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Private Prison Company Used in Drug Raids at Public High School

By Beau Hodai / PR Watch

Corrections Corporation of America used in drug sweeps of public school students in Arizona.

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The Surveillance State High School

By Andrew Leonard / Salon

Why is the Bank-centric Tim Geithner Leading Fiscal Cliff Negotiations?

By Robert Reich / Robert Reich's Blog

Progressive Photo of the Day: High-Heeled Men Storm the Streets for an End to Sexual Violence

AlterNet

John Stewart Injects a Dose of Laughter into Walmart Workers' Protests

AlterNet

Most Americans Paying Less Taxes Now Than in the 80s, But the Poor Get No Break

Is Mississippi About to Execute an Innocent Man?

Hazing Epidemic Continues: Coach Reportedly Witnessed Sexual Assault, Congratulated Victim

News & Politics

Vt. City Fights Planned F-35 Jet Testing That Would Make 1,000+ Homes "Incompatible with Residential Use"

William Boardman / AlterNet

Gun Enthusiast Kills 17-Year-Old for Playing Loud Music; Lawyer Says He Acted "Very Responsibly"

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Watch: Bill O'Reilly-Loving Climate-Denier Breaks Down After Watching Documentary 'Chasing Ice,' Vows to Stop Climate Change

Tara Lohan / AlterNet

America Didn’t “End” Slavery After the Civil War -- We Simply Exported It

Thom Hartmann / AlterNet

Austerity Forever! The Mind-Boggling Stupidity of Our Debt Debate

Alex Pareene / Salon

Gaza Children Traumatized After Latest Israeli Assault

Alex Kane / AlterNet

12 Vital Social Programs That Might Be Vulnerable in a "Grand Bargain" Over the Debt

Erika Eichelberger / Mother Jones

What To Expect In Doha: An Overview of This Year’s UN Climate Change Negotiations

Rebecca Lefton, Andrew Light / Climate Progress

Lone Republican Still Gunning for Romney Victory

Rebecca Leber / Think Progress

White House Magical Thinking on Striking Medicare-Cutting Deal With Republicans

digby / Hullabaloo

Fox Contributor: Hundreds of Workers Who Perished in Factory Fire Happy About Their Jobs

Alex Kane / AlterNet

3 Terrifying Things About the Earth We're in Denial About

Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch

Former Conservative: Right-Wing 'Stupidity and Closed-Mindedness' Will Doom the GOP

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Jon Stewart Blasts Ridiculous Media Coverage of Gaza Conflict

AlterNet

No Wonder So Many Are Disillusioned by Our Politics -- We've Got an 18th Century Political System

Steven Hill / AlterNet

Cornel West to Economists: 'Wake Up From Your Mechanistic, Cartesian Dream!'

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Why Even a Deal on the Budget Is Bad for the American Economy

Marshall Auerback / New Economic Perspectives

The GOP's Voter Suppression Strategy

Ari Berman / The Nation

Christian Group Says Demon Sex Makes You Gay

Tana Ganeva / AlterNet

Are Republicans Losing the South?

Jamelle Bouie / The American Prospect

Jerry Falwell's Liberty University Challenges Obamacare, Court Agrees to Hear Case

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Climate Talks Resume Amid Warnings of Looming Calamity

AFP

How to End a Fox News Interview Abruptly: Call Fox 'A Wing of the Republican Party'

Laura Clawson / Daily Kos

'Fracking Is Fun' -- Writer Describes New Museum Exhibit Opening With Funding From Big Oil

Tara Lohan / AlterNet

Who's Bringing Home the Juicy Paycheck? The Surprising Numbers

Paul Bucheit / AlteNet

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