On AlterNet: independence

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Will Latin American Leaders Wake Up The U.S. And Revolutionize Drug Policy?

Jeffrey Dhywood, AlterNet. March 7, 2012.

Latin Americans realize they are bearing the brunt of a war that has been imposed on them, and are increasingly eager to assert their independence.

The New War of Independence - Against Corporate Politics

blank blank, AlterNet. July 3, 2011.

This July 4th, politics is too important to be left to the politicians. The stakes are too high and the system is too broken. Citizen action is everyone's job now.

CNN Dives Head First Into Television Payola

David Sirota, Open Left. August 6, 2009.

Evidently, it's simply way too much for network news executives to require any kind of independence.

Women Who Ditch Their Career for Homelife Could Be Making a Huge Mistake

Leslie Bennetts, Huffington Post. April 16, 2007.

Women who abandon their careers and become financially dependent on their husbands often look back on that decision as the biggest mistake of their lives -- even women in stable, enduring marriages.

Will Vermont Secede from the Union?

Ian Baldwin, Frank Bryan, The Washington Post. April 3, 2007.

The winds of secession are blowing in the Green Mountain State: Vermont was once an independent republic, and it can be one again.