Vanquishing the American Dream
Belief:
7 Reasons for Atheists to Celebrate the Holidays
Greta Christina
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace:
They're Building Nuclear Missile Parts in Woodstock? You Can't Escape America's War Economy
DrugReporter:
Mexico Brags About Killing a Drug Kingpin, But It Won't Be Long Before Someone Takes His Place
Neill Franklin
Environment:
Copenhagen: Historic Failure That Will Live in Infamy
Joss Garman
Food:
Corporations (and Sarah Palin) Are Cyborgs Sent to Scuttle the Fight Against Climate Change
Rebecca Solnit
Health and Wellness:
Abortion in the Senate Health-Care Bill: What the Nelson Compromise Will Cost Women
Jodi Jacobson
Immigration:
Obama and Congress: At the Crossroads of Immigration Reform
Maribel Hastings
Media and Technology:
Glenn Beck's Year of Wild Conspiracies, Paranoid Delusions and Cynical Lies
* Staff
Movie Mix:
James Cameron's Wizardry in 'Avatar' Movie Demands Being Witnessed on the Big Screen
Wajahat Ali
Politics:
How Wall Street Bought Barney Frank
Kevin Connor
Reproductive Justice and Gender:
Men: Invisible Allies in the Struggle for Choice
Claire Keyes
Rights and Liberties:
Guantanamo Was "Hell On Earth": Former Gitmo Detainee
Sex and Relationships:
Sexy Mormons, the Joy of Vibrators and Sticking it to Puritans: 10 of Liz Langley's Best Pieces
AlterNet Staff
Take Action:
G-20 Meetings: Nothing Much Happened in the Suites, and There Was Too Much Punch in the Streets
Laura Flanders
Water:
NASA Report Highlights Need to Retire Drainage Impaired Land in California
Dan Bacher
World:
Is It Possible to Cobble Together 10 Good Things That Happened in 2009? You Better Believe It!
Medea Benjamin
Jim Hightower is the author of "Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush" (Viking Press). He publishes the monthly Hightower Lowdown; for more information about Jim, visit jimhightower.com.
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