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Joshua Holland is an editor and senior writer at AlterNet. He's the author of The 15 Biggest Lies About the Economy. Drop him an email or follow him on Twitter. subscribe to Joshua Holland's feed

How Newt Gingrich Shamelessly Feeds the Fears and Egos of White Conservatives -- and Why That May Win Him the GOP Nomination

Posted on: Jan 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

If Gingrich does manage to pull off an unlikely victory, it will be the result of running a picture-perfect right-populist campaign.

Mitt Romney Wouldn't Know a Free Market If It Bit Him on the Ass

Posted on: Jan 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

At Bain Capital, Romney used the tax code to redistribute wealth from taxpayers to his investors and partners.

Shocker: Is Our World Becoming Less Violent?

Posted on: Jan 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Many believe the 20th century represents the pinnacle of human violence, but psychologist Steven Pinker argues that the opposite is true.

Report: Occupier Kept Off Flight Home for Christmas for Carrying "Anarchist" Literature

Posted on: Dec 30, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Multiple Sources Claim They Saw Obama on the Surface of Mars in the Early 1980s

Posted on: Dec 30, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Former Mortgage Salesman: I Was "Shunned" for not Pushing "Nightmare Mortgages"

Posted on: Dec 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

NYPD Keeps Occupiers from Bringing Holiday Cookies into Zuccotti Park

Posted on: Dec 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

How Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories May Pose a Genuine Threat to Humanity

Posted on: Dec 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Tea Partiers, freaking out about "Agenda 21" and convinced global warming isn't real, are gumming up the works for those trying to save the planet.

Cities That Raided #OWS Camps Now Facing Lawsuits

Posted on: Dec 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Justice Department Blocks South Carolina's Discriminatory Voter ID Law

Posted on: Dec 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Boston DA Subpoenas Occupiers' Twitter Info

Posted on: Dec 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

PolitiFact, Fearing a Right-Wing Backlash, Calls Democrats' 100% True Claim About the GOP Medicare Plan the "Lie of the Year"

Posted on: Dec 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet

PolitiFact clearly chose the claim to avoid charges that it holds a liberal or Democratic bias.

The 10 Most Ridiculous Right-Wing Outrages of 2011

Posted on: Dec 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The right seems to offer up a new trumped-up pseudo-scandal every week. Here are ten of our favorites from the year past.

Bizarre Iowa Poll Finds Tim Tebow Haters Love Ron Paul

Posted on: Dec 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Dem Think-tank on NDAA: Obama Says He Won't Detain Citizens, and That's Good Enough for Us!

Posted on: Dec 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Has the Israel Lobby Gone Too Far?

Posted on: Dec 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Will a recent attack on progressive journalists help spark a sea-change in the debate over Middle East policy?

Occupy Activists Try to Shut Down West Coast Ports

Posted on: Dec 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Around the country, Occupy activists moved to block ports, halting shipping and making their power felt among the 1%.

GOPers Scramble to Change Alabama's Immigration Law After White People Are Inconvenienced

Posted on: Dec 9, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Helen Thomas Was Crucified for Saying of Israelis What Newt Says About the Palestinians

Posted on: Dec 9, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Woman Arrested for Cooking Meth Inside a WalMart

Posted on: Dec 9, 2011, Source: AlterNet

CNBC Editor Launches Sloppy, Dishonest Attack on AlterNet in Defense of Wall Street

Posted on: Dec 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

In a textbook example of psychological projection, John Carney calls me a liar.

10 Fun Facts About the Top 1 Percent

Posted on: Dec 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet

They're highly educated, skew Republican, and look up at the top tenth of the top 1 percent with envy.

The Absurd Zombie Lie About the Economy Right-Wingers Desperately Cling To -- And Why It's Totally Wrong

Posted on: Dec 4, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Home loans didn't bring on the recession; gimmicky financial instruments bloated to 100 times their value are what caused all this pain.

Religious Believers Distrust Atheists As Much as Rapists

Posted on: Dec 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Occupy Crackdowns: Naomi Wolf's Response to My Critique Largely Evades the Issue at Hand

Posted on: Dec 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Wolf wants to have a wide-ranging discussion of everything but her many logical leaps and factual errors.

Activists Fight Back Against the 1% After Investors Lock a 75 Year-Old Great-Grandmother Out of Her Home [With Photo Slideshow]

Posted on: Dec 1, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Activists are standing up and fighting to keep foreclosed families in their homes.

What If They Sent in Social Services to Help Occupations Instead of Riot Cops to Bust Heads?

Posted on: Nov 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Cities are cutting back on vitally needed social services, while at the same time, buying expensive military gear for their police departments.

Naomi Wolf’s ‘Shocking Truth’ About the ‘Occupy Crackdowns’ Offers Anything but the Truth

Posted on: Nov 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Naomi Wolf's latest theory veers wildly from the known facts.

Should the Occupy Movement Get Credit for the "Super-Committee's" Failure?

Posted on: Nov 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The Fascinating History of How Corporations Became "People" -- Thanks to Corrupt Courts Working for the 1%

Posted on: Nov 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Occupiers could direct their energy not only at Wall Street, but also at its enablers, in Congress, and ultimately, at the high court.

Video of Cop Viciously Pepper-Spraying Sitting Students Goes Viral

Posted on: Nov 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Caught on Camera: 10 Shockingly Violent Police Assaults on Occupy Protesters

Posted on: Nov 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Probably 97 percent of police act professionally toward protesters. But the other 3 percent are armed and dangerous, and know that they're unlikely to be held accountable.

Shocking Video of Second Iraq War Vet Wounded by Oakland Police

Posted on: Nov 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

What to Make of New Polling on Support for the Occupy Movement?

Posted on: Nov 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Americans have a long tradition of holding protesters in disdain, even when they are later proven to be on the right side of history.

Are Federal Officials Pushing a Nationwide Crackdown on the Occupy Wall Street Movement?

Posted on: Nov 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet

There's a lot of speculation, but very little substance to the tale of the "nationwide" crackdown on the Occupy movement.

Police Being Sued for Violent Crackdown on Occupy Oakland

Posted on: Nov 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The suit is an attempt to compel Oakland police to follow their own crowd control guidelines.

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Admits 18 Cities Were Consulting on #Occupy Crackdowns

Posted on: Nov 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Injury-Free Eviction of Occupy Oakland Proves Cops' Previous Efforts Were Displays of Excessive Force

Posted on: Nov 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Unlike previous nights, city officials managed to clear out Occupy Oakland's encampment without any brutality--and the protesters are already headed back.

Thousands of Riot Cops Descend on Occupy Oakland, 32 Arrested

Posted on: Nov 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Police eviction proves definitively that previous hyper-militarized tactics were unnecessary excessive force.

Who's Behind the Mayhem at the Occupy Oakland Protests?

Posted on: Nov 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Oakland officials are gearing up for another crackdown on the Occupy Oakland camp, justified in part by recent acts of vandalism by people who may not even be part of the movement.

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