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Human rights and civil liberties.	Economic Crisis Is Getting Bloody -- Violent Deaths Are Now Following Evictions, Foreclosures and Job Losses Nick Turse, AlterNet Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead.	Rachel Maddow Interview with Former Evangelist Frank Schaeffer: Christian Right Is 'Trolling for Assassins' AlterNet Still No Justice for Priests in Notorious El Salvador Massacre 20 Years Later Norman Stockwell, AlterNet


From climate change to medical news.	20 Weird, Crazy Ideas for Helping the Earth WebEcoist Many ideas for stemming environmental catastrophe have turned out to be impossible, dangerous, or just … ridiculous.	Is Obama's Latest Agriculture Nominee a Textbook Pesticide-Pusher? Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones World's Biggest Polluters Strike a Deal: U.S. and China Agree to Comprehensive Clean Energy and Climate Plan Joseph Romm, Climate Progress


Critical perspectives on our media-driven world	Is Right-Wing Media Hustler Trying to "Blackmail" Obama's Attorney General over ACORN Videos? David Edwards, Muriel Kane, Raw Story Andew Breitbart appears to be threatening to release more ACORN smear videos to avoid a serious DOJ investigation.	Maddow: Anti-Muslim 'McCarthyism' Making Us Less Safe David Edwards, Raw Story Forty Years After Its First Episode, Sesame Street Is Still Saving the World Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com


News from the front lines of the drug war.	When It’s Crunch Time at College, Students Turn to Adderall Erik Hayden, Miller-McCune.com Can ADHD stimulants like Adderall be the answer for college students looking to increase academic performance? They think so.	In Historic Shift, the American Medical Association Sees Value in Marijuana Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle The Relentless War on Drug Users Is Escalating Violence in the US: It's Time for Harm Reduction Don Hazen, AlterNet


Home of The Alternative Movie Awards.	The Yes Men: Pranksters Out to Fix the World Mark Engler, Foreign Policy in Focus The Yes Men pose as spokespeople for major companies or bodies like the World Trade Organization, and give presentations that highlight the logic of corporate greed.	Barack Obama Must See Michael Moore's New Movie (and So Must You)! Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post Michael Moore's 'Capitalism' Flick Rips into Crimes of Wall Street Xan Brooks, The Guardian


Stories on religion and atheism.	What if People Actually Treated Religion as Just a Metaphor (Like Trekkies and Secular Jews)? Greta Christina, AlterNet It's possible to keep the good parts of religion -- like the music, rituals and pageantry -- and get rid of the sex-hating dogma, the belief in god and other troublesome aspects.	The Top One Reason Religion Is Harmful Greta Christina, AlterNet Introducing ChristianChirp, the Evangelical Right's Alternative to Twitter Allison Kilkenny, AlterNet


Special coverage of labor and the workplace.	15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams David DeGraw, Amped Status Are we nearing a tipping point as rapacious elites push a heavily armed populace too far?	Naomi Klein: 'No Logo' Revisited Naomi Klein, Picador Press Why Can't Prosecutors Even Come Close to Taking Down Wall Street Thugs? Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality


Updates on food justice, the locavore movement and fresh organic veggies!	The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare Tara Lohan, AlterNet Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.	8 Steps Obama Could Take to Save Food Robyn O'Brien, AlterNet Modern Life Is Probably Screwed by Peak Oil, But It's Not Too Late to Avoid Mass Starvation George Monbiot, Monbiot.com


From health care policy to fitness and nutrition.	Pharmaceutical Giant Paid $500,000 to Psychiatrist Who Used Chicago's Poor as Guinea Pigs Christina Jewett and Sam Roe, ProPublica Dr. Michael Reinstein reaped a cool half million off his patients' misery.	Do Yearly Mammograms Save Women's Lives? Naomi Freundlich, Health Beat Is House Health Care Bill a Threat to Our Constitution? Barry W. Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State


The latest headlines on immigration issues.	Dobbs' Resignation Was Long Overdue Janet Murguía, AlterNet My problems with Dobbs surfaced more than two years ago, during the debate over the last version of immigration reform.	Organizers Fire up Grassroots for Immigration Reform Fight Ahead Marcelo Ballve, AlterNet U.S. Immigration Policies: Still Racist After All These Years Michelle Chen, ColorLines RaceWire


Politics the AlterNet way	New Right-Wing Craze: Using Bible Quote to Pray That Obama’s 'Days Be Few' Amanda Terkel, Think Progress A new slogan is making its way onto t-shirts and even teddy bears: 'Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8,' which reads, 'Let his days be few; and let another take his office.”	Anti-Abortion Group to Protest Palin Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Online Catholic Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of Mission to the Sick and the Poor Adele M. Stan, AlterNet


Coverage concerning women's rights, reproductive health and education, gender, race, sexuality and more.	Hey Guys, Don't Want Kids? A Vascetomy Is Probably the Way to Go Anna Clark, RH Reality Check Historically, the burden of family planning has almost always fallen on women. Isn't it about time for that to change?	What Should a Feminist Man Look Like? Courtney E. Martin, The American Prospect 'Precious': How a Film About an Obese Harlem Teenager Turned the Tables on Hollywood Emily Wilson, The Women's Media Center


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	Army Sends Mom to Afghanistan, Infant to Protective Services Dahr Jamail, AlterNet "This would do irreparable harm to her child. I think they are doing this to punish her."	Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectuals Did Stephen Zunes, AlterNet Why Is Congress Demonizing an Investigation of Israel's War Crimes in Gaza? Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal