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Human rights and civil liberties. |
Obama Fails to Put Out the FISA Fire in His Own House Bob Ostertag, Huffington Post Obama campaign tries to control the impact of his stance on FISA. |
The Persecution of Political Prisoner Sami Al-Arian Ali Gharib, IPS News Hitchens Gets Waterboarded, Withdraws from Iraq in 11 Seconds John Dolan, AlterNet |
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Coverage of America's war with Iraq. |
The Iraq War Was About Oil, All Along Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, Bill Moyers Journal Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn't a war about oil. That's cynical and simplistic, they said. It's about terror and al-Qaeda and toppling a dictator. |
U.S. Journalist Photographs Grisly Aftermath of Attack in Iraq, Gets Booted by Military Dahr Jamail, IPS News Iraqis Want the U.S. Out; This is How it Should Happen Adil E. Shamoo, Foreign Policy in Focus |
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From climate change to medical news. |
Google: Good or Evil When It Comes to the Environment? Scott Thill, AlterNet Google's motto is "Don't be evil." But when it comes to its environmental impact, some think the company can't live up to its own hype. |
Why We Need to Put Science Back in Government Chris Mooney, Yale Environment 360 Virginia Is for Coal Lovers Glenn Hurowitz, Huffington Post |
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Critical perspectives on our media-driven world |
It's About Time for Online Voting Allison H. Fine, Personal Democracy Forum Historians will undoubtedly consider our current era of voting machines the technological equivalent of the 8-track tape machine. |
Fighting Against Radio's Hate-Spreading Shock Jocks , AlterNet Books Real Journalists Don't Make $5 Million a Year Chris Hedges, Truthdig |
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News from the front lines of the drug war. |
Big Pharma Is in a Frenzy to Bring Cannabis-Based Medicines to Market Paul Armentano, AlterNet While the the American Medical Association claims pot has no medical value, Big Pharma is busy getting patents for marijuana products. |
The World Health Organization Documents Failure of U.S. Drug Policies Bruce Mirken, AlterNet How Long Does Drug Prohibition Need to Continue Before It's Declared a Failure? David Borden, Drug War Chronicle |
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Home of The Alternative Movie Awards. |
Will Smith's 'Hancock' Fiasco Eileen Jones, AlterNet "Hancock" is supposed to be a wry commentary on the pressure of being Will Smith, but the meesage gets lost in a big-budget Hollywood train wreck. |
WALL-E: A World Without Us Michael Dudley, City States Zeitgeist Films: The Only Woman-Run Film Distribution Company Celebrates 20th Anniversary Melissa Silverstein, Women & Hollywood |
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Special coverage of labor and the workplace. |
Economy: Small Comfort in Manufacturing Uptick Abid Aslam, IPS News An unexpected spurt in manufacturing activity is doing little to dispel the gloom that envelopes the U.S. economy midway through the year. |
Bush Economy Sheds 62K Jobs in June; Sixth Straight Monthly Decline Dean Baker, TruthOut.org Gulf States: If Western Countries Won't Take Our Money, We'll Invest in the East Meena Janardhan, IPS News |
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Covering election theft, voting rights, money and politics, and political reform. |
Now Let's Talk About Populism for Real Ruth Rosen, Truthdig A new book explores the real populist vision that lies behind the shallow rhetoric to which we've been subjected during this election year. |
Looking Back at Tom Paine's Radical Legacy Nick Penniman, American News Project Republican Campaign Against Likely Democratic Voters Begins Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet |
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AlterNet's coverage of the 2008 election. |
Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle Is for Losers Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post Realpolitik is one thing. Realstupidpolitik is quite another. |
Inside Obama's Christian Crusade Max Blumenthal, TheNation.com The 10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency Brad Reed, AlterNet |
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From health care policy to fitness and nutrition. |
Echoes of Vietnam: VA Stalls, Dissembles While Vets Suffer and Die Penny Coleman, AlterNet The latest episode of the Department of Veterans Affairs' callous denial of veterans' suffering is a continuation of a long tradition. |
The Science of Happiness: Is It All Bullshit? Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet Will This Man Fix American Health Care? Ezra Klein, The American Prospect |
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The latest headlines on immigration issues. |
France Offers Europe an 'Inhuman' Model for Immigration Julio Godoy, IPS News French PM Nicolas Sarkozy wants to use France's turn in the EU's rotating presdiency to "harmonize" European immigration policy. |
Surviving a Weekend with America's Premiere Pro-White Activist Group Gabriel Thompson, AlterNet Malthus Lives in Anti-Immigrant Ads César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, |
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Coverage concerning women's rights, reproductive health and education, gender, race, sexuality and more. |
Even as Celebrities, Women Face a Double Standard Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee There was little media introspection about Heath Ledger's overdose, while Amy Winehouse receives daily scrutiny for her drug habits. What gives? |
Why Can't Women Sleep? Gayle Greene, Ms. Magazine Women Have the Voting Power to Control This Election Martha Burk, Ms. Magazine |
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Coverage concerning the global water crisis, including public water protection, conservation, pollution, bottled water, drought and dams. |
Will Midwest Floods Be as Toxic as New Orleans? Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor Some of the most serious pollution problems may not lie outdoors, but in the home. |
The Protest that Turned the Tide of Global Green Opinion Kathy Marks, The Independent UK Is a Big Hunk of Steak Worth Almost 2,000 Gallons of Water? Collin Dunn, Huffington Post |
