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10 Unbelievably Sh**ty Things America Does to Homeless People

Posted on Apr 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

No population has their human and civil rights so casually and routinely trampled as do homeless Americans.

8 Creepy Spy Technologies That Can Be Hitched to Your Neighborhood Drones

Posted on Mar 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

America's cities may soon be swarming with surveillance drones equipped with high-tech snooping tools.

Is Your Sex Life Really Private? The Truth About Online Dating Sites

Posted on Mar 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The private information users share on dating sites is not as secure as you may think.

7 Privacy Threats the Constitution Can't Protect You Against

Posted on Feb 4, 2012, Source: AlterNet

When it comes to a spate of new technologies, our privacy protections are wildly outdated.

5 Things You Should Know About the FBI's Massive New Biometric Database

Posted on Jan 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Civil libertarians worry about the roll-out of Next Generation Identification, a massive expansion of the agency's current biometric database.

The Next Frontier for Occupy: Protesters Take Over Vacant Homes, Rally to Protect Those Facing Eviction and Foreclosure

Posted on Dec 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Occupiers rallied with homeowners facing foreclosure or eviction, interrupted housing auctions, protested at banks, and took over vacant properties to move homeless families in.

Occupy Homes: Will Taking the Fight to Foreclosed Houses Unleash More Police Violence?

Posted on Nov 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Some worry that camping on private property may invite more extreme police attacks.

Mayor "1%" Bloomberg Tries to Make it Harder for Homeless to Get Into Shelters (Temporary Reprieve Granted)

Posted on Nov 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet

New York's Department of Homeless Services has tried to launch a new policy restricting access to shelters.

Why Is OWS Blanketed With NYPD Cameras -- And Are Police Breaking the Law?

Posted on Nov 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Why is an overwhelmingly peaceful protest under such heavy surveillance?

5 Signs That America Is Moving Away from Religion

Posted on Sep 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet

If you look closely there are promising signs that American attitudes are changing in a way that may blunt the impact of religion on politics and culture.

Biometrics at Pizza Hut and KFC? How Face Recognition and Digital Fingerprinting Are Creeping Into the U.S. Workplace

Posted on Sep 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Biometric technology is being used to more closely track low-wage workers, already desperate in a bad economy.

5 Unexpected Places You Can Be Tracked With Facial Recognition Technology

Posted on Aug 30, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Facial recognition technology has become more advanced, and it's increasingly popping up in two realms: law enforcement and commerce.

The Anti-Choice Plan to Lure Women to Christian Pregnancy Centers

Posted on Aug 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Many crisis pregnancy centers are converting into limited-service medical clinics. With Planned Parenthood under attack, will they be more of a draw for women?

8 Authoritarian Tactics Right-Wingers Have Used to Sabotage the Wisconsin Uprising

Posted on Feb 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet

How Gov. Walker, Republican lawmakers, Tea Party groups, Fox News and conservative pundits have gone after Wisconsin's public workers and their supporters.

The Anti-Male, Anti-Sex Falsehoods That Rule Discussions about Porn and Sexuality

Posted on Jan 21, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The latest missive in the war against porn, courtesy of the Atlantic, presents male sexual desire as brutish and violent. Really?

For the New Yorker, Women Are Invisible: Ms Magazine Pushes Protest

Posted on Jan 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

December and January issues of the New Yorker had almost no content by women. Why do publications so often fail to include female voices?

Tea Party Group Uses Tucson Shootings to Fundraise

Posted on Jan 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Tea Party Express sent an email to supporters this morning asking for money to fight against alleged liberal attacks in the wake of the shooting.

Terrifying: Gun Sales Surge in Arizona After Shooting

Posted on Jan 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The weapon that let Jared Loughner fire 31 shots is flying off the shelves of Arizona gun stores.

8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media

Posted on Dec 31, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Shredding the corporate media's malicious attacks on WikiLeaks.

Police State: "Lefty" San Francisco Can Throw People in Jail For Sitting on a Sidewalk

Posted on Dec 20, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Propelled by wealthy donors and business interests, a new sit-lie ordinance in San Francisco gives police the power to fine and arrest people for resting on the sidewalk.

