On AlterNet: anger

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "anger"

Why We Have Emotions (And Why We Should Not Fight Them)

Susan Johnson, Psychotherapy Networker. May 22, 2012.

Emotions are necessary for survival. But they can also spin out of control.

What Really Killed Andrew Breitbart? The Likely Cause of Death The Mainstream Media Ignored

Maer Roshan, Hunter R. Slayton, The Fix. March 8, 2012.

Not a single mainstream media outlet or website dared to publicly raise the question of substances. Instead, the media began giving airtime to right-wing conspiracy theories.

Why Should Rioting Young People Listen to the Elites and Mind a Social Order that Disempowers Them?

Michelle Chen, In These Times. August 10, 2011.

There's no simple explanation for the uprising in London and several other UK cities this week. But the riots mirror the state of working-class Britain.

How Anger Can Improve Health, Enhance Intimacy, Spur Creativity, Even Inspire Social Change

Diana Rico, Ursula Sautter, Ode. June 6, 2011.

In my small town, one of my friends was so angry about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that she created a community ride-share board to lessen our dependence on oil.

Glenn Beck Channels Rage of Self-Indulgent Baby Boomers

Wallace C. Turbeville, NewDeal 2.0. September 10, 2010.

Progressives must redirect Beck-style anger toward conservative ideologies that are killing the American Dream.

Where's the Sane, Liberal Anger? Have Progressives Abandoned Emotion to the Right?

Clancy Sigal, The Guardian. March 3, 2010.

While Tea Partiers protest loudly at the mess we're in progressives seem to be stewing in their own sterile politeness.

Obama Has to Get on Top of This or Else We'll Get on Top of Him

Frank Rich, The New York Times. March 23, 2009.

Obama and his team can't duck more tough questions, or else they'll deliver us into the catastrophic hands of a Republican opposition.

AIG Anger: House Passes Heavy Tax on Bonuses

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. March 19, 2009.

The Republican alternative -- a non-binding measure asking the Treasury Department to think of something -- was rejected. Imagine that.

Slain American Nazi Millionaire Had Dirty Bomb Ingredients, Was 'Very Upset' About Obama

Staff, AlterNet. March 10, 2009.

Agency says radioactive materials recovered in home of man allegedly slain by his wife.

Mormons Losing Members Over Anti-Gay Campaigns

Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake. November 30, 2008.

"I think the church has no right to assume the inner thinkings of its members and take such an open stand of any political issue."

Unhinged Chambliss Grabs Camera When Asked About Lawsuit

Sam Stein, Huffington Post. November 21, 2008.

The pressures of the runoff and the continuing questions about his ties to a scandal-scarred sugar company seem to be getting to Chambliss.

Boycott: Cinemark's CEO Supported Prop 8, Won't Be Getting My 'Milk' Money

Teddy Partridge, Firedoglake. November 17, 2008.

Cinemark CEO Alan Stock donated $9,999 to the YES on Prop 8 campaign that stripped marriage equality from the California constitution.

Prop 8 Allows Mormons to Tell Other People Their Marriages Are F*&^#$ Up (for a Change)

Katie Halper, KatieHalper.com. November 12, 2008.

Folks who insisted that marriage is between a man and a woman and a woman would not stand for a marriage between two men or two women.