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Human rights and civil liberties.	Why Fanaticism Can Be a Good Thing Rebecca Solnit, Comment Is Free It's popular to think the world gets changed by delightful people, but agents of change are often obsessive, intransigent, unreasonable, and demanding.	Amy Goodman Detained at Canadian Border; Guards Demand Notes For Speaking Event Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now! Why Is the Media So Obsessed With Horrifying Images of African-American Mothers? Melissa Harris-Lacewell, The Nation


From climate change to medical news.	With the Copenhagen Summit Approaching, a Global Climate Movement Emerges Bryan Farrell, Indypendent From Britain to Australia, members of an enormous, diverse climate movement are getting organized.	Activists Protest Natural Resources Defense Council for Collaborating With Polluters Joseph Huff-Hannon, Huffington Post Bill Moyers & Jane Goodall: What Chimps Reveal About Human Brutality, Violence, Compassion and Hope Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal


Critical perspectives on our media-driven world	What Do Levi Johnston, Evangelicals and Oprah Have in Common? They All Blind Us to What Really Matters Chris Hedges, Truthdig Our obsessions revolve around the trivial and the absurd, while the course of human history is changing. Those who choose reality over fantasy are derided as pessimists.	Rabid Right-Wing Media Mogul Building a News Empire Jamison Foser, Media Matters for America The Memory Scrub About Why Ft. Hood Happened Is Almost Complete ... If It Weren't for Archives Mark Ames, AlterNet


News from the front lines of the drug war.	The Feds Are Addicted to Pot -- Even If You Aren't Paul Armentano, AlterNet The government keeps pushing the BS that pot is addictive and has serious health consequences. And no wonder -- lying about pot is a lucrative business.	A Smart Way to Battle Drug Addiction and Save Lives: Harm Reduction Melinda Tuhus, In These Times The War on Weed: Marijuana Is Basically Harmless -- The Monumentally Stupid Drug War Is Not Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown


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.	Detroit Restaurant Workers Rally Against Wage-Stealing Restaurant Chain Paul Abowd, Labor Notes Members of the Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan demonstrated against a slew of minimum-wage violations.	Are You Brave Enough to Say No to a High-Stress Holiday? Bill McKibben, Grist.org This Is George Bush's Recession: Why Doesn't Anybody Talk About That? Joshua Holland, AlterNet


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.	10 Signs Vegetarianism Is Catching On Kathy Freston, AlterNet Martha Stewart promotes a vegetarian Thanksgiving? Recently, much attention has been lavished on the horrors of factory farming and the advantages of a meatless diet.	47,000 Women Could Die As a Result of the New Mammogram Guidelines George Lakoff, AlterNet Is the House's Health Bill Really Worse than Nothing? Joshua Holland, AlterNet


The latest headlines on immigration issues.	Why Is the Department of Homeland Security Incarcerating Refugees Across the U.S.? Emily Creighton, Immigration Impact The DHS should re-consider its policy of jailing "unadjusted" refugees.	Republican Playbook on Immigration Debate Long on Emotions, Short on Facts Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact Lou Dobbs, Looking at Public Office, Says He's in Favor of Policy He Used to Spin as "Shamnesty for Illegals" Joshua Holland, AlterNet


Politics the AlterNet way	Shocking: High School Grads Twice As Likely To Be Jobless Than College Grads – and Right-Wingers are Profiting From Their Pain Adele M. Stan, AlterNet The economic meltdown has hit non-college grads much harder than the educated. And conservatives are very good at exploiting their anger and unease.	White House's Ties to Health Care Industry Deeper Than Visitor Records Show Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet Sex, Beer, Heroin and Cocaine: How Prosecutors Pay Off Criminal Snitches Ryan Blitstein, Miller-McCune.com


Coverage concerning women's rights, reproductive health and education, gender, race, sexuality and more.	Have Women's Lives Improved Globally? Laura Liswood, Women's Media Center The World Economic Forum reported some major progress in the lives of women and girls in some surprising places.	My Baby Would Have Died Under the Stupak Amendment Tiffany Campbell, RH Reality Check Why Can't We Look Away From Sarah Palin? Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet


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.	Pennsylvania Residents Sue Gas Driller for Contamination, Health Concerns Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica The civil case, filed in Scranton, Pa., seeks to stop future drilling in the Marcellus Shale by Cabot Oil and Gas near the town of Dimock.	Revealed: Astroturf Groups Planning Massive California Water Grab to Benefit Big Ag and SoCal Dan Bacher, AlterNet Poseidon's Financial Shell Game: Why Is a Private Desalination Plant Asking for Public Money? Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute


World News	Will A Long-Awaited Israel/Palestine Prisoner Swap Finally Go Through? Jerrold Kessel, Pierre Klochendler, IPS News Whether or not Marwan Barghouti will be among those released on the Palestinian side could have important implications for the peace process.	Former Member of Afghan Parliament: Obama, We Don't Want a Troop Surge in Our Country Malalai Joya, Comment Is Free Michael Moore: An Open Letter to President Obama on Afghanistan Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com