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The Cruelty of the American Empire Makes Mother's Day Impossible for Countless Moms Across the Planet

By Jodie Evans, Charles Davis / AlterNet

As we celebrate Mothers' Day, more than a hundred mothers think of their children, never charged with crimes, who will be starving to death in Guantanamo cells.

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Is 'The Great Gatsby' a Movie or a Shopping Promo?

By Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

The New York Times' Review on Iron Man 3 Misses the Point

By Jim Naureckas / FAIR

Mad Science or School-to-Prison? Criminalizing Black Girls

By Sikivu Hutchinson / Black Agenda Report

Why the "Sexually Pure Good Girl" Is a BS Myth That Screws Both Women and Men

By Lindy West / Jezebel

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Police Chief Uploads YouTube Videos Firing Weapons, Ranting About "Libtards" and Calling for Militia Activism

Like a Complete Unknown, Bob Dylan Was Arrested While On Tour by Rookie Cop Who Had No Idea Who He Is

Trial Begins for Old White Man Who Senselessly Shot and Killed Black Middle-Schooler

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Zoloft Put the Pleasure in My Sobriety

Maia Szalavitz / The Fix

“A Lake of Blood and Destruction” – The Voices We Never Hear From America's Wars

Fred Branfman / AlterNet

How America's Endless Civil War Between Protestant Sects Is at the Heart of American Identity

Hazel Rose Markus Alana Conner / Hudson Street Press

How a Well-Meaning Progressive Accidentally Launched Powerball Lottery Industry Across America

Matthew Vaz / In These Times

Gen. Petraeus with a Video Game Cameo Appearance? War Games Are Almost Indistinguishable from America's Imperial Wars

Adam Hudson / Turnstyle News

Moyers: The Amazing Power of Music to Create Social Change

Bill Moyers, Peter Yarrow, Francine Wheeler / Moyers & Company

Casinos Are Booming Thanks to State Governments' Need to Exploit Gambling Addicts for Revenue

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Would You Give Up Eating Hamburgers to Stop Climate Change?

David Sirota / AlterNet

Welcome to the Masturbate-a-thon

Paul Krassner / AlterNet

High School Rapper Arrested and Facing Terrorism Charges For Rap About Boston Marathon Bombing

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Footloose Redux: 33 High School Students Suspended for 'Twerking' Video

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

Pentagon Uses the Upcoming "Man of Steel" Superman Movie to Promote New F-35 Fighter Jet

Sean McElwee / AlterNet

The Decline and Fall, and Hopeful Resurrection, of One of America's Greatest Divas, Lauryn Hill

Ayesha Adamo / AlterNet

Wikipedia Decides to Segregate American Women Authors

Katie McDonough / Salon

Josh Fox's 'Gasland' Sequel Opens, a Tour Through a Land of Abandoned Homes and Broken Promises

Alison Rose Levy / AlterNet

Robert Greenwald Exposes the War on Whistleblowers and the Rise of Our National Security State

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez / Democracy Now!

'42': Jackie Robinson Fought for Equality Before Baseball Came Calling

Mark Thompson / AlterNet

Kardashian Kapture: Where Can We Find Stories of Ordinary People Facing Real Problems?

Kelly Huddleston / AlterNet

War on Whistleblowers: How the Obama Administration Destroyed Thomas Drake For Exposing Government Waste

Marcy Wheeler / AlterNet

5 Ways to Get Off the Well-Marketed Path

Christina Ammon / AlterNet

Why Beyonce and Jay-Z 's Cuba Trip Made Supporters of the Embargo Go Crazy

Arturo Lopez-Levy / Foreign Policy in Focus

US Airways Tells Black Passengers to Change Out of Jeans and Hoodies Before Boarding First-Class

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

PLAY: “Space Invaders” With a Twist -- New “Tax Evaders” Game Makes Corporations Pay Fair Share

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Hello Baseball, Goodbye Brain: Wouldn't It Be Great If We Could Channel Our Sports Passion Toward the Theft Going on in Washington?

Clancy Sigal / AlterNet

The Elephant in the Room: Militarism

Jeff Cohen / AlterNet

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