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How to Make Marriage More Than an Arrangement of Love-less, Sexless, Domestic Drudgery

By Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. July 10, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: Marriage was designed way back when life expectancy was a couple of decades. Now we're living four times that long.

Does a Senior Obama Official Have Unseemly Ties to Notorious Human Rights Abuser Chevron?

By Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. July 10, 2009.
World: The story of this slick oil company's romance with the government has recently taken a crude twist.

What Kind of "Hope" Is Obama Offering to Latin American Countries Still Traumatized by U.S. Empire?

By Roberto Lovato, AlterNet. July 10, 2009.
World: Throughout the Americas, there exists a powerful political tradition in which esperanza (hope) is defined by the fight against U.S. domination.

Hedge Fund Would Rather Shut Down a Plant Than Pay Its Workers a Fair Wage

By Art Levine, AlterNet. July 10, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: The hedge fund "thought they could refuse to bargain with us ... break the law, tear up our contract ... and break the union."

Huron, California May not Exist in a Year

By Viji Sundaram, New America Media. July 9, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: The unemployment rate in Huron in recent months is “off the charts.”

Energy Industry Threatens Water Quality, Sways Congress With Misleading Data

By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. July 9, 2009.
Water: The industry is misleading the public into a false choice between the economy and the environment.

Summer Downsizing: 31 Ways to Jumpstart Your Local Economy

By Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. July 9, 2009.
Environment: Here's how to make more with less, put people before profits and cut down on waste.

Will G-8 Countries Move Faster on Climate Change?

By Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor. July 9, 2009.
Environment: In the post-Bush era, the major industrial nations meeting this week face pressure to set firm temperature and emission-reduction goals.

Why Silk Soy Milk's Parent Company Is Throwing American Farmers and Consumers Under the Bus

By Ari LeVaux, AlterNet. July 9, 2009.
Environment: Since Dean Foods acquired Silk it has ditched support of domestic organic farms.

Michael Jackson's Death Was Tragic, But He Was Little More Than an Icon of Mediocrity

By Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's Blog. July 9, 2009.
Media and Technology: He was not a musical genius; didn't break down racial barriers; wasn't a great dancer; didn't change American culture.

The Most Important Financial Journalist of Her Generation

By Dean Starkman, The Nation. July 9, 2009.
Media and Technology: Long before most in the business press rose to the challenge, Gretchen Morgenson was reporting that the financial sector had gone rogue.

Robert McNamara Was Never Really in Touch with His Role in Causing Atrocity in Vietnam

By Andrew Lam, New America Media. July 9, 2009.
World: "When a man confesses yet cannot connect the horror he helped unleash with his own humanity, he is not to be trusted."

Why the FBI Squelched an Investigation of a Post-9/11 Meeting Between White Supremacist and Islamic Extremists

By Mark Levine, AlterNet. July 9, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Shock: It seems the FBI cares more about protecting its illegal surveillance methods than following leads to stop terrorism.

Where Are the Burqas France Wants to Ban?

By Alecia McKenzie, IPS News. July 8, 2009.
World: Debate continues in France about whether or not to ban the concealing garment. But is anyone even wearing it?

Wake Up California, Here's What a Real Water Crisis Looks Like

By Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. July 8, 2009.
Water: Californians have very little clue about what a real water crisis looks like. It looks like what's happening in Australia.

Tell Congress You Want to Know What's in Your Bottled Water

By Kristin Urquiza, Corporate Accountability International. July 8, 2009.
Water: Congress is taking a critical step forward in regulating a product that has historically been one of the least regulated.

Obama's Radical Detention Plan Is Dangerous and Must Be Fought

By Ari Melber, Huffington Post. July 8, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Even George W. Bush, who so pushed the boundaries of executive power, never proposed a statutory scheme to hold people indefinitely.

Singapore Becomes a Model for Water Technology and Reuse

Agence France Presse. July 8, 2009.
Water: Singapore now has the capability to generate much of its own water and is well vested in recycling used water.

Michigan Citizens Win a Victory Over Nestle

By Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch. July 8, 2009.
Water: The people have prevailed in this battle for control of their water resources, but the larger fight still continues.

Wingnut Congressman Brian Bilbray's Ignorance about the Constitution and Citizenship Is Shocking

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. July 8, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: On immigration law, and his 'anchor baby' nonsense, Bibray makes Ron Paul look like a constitutional scholar.

