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The Most Popular Top 10 Lists of 2006

AlterNet. Posted December 30, 2006.


From drugs to war profiteers to corporate Democrats -- a compilation of this year's most read Top 10 lists.

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In Special Coverage

Belief:
Christian Story of Jesus's Birth Is a Myth Born of Politics
Rev. Howard Bess

Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace:
Obama's Mortgage Program: FAIL?
Paul Kiel

DrugReporter:
We Can't Let Politics Keep Trumping Science on Drug Policy
Beth Schwartzapfel

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:
How Real Health Reform Was Killed by Politicians Trying to Look 'Moderate'
James Ridgeway

Immigration:
Greyhound Lines Inc. Accused of Racial Profiling
Seth Hoy

Media and Technology:
Moyers, Moore and Maddow are the Most Influential Progressives
Don Hazen

Movie Mix:
James Cameron's Wizardry in 'Avatar' Movie Demands Being Witnessed on the Big Screen
Wajahat Ali

Politics:
Top 10 Ethics Scandals of 2009
CREW Staff

Reproductive Justice and Gender:
Men: Invisible Allies in the Struggle for Choice
Claire Keyes

Rights and Liberties:
The Torture of Two Innocent Men Who Just Left Guantanamo
Andy Worthington

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:
War Vet: I Served 40 Months in Iraq, After Which I Didn't Want to Go Back Home
Anonymous

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Everyone loves a top ten story, and AlterNet readers are no different. Here are the top ten most popular Top Ten articles from 2006.

10. 10 Reasons to Oppose Plans for More Prisons
By Vanessa Huang, Rose Braz, New America Media
Young Community organizers argue that California officials' version of prison reform is counterproductive.

9. Top 10 People Most Affected by Election 2006
By Nomi Prins, AlterNet
Rummy gets the boot and Paris Hilton gets richer.

8. Ten Reasons to Watch Mexico's Presidential Election
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
No electronic voting machines! Limits on negative campaigning! Best of all, George W. Bush hates the leading candidate.

7. Block the Vote: The 10 Worst Places to Cast a Ballot
By Sasha Abramsky, Mother Jones
American democracy's glaring weak spots include machines that count backward, slice-and-dice districts, felon baiting, phone jamming and plenty of dirty tricks.

6. Top Ten Ways We Got Jacked by Conservatives
By Nomi Prins, AlterNet
If you ever wanted to see how badly 'conservatives' have been shaking the silver out of our pockets in the past six years, this list is it.

5. The Top 10 Corporate Democrats-For-Hire
By Russ Baker, AlterNet
They claim to be 'centrists,' but these D.C. Dems -- whose corporate agendas aren't too different from Bush administration policies -- are living proof that the system needs fixing.

4. The 10 Most Brazen War Profiteers
By Charlie Cray, AlterNet
Halliburton has become synonymous with war profiteering, but there are lots of other greedy fingers in the pie. We name names on 10 of the worst.

3. The Top 10 Power Brokers of the Religious Right
By Rob Boston, Church and State
Who they are, what they want, and why these American ayatollahs must be stopped.

2. The Top 10 Things I Know About Drugs
By Tony Newman, AlterNet
We have to learn how to live with drugs -- because they aren't going anywhere.

1. Top 10 Signs of the Impending U.S. Police State
By Allan Uthman, Buffalo Beast
From secret detention centers to warrantless wiretapping, Bush and Co. give free rein to their totalitarian impulses.

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