On AlterNet: u.s.

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Why Is Norway the Best Place to Be a Mother and the U.S. the Worst? Abortion Access

Carole Joffe, RH Reality Check. June 8, 2011.

Norway, where abortion is freely available, subsidized by the government, and apparently not stigmatized, was recently named "the world's best place to be a mother."

Vision: The Idea That Drug Addicts Should Be Treated, Not Locked Up, Is Making Waves

Katie Hyslop, Megaphone Magazine. December 29, 2010.

The U.S. and Canada are making significant strides towards mainstreaming harm reduction, but there are still walls to knock down.

Israel, the War on Terror and the "Holocaust Effect"

Sander Hicks, AlterNet. August 12, 2010.

The “The War on Terror” is driven by a seductive mix of violence and propaganda tied to existential threats.

Are U.S. Warships Gearing Up for a Confrontation With an Iranian Aid Flotilla to Gaza?

Ira Chernus, AlterNet. June 20, 2010.

A U.S. Navy fleet is moving through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea, probably aiming to head off the Iranian flotilla headed toward Gaza.

Joe Bageant: Americans Are "Hope Fiends" Because Honestly Looking at the Present Situation Would Destroy Just About Everything We Hold As Reality

Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. March 1, 2010.

An awareness of class makes clear who is screwing whom. That's why American capitalism's official line is that we are a "classless society."

Japan Fines 'Fat' People, Companies Must Measure Waist Lines of Employees

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. November 25, 2009.

And 'fat' here is most definitely a relative term.

World's Biggest Polluters Strike a Deal: U.S. and China Agree to Comprehensive Clean Energy and Climate Plan

Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. November 18, 2009.

The overall plan is much more ambitious in scope and depth than anticipated.

America Is One Big Clunker and No Amount of Cash Will Buy Us a New One

James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler.com. November 16, 2009.

We continue to be childishly delusional about our dark economic and environmental prospects. Unfortunately, reality isn't amenable to lies and spin.

Tea Partiers' New Hero: Ex-KGB Agent Who Thinks U.S. Will Collapse Next Year

Nick Baumann, Mother Jones Online. November 9, 2009.

Igor Panarin warns that the U.S. will splinter into separate states controlled by foreign powers in 2010. Conservative activists think he may be on to something.

Pakistan to Allow U.S. Military Ops in Exchange for Aid

Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times. September 28, 2009.

It will be difficult and dangerous to take on the Taliban and al-Qaeda inside Pakistan in a struggle in which there are no guarantees of success.

There's Virtually Zero Percent Chance of There Ever Being a Real Afghan Army -- So What's the Pentagon Talking About?

Ann Jones, TomDispatch.com. September 21, 2009.

In Washington, calls are growing for Obama to training more Afghan troops and police rather than sending in more American troops. But this is pure fantasy.

Throwing Bullets at Failed Policies: U.S. Plans for New Bases in Colombia

Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. September 13, 2009.

Will Washington continue its disastrous policies in the war on drugs?

You're Also More Likely to Be Eaten by a Sasquatch in 'Socialist' Canada

D. Aristophanes, Sadly, No!. July 24, 2009.

It's true!

Why is the Government Criminalizing Humanitarian Aid at the U.S.-Mexico Border?

Valeria Fernandez, IPS News. July 1, 2009.

Volunteers who leave water jugs for migrants at the border are getting slapped with absurd littering charges.

China's Other Genocide: the 'Mother of the Uyghurs' Speaks Out

Richard Gale, Gary Null, AlterNet. June 24, 2009.

One of China's "Public Enemies" talks about the secret war on the Uyghurs.

Who Are the Shadow Warriors? Countries Are Getting Hit by Major Military Attacks, and No One Is Taking Credit

Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. May 28, 2009.

In Syria, Sudan and elsewhere there have been violent attacks that no country has claimed responsibility for. A dark new trend in warfare.

The Difference Between School Lunch in France and in the U.S.

tristero, Hullabaloo. May 4, 2009.

No, this isn't a joke ... though it is sadly funny.

Unclenching the American Fist Toward Iran

deleted, AlterNet. April 28, 2009.

Obama has taken a step toward freeing the U.S. from 30 years of coercion, sanctions, covert action and relentless insults against Iran.

Will Israel Attack? Mixed Messages from Washington Could Lead to Catastrophe in Iran

Roane Carey, TomDispatch.com. April 13, 2009.

Anything short of a categorical, even vociferous U.S. refusal of an Israeli attack could have horrific consequences.

Stop Subsidizing Mexican Drug Gangs

Bruce Mirken, AlterNet. March 23, 2009.

The horrifying drug-war violence south of our border with Mexico continues to worsen, and we're the ones subsidizing it.

The U.S. Is Injecting Billions Into Foreign Central Banks

Ryan Grim, Huffington Post. March 17, 2009.

"There is an issue as to which countries they decided to do this for and which ones they didn't. That is a political decision."

This Week in God: Losing Religion, Catholic Mistakes, and the Baha'i Faith

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. March 14, 2009.

A look at what went down in religious circles this week.

Number of 'Godless' in the U.S. Goes Up

PZ Myers, Pharyngula. March 9, 2009.

Keep those godless numbers going up!

Eric Holder Calls America a 'Nation of Cowards' on Racial Matters

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. February 19, 2009.

As the first African American leading the DOJ, Holder called for a national dialogue on race -- something the U.S. has generally avoided.

Somalia: U.S. Policy Aided Rise in Piracy

Francis Njubi Nesbitt, Foreign Policy in Focus. February 11, 2009.

Among the many booby traps left by the Bush administration for the Obama team, Somalia could be one of the most complicated and bizarre.