Our Government: Powerless to Outlaw Guns, Able to Outlaw Sexual Expression

Dr. Marty Klein, Sexual Intelligence

Sex and Relationships: Why is the government allowed to jail people for selling videos of adults having (consensual) sex?

WALL-E: A World Without Us

Michael Dudley, City States

Movie Mix: Stores are overfilling with WALL-E merchandise that will soon clog our landfills. Yet this new Disney movie bills itself as pro-environment.

Even as Celebrities, Women Face a Double Standard

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee

Reproductive Justice and Gender: There was little media introspection about Heath Ledger's overdose, while Amy Winehouse receives daily scrutiny for her drug habits. What gives?

Now Let's Talk About Populism for Real

Ruth Rosen, Truthdig

Democracy and Elections: A new book explores the real populist vision that lies behind the shallow rhetoric to which we've been subjected during this election year.

Bush-Led 'Disaster Capitalism' Exploits Worldwide Misery to Make a Buck

Naomi Klein, The Nation

The Iraq disaster and rising gas and food prices have people across the globe in a state of fear and shock. It's high times for Bush & Co.

Echoes of Vietnam: VA Stalls, Dissembles While Vets Suffer and Die

Penny Coleman, AlterNet

Health and Wellness: The latest episode of the Department of Veterans Affairs' callous denial of veterans' suffering is a continuation of a long tradition.

The Science of Happiness: Is It All Bullshit?

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet

Health and Wellness: Just because a Harvard academic says something is so, doesn't mean it is.

The U.S. Is Drowning in Pretend Patriotism

Robert Scheer, Truthdig

This Fourth of July, let's remember that it's not our God-given American right to reorder the world to our liking.

Pregnancy Pact Myth Refuses to Die

Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon

PEEK: Social conservatives refuse to give up on titillating conspiracy theory.

The World Health Organization Documents Failure of U.S. Drug Policies

Bruce Mirken, AlterNet

DrugReporter: WHO survey of 17 countries finds that we have the highest rates of marijuana and cocaine use.

Surviving a Weekend with America's Premiere Pro-White Activist Group

Gabriel Thompson, AlterNet

Immigration: Meet the Council of Conservative Citizens -- a group that offers a biblical defense of slavery and laments the surivival of African babies.

Google: Good or Evil When It Comes to the Environment?

Scott Thill, AlterNet

Environment: Google's motto is "Don't be evil." But when it comes to its environmental impact, some think the company can't live up to its own hype.

Why Can't Women Sleep?

Gayle Greene, Ms. Magazine

Reproductive Justice and Gender: And why is the high level of insomnia among women ignored by researchers?

Hitchens Gets Waterboarded, Withdraws from Iraq in 11 Seconds

John Dolan, AlterNet

Rights and Liberties: Warmongerer and neocon Christopher Hitchens just noticed that waterboarding is torture!

Christian Nation: Bush Moves Big Bucks to Religious Organizations

Frederick Lane, Beacon Press

Even worse, Bush wants to ensure that faith-based organizations receiving federal funds can discriminate in their hiring on the basis of religion.

The Intolerant States of America -- Why My Middle Name Is Now 'Hussein'

Kyle de Beausset, AlterNet

Immigration: Intolerance isn't just popular among the ignorant. It is within every one of us.

It's About Time for Online Voting

Allison H. Fine, Personal Democracy Forum

Media and Technology: Historians will undoubtedly consider our current era of voting machines the technological equivalent of the 8-track tape machine.

World Yawns at McCain's Coalition of Democracies

Melinda Brouwer, AlterNet

ForeignPolicy: Creating a "League of Democracies" is a central tenet of John McCain's foreign policy "vision," but in other democracies, the idea's a non-starter.

Ignorant America: Just How Stupid Are We?

Rick Shenkman, Tomdispatch.com

Democracy and Elections: Millions of Americans are embarrassingly ill-informed and they do not care that they are.

Bringing Ireland to Baghdad: How the Resistance Will Eventually Kick the Americans Out

Gary Brecher, AlterNet

War on Iraq: One thing the United States doesn't get about guerrilla warfare: It's not over until the guerrillas win.

Seeking the Hairless Porn Star Ideal

Heather Wood, Sirens Magazine

Sex and Relationships: The temptations and hype surrounding the Brazilian wax turn into a case of buyer's remorse for this author.

Inside Obama's Christian Crusade

Max Blumenthal, TheNation.com

Election 2008: Obama has made a major effort to woo evangelicals, but at what cost to church-state separation?

Republican Campaign Against Likely Democratic Voters Begins

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Democracy and Elections: The GOP’s latest accusations are long on rhetoric but short on facts.

Is a Big Hunk of Steak Worth Almost 2,000 Gallons of Water?

Collin Dunn, Huffington Post

Water: Sometimes the kick we need to green our lives is a hard look at the numbers.

Exercising Ballot Power to Push Back Attacks on Immigrant Communities

Jackie Mahendra, AlterNet

Immigration: The message has never been clearer: Become a citizen and then vote… before it’s too late.

The 10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency

Brad Reed, AlterNet

Election 2008: A shorter version of our long national nightmare.

Sy Hersh: Congress Is Funding Major Escalation in Secret Operations Against Iran

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

ForeignPolicy: Hersh reports on a secret Congress-approved plan for activities ranging from supporting dissident groups to spying on Iran's nuclear program.

The Strange Journey of Larry Johnson

David Weigel, The American Prospect

The former CIA officer has morphed from defender of Valerie Plame to crazed purveyor of a debunked Michelle Obama rumor. What happened?

McCain the Reformer? You've Got to Be Joking

Ari Berman, The Nation

Election 2008: The level of John McCain's ties to lobbyists has reached dizzying proportions.

Fighting Against Radio's Hate-Spreading Shock Jocks

AlterNet Books

Media and Technology: Right-wing radio shock jocks are filling the airwaves with racist and sexist hate speech. Our new book takes the issue head on. With video.

Revisiting the Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder and the Search for Justice

Eleanor J. Bader, Public Eye

Rights and Liberties: It took two trips to the electric chair to kill murder suspect Francis, whose unfair trial catapulted racial justice into public consciousness.

Global Warming's Twin Evil: Wildfires and Drought

Dr. Reese Halter, AlterNet

Water: The 850 fires burning in California alone should be a wake up call that we're unprepared for rapid climate change.