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Meet an Internet Shamer and the Person He Publicly Shamed

By Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Is public shaming an effective way to change behavior? We interview someone who has been shamed and his shamer to find out.

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Would We Be Better Off Without the Internet?

By Andrew Leonard / Salon

Why the Rude Cell-Phone Users Have Won

By Marina Hyde / The Guardian

Are Palestinian Children Unworthy to Alicia Keys?

By Lubna Hammad / AlterNet

America, Passive Nation -- Why Can't We Stand Up for Ourselves When Our Rights Are Stolen?

By Dan Gillmore / The Guardian

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Are Shows Like Dexter to Blame for Inspiring Murder and Other VIolent Crime?

Steve Lillebuen / The Guardian

New Documentary Captures Existential Crisis of Burning Man, Annual Artistic Bacchanal in Nevada Desert

Elizabeth Limbach / AlterNet

Is 'Dabbing' the Crack of Pot?

Victoria Kim / The Fix

Beware the Psychic Scam

Jodie Gummow / AlterNet

Perils of Western "Democracy" From Ethiopia to Mali: Divide and Rule in Africa

Thomas C. Mountain / AlterNet

"How to Make Money Selling Drugs"—A Mockumentary that Packs a Punch

Andrew O'Hehir / Salon

San Francisco's Unique Character Crumbling as Wealthy Techies Take Over

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Chomsky Says Young People Don't Care About Surveillance — Is He Right?

April M. Short / AlterNet

Jurors Hear Opening Statements in George Zimmerman Trial

Richard Luscombe / The Guardian

'World War Z': The Zombie Apocalypse Gets Super-sized

Andrew O'Hehir / Salon

6 Insidious Ways Surveillance Changes the Way We Think and Act

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Goodbye, James Gandolfini -- “No Character Captured the Longing and Melancholy of American Life Better Than Tony Soprano”

Heather Havrilesky / Salon

You Won't Believe What the Food Industry Is Doing to Keep Americans Hooked on Junk

April M. Short / AlterNet

The Two Political Parties Are Remarkably Far Apart on Basic Issues

David Morris / Institute for Local Self Reliance

Why America & China's Future Plans Are Totally Nuts

James Howard Kunstler / Kunstler.com

If We Can't Stop Corporations from Hiding in Cayman Islands to Avoid Taxes, We All Need to Become Pirates

Paolo Cirio / Creative Time Reports

Atheists Can Be Just As Obnoxious As Christians

Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon

Are the Young People That Shrinks Label as Disruptive Really Anarchists with a Healthy Resistance to Oppressive Authority?

Bruce E. Levine / AlterNet

BEST VIDEO OF THE DAY: This Union-Made Dance Video Actually Kicks Ass

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Fraternity Watched As African American Mail Carrier Hauled 79 Boxes Labelled "Fggot Ngger" Backward

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

WATCH: John Oliver Humiliates Pat Robertson, Who is Afraid of Gay Boy Scouts

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Enough of These Comic Book Hero Movies -- It's an Endless Parade of Sexist, Semi-Fascist Bores

Joe Queenan / The Guardian

New Documentary Claims Nuclear Power Can Save the Planet -- Should We Buy in?

Mark Hertsgaard, Terry Tempest Williams / The Nation

Rachel Kushner’s Ambitious New Novel Scares Male Critics

Laura Miller / Salon

America's Baby-Boomer Potheads Are Toking More—and More Openly

Victoria Kim / The Fix

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