AlterNet.org: Evan Derkacz Alternative News and Information. en-us AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. Religious Right Celebrates End of Interracial Marriage Ban http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/evan/85184/ In a move of political jujitsu, conservatives try to claim the legacy of Mildred Loving in an effort to bash gay marriage. Mon, 12 May 2008 17:38:01 PDT Evan Derkacz Is Water Part of the Tibet/China Conflict? http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/Campana/85202/ There's a lot of history and politics behind China's occupation of Tibet, and now you can add water to the list of conflict sources. Mon, 12 May 2008 16:24:01 PDT Michael E. Campana Lieberman: Hamas Endorsement Shows Difference With McCain http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/benen/85181/ If possible, Lieberman's attack politics sinks even lower. Mon, 12 May 2008 16:00:01 PDT Steve Benen Think You Can Tell Bush from McCain? http://www.alternet.org/bloggers//85191/ Take the Bush-McCain Challenge! Mon, 12 May 2008 14:52:01 PDT Brave New Films Wash U Honors Anti-Feminist at Graduation http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/lindsay/85180/ Washington University honored conservative operative Phylis Schlafly with a degree at their 2008 commencement. Mon, 12 May 2008 14:31:01 PDT Lindsay Beyerstein Republican Girls Gone Wild! http://www.alternet.org/bloggers//85182/ Exposing the California Republican Party's priorities. Mon, 12 May 2008 13:14:01 PDT Brave New Films The Horror of "Honor Killings" http://www.alternet.org/bloggers//85166/ A young women in Iraq is murdered by her father. Her only crime - talking to a British soldier. Mon, 12 May 2008 13:03:01 PDT PZ Myers The McCain Economy Will Be Like Bush's Third Term http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/smith/85147/ Roy Blunt confirms John McCain's support for the Bush economy. Mon, 12 May 2008 11:30:01 PDT Christy Hardin Smith What Do the Blue Dogs and McCain Have Against Vets? http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/heller/85151/ The GI Bill faces stiff opposition. Mon, 12 May 2008 10:28:01 PDT ZP Heller Webb GI Bill Would Encourage Young People to Join the Military http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/terkel/85144/ The American Legion comes out in support of the Webb GI Bill. Mon, 12 May 2008 10:03:01 PDT Amanda Terkel Rush Limbaugh Can't Get More Bigoted http://www.alternet.org/bloggers//85150/ So why won’t FOX denounce him? Mon, 12 May 2008 10:00:01 PDT Brave New Films McCain's Not-So-Straight Talk on the Environment http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/howie/85129/ The Senator's votes fail to live up to his rhetoric or his reputation on the environment. Mon, 12 May 2008 08:34:01 PDT Howie Klein Top Pentagon Legal Adviser Disqualified From Gitmo Trial http://www.alternet.org/bloggers//85141/ Critics of the military commission system say a federal judge's ruling provides new grounds to attack a rigged and unjust system. Mon, 12 May 2008 08:34:01 PDT Bernard Hibbitts Missouri Amendment Would Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/attaturk/85109/ The Missouri Secretary of State estimates the amendment, if passed, would disenfranchise up to a quarter million citizens. Mon, 12 May 2008 06:58:01 PDT Attaturk NY: Out of State Same-Sex Marraiges Are Legal http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/spaulding/85100/ A ruling in New York held that same-sex marriages performed elsewhere must be recognized by the state. Mon, 12 May 2008 06:05:01 PDT Pam Spaulding