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Joss Whedon Endorses Mitt Romney Because of the Zombie Apocalypse

Posted on: Oct 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Some people vote on repro rights, others on foreign policy, and some make their choice based on the brain-eating undead.

AlterNet Radio: How Romney Would Wreak Havoc on Red States; Report From Gitmo; How Many LGBT Americans Are There Really?

Posted on: Oct 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Great show this week.

How Billionaires Are Trying to Destroy Schools and Silence the Public in California

Posted on: Oct 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Bradley Whitford of "The West Wing" and Rick Jacobs of the Courage Campaign explain what's really going on with CA Props. 30 and 32.

Stephen Colbert on Those "Illusive, Mysterious, Undecided Voters"

Posted on: Oct 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

How will they decide?

Republican Fundraiser in Utah, Charged With Multiple Counts of Rape and Kidnapping, Commits Suicide

Posted on: Oct 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A violent end to a tawdry tale of power and abuse.

AlterNet Radio: Inside Bain's Chinese #Sensata Plants; Another Big LGBT Win; How Is Libya Playing In Election 2012

Posted on: Oct 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet

With guests Charles Kernigan, Jill Filipovic and Michael cohen.

Tom Morello Says Paul Ryan Is a "Jackass"

Posted on: Oct 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Rage Against The Machine's front man also has a few words for Barack Obama.

AlterNet Radio: How The U.S. Military Turned a Blind Eye to Neo-Nazis and Gang-Bangers ; The Right-Wing Media Goes Off the Cliff

Posted on: Oct 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Also: Lance Armstrong Stripped of Tour de France Championships.

Ouch! 'Friday Night Lights' Creator Accuses Romney Campaign of "Stealing" Slogan in Angry Take-Down Letter

Posted on: Oct 12, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Another artist takes issue with a Republican campaign appropriating his work.

Big Dawg Bill Clinton Shows How To Beat Back Romney's Lies

Posted on: Oct 10, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Bubba was in fine form at a rally in Las Vegas.

Must-Watch: Jon Stewart and the Daily Show Team Re-Make Sesame Street for Right-Wingers

Posted on: Oct 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet

That name has Middle Eastern connotations.

AlterNet Radio: More GOPers In Congress=More Inequality; Yes, the Stimulus Worked; Schneiderman Goes After JPMorgan

Posted on: Oct 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Plus, James Bond themes!

AlterNet Radio: Digby On The Right's Escalating Class-War on Working People; Paul Waldman and Adele Stan Talk Election 2012

Posted on: Sep 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Find out where to catch this week's show.

Report: Man Who Was 'Tortured' by the Prospect of Obama's Re-Election Kills Family, Self

Posted on: Sep 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A tragic consequence of mental illness and the right's routine demonization of Democratic presidents.

Stephen Colbert Becomes a Poll Truther: Don't Believe the 'Scientific Gobbledygook'

Posted on: Sep 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Is Romney way ahead?

AlterNet Radio: Romney's "47%" Is a Grotesque Lie; What's Really Fueling Middle East Protests; The State of the Election

Posted on: Sep 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Romney Wins Homer Simpson's Vote; 'Obama Promised Death Panels and Grandpa's Still Alive!'

Posted on: Sep 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Farmers Warned to Watch for Carcinogen as Drought Continues

Posted on: Sep 20, 2012, Source: Daily Climate

Aflatoxin, a toxic carcinogen that can impair livestock health, is flourishing as corn crops wither in the heat.

AlterNet Radio: Poverty, Not Teachers' Unions, Is What's Plaguing Our Schools; Right-Wingers Setting the Middle East on Fire

Posted on: Sep 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Porn Star Stoya Speaks Out on Street Harassment

Posted on: Sep 10, 2012,

AlterNet Radio: The Latest in the War on Voting; Report-Back From the Republican and Democratic Conventions

Posted on: Sep 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Peak Water Surpassed as Patagonian Glaciers Melt in a Hurry

Posted on: Sep 7, 2012, Source: Daily Climate

Melting glaciers, both in South America and the Himalaya, are a major concern to populations downstream who depend on the ice fields as a reservoir providing a steady summer water supply for drinking and agriculture.

Conservatives Celebrate "Empty Chair Day". Yes, Really

Posted on: Sep 3, 2012, Source: AlterNet

AlterNet Radio: Amanda Marcotte and Glenn Greenwald on the Julian Assange Affair

Posted on: Sep 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

#GOPCon: Five Ugly Take-Aways from Tampa

Posted on: Aug 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

After a Bizarre Routine by Clint Eastwood, the Speech of Mitt Romney's Political Life Falls Flat

Posted on: Aug 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet

AlterNet Radio: Meet the Man Trying to Send Paul Ryan Looking for a Job; Abortion Politics; Rise of the Authoritarians

Posted on: Aug 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

AlterNet Radio: Lynn Parramore, Ed Kilgore and Tina Dupuy Talk About Romney Picking Paul Ryan

Posted on: Aug 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

AlterNet Radio: Former GOP Staffer Says His Party's Gone Nuts; Tomasky: Is Obama Headed for a Landslide Win?; Labor Starting to Fight

Posted on: Aug 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

AlterNet Radio: Netanyahu's Nephew: Yes, Israel Is an Apartheid State; Should the South Be Encouraged to Secede?

Posted on: Aug 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Here's what's up this week on the AlterNet Radio Hour.

VIDEO: Ben & Jerry (Yes, That Ben & Jerry) Explain Citizens United and Why Corporations Aren't People

Posted on: Jul 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet

AlterNet Radio: Right-Wing Judicial Activism Vs Abortion Rights; U.S. Leading in Reducing Greenhouse Gases; Did NYPD Violate Human Rights Law to Crush Occupy?

Posted on: Jul 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet

GOP, Defying Reason, Kills DREAM Act

Posted on: Dec 18, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Republicans, supported by 5 conservative Democrats, killed the popular legislation in the Senate.

Arizona Immigration Law Creates Uncertain Role for Campus Cops

Posted on: Jun 14, 2010, Source: AlterNet

At least one school district with a large Latino population saw a drop in enrollment right after Arizona enacted SB1070.

Glenn Beck's Year of Wild Conspiracies, Paranoid Delusions and Cynical Lies

Posted on: Dec 21, 2009, Source: Media Matters for America

Beck's unbridled ignorance and confidence in his own manipulative half-truths and lies make him the most dangerously effective misinformer of 2009.

12 Hilarious Corporate Attempts to Look Green

Posted on: Dec 14, 2009, Source: WebEcoist

Don't be fooled. Hummers and McDonald's aren't "green." Neither are fossil fuels or Fox News, for that matter.

12 Crazy Futuristic Water Buildings That May Help Humans Survive Climate Change Catastrophe

Posted on: Dec 9, 2009, Source: WebEcoist

Twelve prototype habitats are making a convincing argument for mankind's offshore living.

Dems Have a Huge Day with Latinos

Posted on: Jul 28, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Republican strategists realize the party has little hope of winning a national election without a dramatic improvement among that growing voter group.

New Threat on the Border: Rogue Anti-Immigrant Militias

Posted on: Jun 29, 2009, Source: AlterNet

“I had to take an oath, and part of the oath was that I couldn’t eat Mexican food.”

China Looking at Major Health Reforms

Posted on: Apr 6, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The first stage of the plan calls for extending some form of basic health insurance to 90 percent of the population by the end of 2011.

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