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15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams

By David DeGraw, Amped Status. November 21, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Are we nearing a tipping point as rapacious elites push a heavily armed populace too far?

Naomi Klein: 'No Logo' Revisited

By Naomi Klein, Picador Press. November 21, 2009.
In the new introduction to the re-release of her classic book, 'No Logo,' Klein explores how ad culture has thrived and adapted in the past decade.

Is Right-Wing Media Hustler Trying to "Blackmail" Obama's Attorney General over ACORN Videos?

By David Edwards, Muriel Kane, Raw Story. November 21, 2009.
Media and Technology: Andew Breitbart appears to be threatening to release more ACORN smear videos to avoid a serious DOJ investigation.

The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

By Tara Lohan, AlterNet. November 21, 2009.
Water: Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.

Army Sends Mom to Afghanistan, Infant to Protective Services

By Dahr Jamail, AlterNet. November 21, 2009.
World: "This would do irreparable harm to her child. I think they are doing this to punish her."

Maddow: Anti-Muslim 'McCarthyism' Making Us Less Safe

By David Edwards, Raw Story. November 20, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Wave of prejudice among Republican politicians may actually be frustrating anti-terrorism efforts Maddow says.

New Right-Wing Craze: Using Bible Quote to Pray That Obama’s 'Days Be Few'

By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress. November 20, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: A new slogan is making its way onto t-shirts and even teddy bears: 'Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8,' which reads, 'Let his days be few; and let another take his office.”

Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectuals Did

By Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. November 20, 2009.
World: Reagan was inspirational, but to claim he defeated Communism is a disservice to the millions of Eastern Europeans who struggled against great odds for their freedom.

Pharmaceutical Giant Paid $500,000 to Psychiatrist Who Used Chicago's Poor as Guinea Pigs

By Christina Jewett and Sam Roe, ProPublica. November 20, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Dr. Michael Reinstein reaped a cool half million off his patients' misery.

Economic Crisis Is Getting Bloody -- Violent Deaths Are Now Following Evictions, Foreclosures and Job Losses

By Nick Turse, AlterNet. November 20, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Despite ever rosier economic predictions and a surging stock market, the body count from the economic crisis is destined only to grow in the weeks and months ahead.

8 Steps Obama Could Take to Save Food

By Robyn O'Brien, AlterNet. November 19, 2009.
Health and Wellness: No longer are our families guaranteed a healthy livelihood, not in the face of the current rates of cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimers and allergies. We need a new food system.

Is Obama's Latest Agriculture Nominee a Textbook Pesticide-Pusher?

By Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones. November 19, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Obama recently tapped as chief agricultural negotiator for the office of the US Trade Representative a senior executive from one of the pesticide industry's main trade groups.

Organizers Fire up Grassroots for Immigration Reform Fight Ahead

By Marcelo Ballve, AlterNet. November 19, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Organizers are putting together a series of “house parties” after the White House said it was preparing to push Congress on immigration reform early in 2010.

Iraq Throws Obama a Curve Ball, Key 2010 Elections in Peril

By Raed Jarrar, Erik Leaver, AlterNet. November 19, 2009.
World: Obama has muddied the waters in his response to the current election crisis.

Forty Years After Its First Episode, Sesame Street Is Still Saving the World

By Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. November 19, 2009.
Politics: Thanks to lots of research (and, of course, to Jim Henson's genius), Sesame Street continues to aid in early childhood development.

Rachel Maddow Interview with Former Evangelist Frank Schaeffer: Christian Right Is 'Trolling for Assassins'

AlterNet. November 19, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Schaeffer: "There is a crazy fringe [receiving] messages that have been pouring out of FOX News ... talking about doing away with Obama, asking God to kill him."

Do Yearly Mammograms Save Women's Lives?

By Naomi Freundlich, Health Beat. November 19, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Controversial new recommendations on breast cancer prevention have caused a stir in the women's health community. But do yearly mammograms really change death rates?

How Limousine Liberals, Water Oligarchs and Even Sean Hannity Are Hijacking Our Water Supply

By Yasha Levine, AlterNet. November 19, 2009.
Water: A group of water oligarchs engineered a disastrous privatization scheme to make a fortune out of California's most precious natural resource.

Modern Life Is Probably Screwed by Peak Oil, But It's Not Too Late to Avoid Mass Starvation

By George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. November 19, 2009.
Food: The challenge of feeding 7 or 8 billion people while oil supplies are falling is stupefying. It'll be even greater if governments keep pretending that it isn't going to happen.

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

By Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. November 18, 2009.
Environment: The overall plan is much more ambitious in scope and depth than anticipated.

