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Amanda Martinez, New American Media. May 8, 2008. [275 total comments]
If true, then it's hard to imagine the cruelty that resides in these people's hearts.
Bob Herbert, The New York Times. May 12, 2008. [237 total comments]
It's one thing to lack class, but it's quite another to deliberately try and wreck the presidential prospects of your party's likely nominee.
Guy T. Saperstein, AlterNet. May 10, 2008. [203 total comments]
Before the talk of a Obama/Hillary "dream ticket" goes too far, are we talking about the the Republicans' dream, or everyone else's?
Katha Pollitt, The Nation. May 9, 2008. [189 total comments]
Republican hegemony, conservative Christianity and misogynist media are taking their toll.
Stan Cox, AlterNet. May 9, 2008. [173 total comments]
Can the pumping of ethanol into American fuel tanks really make it harder for parents to feed their families?
Don Hazen, AlterNet. May 10, 2008. [173 total comments]
Joan Blades, founder of MomsRising.org, discusses bias against mothers in the workplace and the "mommy wars." (with video)
Linda Mamoun, AlterNet. May 8, 2008. [154 total comments]
The frenzy around Israel Independence Day is an attempt to freeze history in 1948 when public support of Israel was unequivocal.
Robert Bryce, Public Affairs Books. May 10, 2008. [142 total comments]
While energy efficiency is laudable, history shows that it leads to people consuming more energy.
Bill McKibben, Tomdispatch.com. May 12, 2008. [133 total comments]
If we want to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed, we've got to cut CO2 emissions.
Michael Carmichael, Huffington Post. May 7, 2008. [128 total comments]
In a nutshell, the Reverend Wright strategy backfired.
David Corn, MotherJones.com. May 7, 2008. [115 total comments]
The Clinton campaign has signaled it will fight on. But her only real option is going nuclear.
Annabelle Gurwitch, The Nation. May 7, 2008. [97 total comments]
As waves of poverty wash over the once-affluent, it's nice to know that you can share the pain.
Scott Ritter, Truthdig. May 7, 2008. [96 total comments]
America is a country at war with itself.
Jayne Lyn Stahl, AlterNet. May 9, 2008. [89 total comments]
In his new book, E&P editor Greg Mitchell offers a stinging indictment of the media's complicity with Washington's war-marketing machine.
Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. May 9, 2008. [89 total comments]
New study says New York's cannabis crackdown is both racist and fraudulent -- and that more have been arrested under Bloomberg than Giuliani.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger ReportAlterNet: PEEK. May 8, 2008. [89 total comments]
The Clinton campaign plays the race card in an argument for her electability.
Katherine Spillar, Ms. Magazine. May 7, 2008. [87 total comments]
With anti-abortion forces bearing down on him, Dr. George Tiller fights for his patients' privacy -- and their lives.
Eric Weiner, Foreign Policy. May 8, 2008. [79 total comments]
Politicians have long clung to the notion that free nations breed happy people. Now, a new 'science of happiness' turns that equation on its head.
Faye Bowers, Christian Science Monitor. May 8, 2008. [76 total comments]
Utah and Arizona have mostly ignored the FLDS since the infamous 1953 raid of Short Creek. Now, political pressure may force them to crack down.
Marjorie Kelly, Paul Raskin, AlterNet. May 10, 2008. [66 total comments]
We are beset today by a systemic global crisis that could open the way to hopeful transformation. It is up to us.
Danny Schechter, AlterNet. May 9, 2008. [65 total comments]
Borrowers are being crushed under the credit crisis. Someone needs to pay.
Nick Turse, Metropolitan Books. May 8, 2008. [60 total comments]
Judging by the Pentagon's own accounting, the army, navy, air force and marines have been very hungry -- and they've been chowing down.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNetAlterNet: PEEK. May 7, 2008. [57 total comments]
Clinton top advisors say the fight goes past the primaries while the Obama camp claims the momentum.
Rick Perlstein, AlterNet. May 12, 2008. [55 total comments]
As millions of Americans came together to fight the war in Vietnam, Nixon's politics became more ruthless.
Jimmy Carter, The Guardian. May 12, 2008. [49 total comments]
A million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world -- we can't sit idly by.
Melissa Ditmore, RH Reality Check. May 10, 2008. [42 total comments]
There are big differences between women trafficked into sexual slavery and voluntary sex workers. So why are we treating them the same?
Rebecca Armstrong, The Independent UK. May 10, 2008. [39 total comments]
Studies show that contact with domestic animals can prevent illness.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. May 9, 2008. [37 total comments]
The pervasive racism that taints our political discourse will persist until we recognize and reject it.
Richard Blair, The All Spin ZoneAlterNet: PEEK. May 7, 2008. [37 total comments]
Should congress ban the sale of Playboy and Penthouse at U.S. military installations?
Bernard Weisberger, Truthdig. May 9, 2008. [37 total comments]
The conflict between popularly chosen delegates and powerful, unelected "superdelegates" may seriously wound the Democratic Party.
Robert Greenwald, Brave New FilmsAlterNet: Video. May 8, 2008. [34 total comments]
Meet Rev. Rod Parsley, McCain's pastor problem
Matt Stoller, Open LeftAlterNet: PEEK. May 8, 2008. [33 total comments]
Barack Obama built a movement to rival and take over the Democratic Party. Now what?
Satyam Khanna, Think ProgressAlterNet: PEEK. May 9, 2008. [32 total comments]
Shorter Rumsfeld: The buck does not stop here.
Will Durst, AlterNet. May 10, 2008. [29 total comments]
In politics, anything can happen. Except for what needs to happen for Clinton to secure the nomination.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger ReportAlterNet: Environment. May 11, 2008. [29 total comments]
The Right continues to smear Gore as a serial liar. This time by doctoring clips from a NPR interview.
Matthew Duss, Think ProgressAlterNet: PEEK. May 8, 2008. [26 total comments]
McCain's radical pastor blames the New Orleans gay community for Hurricane Katrina.
John Nichols, The NationAlterNet: Election 2008. May 7, 2008. [26 total comments]
The Senator's win in North Carolina and virtual draw in Indiana almost assures him of the nomination.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 13, 2008. [25 total comments]
Tough-minded immigration policies keep backfiring, and the debate over them obscures the question of what really works and what doesn't.
Jill Hussein C., Brilliant at BreakfastAlterNet: Election 2008. May 12, 2008. [25 total comments]
Will Sen. Clinton go quietly from the race, or try to strongarm her way onto the ticket?
Wendy Chapkis, Richard J. Webb, NYU Press. May 13, 2008. [24 total comments]
A history of the battle between politics and science over the use of marijuana as a medicine.
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