6 Companies That Haven't Wussed Out of Working with WikiLeaks

Posted on Dec 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet

As more and more companies bend under government pressure, a few are standing up for the site.

War on WikiLeaks and Assange: 6 Ways the Whistleblower Is Being Attacked and Suppressed

Posted on Dec 8, 2010, Source: AlterNet

WikiLeaks has faced non-stop attacks by government officials. Both internet and financial companies are cutting off services. Here's a round-up of efforts to suppress the site.

Sirius Radio: The Refuge for Racist, Homophobic Right-Wingers Like Dr. Laura

Posted on Dec 4, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Dr. Laura left broadcast radio after screaming the n-word at a black woman. She'll soon join a host of homophobic, sexist, racist right-wingers on Sirius.

5 GOP Candidates Who Want to Force Rape Victims to Bear Their Attacker's Child

Posted on Oct 2, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Tea Party-backed candidates who decry government intrusion into people's lives want abortion outlawed even in cases of incest or rape.

The 10 Most Horrifying Things in the GOP State Platforms

Posted on Jul 16, 2010, Source: AlterNet

This year, Republicans at the state level have taken a brave stand against your sex life, the New World Order and paper currency.

Sharron Angle: Rape, Incest Part of God's Plan -- Opposes Abortion No Matter What

Posted on Jun 30, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The Nevada GOP nominee for Senate thinks abortion should not be allowed even in cases of rape and incest.

RNC Implosion? 6 Bad Things That Have Happened to Michael Steele and the Republican National Committee in 48 Hours

Posted on Apr 6, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The week is still young, but already the RNC is flailing.

The 10 Most Outrageous Right-Wing Freakouts Over the Health Care Bill

Posted on Mar 23, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The day after the bill passed, right-wingers took to the airwaves to make outrageous, wildly offensive comparisons to 9/11 and Nazis. Some called for violence.

Man Who Crashed Plane into IRS Building Posted Online Manifesto (and Gets Right-Wing Macabre Facebook Fan Page)

Posted on Feb 19, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Software engineer Joseph Stack blasted taxes, the legal system and corporate executives in his suicide note. Now a Facebook fan club celebrates his act.

10 U.S. Baptists Charged With Child Abduction in Haiti

Posted on Feb 4, 2010, Source: AlterNet

The Americans accused of smuggling Haitian children out of the country illegally have been charged and face up to 15 years in prison

Football Player Tim Tebow on What Should Happen in Your Womb

Posted on Jan 23, 2010, Source: AlterNet

CBS, which previously turned down ads by MoveOn.org, has agreed to run an anti-abortion ad starring Tebow and his mom.

Jon Stewart: Scott Brown Is the President of the United States

Posted on Jan 21, 2010

It's the only option.

Another Christian Right Madman Suggests Haiti Earthquake May Be God's Wrath

Posted on Jan 15, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Reverend's article for Fox News argues "practice of witchcraft" may be God's reason for "punishing" Haiti.

'She Orgasms When You Touch Her': The World's First Sex Robot?

Posted on Jan 14, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Sadly, humanity has reached 2010 without flying cars or personal-use jetpacks. But not without sex robots.

Shocker: Sarah Palin to Join Fox News

Posted on Jan 11, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Why did this take so long?

This Is Awesome

Posted on Jan 6, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Help us win a Shorty Award!

Rich Guy Michael Wolff Bravely Fights Tyranny of Waiters, Flight Attendants

Posted on Dec 18, 2009, Source: AlterNet

If only America were a Dickensian nightmare instead of a paradise for poor people working in the service industry.....

God's Divine Sperm? Lib Church Shakes Up Story of Jesus' Birth

Posted on Dec 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet

"Poor Joseph. God is a tough act to follow."

GOP Tech Tragedy Sends Michael Steele on Wild Porn, Bondage, Commie Ride

Posted on Dec 16, 2009

This week, the RNC tried to make the Internet conservative. It totally worked! (No. Actually, no, it didn't work at all).

Chuck Norris: Health Reform = Aborted Jesus

Posted on Dec 15, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Norris brings his fine political mind to the battle over health reform.

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