Thanks to GM, People Are Being Displaced So Their Forests Can Become Offsets for SUVs

By Mark Schapiro, Mother Jones. November 18, 2009.
Environment: Should we focus on industries paying to preserve distant trees rather than reducing emissions closer to home? It's the question of the day in Washington and Copenhagen.

Mystery of World's Worst Mass Arsenic Poisoning Finally Solved

AFP. November 18, 2009.
Water: The culprit are tens of thousands of man-made ponds excavated to provide soil for flood protection.

Fresh Food From Small Spaces: A Beginner's Guide to Urban Farming

By Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 18, 2009.
Food: You don't need a red barn and rolling wheat fields. Urbanites, too, can grow their own food indoors, in cramped spaces, and without access to land! For real.

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By Don Hazen, AlterNet. November 18, 2009.
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An Inside Look at Nepotism and Corruption in Karzai's Afghanistan

By Pratap Chatterjee, Tomdispatch.com. November 18, 2009.
World: An eye-opening inside look at how the system of nepotism and corruption in Afghanistan actually works.

Still No Justice for Priests in Notorious El Salvador Massacre 20 Years Later

By Norman Stockwell, AlterNet. November 18, 2009.
World: In 1989, six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter, were brutally murdered in El Salvador. Two decades later, the extent of U.S. complicity remains largely unspoken.

Anti-Abortion Group to Protest Palin

By Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones Online. November 18, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: To liberals, she epitomizes the anti-choice far right of the GOP. But to American Right to Life, Sarah Palin is not pure enough.

U.S. Christian Right Activists Pushing Death Penalty for Homosexuals in Poor African State

By Christi van der Westhuizen, IPS News. November 18, 2009.
World: Some believe a slew of new, homophobic laws are an attempt to preserve Uganda's shaky patriarchy.

U.S. Immigration Policies: Still Racist After All These Years

By Michelle Chen, ColorLines RaceWire. November 18, 2009.
Immigration: We can argue about the nuances of immigration reform all we want. But the real conversation begins when -- and only when -- we acknowledge elements of structural racism.

A Year After the 2008 Election Galvanized Young Voters and Organizers, Where Are They Now?

By Elizabeth Méndez Berry, The Nation. November 17, 2009.
Politics: Getting to the bottom of who the "Yes We Can" generation really is.

When It’s Crunch Time at College, Students Turn to Adderall

By Erik Hayden, Miller-McCune.com. November 17, 2009.
DrugReporter: Can ADHD stimulants like Adderall be the answer for college students looking to increase academic performance? They think so.

NYC 9/11 Trial Will Shine the Lights on the Roots of Terrorism

By Ray McGovern, Consortium News. November 17, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: As Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other alleged 9/11 conspirators go to trial, the corporate media's embargo on the truth about the Bush years will be under great strain.

An Open Letter to Harry Reid: Here's How to Cut Health Care Costs

By Robert B. Reich, Robert Reich's Blog. November 17, 2009.
Politics: Nobody said this would be easy. But passing the health reform that America deserves involves a little political muscle.

For 12-Year-Old Without an Arm, Insurance Has Run Out

By Danielle Ivory, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. November 17, 2009.
Health and Wellness: 12 year old Benjamin French lives in one of 33 states where insurance companies are allowed to set annual and lifetime caps on prosthetic coverage.

Why Can't Prosecutors Even Come Close to Taking Down Wall Street Thugs?

By Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. November 17, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: As the big bank bonus grab shifts into overdrive, doing "God's work" has never seemed so lucrative.

Supremes Hear Case Hinging on Immigrants' Right to Get Cases Reviewed in Fed Courts

By Beth Werlin, Immigration Impact. November 17, 2009.
Immigration: The case may hinge on a technical matter, but the case highlights an important legal principle.

Is BPA, a Chemical Commonly Found in Food Containers, Ruining Your Sex Life?

By Elaine Shannon, AlterNet. November 17, 2009.
Food: Erectile dysfunction and ejaculation problems were two side effects in a recent study of men exposed to high levels of bisphenol A, or BPA.

Does Racism Drive Opposition to Health Reform?

By Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. November 17, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: In a recent study, prejudiced people were more likely to support the health plan when it was linked to Bill Clinton, than when it was linked to Obama.

What Makes a Young Person Embrace Death and Murder? Former Jihadists Speak Out

By Johann Hari, Independent UK. November 17, 2009.
World: Former radical Islamists share their tales of why they turned to extremism, and why they repented.

Why Won't Obama Give You a Job?

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 17, 2009.
Politics: Wall Street's raking in massive profits and paying its execs and traders record bonuses, thanks in part to government cash. What about ordinary Americans?

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