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Excerpt: Articles of ImpeachmentExcerpt: Articles of Impeachment

Center for Constitutional Rights. March 6, 2006.
Media and Technology: A new book lays out four clear legal arguments that point to impeachment of President Bush as a necessary remedy for the violation of our Constitution.

Excerpt: Palmyra StreetExcerpt: Palmyra Street

By Jana Dennis, WireTap. February 28, 2006.
WireTap: The third in the series of excerpts from books written by young people celebrating their neighborhoods in New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina.

Excerpt: These Streets Are OursExcerpt: These Streets Are Ours

By Ashley Nelson, Ebony Bolding, WireTap. February 27, 2006.
Hurricane Katrina: A new series of books, written by young people in some of New Orleans' poorest neighborhoods, chronicles life in the Big Easy prior to Hurricane Katrina.

Excerpt: The Anti-Abortion ParadoxExcerpt: The Anti-Abortion Paradox

By Cristina Page, AlterNet. February 17, 2006.
Rights and Liberties: Pro-life tactics have actually helped encourage abortions and have led to riskier sex, especially among teens.

Excerpt: How to Steal an ElectionExcerpt: How to Steal an Election

By Andrew Gumbel, AlterNet. February 15, 2006.
Americans cling to an idealized image of our political integrity, but a look at how we run our elections tells a very different tale.

Excerpt: The Left Hand of God

By Michael Lerner, AlterNet. February 10, 2006.
Media and Technology: A progessive movement that speaks to people's spiritual desires could win the popular support it needs to create a world of peace and human rights.

Excerpt: 'The Truth (With Jokes)'Excerpt: 'The Truth (With Jokes)'

By Al Franken, AlterNet. February 9, 2006.
The true story of the Making of the President 2004, starring the Three Horsemen of the Republican Apocalypse: Fear, Smears and Queers.

Excerpt: 'Ultimate Sacrifice'Excerpt: 'Ultimate Sacrifice'

By Lamar Waldron, AlterNet. February 3, 2006.
President Kennedy paid the ultimate price for trying to execute one of the most secret covert operations in United States history.

Excerpt: Drugs Are Nice

By Lisa Crystal Carver, AlterNet. January 13, 2006.
Media and Technology: In her new memoir, a DIY scene queen reflects on running one of America's most libidinous independent publications of the '90s.

The Scoop from 'State of War'The Scoop from 'State of War'

By Jan Frel, AlterNet. January 5, 2006.
Media and Technology: Hot off the presses, New York Times reporter James Risen's brand-new book on the NSA wiretap scandal is loaded with devastating allegations.

Excerpt: Feet to the FireExcerpt: Feet to the Fire

By Kristina Borjesson, John Walcott, AlterNet. January 2, 2006.
World: Knight Ridder's Washington bureau chief speaks about media missteps in reporting the war -- and why he thinks we invaded Iraq in the first place.

Excerpt: The Fog That Cloaks Hypocrisy

By Larry Beinhart, AlterNet. December 13, 2005.
Media and Technology: Like Bush's dreams of democracy in Iraq, most of the worst lies in our society find their source in colossal delusion.

Excerpt: Driven Mad by 'Demon Rum'

By Ian Williams, AlterNet. December 2, 2005.
Media and Technology: Despite the fact that rum has been widely important to the history of the U.S., it has been demonized by ignorance and hypocrisy.

Excerpt: All Alone in the World

By Nell Bernstein, AlterNet. November 15, 2005.
Rights and Liberties: With their parents arrested, these children were left to fend for themselves.

Warning: Driving KillsWarning: Driving Kills

By Andrew Simms, Resurgence. November 12, 2005.
We welcome cars into our lives when, rationally, we should be emblazoning them with public health warnings in the same style as cigarette packets.

Excerpt: Slam Dunks and No-Brainers

By Leslie Savan, AlterNet. November 11, 2005.
Media and Technology: Pop language is the difference between 'old hat' and 'so five minutes ago.'

Excerpt: Hiding In Plain Sight

By Heather Rogers, AlterNet. October 31, 2005.
Media and Technology: If people saw what happened to their waste, lived with the stench, witnessed the scale of destruction, they might start asking difficult questions.

Excerpt: Iraq ConfidentialExcerpt: Iraq Confidential

By Scott Ritter, AlterNet. October 17, 2005.
World: In his book, 'Iraq Confidential,' the author is faced with overwhelming evidence that the CIA is using the U.N. inspections team in Iraq as cover for its own intelligence collection.

Excerpt: A Left-Hook to RacismExcerpt: A Left-Hook to Racism

By Dave Zirin, AlterNet. October 7, 2005.
Boxers like Jack Johnson and Joe Louis used the only unsegregated sport at the turn of the century to smash pseudo-scientific beliefs about race and athleticism.

