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How the Mega-Rich Treat Our Treasury Like a Buffet (And Stick You With the Bill)

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. January 21, 2008.
Political connections are worth their weight in gold for America's wealthy.

Dennis Kucinich's Fight to Bring Credibility to the Democratic Party

By Chris Hedges, Philadelphia Inquirer. January 19, 2008.
The resilient 2008 candidate attacks the "inside game between competing corporate interests" in U.S. politics.

Harold Bloom: 'What We Are Seeing Is the Fall of America'

By Eva Sohlman, The Wip. January 15, 2008.
Media and Technology: The long-time cultural critic warns that the war in Iraq is destroying the American empire.

"We Should Start Eating Insects"

By Marco Visscher, Ode. January 14, 2008.
Why Arnold van Huis wants us to eat cricket pies, fried grasshoppers and mealworm quiche. With four insectalicious recipes.

Consuming Our Way to Unhappiness

By Terrence McNally, AlterNet. January 10, 2008.
Our excessive consumption is trashing more than just the planet.

McGovern Still on the Anti-War Path

By Laura S. Washington, In These Times. January 8, 2008.
World: The retired senator is stumping for a book he co-wrote called Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal.

How an 'Ex-Gay' Minister Saw the Light

By Casey Sanchez, SPLC Intelligence Report. December 26, 2007.
Scott Harrison left the Christian "sexual orientation therapy" movement when he realized he couldn't pray away the gay.

Sunni Leader: America is 'Main Irritant' in Iraq

By Ahmed Janabi, Al Jazeera. December 14, 2007.
World: Sheikh Harith al-Dhari, head of the Association of Muslim Scholars, says Sunnis are disenfranchised.

Born to Shop: How Marketers Brainwash Babies

By Terrence McNally, AlterNet. December 13, 2007.
Marketers are targeting kids at disturbingly young ages, compromising the nation's health, creativity and democracy.

Good Calories, Bad Calories

By Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. December 12, 2007.
Health and Wellness: Author Gary Taubes challenges common myths about obesity and explains why Atkins might well have been right.

Thom Hartmann: How Liberals Can Speak Without Boring Everyone to Tears

By Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. December 6, 2007.
Media and Technology: It turns out we have a lot to learn from the advertising world and even Republicans.

Human Rights Crusader Michael Ratner: We'll Keep Going After Bush and Cheney When They Leave Office

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 3, 2007.
World: As the Supreme Court prepares to hear the next major challenge to Bush's imperial power grab, AlterNet talks with Michael Ratner, who has been at the center of the battle over the administration's human rights assault.

Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

By Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. November 28, 2007.
Sex and Relationships: Could more distance be the key to keeping the passion in long-term relationships?

Consumer-Driven Culture Is Killing Our Democracy

By Terrence McNally, AlterNet. November 28, 2007.
Americans are split between wanting low prices and opposing the corporate behaviors that make them possible.

Disgraced General Who Pushed for Torture in Iraq Is Now a Spokesman for Democrats?

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. November 27, 2007.
World: Ricardo Sanchez was the Iraq commander during the Abu Ghraib atrocities, and last week he gave the Dems' weekly radio address. Amy Goodman revisits how the torture policy began.

How the Neocon-Christian Right Alliance Brought Down the House of Bush

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. November 21, 2007.
World: Craig Unger shares the untold story of how a band of true believers seized the executive branch, started the Iraq war, and still imperils America’s future.

The End of America? Naomi Wolf Thinks It Could Happen

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. November 21, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: An interview with author Naomi Wolf, whose new book, "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot," may confirm your worries about democracy in America.

The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America

By Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. November 3, 2007.
Media and Technology: Susan Faludi's new book is a scathing critique of the media's response to 9/11. In the wake of the powerlessness many Americans felt on 9/11, a myth was spun.

Is Carbon Trading Just a Giveaway to Big Polluters?

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. November 1, 2007.
Environment: Congress will vote today on climate change legislation: Will it be a boon for the environment or big business?

The Catastrophic Iraq Occupation the U.S. Media Rarely Reports: Interview with Dahr Jamail

By Kevin Zeese, AlterNet. October 30, 2007.
World: "The bogus idea that if the U.S. leaves things will worsen is both inherently racist and ignorant."

The Earth's Prognosis

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 30, 2007.
Environment: One of the world's leading scientists on global warming talks about the future of the planet, its species and our energy future.

Your Privacy Is Someone Else's Profit

By Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet. October 29, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: Private companies have more control over our personal information than we do, as the new book, iSpy: Surveillance and Power in the Interactive Era, explains.

Where Does the Right-Wing End and the Media Begin?

By Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. October 26, 2007.
Media and Technology: Economist Paul Krugman on how the right-wing media machine is destroying social progress.

I'll Have My Cosmetics with a Side of Infertility, Please

By Heather Gehlert, AlterNet. October 25, 2007.
Health and Wellness: Author Stacy Malkan reveals the dangerous truth about everyday products we put in our hair and on our skin.

Emotion Trumps Logic in the Voting Booth

By Terrence McNally, AlterNet. October 24, 2007.
All logic points to Republican losses in 2008. But logic doesn't vote -- and logic doesn't win elections.

The Future of Cities: How Sprawl and Racism are Intertwined

By Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. October 23, 2007.
Environment: Civil rights leader and environmentalist Van Jones talks about suburban sprawl, race and the future of cities.

Curveball: The Iraqi Defector the Bush Team Used to Sell the War

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 22, 2007.
World: A interview with the author of a new book on the Iraqi defector code-named "Curveball," whose made-up intelligence on Saddam's WMD programs was central to the Bush Administration's case for invasion.

Bioneers: Groundbreaking Ways to Repair the Earth

By Terrence McNally, AlterNet. October 19, 2007.
Health and Wellness: An interview with writer/filmmaker Kenny Ausubel about taking back the planet.

Michael Pollan: Americans' Unhealthy Relationship with Food

By Tom Philpott, Grist.org. October 19, 2007.
Health and Wellness: An interview with food writer Michael Pollan about food, food politics and his latest book.

Breaking the Taboo: Why We Took On the Israel Lobby

By Eric Chinski, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. October 16, 2007.
John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt explain in this interview why they decided to speak out against the close relationship between the U.S. and Israel.

Paul Krugman: Why Do Right-Wingers Mock Attempts to Care for Other People?

By Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash. October 12, 2007.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Paul Krugman talks about his new book, Conscience of a Liberal, and the almost lethal refusal among some conservatives to consider the problems of suffering of others.

Mike Farrell: MAS*H Star Takes on Cause to Stop the Death Penalty

By Christopher Moraff, Common Sense. October 12, 2007.
Media and Technology: Former M*A*S*H star Mike Farrell talks about life as a Marine, an actor and an activist in the fight to eliminate the death penalty.

The Truth Behind the Sex Trade

By Susie Bright, SusieBright.com. October 11, 2007.
Sex and Relationships: While many migrants are forced into sex work, the rescue industry's moral position has hindered their own efforts to stop it, according to a new book, Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labor Market and the Rescue Industry.

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