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"I Had Two Career Options: Revolutionary or Comedian" Nato Green On Bringing the Class War to Stand-Up

By Michelle Chen / AlterNet

Nato Green, a union organizer-turned-comedian, talks to AlterNet about bringing race, class and gender analyses to comedy and his work with Laughter Against the Machine.

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Casinos Are Not the Future: Rebuilding Atlantic City Will Take More Than Gambling

By Will Doig / Salon

The Blockbuster Scam: A Surprising Way You're Getting Ripped-Off By Hollywood

By Pat Garofalo / AlterNet

Hollywood Fatigue? 10 Indie Movies You Should Check Out This Summer

By Andrew O'Hehir / Salon

Why Sexual Objectification Pushed Soul Singer D'Angelo to Leave Music

By Lesley Kinzel / xojane

No Thanks for Thanksgiving

AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorensen on America's 'Diverse Coalition of White Men'

Five Reasons Why Petraeus (and Allen and the Shirtless Agent) Are the Ones to Blame

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"People Followed Him to Hell" The Story of Jim Jones and San Francisco

David Talbot / Simon & Schuster

'Hysteria': What the New Movie About the Fascinating History of the Vibrator Leaves Out

Greta Christina / AlterNet

"Mad Men's" Indecent Proposal

Nelle Engoron / Salon

On JFK's 95th Birthday, Stephen King -- Like Many Writers Before -- Has a Theory About Kennedy's Assassination

Bijan C. Bayne / AlterNet

'Norman Mailer: The American': Was He the Most Valiant and Most Disgusting Patriot of All Time?

Eleanor Bader / AlterNet

9 Great Freethinkers and Religious Dissenters in History

Adam Lee / AlterNet

Books That Changed My Life: "All the President's Men"

blueoregon / Daily Kos

Can't Afford A Summer Vacation? Share Your Way To An Eco-Friendly Getaway

Beth Buczynski / Shareable

Why Don't TV Meteorologists Believe in Climate Change?

Katherine Bagley / Inside Climate News

Can Taking Public Transit Be Joyful?

Scott Carlson / Grist.org

Rapping Republicans? 6 Hilarious Moments When Conservatives Tried -- and Failed -- to Be Cool

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

The Sex Appeal of Women in Power

Salamishah Tillet / The Nation

'The Dictator': Sacha Baron Cohen Tries to Emulate Charlie Chaplin

Nicholas Powers / AlterNet

Why TED Is a Massive, Money-Soaked Orgy of Self-Congratulatory Futurism

Alex Pareene / Salon

How Homeownership Has Changed in America And Why You Shouldn't Give Up on Buying

Sara Robinson / AlterNet

How America Is Like the Serial Killer in Dexter

John Feffer / Foreign Policy in Focus

Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace: How "Rolling Stone" Got Her Story (Almost) Right

Kate Forbes / AlterNet

How the Auto Industry Completely Lost the Millennials

Michael Hagerty / AlterNet

Will America’s Premier Hub for Black Music Research Fall Prey to Drastic Budget Cuts?

Ingrid Monson, Carol J. Oja / AlterNet

8 Awesome Things About Tim Burton

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

The Terrifying Truth About America's Obesity Epidemic

Kerry Trueman / AlterNet

Conservatives Are Hitting Rock Bottom

D. R. Tucker, Michael Stafford / TruthOut.org

America The Possible, Part II

James Gustave Speth / OrionOnline.org

Why We Fall In Love With Bicycles: 7 Reasons to Get On And Ride

Christine M. Grant / Sightline Institute

Future Tech: How 3D Printing Will Change the World

Dennis Draeger / AlterNet

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