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We Must Stop Ignoring the Role of Population in Our Water Problems

By Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. October 14, 2009.
Water: Addressing water problems comes down to three choices: increase the water supply, decrease the water demand per person, or change the number of people.

Our Media Need a Fair and Balanced Doctrine

By Brad Friedman, Commonweal Institute. October 14, 2009.
Media and Technology: Without freedom of the airwaves, there is no freedom of the press.

The Great Challenge of Our Time: Re-Creating America's Great Middle Class

By Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. October 14, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: In her final column, Cocco writes that we face "hard political tasks. But being pushed further down is harder, still. Because no one knows where the new bottom lies."

Obama Administration Accused Again of Concealing Bush-Era Crimes

By Matt Renner, TruthOut.org. October 14, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Listening in on attorney-client conversations is "unlawful and unconstitutional," according to Obama. So why is the Justice Department arguing in favor of the practice?

10 Amazing Facts About Worldwide Water Use

By Tina McCarthy, EcoSalon. October 14, 2009.
Water: Find out facts like how many million gallons per day the Tiger Woods Golf Course uses or the amount of water you can save by cutting your shower just one minute.

CNN Can't Have It Both Ways: It Can Either Broadcast Hateful Lou Dobbs or Have a Latino Audience

By Roberto Lovato, AlterNet. October 14, 2009.
Media and Technology: Latinos across America are intensely concerned about CNN's hypocrisy: Broadcasting Dobbs' anti-immigrant extremism while running a Latinos in America special series.

Ridiculous Study Blames Feminism for Non-Existent 'Happiness Gap' Between Men and Women

By Barbara Ehrenreich, Tomdispatch.com. October 14, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Much-discussed study claims that women are more depressed relative to men in recent decades, when it actually suggests that neither marriage nor children make women happy.

Judge Finds Abusive Gitmo Interrogations Yield False Confessions, Bad Info

By Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica. October 14, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: A judge's recently-released opinion opens a window on Gitmo's harsh interrogation techniques, and the bad intel they yield.

Working With the Victims in the Complex Struggle to Fight Sex Trafficking

By Noy Thrupkaew, The Nation. October 13, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: The Philippines suffers from a significant problem with child sex exploitation, but it also provides more fertile ground for US work on anti-trafficking.

How My Dispute with Joe Scarborough Sheds Light on the Civil War Within the GOP

By Max Blumenthal, AlterNet. October 13, 2009.
Politics: Scarborough is trying to play the part of a 'real conservative,' appalled by the GOP fringe, but he's just as unwilling to compromise with Obama's agenda.

US Coal Plants Dump Thousands of Gallons of Waste Into Drinking Water Supplies a Day

By Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. October 13, 2009.
Environment: Millions of people get their drinking water from rivers and lakes polluted by the coal industry.

Obama Vs. Rupert Murdoch: Fox News' Blatant Transition into GOP TV

By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. October 13, 2009.
Media and Technology: Fox News is now explicitly a pro-Republican channel. Now the press needs to change the way it covers Fox News.

A Little Help From Your Friends: How Common Security Clubs Can Mend Our Social Fabric

By Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. October 13, 2009.
Health and Wellness: As the activities of many are beginning to illustrate, conquering economic inequality means banding together.

Democrats Ignore Shocking Findings of Atrocities in Gaza War

By Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus. October 13, 2009.
World: Recently, the White House called an extensive, 575-page report documenting Israeli and Palestinian crimes "deeply flawed." Has American denial reached a critical mass?

Is Canada More Pro-Israel Than the United States?

By Yves Engler, CounterPunch. October 13, 2009.
World: "No other country in the world has demonstrated such full understanding of us," says Ultra-Right Wing Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman of Canada.

The Enormous Environmental Consequences of Artificially Lighting Up the Night

By Judith Stock, Miller-McCune.com. October 13, 2009.
Politics: The nighttime sky shines brighter than it did less than 10 years ago with potentially serious consequences to humans, animals and ecosystem.

Why Republicans Are in the Grip of an Apocalyptic Rapture Cult Centered on Revenge and Vindication

By Frank Schaeffer, Da Capo Press. October 13, 2009.
Politics: An excerpt from Schaeffer's soon-to-be released book, "Patience with God," gets to the root of why millions are praying for End Times.

$214 Billion in Obama's Stimulus Money Is Still Out There: 10 Ways You Can Benefit from It

By Aaron Glantz, New America Media. October 13, 2009.
Belief: There are countless government programs that give citizens access to money earmarked to boosting the economy. Here's where the money is being spent.

Step Aside McDonald's, Why Subway Has the Most Fast Food Stores in the Country

By Scott Thill, AlterNet. October 13, 2009.
Health and Wellness: What Subway's focus on being a healthy alternative to greasy junk foods says about the future of the lucrative fast-food industry.

Dick Gephardt's Fall: How a Progressive Stalwart Turned into a Spectacular Political Sellout

By Sebastian Jones, The Nation. October 13, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: As a politician, he was a champion of progressive reform. Now he lobbies for its enemies.

