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Human rights and civil liberties. |
The Torture of Two Innocent Men Who Just Left Guantanamo Andy Worthington, AlterNet The release of Mohammed Sulaymon Barre and Ismail Mahmoud Muhammad is another example of the hysterical and false claims that Guantanamo is full of hardcore terrorists. |
Touchdowns and Lockdowns: Transcending Racial Politics in Prison Through Sports Bruce Reilly, AlterNet Guantanamo Was "Hell On Earth": Former Gitmo Detainee Agence France Presse |
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From climate change to medical news. |
Copenhagen: Historic Failure That Will Live in Infamy Joss Garman, Independent UK There is nothing in this deal that would persuade an energy utility that the era of dirty coal is over. And the implications for humanity of that simple fact are profound. |
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Critical perspectives on our media-driven world |
Moyers, Moore and Maddow are the Most Influential Progressives Don Hazen, AlterNet Recently we asked our readers to rank the most influential progressives. Here are the results. |
The Media Industry's Whirlwind Transformation in the 2000's: Good-News, Bad-News Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org This Is Your Brain on Kafka Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com |
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News from the front lines of the drug war. |
We Can't Let Politics Keep Trumping Science on Drug Policy Beth Schwartzapfel, The Nation If Obama wants to promote public health -- over politics -- on substance abuse, there are many more bold steps his administration should take. |
Mexico Brags About Killing a Drug Kingpin, But It Won't Be Long Before Someone Takes His Place Neill Franklin, AlterNet Congress Gets Its Act Together: Repeals Ban on Syringe Exchange Funding, Allows D.C. to Enact Medical Marijuana Program Bill Piper, Naomi Long, AlterNet |
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Home of The Alternative Movie Awards. |
James Cameron's Wizardry in 'Avatar' Movie Demands Being Witnessed on the Big Screen Wajahat Ali, CounterPunch Avatar elevates cinematic storytelling to an exciting, untapped visual apex that allows our eyes to finally experience images that were once only imaginable in our minds. |
Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman's Invictus Film Release Kicks Off New Campaign For Universal Declaration of Human Rights Linda Milazzo, AlterNet Disney Apocalypse: Why 2012 Sucks Alexander Zaitchik, Killing the Buddha |
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Stories on religion and atheism. |
Christian Story of Jesus's Birth Is a Myth Born of Politics Rev. Howard Bess, Consortium News Beautiful as it is, the story of the birth of Jesus is a myth born of the political needs of early Christians. |
7 Reasons for Atheists to Celebrate the Holidays Greta Christina, AlterNet Hot, Steamy Mormons: Are the Latter Day Saints Getting Sexy? Liz Langley, AlterNet |
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Special coverage of labor and the workplace. |
They're Building Nuclear Missile Parts in Woodstock? You Can't Escape America's War Economy CounterPunch The New York small town has a worldwide association with peace, yet its largest employer has been making components for nuclear missiles for six decades. |
How Citigroup's Payback Plan Will Ultimately Screw Taxpayers Zach Carter, TheNation.com The "Slow Money" Movement May Revolutionize the Way You Think About Food Kari Lydersen, AlterNet |
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Updates on food justice, the locavore movement and fresh organic veggies! |
Corporations (and Sarah Palin) Are Cyborgs Sent to Scuttle the Fight Against Climate Change Rebecca Solnit, Tomdispatch.com Why does it seem as if we're in an action movie in which the fate of the Earth is at stake? |
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From health care policy to fitness and nutrition. |
How Real Health Reform Was Killed by Politicians Trying to Look 'Moderate' James Ridgeway, CounterPunch 'Moderation' has come to mean weighing the interests of campaign contributors -- Big Pharma vs. the insurance companies -- with little concern for the American people. |
Abortion in the Senate Health-Care Bill: What the Nelson Compromise Will Cost Women Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check Hey, Dr. Dean, President Obama: It's Time to Get Real with Progressives Harold Pollack, AlterNet |
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The latest headlines on immigration issues. |
Obama and Congress: At the Crossroads of Immigration Reform Maribel Hastings, New America Media A prickly issue for both liberals and conservatives, immigration reform will play a key role in shaping 2010's political landscape. |
A Rogue Sheriff in One Arizona County Is a National Problem Eric Ward, Imagine 2050 Immigration Police Are Keeping Secret Jails on U.S. Soil Jacqueline Stevens, The Nation |
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Politics the AlterNet way |
Is Obama's Problem That He Just Doesn't Want to Deal with Conflict? Drew Westen, AlterNet Somehow Obama has managed to turn a base of new and progressive voters he himself energized in 2008 into the likely stay-at-home voters of 2010. |
The Ten Worst Nightmares Bush Inflicted on America Juan Cole, Informed Comment How Wall Street Bought Barney Frank Kevin Connor, AlterNet |
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Coverage concerning women's rights, reproductive health and education, gender, race, sexuality and more. |
Men: Invisible Allies in the Struggle for Choice Claire Keyes, RH Reality Check If we want supportive men's voices to balance the messages of violence and hatred, we need to reach out to men even more. |
Can Boob Jobs Serve the Public Good? Alexandra Suich, The Nation Why Is the Federal Government Supporting Evangelism? Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check |
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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 |
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Coverage concerning the global water crisis, including public water protection, conservation, pollution, bottled water, drought and dams. |
NASA Report Highlights Need to Retire Drainage Impaired Land in California Dan Bacher, AlterNet The retirement of drainage impaired land on the San Joaquin's west side should be a priority if we want to preserve California's limited water supply and fisheries. |
Stealing Water from the Future: California's Massive Groundwater Overdraft Newly Revealed Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute Underused Drilling Practices Could Avoid Pollution Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica |
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World News |
Obama's Af-Pak War is Not Just Deadly and Counterproductive: It's Illegal Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet Some 30 percent of all U.S. deaths in Afghanistan have occurred during Obama's presidency. His escalation of that war is not what the Nobel committee envisioned. |
Is It Possible to Cobble Together 10 Good Things That Happened in 2009? You Better Believe It! Medea Benjamin, AlterNet Afghan National Army: Afghan Police Are Doing More Harm Than Good Ahmad Kawosh, Institute for War and Peace Reporting |
