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Was It Really What Jeremiah Wright Said, Or Was It Because He's Black?

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. May 3, 2008. [500 e-mails sent]
White preachers are given leeway in politics that Jeremiah Wright wasn't.

An Atheist Goes Undercover to Join the Flock of Mad Pastor John Hagee

Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. May 5, 2008. [498 e-mails sent]
In this excerpt from his new book, Matt Taibbi shares his experiences at a Hagee's boot camp for new converts.

America's Chemically Modified 21st Century Soldiers

Clayton Dach, Adbusters. May 3, 2008. [253 e-mails sent]
Armed with potent drugs and new technology, a dangerous breed of soldiers are being trained to fight America's future wars.

McCain's Preacher Pal Calls Catholic Church the 'Great Whore' -- Where's the Outrage?

Frank Rich, The New York Times. May 5, 2008. [207 e-mails sent]
If the hypocrisy whipped up over Jeremiah Wright proves anything, it's that this nation's candid conversation on race has yet to begin.

A Return to the Tap: Why Bottled Water Is on the Way Out

Melissa Knopper, E Magazine. May 6, 2008. [160 e-mails sent]
Environmental concerns are sending people back to their taps and putting bottled water companies on the defensive.

Why We Need to Rise up Against Industrial Agriculture (Again)

Will Allen, AlterNet. May 3, 2008. [150 e-mails sent]
Much of our food supply is based on entrepreneurial gambling that relies on chemical pesticides and fertilizers to make huge profits.

Profiteers Squeeze Billions Out of Growing Global Food Crisis

Geoffrey Lean, Independent UK. May 5, 2008. [120 e-mails sent]
Speculators blamed for driving up price of basic foods as 100 million face severe hunger.

Meet Gus Puryear: Bush's Latest Villainous Nominee for a Lifetime Judgeship

Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet. May 5, 2008. [116 e-mails sent]
The unsolved murder of Estelle Richardson in her prison cell haunts the nation's top private prison litigator as he vies for a judgeship.

The Violent Language of Right-Wing Pundits Poisons Our Democracy

Jeffrey Feldman, Ig Publishing. May 6, 2008. [112 e-mails sent]
On TV and the radio, conservative pundits infuse violence into their arguments, destroying our precious culture of civil debate.

McCain's "Spiritual Guide" Wants America to Destroy Islam

Robert Greenwald, Brave New FilmsAlterNet: Video. May 8, 2008. [100 e-mails sent]
Meet Rev. Rod Parsley, McCain's pastor problem

The Pentagon vs. the U.S.: How Americans Have Become Targets of Their Own Military

Scott Ritter, Truthdig. May 7, 2008. [92 e-mails sent]
America is a country at war with itself.

Obama's Consolidation of the Party

Matt Stoller, Open LeftAlterNet: PEEK. May 8, 2008. [82 e-mails sent]
Barack Obama built a movement to rival and take over the Democratic Party. Now what?

Real Furniture Isn't for People with College Loans

Meg Favreau, The Smart Set. May 3, 2008. [76 e-mails sent]
It's people like me buying IKEA furniture that put my father's mill out of business.

Whatever Happened to American Longevity?

Maggie Mahar, Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. May 4, 2008. [71 e-mails sent]
In the past 20 years, the U.S. has sunk from ranking No. 11 in life expectancy to No. 42. What gives?

Evangelical Doctor Touts Better Health Care Plan Than Clinton, Obama

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. May 6, 2008. [71 e-mails sent]
Unlike Clinton or Obama, Dr. Rocky White, an Evangelical from a conservative background, is promoting a single-payer health care system.

Drive 1,000 Miles or Feed a Person for a Year? The Biofuels Dilemma

Stan Cox, AlterNet. May 9, 2008. [71 e-mails sent]
Can the pumping of ethanol into American fuel tanks really make it harder for parents to feed their families?

Hey Coffee Drinker, Ditch That Paper Cup

Ruben Anderson, The Tyee. May 5, 2008. [69 e-mails sent]
North America consumes 50 million trees a year for paper cups. Buy a travel mug already!

Endless War: Is the U.S. Trying to Set Whole World on Fire?

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. May 6, 2008. [67 e-mails sent]
The Iraq war won't end, but in the Pentagon they're already arguing about the next one.

A Nuclear Energy Renaissance Wouldn't Solve Our Problems, But It Would Rip Us Off

Christian Parenti, The Nation. May 6, 2008. [65 e-mails sent]
Talk of a nuclear renaissance is a dangerous distraction from the real changes we need to make to wean ourselves off oil.

Empty Wallet? Not to Worry -- Poor Is the New Rich!

Annabelle Gurwitch, The Nation. May 7, 2008. [65 e-mails sent]
As waves of poverty wash over the once-affluent, it's nice to know that you can share the pain.