Obama, If You Get Afghanistan Wrong, It Could Derail Your Presidency -- Here's How to Get It Right

By William R. Polk, The Nation. October 13, 2009.
World: The U.S. can't defeat the Taliban by employing overwhelming military power.

Really Sick: If Your Partner Beats You, Insurance Companies Don't Have to Give You Coverage

By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News. October 13, 2009.
Politics: Domestic abuse victims are twice-abused when insurance companies refuse them coverage.

Going Back to the Future to Fight Climate Change

By Anil Netto, IPS News. October 12, 2009.
World: As typhoons morph the landscape, those who cultivate it are discovering new ways to succeed.

Welcome to a New Student Movement: Dispatch from a Liberated Library

By Callie Maidhof, AlterNet. October 12, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: The threat to public education in California may make headlines as far as London, but there can be no doubt that California is but a canary in a gold mine.

7 Big Questions for the Commission Tasked with Getting to the Bottom of the Financial Crisis

By William Greider, The Nation. October 12, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Asking deeper questions about the true sources of the calamity is a first step toward developing authentic answers to the nation's predicament.

4 Supreme Court Cases That Will Say a Lot About the Direction of Our Country

By Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 12, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Would a Human Sacrifice TV Channel be protected by the First Amendment? Answers to this and other key questions will be answered.

Bill Moyers: Was the Financial Bailout Just a Slick, Friendly Takeover of the Federal Government?

By Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. October 12, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Moyers interviews Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a hero of Michael Moore's latest documentary, and former IMF head Simon Johnson on Wall Street's purchase of our democracy.

Warning: Eating Meat May Cause Sickness, Paralysis and Death

By Tom Laskawy, Grist.org. October 12, 2009.
Health and Wellness: This year almost half a million pounds of E. coli infected beef have been recalled and sadly the government is far more concerned with protecting companies than public health.

Possible Major Speed Bump on the Way to Legal Marijuana

By Stephen Webster, Raw Story. October 11, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: In spite of a law on California books for over a decade allowing sales of pot, L.A. DA Steve Cooley suddenly announces, "The time is right to deal with this problem."

Why Was a Lightweight Montana Senator on the Finance Committee Tasked to Take on Health Care Reform?

By Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. October 10, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Entrusting Baucus with the heavy job of shepherding health care reform through the upper chamber is like asking Tweety Bird to lift a bowling ball.

Why Conservatives Are Really Afraid of a Black President

By Jonathan L. Walton, Religion Dispatches. October 10, 2009.
Politics: The president reminds Glenn Beck, and those who identify with his white neo-nationalism, of the lie of their own professed superiority.

Governor Schwarzenegger Holds California Hostage to Peripheral Canal Water Bond

By Dan Bacher, AlterNet. October 9, 2009.
Water: Schwarzenegger said he wants a water bill package including a peripheral canal and dams on his desk by Friday night before he will act on 700 bills awaiting his signature.

Why Obama Has No Business Trying War in the Nuclear-Armed Powder Keg of Pakistan

By Fred Branfman, Truthdig. October 9, 2009.
World: The U.S. has even less control over events in Pakistan than it does in Afghanistan -- Obama's really playing with fire here.

Michael Moore Debates Himself Over Obama Winning the Nobel Peace Prize

By Michael Moore, AlterNet. October 9, 2009.
Moore originally wrote that Obama had to "earn" his Nobel, but his wife pushed him to reflect on his knee-jerk response.

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize, His "Extraordinary" Diplomatic Efforts Cited

By Stephen Webster, Raw Story. October 9, 2009.
Politics: Nobel committee praises "Obama's vision and work for a world without nuclear weapons," saying he created "a new climate in international politics."

Change We Can Believe in: NY's Rockefeller Drug Law Reform Takes Effect

By Gabriel Sayegh, AlterNet. October 9, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Jail for drug offenses is no longer mandatory in New York: judges can send people suffering from addiction into a range of programs, such as treatment and mental health services.

Michael Moore Was Right: Progressives Don't Watch Enough TV

By Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. October 9, 2009.
Media and Technology: Why TV is ground zero for understanding American culture -- the 9 best shows on air that you should be watching.

"Tired, Strained, Confused" -- Why U.S. Troops Have Hit the Breaking Point in Afghanistan

By Martin Fletcher, The London Times. October 9, 2009.
World: American soldiers serving in Afghanistan are depressed and deeply disillusioned, according to the chaplains of two US battalions in Afghanistan.

Wacky Congresswoman Thinks Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh Are the Voices of America -- Who Is She Kidding?

By John Nichols, The Nation. October 9, 2009.
Politics: Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann argues that Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck are the new voices not just of the GOP but of America. Good luck with that.

Columbia Medical School's 200 Dirty Little Secrets

By Jeanne Lenzer, Shannon Brownlee, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. October 9, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Despite potentially deadly side-effects, doctors at Columbia submitted patients to a controversial drug study, then tried to cover it up.

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