.
Posted on Jun 2, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Enforcement on Steroids: Homeland Security's Emerging Immigration Police State (Part II)

The idea that the government isn't trying to enforce its immigration laws is hogwash -- the problem is that it's all it's doing.
Posted on May 22, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Enforcement on Steroids: Homeland Security's Emerging Immigration Police State (Part I)

Forced drugging. Abuse. Death. That's what workplace-based immigration enforcement without deeper reform looks like.
Posted on May 21, 2008, Source: AlterNet

John Cusack: Outsourced Warfare Represents a "Radical, Dangerous, Disgusting Ideology"

An interview with Cusack about his latest film, War Inc., which takes the outsourcing of military operations to the absurd.
Posted on May 19, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Why Harsh Immigration Crackdowns Will Never Work

Tough-minded immigration policies keep backfiring, and the debate over them obscures the question of what really works and what doesn't.
Posted on May 13, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Immigration Hardliners Pushing Pointless SAVE Act Through Congress

A perfect example of short-sighted public policy.
Posted on May 6, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Want to Win the Immigration Debate? Start Talking About Illegal Jobs

We must focus on the unregulated and substandard jobs that migrant workers fill, rather than on the individuals who work them.
Posted on May 1, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Jimmy Carter Was Right to Meet With Hamas

What separates Carter from the neocons is his genuine desire to negotiate a Middle East peace settlement, and that means talking to everyone.
Posted on Apr 21, 2008, Source: AlterNet

The Bush Admin's How-to Guide for Using Religious Warfare to Destroy Iraq

Using a mixture of cultural ignorance, incompetence and a touch of cronyism, the U.S has turned a patriotic nation against itself.
Posted on Apr 15, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Obama and Hillary Spin a 'Big Lie' About Iraq

The two Dems lie every time they discuss Iraq on the campaign trail, but the media refuse to call them on it.
Posted on Apr 5, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Five Things You Need to Know to Understand the Latest Violence in Iraq

The traditional media is incapable of reporting what's going on in Southern Iraq.
Posted on Mar 27, 2008, Source: AlterNet

4,000 Troop Deaths: A Number That Just Scratches the Surface

The death of the 4,000th U.S. soldier in an IED attack on Sunday is big news, but what does it tell us?
Posted on Mar 24, 2008, Source: AlterNet

How to Become a Concentration Camp Guard Without Even Trying

A reluctant Guantanamo Bay jailer, who found himself working in that "legal black hole" at age 19, tells his shocking story.
Posted on Mar 18, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Iraq Vets: 'Racism Endemic; Comes from the Top of Command Chain' (VIDEO)

Vets from Iraq and Afghanistan tell their stories. (With a guide to AlterNet's comprehensive Winter Soldier coverage.)
Posted on Mar 17, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Is Islam Really Stuck in the 12th Century on Women's Rights?

Apparently, they're a couple of decades behind the "liberal" West, and not so stuck after all.
Posted on Mar 8, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Afghanistan: The Brutal and Unnecessary War the Media Aren't Telling You About

It's easy to forget that the road to Guantánamo began in places like Kandahar and Jalalabad.
Posted on Feb 26, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Run, Ralph, Run! (But I Won't Vote for You)

Ralph's no spoiler, but this is not the time for third-party runs.
Posted on Feb 25, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Hillary's Economic Plan: Nothing Daring, But More Comprehensive Than Obama's

Clinton offers centrist fixes for our economic problems, but they go a long way toward helping the middle class.
Posted on Feb 19, 2008, Source: AlterNet

John McCain, the GOP Nominee? Bring Him On!

Once you crack the media myths surrounding him, it's unlikely voters are going to go for an angry, unstable, hypocritical warmonger.
Posted on Feb 4, 2008, Source: AlterNet

So, What Happened in NH?