Are Immigration Authorities Going After School Children Now?

Amanda Martinez, New American Media. May 8, 2008. [63 e-mails sent]
If true, then it's hard to imagine the cruelty that resides in these people's hearts.

Marketing Ethnic Cleansing: Israel Parties Like It's 1948 on its 60th Birthday

Linda Mamoun, AlterNet. May 8, 2008. [56 e-mails sent]
The frenzy around Israel Independence Day is an attempt to freeze history in 1948 when public support of Israel was unequivocal.

It's the Obscene Profits, Stupid! Exxon's Enormous Gains from the U.S. Keep Growing

Nomi Prins, The Wip. May 6, 2008. [55 e-mails sent]
Exxon is working to assure that whoever gets into the Oval Office doesn't try to tax some of their profits away.

Obama Wins NC Decisively, Clinton Hangs on by Thread

Michael Carmichael, Huffington Post. May 7, 2008. [52 e-mails sent]
In a nutshell, the Reverend Wright strategy backfired.

New Food Safety Rules May Do More Harm Than Good

Jason Mark, Earth Island Journal. May 7, 2008. [45 e-mails sent]
The food safety regulations established in response to the spinach E. coli outbreak are threatening environmentally friendly farming practices.

Will Democracy Make You Happy?

Eric Weiner, Foreign Policy. May 8, 2008. [44 e-mails sent]
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.

The Seeds of the Culture War Sprout Here

Amanda Marcotte, PandagonAlterNet: MediaCulture. May 5, 2008. [42 e-mails sent]
A new television show takes on the patriarchy.

The Military's Pricey Restaurant Tastes: Gone Are the Days of Grunts Peeling Potatoes

Nick Turse, Metropolitan Books. May 8, 2008. [42 e-mails sent]
Judging by the Pentagon's own accounting, the army, navy, air force and marines have been very hungry -- and they've been chowing down.

Computer Makers Race to Create $100 Laptop

Gregory M. Lamb, Christian Science Monitor. May 8, 2008. [40 e-mails sent]
New lines of tiny PCs are small enough to fit in your purse and affordable enough for students in around the world.

America's War on Journalists

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. May 8, 2008. [40 e-mails sent]
The Bush administration has engaged in assault, intimidation, and imprisonment to limit the ability of journalists to do their jobs.

Pentagon Releases Propaganda Documents -- Will the Media Pay Attention?

John Stauber, PR Watch. May 7, 2008. [39 e-mails sent]
With 8,000 pages of documents online for the world to see, will the networks continue their media blackout?

NYC's Staggering Arrest Rate for Pot Achieved By Police Deception and Scams

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. May 9, 2008. [37 e-mails sent]
New study says New York's cannabis crackdown is both racist and fraudulent -- and that more have been arrested under Bloomberg than Giuliani.

Young Muslim Artists Challenge Stereotypes

ZP Heller, Brave New FilmsAlterNet: Video. May 8, 2008. [35 e-mails sent]
Watch "A Land Called Paradise."

Using Higher Ed.'s $340 Billion in Endowments to Make the World a Better Place

Don Hazen, Jan Frel, AlterNet. May 5, 2008. [33 e-mails sent]
Morgan Simon of the Responsible Endowment Coalition is helping student activists across the U.S. leverage their school endowments.

Empire or Humanity? (Animated)

Jim Gilliam, Brave New FilmsAlterNet: Video. May 9, 2008. [33 e-mails sent]
A People's History of American Empire by Howard Zinn

Buyout Billionaires' Recession-Proof Secrets Revealed

Robert Greenwald, Brave New FilmsAlterNet: Video. May 6, 2008. [32 e-mails sent]
Larry the Loophole explains the need for greed

What the Pentagon Pundits Were Selling on the Side

Diane Farsetta, Center for Media and Democracy. May 5, 2008. [31 e-mails sent]
The Pentagon pundit scandal was not only a corrupt marriage of propaganda and corporate lobbying -- it was completely illegal.

Anti-Choice Zealots Chase After Patients' Private Medical Records

Katherine Spillar, Ms. Magazine. May 7, 2008. [31 e-mails sent]
With anti-abortion forces bearing down on him, Dr. George Tiller fights for his patients' privacy -- and their lives.

Satisfied Sex Worker or Domestic Trafficking Victim?

Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. May 8, 2008. [31 e-mails sent]
New legislation could expand the definition of trafficking to treat many sex workers as crime victims instead of criminals.

Ohio Judge: Bro Wasn't Tased

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House BlendAlterNet: PEEK. May 5, 2008. [30 e-mails sent]
A Summit County judge ordered the county medical examiner to delete any reference that Tasers contributed to the deaths of three Ohio men.

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