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New Poll: Parents Overwhelmingly Support Age-Appropriate Sex Ed

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check. October 5, 2008.
Political leaders are nervous about supporting comprehensive sex education in schools. But it may be a bigger political liability not to.

Less Than Half the World Believes al Qaeda Was Behind 9/11 Attacks

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 11, 2008.
A poll of 16,000 people in 17 countries reveals the damage done to the credibility of the United States by the Bush administration.

American Liberalism Making a Come-Back

Daniel De Groot, Open Left AlterNet: Election 2008. July 12, 2008.
Data from 1984-2006, shows a narrowing gap between cons and libs.

Americans Want NAFTA Renegotiated

Brandon Wu, Eyes on Trade AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. June 24, 2008.
New polling shows a majority across party lines favors scrapping the current deal.

Poll: Americans Don't Like Our Current Trade Policy

Holly Shulman, Eyes on Trade. May 5, 2008.
As people's economic pain grows, their trust in U.S. trade policy shrinks.

Why the Government Doesn't Care What You Think

Linda Mamoun, AlterNet. March 25, 2008.
In our political system, the president and vice president are under no obligation to follow the will of the people.

America Loves Peace? Odd, Since We're Always at War

David Michael Green, AlterNet. February 28, 2008.
We've been in conflict for about half the period between World War II and the present but consider ourselves a "peace-loving" nation.

What Kind of News Do People Really Want?

Curtis Brainard, Columbia Journalism Review. September 6, 2007.
A Pew report studies twenty years of American preferences.

How the Democrats Blew It in Only Eight Months

Alexander Cockburn, The Nation. August 10, 2007.
Thanks to the Dems' inaction on Iraq and compliance with Bush on the FISA bill, the Democratic-controlled Congress now has a "confidence" rating of 14 percent, the lowest since Gallup started asking the question in 1973 and five points lower than Republicans scored last year.