Why Are Muslim Charities Still Being Branded as Terrorist Bankrollers?

By Willam Fisher, IPS News. July 8, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Civil rights groups are calling on President Obama to "address systemic problems" with the government's treatment of Muslim charities.

What's Really Draining State Money?

By Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. July 8, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: To become less unstable, states are going to have to first become less unequal.

Why Is a Leading Feminist Organization Lending Its Name to Support Escalation in Afghanistan?

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Mariam Rawi, AlterNet. July 8, 2009.
World: Waging war does not lead to the liberation of women anywhere -- even if you call soldiers "peacekeeping forces."

Taibbi's Scream: Stop the Political System That Has Let Goldman Sachs Fleece Us for 90 Years

By Rob Johnson, AlterNet. July 8, 2009.
The sordid story of how Goldman Sachs and Co. engineered bubbles in the economy and made a hefty profit.

It's the Right-Wingers Who Are Unloading the Harshest Critiques About Palin’s Bizarre Departure

By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. July 8, 2009.
Media and Technology: The split among conservatives over who's to blame for Palin’s early exit from the national stage is breaking out into the airwaves.

What's So Scary About Offering People the Option of a Public Health Plan?

By Dean Baker, AlterNet. July 8, 2009.
Politics: If the public plan is bad, then people will just stay with the options currently available in the private sector.

Ending Indefinite Detention is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

By Byard Duncan, AlterNet. July 8, 2009.
Take Action: It's up to us to make sure that Obama does away with this horrid Bush administration legacy.

The New Energy Bill May Create a 'Super Lobby' of Powerful Opposition

By Teryn Norris, AlterNet. July 8, 2009.
Politics: If we don't act now to strengthen the bill, it could create a "super lobby" that will diminish the possibility of achieving future reforms.

Three Reasons We Need an Economic Wake Up Call

By Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post. July 7, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Several events of the past week should be a wake-up call to the Obama administration. Bottom line: the medicine isn't working.

What's Labor's Role in Immigration Reform?

By Tiffany Ten Eyck, Labor Notes. July 7, 2009.
Politics: Tiffany Ten Eyck interviewed longtime Bay Area immigrant rights activist David Bacon about the immigration position of AFL-CIO and Change to Win.

Mississippi Pol Said to Be an Ally of Gov. Haley Barbour Addresses Infamous Racist Group

By Heidi Beirich, SPLC's Hate Watch. July 7, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: State Sen. Lydia Chassaniol speaks to the CCC, and admits membership to the organization.

Forbidden Israel: Sex and the Settlers

By Ira Chernus, AlterNet. July 7, 2009.
World: If the Israeli government and courts were adhering strictly to the law, the settlers would have been gone long ago.

Promise Keepers: Christian Men's Movement Making a Comeback?

By Bill Berkowitz, AlterNet. July 7, 2009.
The Promise Keepers -- a conservative men's group -- is focusing on women, the poor and Jews.

Will Bottled Water Companies Suck the Great Lakes Dry?

By Dave Dempsey, AlterNet. July 6, 2009.
Water: A loophole in a recent interstate compact leaves the door open for bottled water companies to take what they wish.

Sub-prime Redux? Wall Street Banksters to Trade California IOUs

AlterNet. July 6, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Will buyers downplay the risks inherent in California's debt?

Under Obama, Like Bush, Immigrant Suspects Face Injustice

The New York Times. July 6, 2009.
Immigration: Judge: “detainees in D.H.S. custody are dying as a result of the substandard conditions.”

Time for Jews To Abandon the Old Foundation Myth of Israel?

By Ira Chernus, Religion Dispatches. July 6, 2009.
World: Israel must abandon its myth of unquestionable benevolence if there's to be any hope for peace.

Wildfires Are Linked to Global Warming -- But Media Obscure the Relationship

By Sam Kornell, Miller-McCune Magazine. July 6, 2009.
Environment: As climate change intensifies, wildfires are going to increase in the U.S. Publicizing the link could help drive home the danger of global warming.

Unemployed and on the Verge of Losing Everything: "I Don't Know How I'll Make It"

By Rachel Neumann, AlterNet. July 6, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Luz Guerra has already lost her job. Now she might lose her car, her home and her health insurance.

High Noon in Honduras

By Laura Carlsen, AlterNet. July 4, 2009.
World: The drama in Honduras has moved from the small, impoverished country to the international stage.

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