EXCERPT: The Scene of the Crime Was the Cause of the Crime

By Mark Ames, AlterNet. October 3, 2005.
Media and Technology: It wasn't Marilyn Manson or lax gun control laws that prompted Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold to open fire at Columbine High School. It was life at Columbine.

EXCERPT: Breaking Down at the Post Office

By Mark Ames, AlterNet. October 3, 2005.
Media and Technology: The first rage killing in an American post office wasn't the work of a psychopath, but a man who was abused by his employer and couldn't take it anymore.

Are Coaches the Answer to White-Collar Unemployment?Are Coaches the Answer to White-Collar Unemployment?

By Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. September 27, 2005.
Media and Technology: In an excerpt from her new book 'Bait and Switch,' the author of 'Nickel and Dimed' explores the dubious industry of career coaches, intended to help frustrated job-seekers find their true callings.

The Great Immigrant Crackdown

By Tram Nguyen, AlterNet. September 19, 2005.
Rights and Liberties: In the four years since 9/11, immigrants from Iraq to El Salvador have experienced midnight FBI visits, increased scrutiny, detentions and deportations.

An Unreasonable Woman

By Diane Wilson, AlterNet. September 1, 2005.
How an ordinary Texas woman forced a giant chemical company to change its ways.

White People's BurdenWhite People's Burden

By Robert Jensen, AlterNet. August 31, 2005.
Rights and Liberties: It's time for white Americans to fully acknowledge that in the racial arena, they are the problem.

War on Crime, Not on Drugs

By Norm Stamper, AlterNet. June 15, 2005.
DrugReporter: In an excerpt from his new book, 'Breaking Rank,' a former police chief describes how America is losing its fight against drugs -- and why we should consider decriminalization.

Breaking the Barrier

By Victor Navasky, Columbia Journalism Review. June 11, 2005.
In an excerpt from his new book, Victor Navasky poses the question that bedevils all small magazines and others who challenge the national complacency: How, given the media glut, do you break through and communicate the terrible truth?

Excerpt: Interview with David Soares

By Robin Templeton, David SoaresMay 31, 2005.
Start Making Sense: An excerpt from the Start Making Sense section "Understanding the Election." Thirty-four-year-old Soares ran on a platform unapologetically opposed to the draconian "Rockefeller drug laws" in November, and became New York’s Albany County’s first African-American district attorney.

It’s Time to Start Making Sense

AlterNet. May 19, 2005.
Start Making Sense: Van Jones, Wes Boyd, George Lakoff, Adam Werbach and Lakshmi Chaudhry discuss what is necessary to build a progressive majority in America today.

The Growing Vigilante MovementThe Growing Vigilante Movement

By Peter Laufer, AlterNet. May 9, 2005.
Rights and Liberties: In an excerpt from 'Wetback Nation,' the author speaks with Chris Simcox, ringleader of the Minutemen border patrols.

White Like MeWhite Like Me

By Adam Mansbach, AlterNet. May 6, 2005.
In an excerpt from 'Angry Black White Boy,' Macon Detornay represents hip hop's white generation, in all its faux keeping-it-real glory.

Chiva: After the BustChiva: After the Bust

By Chellis Glendinning, AlterNet. May 3, 2005.
DrugReporter: Terrorized by heroin dealers since the 1970s, the citizens of Chimayo, N.M. rose up to challenge the epidemic in their midst.

The Guards Are SleepingThe Guards Are Sleeping

By Gael Murphy, AlterNet. May 2, 2005.
Media and Technology: White House correspondent Helen Thomas speaks about the herd mentality of mainstream media and challenging the administration on its rationale for the war.

Dawn of an Islamic Revolution

By Reza Aslan, AlterNet. April 28, 2005.
A Muslim reformation, after centuries of stony sleep, has finally awoken and is now slouching toward Medina.

MoveOn Muscles UpMoveOn Muscles Up

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. April 26, 2005.
MoveOn founder Wes Boyd discusses how progressives can gain the offensive advantage, the power of the Democratic rank and file, and the futility of moving to the center.

Excerpt: Rethinking Iraq

By Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet. April 22, 2005.
Start Making Sense: An excerpt from the Start Making Sense section The Iraq War.

Excerpt: Interview with Andy Stern

By Lakshmi Chaudhry, Andy Stern, AlterNet. April 21, 2005.
Start Making Sense: The following is an excerpt from the Start Making Sense section Economic Populism: "Interview with Andy Stern."

The Normalization of War

By Andrew J. Bacevich, Tomdispatch.com. April 21, 2005.
Americans have become enthralled by -- and found themselves in thrall to -- military power and the idea of global military supremacy.

Excerpt: The Faith Factor

By Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. April 20, 2005.
Start Making Sense: An excerpt from the Start Making Sense section The Culture War.

Excerpt: Interview with Arianna Huffington

By Don Hazen, Arianna Huffington, AlterNet. April 20, 2005.
Start Making Sense: An excerpt from the Start Making Sense section Understanding the Election: "Interview with Arianna Huffington."