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Human rights and civil liberties.	Whatever Happened to the CIA Black Sites? David Corn, Mother Jones The CIA ordered its secret prisons closed, but lawyers for terrorism suspects want them preserved as possible evidence -- and the CIA won't say what's going on.	Citing "National Defense Needs," Obama Administration Says it Won't Sign Ban on Land Mines Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Murder at Guantanamo? The Mysterious, Unsolved Death of Mohammad Saleh al Hanashi Jeffrey S. Kaye, TruthOut.org


From climate change to medical news.	White House Garden Won't Make Up for Obama's Nomination of Pesticide Lobbyist for US Chief Agriculture Negotiator Jill Richardson, Commonweal Institute Obama's statements about food and agriculture trend moderate to progressive, but his nominations for top positions in his administration tell a different story.	The Real Scandal Over Climate Change Isn't About Hacked Emails But the Media's Coverage Alex Steffen, Worldchanging 20 Weird, Crazy Ideas for Helping the Earth WebEcoist


Critical perspectives on our media-driven world	The Memory Scrub About Why Ft. Hood Happened Is Almost Complete ... If It Weren't for Archives Mark Ames, AlterNet That Maj. Hasan tried to get a military discharge before the massacre is largely being erased -- we're supposed to keep focusing on the Muslim part.	Is Right-Wing Media Hustler Trying to "Blackmail" Obama's Attorney General over ACORN Videos? David Edwards, Muriel Kane, Raw Story Maddow: Anti-Muslim 'McCarthyism' Making Us Less Safe David Edwards, Raw Story


News from the front lines of the drug war.	The War on Weed: Marijuana Is Basically Harmless -- The Monumentally Stupid Drug War Is Not Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown The war on marijuana is insane; our officials keep sacrificing tax dollars, lives, civil liberties, and their own credibility in this misguided and losing effort.	When It’s Crunch Time at College, Students Turn to Adderall Erik Hayden, Miller-McCune.com In Historic Shift, the American Medical Association Sees Value in Marijuana Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle


Home of The Alternative Movie Awards.	Disney Apocalypse: Why 2012 Sucks Alexander Zaitchik, Killing the Buddha Even by the popsicle-stick standards of its genre, the disaster movie 2012 is so dumb you actually want everyone to die.	The Yes Men: Pranksters Out to Fix the World Mark Engler, Foreign Policy in Focus Barack Obama Must See Michael Moore's New Movie (and So Must You)! Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post


Stories on religion and atheism.	Atheism and Diversity: Is It Wrong For Atheists To Convert Believers? Greta Christina, AlterNet Atheism isn't an attack on diversity, it's a defense of reality.	Is Belief in God Hurting America? David Villano, Miller-McCune.com What if People Actually Treated Religion as Just a Metaphor (Like Trekkies and Secular Jews)? Greta Christina, AlterNet


Special coverage of labor and the workplace.	Don't Fear the Deficit Bogeyman John Miller, Dollars and Sense A second dose of deficit-financed stimulus spending would create a lot of jobs that America needs.	4 Myths About Taxes, Debunked Paul Buchheit, AlterNet The Vampire Banks Are Back: Will There Ever Be Meaningful Financial Reform? Dean Baker, CounterPunch


Updates on food justice, the locavore movement and fresh organic veggies!	Don't Be Scared of Food: Are We Being Needlessly Hysterical About Food Safety? David E. Gumpert, Chelsea Green Publishing Despite all the media hype, there's little to actually suggest we're facing a major food safety crisis.	10 Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving Sarah Newman, Takepart The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare Tara Lohan, AlterNet


From health care policy to fitness and nutrition.	47,000 Women Could Die As a Result of the New Mammogram Guidelines George Lakoff, AlterNet Cost-benefit analysis can kill. Scaling back on mammograms, as a government task force suggested, could result in 47,000 unnecessary deaths.	Is the House's Health Bill Really Worse than Nothing? Joshua Holland, AlterNet When Sex Hurts, and No One Can Tell You Why: The Mysterious Condition Called Vulvodynia Carey Purcell, AlterNet


The latest headlines on immigration issues.	Republican Playbook on Immigration Debate Long on Emotions, Short on Facts Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact Senate Republicans have “thoughtfully’ provided immigration advocates with their strategy for opposing immigration reform in 2010.	Lou Dobbs, Eyeing Public Office, Endorses Policy He's Long Spun as "Amnesty for Illegals" Joshua Holland, AlterNet Hate Group, FAIR, Is Looking for "Ethnically Ambiguous" Actors to Amplify Its Racism Adam Luna, America's Voice


Politics the AlterNet way	White House's Ties to Health Care Industry Deeper Than Visitor Records Show Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet The White House released records cataloguing 575 visits by health care industry heavyweights since Jan. 20. The ties run deep.	Sex, Beer, Heroin and Cocaine: How Prosecutors Pay Off Criminal Snitches Ryan Blitstein, Miller-McCune.com Just When You Thought It Was Safe: 3 Potential Obstacles to Health-Care Reform Adele M. Stan, AlterNet


Coverage concerning women's rights, reproductive health and education, gender, race, sexuality and more.	Why Can't We Look Away From Sarah Palin? Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet She's an incompetent has-been. Yet she keeps getting our attention. Is it that she embodies a set of contradictions that many women grapple with?	Why the New Breast Cancer Guidelines Are Racist Devona Walker, The Loop Hey Guys, Don't Want Kids? A Vasectomy Is Probably the Way to Go Anna Clark, RH Reality Check


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.	Poseidon's Financial Shell Game: Why Is a Private Desalination Plant Asking for Public Money? Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute After years of claiming that they needed no public support to build this plant, this claim has finally been proven false.	How Limousine Liberals, Water Oligarchs and Even Sean Hannity Are Hijacking Our Water Supply Yasha Levine, AlterNet Is California's New Water Legislation Better Than Nothing? Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute


World News	Is Obama Following in the Footsteps of Bill Clinton? Jeff Cohen, AlterNet Obama's shown a Clinton-like willingness to roll over progressives to enact corrupt legislation and compromise for the votes of Republicans.	The Battle of Durban II: New Film Brings Dose of Sanity to Debate Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Brian White, Gotcha Movies Palestinian Children Face Daily Attacks While Going to School Mel Frykberg, IPS News