Stories by Alex Kane

Alex Kane is AlterNet's New York-based World editor, and a staff reporter for Mondoweiss. Follow him on Twitter @alexbkane. subscribe to Alex Kane's feed

Posted on: Nov 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A Global Post article by reporter Erin Cunningham sheds light on how the children of the Gaza Strip are traumatized after the latest Israeli assault on the Palestinian coastal enclave.

Posted on: Nov 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet

'Don’t think that the people in Bangladesh who perished didn’t want or need those jobs,' Fox contributor Charles Payne said.

Posted on: Nov 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Bruce Bartlett pens a devastating critique of the Republican Party’s slide to the right over recent decades.

Posted on: Nov 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The highest court in the land has ordered a lower court to reopen a previously dismissed case that challenges the employer mandate that is part of the Obama healthcare plan.

Posted on: Nov 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Buffett’s one rich fellow with a good head on his shoulders. But many other wealthy people have been screaming their heads off about the end of the Bush tax cuts and the potential for higher taxes on the rich.

Posted on: Nov 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A New York Times review of court cases and legislation around the country shows that there are no uniform rules when it comes to whether law enforcement can search cell phone records and use the data as evidence.

Posted on: Nov 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Israel accomplished its military goals, but lost badly in the political arena.

Posted on: Nov 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A spokesman for Walmart was pressed hard by CNN anchor Carol Costello on Walmart’s labor practices and the ability of its workers to live a middle-class lifestyle.

Posted on: Nov 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Reuters reports that a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas has been reached, while CNN reports Israel denies that and wants 24 hours of calm before a full cease-fire would take effect.

Posted on: Nov 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A whistleblower claims his bosses may have been spending more time copulating than they were investigating the SEC.

Posted on: Nov 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Humans are actually getting dumber, according to Stanford geneticist Gerald Crabtree.

Posted on: Nov 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The GOP's image problem is now being exacerbated by a leading Republican who is likely to become a presidential candidate in 2016: Marco Rubio.

Posted on: Nov 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet

From green-lighting military operations in Gaza to giving unstinting diplomatic support at the United Nations, the U.S. government is wholly complicit in Israel's latest assault on Gaza.

Posted on: Nov 19, 2012, Source: Mondoweiss

Sunday marked the deadliest day for Palestinians in Gaza, as Israel's heavy bombardment of the coastal strip killed yet more civilians. By Monday, the death toll had risen to over 100 people in Gaza--58 of them civilians.

Posted on: Nov 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Israel has killed a senior Hamas leader for the first time in almost four years. More Hamas members continue to be targeted, while reports come in of civilians in Gaza being killed and injured.

Posted on: Nov 12, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The flagship neoconservative magazine Commentary is coming under fire after the dismissal of a writer who expressed support for gay marriage.

Posted on: Nov 12, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Mainstream media spent years shilling for David Petraeus, the CIA head felled by a sex scandal. Now that the need to valorize the general is gone, a torrent of information is emerging.

Posted on: Nov 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A post-election surprise: Petraeus, weeks after requesting an expansion of the CIA's drone fleet, resigns from his post as director of the agency.

Posted on: Nov 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

An estimated 46 million people voted before Election Day had began.

Posted on: Nov 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

New York Times’ polling wiz Nate Silver now puts Obama’s chance of winning at 86.3 percent--up 11.7 points since October 28.

Posted on: Nov 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

We're down to the wire.

Posted on: Oct 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet

President Barack Obama remains well-liked around the world, and it shows in a new BBC poll of global preferences for U.S. president.

Posted on: Oct 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The definition of obnoxious: a right-wing Twitter troll making up lies about the impact of Hurricane Sandy.

Posted on: Oct 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Republicans continue to hammer away at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which coordinated disaster relief as Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast.

Posted on: Oct 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Hurricane Sandy made a huge splash across the East Coast, hitting Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia and more.

Posted on: Oct 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Nuclear experts are sounding the alarm on the potential of a Fukushima-like disaster happening in the U.S.

Posted on: Oct 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The naked eye may not be able to see it yet, but Hurricane Sandy is having a destructive impact in many different ways.

Posted on: Oct 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet

If Hurricane Sandy was bearing down under a Romney-Ryan presidency, the scale of federal help would be radically different.

Posted on: Oct 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The GOP's Missouri standard-bearer says some seriously bizarre and wildly misogynistic stuff.

Posted on: Oct 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Months after the Travyon Martin killing shed light on so-called “stand your ground” laws, disturbing cases in Montana and South Carolina involving the statute continue to attract attention.

Posted on: Oct 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A report on the gossip news website TMZ.com could codify the perception of Romney only caring about the rich and willing to screw over others.

Posted on: Oct 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration has developed a new strategy over the past two years that will institutionalize and expand what has become known as the “kill list.”

Posted on: Oct 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Police fatally shot three of James Woods’ dogs when they raided his house looking for marijuana.

Posted on: Oct 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Todd Akin put his foot in his mouth again with comments about his opponent, while Mayor Michael Bloomberg attacked Elizabeth Warren.

Posted on: Oct 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will duke it out tonight over which candidate is better for Israel.

Posted on: Oct 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Arizona National Guard’s leadership has allowed a culture of criminality and misconduct to develop, according to an exhaustive investigation.

Posted on: Oct 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

New information has emerged that bears little resemblance to the narrative the GOP has written.

Posted on: Oct 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The remarks against women voting came from Janis Lane, the president of the Central Mississippi Tea Party.

Posted on: Oct 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Kirby Martensen has filed suit in federal court against a Koch brother over the allegations.

Posted on: Oct 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Walter De Vries, who was close to the senior Romney, blasted the GOP candidate in a letter distributed to journalists yesterday.

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