We're Mad as Hell and the Dems Aren't Listening
Belief:
Atheism and Diversity: Is It Wrong For Atheists To Convert Believers?
Greta Christina
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace:
Detroit Restaurant Workers Rally Against Wage-Stealing Restaurant Chain
Paul Abowd
DrugReporter:
The Feds Are Addicted to Pot -- Even If You Aren't
Paul Armentano
Environment:
Activists Protest Natural Resources Defense Council for Collaborating With Polluters
Joseph Huff-Hannon
Food:
Don't Be Scared of Food: Are We Being Needlessly Hysterical About Food Safety?
David E. Gumpert
Health and Wellness:
10 Signs Vegetarianism Is Catching On
Kathy Freston
Immigration:
Why Is the Department of Homeland Security Incarcerating Refugees Across the U.S.?
Emily Creighton
Media and Technology:
What Do Levi Johnston, Evangelicals and Oprah Have in Common? They All Blind Us to What Really Matters
Chris Hedges
Movie Mix:
Disney Apocalypse: Why 2012 Sucks
Alexander Zaitchik
Politics:
Shocking: High School Grads Twice As Likely To Be Jobless Than College Grads – and Right-Wingers are Profiting From Their Pain
Adele M. Stan
Reproductive Justice and Gender:
Have Women's Lives Improved Globally?
Laura Liswood
Rights and Liberties:
Why Fanaticism Can Be a Good Thing
Rebecca Solnit
Sex and Relationships:
6 Tricks to Sex After a Divorce
Julie Bogart
Take Action:
G-20 Meetings: Nothing Much Happened in the Suites, and There Was Too Much Punch in the Streets
Laura Flanders
Water:
Revealed: Astroturf Groups Planning Massive California Water Grab to Benefit Big Ag and SoCal
Dan Bacher
World:
Will A Long-Awaited Israel/Palestine Prisoner Swap Finally Go Through?
Jerrold Kessel, Pierre Klochendler
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From "The Hightower Lowdown," edited by Jim Hightower and Phillip Frazer, December 2007. Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker and author of Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country and It's Time to Take It Back.
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