Little evidence Clinton's tears changed voters' minds.
Posted on Jan 9, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Obama Can Win; If He Does, Let's Hope His Sunny Bipartisan Talk Is Just Rhetoric

Flowery talk of hope and reconciliation has enormous appeal, but what we need is a fighter.
Posted on Jan 7, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Only One Top Dem Will End Iraq Occupation

The rhetoric sounds much the same, but there are real differences in policy.
Posted on Jan 3, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Bush, Maliki Break Iraqi Law to Renew U.N. Mandate for Occupation

A majority of Iraqi lawmakers say renewal requests not ratified by the parliament are illegal.
Posted on Dec 20, 2007, Source: AlterNet

The American Dream, or a Nightmare for Black America?

Forty years after the Civil Rights Era, African-Americans are falling further behind whites economically.
Posted on Dec 17, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Pundits Say Clinton or Obama, But Edwards Is Best Bet to Beat GOP

The conventional wisdom has it all backwards.
Posted on Dec 16, 2007, Source: AlterNet

The American Dream Is Alive and Well ... in Finland!

It's harder to move up the economic ladder in the United States than in other wealthy countries. What happened to the American dream?
Posted on Dec 11, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Human Rights Crusader Michael Ratner: We'll Keep Going After Bush and Cheney When They Leave Office

As the Supreme Court prepares to hear the next major challenge to Bush's imperial power grab, AlterNet talks with Michael Ratner, who has been at the center of the battle over the administration's human rights assault.
Posted on Dec 3, 2007, Source: AlterNet

In Defense of Ron Paul*

*Ron Paul's a wingnut, yes, but he's an anti-empire, anti-war wingnut who doesn't believe the president should be king.
Posted on Nov 29, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Edwards: If Members of Congress Won't Give Americans a Healthcare Plan, I'll Take Away Theirs

His campaign insists that it's not just symbolic.
Posted on Nov 15, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Why on Earth Are Hillary and Obama Supporting Pro-Corporate Trade Deals?

It's a perfect blend of bad policy and losing politics.
Posted on Nov 13, 2007, Source: AlterNet

The Strange Journey of Ayaan Hirsi Ali: From Devout Muslim to Outspoken "Feminist" Critic of Islam

American conservatives embrace Dutch firebrand's calls for destruction of Islam.
Posted on Nov 12, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Iraqi Government to UN: 'Don't Extend Mandate for Bush's Occupation'

Bush needs the U.N.'s cover to justify the occupation, but the only way he can renew the expiring U.N. mandate is to cut Iraq's frail democracy out of the process.
Posted on Nov 9, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Curveball: The Iraqi Defector the Bush Team Used to Sell the War

A interview with the author of a new book on the Iraqi defector code-named "Curveball," whose made-up intelligence on Saddam's WMD programs was central to the Bush Administration's case for invasion.
Posted on Oct 22, 2007, Source: AlterNet

The Senate's 'Rebuke' to Bush's Iraq Policy Is a Blueprint for Ethnic Cleansing

Let's call Joe Biden's Senate plan to split Iraq in three pieces for what it is: a blueprint for ethnic cleansing and possibly a full-blown civil war.
Posted on Oct 15, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Americans Don't Believe in the American Dream

More and more working Americans are realizing that the game is rigged against them.
Posted on Oct 12, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Only a U.S. Withdrawal Will Stop Al Qaeda in Iraq

The conventional wisdom has it all wrong.
Posted on Oct 5, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Bush's Looming Immigration Crackdown a Painful Exercise in Futility

This fall, Americans are going to witness Bush's brutal "crackdown" on illegal immigration designed to appease right-wing hardliners.
Posted on Sep 21, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Democrats Throw Their Base Under the Bus; Cave to Wing-Nuts on MoveOn Resolution

Another manufactured outrage by the right and another cowering Democratic performance in Congress.
Posted on Sep 20, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Iraq Death Toll Rivals Rwanda Genocide, Cambodian Killing Fields

A new study estimates that 1.2 million Iraqis have met violent deaths since Bush and Cheney chose to invade.
Posted on Sep 17, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Bush Won't Let Go of His Failed Iraq Project

Bush's Oval Office address on Iraq culminates a week of brazen propaganda from the White House and Pentagon, with no sign that the president has learned anything from his failure.
Posted on Sep 14, 2007, Source: AlterNet

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