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Americans are Less Nationalistic than Jingoist Politicians Think

Lawrence Wittner, TruthOut.org. January 22, 2012.

Are American politicians out of sync with the public when it comes to foreign policy? There is considerable reason to believe so.

Americans Don't Realize Just How Badly We're Getting Screwed by the Top 0.1 Percent Hoarding the Country's Wealth

David DeGraw, Amped Status. August 14, 2011.

With an unprecedented sum of wealth held within the top one-tenth of one percent of the US population, we now have the most severe inequality of wealth in US history.

White "Savior-Afflicted" Christians, Black Haitian Babies: This Won't End Well

Devona Walker, AlterNet. February 5, 2010.

Would the Baptists accused of taking Haitian kids out of the country illegally have tried to pull this off in a predominantly white country? Doubtful.

10 U.S. Baptists Charged With Child Abduction in Haiti

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. February 4, 2010.

The Americans accused of smuggling Haitian children out of the country illegally have been charged and face up to 15 years in prison

Did U.S. Forces Execute Kids in Afghanistan?

Dave Lindorff, OpEdNews.com. January 6, 2010.

The apparent mass murder of Afghan schoolchildren, including one as young as 11, by U.S.-led troops, was virtually blacked out in the American media.

4 Myths About Taxes, Debunked

Paul Buchheit, AlterNet. November 25, 2009.

Contrary to what the richest of the rich tell you, a little bit of wealth redistribution will greatly help America.

Evangelicals Divorce More Often Than "Godless" Europeans? Exploring America's Strange Relationship With Marriage

Amy DePaul, Bookslut. September 14, 2009.

Why do Americans have such contradictory impulses when it comes to wedlock?

Most American Catholics Far More Liberal Than Church Leadership

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. April 1, 2009.

A new poll reveals that American Catholics more or less agree with non-Catholics on controversial social issues.

Are We Being Too Complacent About the Economy Crumbling Around Us?

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. March 9, 2009.

Our readers had a lot to say about a poll that shows one-third of Americans aren't worried about losing their jobs.

DC Journalists Love GOP Obstructionists, But Americans Don't

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. February 15, 2009.

The American public looked at DC, they saw the Democrats trying to do something, and they liked what they saw.

Bush: 'I Don't Give a Darn' What Americans Think of Me

Satyam Khanna, ThinkProgress. January 14, 2009.

"Bush has remained seriously jerky to the end."

American Hipsters and Hollywood Stars Invade Berlin

Kate Connolly, The Observer UK. October 8, 2007.

Affordable rents and cultural buzz are luring young Americans and big movie stars to the reborn German capital.

Will the Progressive Majority Emerge?

Rick Perlstein, The Nation. July 4, 2007.

Contrary to popular belief, the majority of Americans are liberal. How long will it take politicians and the media to get that?