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Human rights and civil liberties.	"How Does Somebody Have a Baby in Jail Without Anybody Noticing?" The Awful Plight of Pregnant Prisoners Rachel Roth, The Nation The lack of common sense and compassion with which imprisoned pregnant women are treated is chilling.	25 Days In Federal Prison For Littering? Border Patrol Cracking Down on Human Rights Activists Jessica Weisberg, AlterNet Medical Marijuana Apartheid: Different Rules Apply for Rich and Poor Pot Smokers Joshua Holland, AlterNet


From climate change to medical news.	Copenhagen Is Not Just About Climate Change -- It's About the What Kind of People We Want to Be George Monbiot, Monbiot.com Here, in the plastic corridors and crowded stalls, among impenetrable texts and withering procedures, humankind decides what it is and what it will become.	The Latest From Copenhagen: U.S. Undermining Effort to Curb Deforestation Robert S. Eshelman, The Nation To Fight Global Warming and Prevent Hunger, We Need to Change How We Grow Our Food Yifat Susskind, MADRE


Critical perspectives on our media-driven world	Why We're Fascinated by the Paranormal, Masonic Myths and Secret Societies Anneli Rufus, AlterNet By making paranoia part of pop culture, writers like Dan Brown have made a fortune. Then again, maybe he belongs to a secret cabal.	10 Biggest Sports Sex Scandals of All Time: How Does Tiger Woods Rate? David Rosen, CounterPunch Teflon Dick: How Cheney Uses Media For Protection Linda Milazzo, AlterNet


News from the front lines of the drug war.	Former Police Chief Norm Stamper: 'Let's Not Stop at Marijuana Legalization' Norm Stamper, AlterNet A new poll shows that most Americans are ready to legalize marijuana, but not drugs like cocaine or heroin. A 34-year police vet says it's time to legalize them all.	L.A. City Council Votes to Reduce Pot Dispensaries by 90% Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle DEA Forced to Scrub Misleading Info on the American Medical Association's Position on Marijuana Charmie Gholson, AlterNet


Home of The Alternative Movie Awards.	Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman's Invictus Film Release Kicks Off New Campaign For Universal Declaration of Human Rights Linda Milazzo, AlterNet The launch of Invictus will hopefully set of a wave of renewed interest in a proposal to recognize and protect the rights of humanity.	Disney Apocalypse: Why 2012 Sucks Alexander Zaitchik, Killing the Buddha The Yes Men: Pranksters Out to Fix the World Mark Engler, Foreign Policy in Focus


Stories on religion and atheism.	Hot, Steamy Mormons: Are the Latter Day Saints Getting Sexy? Liz Langley, AlterNet Calendars and videos featuring scantily clad Mormons are helping redefine images of the Latter Day Saints -- but not everyone in the Church is happy.	How the Religious Right Stole Christmas Sandhya Bathija, Church and State Do Atheists Have God All Wrong? Troy Jollimore, Truthdig


Special coverage of labor and the workplace.	Congress's Attempt at Financial Reform Is Very Weak Broth Zach Carter, Media Consortium The latest efforts to reform Wall Street don't away with too-big-to-fail banks, and that's a big problem -- here's what progressives are saying about it.	Krugman: It Seems Like Washington Wants Another Financial Disaster Paul Krugman, The New York Times 10 Percent Is Enough! Why Usury Needs to Stop Now William Greider, TheNation.com


Updates on food justice, the locavore movement and fresh organic veggies!	Too Fat to Serve: How Our Unhealthy Food System Is Undermining the Military Jill Richardson, AlterNet Americans have become so overweight that a large percentage of young people no longer qualify for military service. How did we get here?	The 6 Weirdest, Scariest Processed Foods Brad Reed, AlterNet Author Jonathan Safran Foer on Hunting, PETA, and Disagreeing with Michael Pollan Kiera Butler, Mother Jones


From health care policy to fitness and nutrition.	Right-Wing "Die-In" Health-Care Protest Tossed in Unmarked Grave Adele M. Stan, AlterNet A promised "die-in" protest by right-wingers opposed to health-care reform failed to materialize on Capitol Hill; Dick Armey's speech at National Press Club canceled.	Why Are We Drugging Our Kids? Evelyn Pringle, TruthOut.org Are Americans a Broken People? Why We've Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of Oppression Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet


The latest headlines on immigration issues.	The Brutal Dark Side of Obama's "Softer" Immigration Enforcement David Bacon, The Progressive 'Sanctions pretend to punish employers but in reality, they punish workers.'	Why Serious Immigration Reform Is Inevitable Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact Fighting a Community's Fear with Hard Information Valeria Fernandez, New America Media


Politics the AlterNet way	Health-Care Bill After Compromise with Lieberman: Worse Than Nothing Darcy Burner, AlterNet Thanks to Joe Lieberman, the Senate health-care bill -- now with no public option or Medicare buy-in -- leaves progressives no choice but to kill it.	How a Few Private Health Insurers Are on the Way to Controlling Health Care Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog Afghanistan: How the War Hawks Caged Obama Robert Parry, Consortium News


Coverage concerning women's rights, reproductive health and education, gender, race, sexuality and more.	Can Boob Jobs Serve the Public Good? Alexandra Suich, The Nation A tax on plastic surgery may generate $6 billion in ten years. But feminist groups oppose it. Why?	Why Is the Federal Government Supporting Evangelism? Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check What Happened When an Anti-Choice Catholic Woman Needed an Abortion at Dr. Tiller's Clinic Amanda Mueller, TruthOut.org


The hottest action campaigns this side of the Atlantic	G-20 Meetings: Nothing Much Happened in the Suites, and There Was Too Much Punch in the Streets Laura Flanders, GRITtv Underrepresented booming countries may get a bigger voice in global finance. Nice. But under-represented people? They got arrested.	Activists, Big Business Converge on G20 Meeting Jeb Sprague, IPS News Stop GOP Hooligans From Stalling Health Reform Byard Duncan, AlterNet


Coverage concerning the global water crisis, including public water protection, conservation, pollution, bottled water, drought and dams.	Al Gore: A Billion People's Water at Risk From Melting Ice AFP At UN climate talks Monday, he warned that record melting of Polar and Himalayan ice could deprive deprive more than a billion people of access to clean water.	Damning New Evidence Raises Concerns About Threats to New York's Water from Gas Drilling Byard Duncan, AlterNet Heartbreaking Stories Warn New Yorkers of What May Be in Store if the State OKs Controversial Gas Drilling Maura Stephens, AlterNet


World News	The 9 Surges of Obama's War Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com The troop surge is only one part of the escalation of the Afghanistan war. Here are 8 more signs of how fully the President has committed us.	Explosions and Fraught Negotiations Show Iraq Struggling to Emerge From U.S. Shadow Abeer Mohammed, Neil Arun, Institute for War and Peace Reporting Does Obama's Road to Re-Election Run Through Kabul? Christian Parenti, The Nation