Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/story/150418/obama%27s_sister_has_big_ideas_for_education_reform_/ Like her brother, President Obama, Soetoro-Ng wants to revamp school systems and broaden test-focused curriculums Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, The Nation -b2169bea68921bc0f0bfa9a964494a6b http://www.alternet.org/story/145766/%24100%2C000_per_year_to_lock_up_a_cheese_thief_the_perverse_logic_of_%26quot%3Bthree_strikes%26quot%3B/ That a man with unpaid-for cheese in his underwear could ever have faced essentially the same sentence as Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is an absurdity. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PST Sasha Abramsky, Comment Is Free -62ff0b685d439994bb91355e521425cb http://www.alternet.org/story/141850/california_court_says_enough_is_enough%3A_our_prison_population_is_out_of_control/ For years, California has prioritized incarceration over all other social investments. Now it's being forced to release 40,000 prisoners in two years. Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, Comment Is Free -47446e77e90f4e0af5dcc147e0b4f4fd http://www.alternet.org/story/140926/breadline_usa%3A_why_people_are_going_hungry_in_the_land_of_plenty/ America's poor are being priced out of a market flush with excess eatables. It's an abomination we can fix. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, PoliPoint Press -9a80f525ede3ce67c19d784eb6216583 http://www.alternet.org/story/95689/the_misshapen_mind%3A_how_the_brain%27s_haphazard_evolution_left_us_with_self-destructive_instincts/ Evolution didn't quite hit perfection when it comes to human thought processes. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, The American Prospect -5e9edb1b146f0a8d3bf4babd5f75d72d http://www.alternet.org/story/78396/defending_middle-class_consumer-culture_on_the_backs_of_the_poor/ The bottom dollar: cutting interests rates instead of fighting inflation hurts the economy's most vulnerable. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:00:01 PST Sasha Abramsky, Comment Is Free -96ba352138a42564c3127af424b9d7f4 http://www.alternet.org/story/65868/prison_crisis%3A_will_california_spend_more_on_jails_than_universities/ As the number of prisoners in California prisons explodes, the state may soon spend more locking up its citizens than on public university education. Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, In These Times -ab83c3cd024e0d5947dfecec0b0098ca http://www.alternet.org/story/57490/fear_and_loathing_in_middle_america/ Author Joe Bageant's "Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War" gets down and dirty with the hardship economics in Middle America. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, The American Prospect -92491efa7cda6552f740334c9e601855 http://www.alternet.org/story/46195/the_other_rocky%3A_salt_lakes_city%27s_visionary_mayor/ Rocky Anderson is a progressive hero in the die-hard red state of Utah, joining in anti-Bush rallies, restructuring the criminal justice system, and supporting gay rights. Sat, 06 Jan 2007 00:00:01 PST Sasha Abramsky, The Nation -bf5b131e6aee15fa373fb4d113b4a65c http://www.alternet.org/story/43243/selling_voters_on_the_minimum_wage_hike/ How New Mexico successfully framed the minimum wage as a moral issue, and was able to pass a progressive ballot initiative. Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, The Nation -02cea8cdf66947c12e2d704f2321dc0b http://www.alternet.org/story/41483/block_the_vote%3A_the_10_worst_places_to_cast_a_ballot/ American democracy's glaring weak spots include machines that count backward, slice-and-dice districts, felon baiting, phone jamming and plenty of dirty tricks. Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, Mother Jones -28dee3e52394cbf8e862643faac6a735 http://www.alternet.org/story/36666/political_invisibles/ Remove the voting power of the urban poor, and issues of importance to inner-city America are likely to get ignored come Election Day. Sat, 27 May 2006 00:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, Pop and Politics -3385a4e712e62153e3a3c7bd8f7e5329 http://www.alternet.org/story/34774/excerpt%3A_conned/ In this excerpt from his new book, Sasha Abramsky reveals what really happened during the 2000 Election voter 'purge.' Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, AlterNet -da5ce581b1ebc6f9852a57f5733b2af0 http://www.alternet.org/story/26467/running_on_fumes/ Further rises in the cost of gas could kill thousands of small-town economies across America. Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, The Nation -a510abf00d75925ab4d2c11e0e8d89a4 http://www.alternet.org/story/21433/cruel_and_unusable/ The juvenile death penalty has been eliminated, throwing the general use of the death penalty further into question. Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:00:01 PST Sasha Abramsky, The American Prospect -26f442e45f3939150bec252fdc0f6466 http://www.alternet.org/story/19156/incarceration%2C_inc./ Prisons thrive on cheap labor and the hunger of job-starved towns. Tue, 06 Jul 2004 11:00:01 PDT Sasha Abramsky, The Nation -f9185e6f4e26bb03bb309a5622fbb45e http://www.alternet.org/story/18176/ex-felons_fight_to_regain_political_voice/ As the 2004 presidential election approaches, millions of Americans remain legally prevented from voting in their home states. Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:00:00 PST Sasha Abramsky, AlterNet -460d2456c49e58dbb01c6723f6a3a560 http://www.alternet.org/story/10069/ex-felon_laws_cost_florida_residents_vote/ Thousands of Florida residents were struck from the voter lists because they were mistakenly identified as ex-felons, just months before what has become the closest election in US history. With Bush apparently leading Gore by only hundreds of votes, in a state with hundreds of thousands of disenfranchised voters, could similar errors be tipping the race? Thu, 09 Nov 2000 00:00:00 PST Sasha Abramsky, MotherJones.com -530ad673015b98fcf4cdd5a68cb93d6c