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Human rights and civil liberties.	"My Kids Want to Hide Their Identity; They're Scared Someone Will Attack Us": U.S. Muslims Being Targeted Jaisal Noor, Indypendent American Muslims, especially those who wear religious clothing such as hijabs, are often targets of hate crimes.	The Execution of a Potentially Innocent Man Less Scandalous Than an Affair? Michelle Goldberg, The American Prospect Ten Things You Can Do to Reduce Incarceration Walter Mosley, Rae Gomes, The Nation


From climate change to medical news.	Why We Need Bees and More People Becoming Organic Beekeepers Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing Bees teach us how to live our life in a way that by taking what we need from the world around us, we leave the world better than we found it.	How an Entire Town Leveled By a Tornado Is Rebuilding Green Melissa Knopper, E Magazine Obama, It's Time to Lead on Climate Change in Copenhagen Janet Redman, AlterNet


Critical perspectives on our media-driven world	Focusing on Fort Hood Killer's Beliefs Is an Easy Out to Avoid the Deeper Reasons for the Massacre Mark Ames, AlterNet That alleged killer Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is a Muslim is not enough to explain the attacks.	For Glenn Beck, SEIU Is 'Radical, Marxist,' Except When Its Nurses Treat Him for Emergency Abdominal Pains Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet Many Still Believe That Saddam Hussein Was Behind 9/11, and Now We Have Some Idea Why Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com


News from the front lines of the drug war.	Pot Is More Mainstream Than Ever, So Why Is Legalization Still Taboo? Steven Wishnia, AlterNet Obama's drug czar has said "legalization" isn't in his vocabulary. Here's why it should be.	The Case for Marijuana Legalization and Regulation Paul Armentano, AlterNet President Obama And Gov. Paterson Get Love For Recent Drug Policy Reforms Tony Newman, 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.	Are the "New Atheists" As Bad as Christian Fundamentalists? Frank Schaeffer, AlterNet The most aggressive members of the "New Atheism" movement have quite a bit in common with religious extremists like Pat Robertson and Ted Haggard.	Oscar-Winning Hollywood Big Shot: Why I'm Leaving Scientology Guy Adams, Independent UK An Atheist's Review of the Book of Genesis Illustrated by a Legendary Comics Artist Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog


Special coverage of labor and the workplace.	How a Public Jobs Program Could Put America Back on Track Julianne Malveaux, The Progressive The same nation that created a Works Progress Administration in the 1930s should create another one in the 21st century.	30 Hours Clashing with Corporate Lobbyists on a White House Committee Showed Me How Hard "Change" Really Is Sarah Anderson, Foreign Policy in Focus Want to Save Our Economy from Almighty Greed? Here Are 10 Crucial Fights and Key Fighters to Watch Zach Carter, AlterNet


Updates on food justice, the locavore movement and fresh organic veggies!	The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America's Emerging Battle Over Food Rights Makenna Goodman, TreeHugger Because of its health benefits, many more people are turning to raw milk. But there's one hitch: Raw milk is illegal.	Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Eating Animals' Book Will Fundamentally Change the Way You Think About Food Kathy Freston, AlterNet


From health care policy to fitness and nutrition.	New York May Stop Heartless Health Insurers from Dropping Coverage When It Stops Being Profitable William Ehart, Washington Times The proposed Ian's law, named after a victim of muscular dystrophy who requires an electronic device to speak would protect the most vulnerable from losing coverage.	10 of the Nuttiest Statements Elected Officials Have Made in the Health Care Battle Joshua Holland, AlterNet 7 Diseases That Big, Juicy Steaks Could Give You Sara Novak, Planet Green


The latest headlines on immigration issues.	NYC Marathon Raises Question of Who Is American Enough? James E. Johnson, Jr., Imagine 2050 Who gets to choose who is American or American enough? And how will they choose?	A Broken Immigration System Marks a Disastrous Failure of Government Response Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact Deported to a "Homeland" that He Never Knew Julianne Ong Hing, ColorLines


Politics the AlterNet way	What Michelle and Barack's Marriage Has in Common with 56 Million Other Ones Annabelle Gurwitch, AlterNet The first couple has tried to preserve their "date night tradition." So have my husband and I.	Falwell Power Play: Jerry's Liberty University Students Grease the Partisan Political Machine in Virginia Joseph L. Conn, Church and State Thousands of Right-Wingers Rally at Capitol to Hear Lies About Health Care Reform, Courtesy of Bachmann and GOP Leaders Adele Stan, AlterNet


Coverage concerning women's rights, reproductive health and education, gender, race, sexuality and more.	Fetus-Shaped Potatoes? Going Undercover Inside the Weird World of Right-Wing Abortion Foes Ann Neumann, AlterNet I went undercover to a Pro-Life Federation conference. What I found there was not "middle America" or even conservative America. It was fringe America.	Why It's Not Smart to Call Women Conservatives 'Whores' Tana Ganeva, AlterNet Boobs to Die For Elisheva Wolfe, Nerve.com


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.	Why Natural Gas Is Not a Clean Energy Panacea Stan Cox, AlterNet Natural gas is "clean" only in contrast to coal -- just as a bacon cheeseburger can only be regarded as healthful compared with a double bacon cheeseburger.	Three Gorges Dam: The World's Largest Boondoggle to Be Completed Peter Bosshard, Huffington Post Who Is Stealing California's Water? Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute


World News	With Unemployment at 40 Percent, Afghan Teens Enlist in Army, Police Lal Aqa Sherin, IPS News In a matter of weeks, Afghanistan's boys can go from high school students, to uniformed soldiers.	The Victims At Fort Hood Are Casualties of War: Why Won't the Government Count Them Among the Dead? Aaron Glantz, New America Media Stop U.S. Meddling; Support Afghan Women at the Table Jodie Evans, CODEPINK Women for Peace: Action Blog