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'Savior Bud' Sucks Moisture From Trees for Drinking Water

By Jaymi Heimbuch, TreeHugger. October 28, 2009.
Water: This concept design, modestly called the Savior Bud, is one idea to help gather up moisture from a tree's respiratory process and create drinking water.

Glenn Beck's Bizarre Outburst Against Meatless Mondays and Vegetarians

By Kerry Trueman, AlterNet. October 28, 2009.
Media and Technology: Cheap gas and cheap chuck remain American birthrights to loopy libertarians like Beck.

Musician Jackson Browne Passionately Declines Bottled Water

By David DeFranza, Planet Green. October 28, 2009.
Water: In an industry that uses disposable products without a second thought, Jackson Browne's efforts to reduce packaged water waste are inspiring.

CIA Kept Prisoners Alive to Keep Torturing Them, Lawyer Says

By Muriel Kane, Raw Story. October 28, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Human rights lawyer John Sifton says the CIA tried to prevent detainees from dying, "which might sound humanitarian, but was kind of sickening."

FOX's Political Witch Hunt Against ACORN Exposed

By Robert Greenwald, DeFox America. October 28, 2009.
Politics: Video: Laying bare Fox News' agenda, clearly aimed at destroying the Obama administration and the progressive movement.

There's No Hope for Afghanistan If Women Aren't Involved

By Ann Jones, The Nation. October 28, 2009.
World: What happens to women in Afghanistan is not merely a "women's issue." It is the central issue of stability, development and durable peace.

Will Oregon Close the State's Only Coal-Fired Power Plant?

By Joshua Frank, AlterNet. October 28, 2009.
Environment: While outsiders may think of Oregon as a green utopia, it's undoubtedly not that groovy when it comes to the issue of coal.

How a Dysfunctional Immigration System Keeps Hard-Working Families Apart

By Meredith Higashi, Ronald Lee, Immigration Impact. October 28, 2009.
World: Those who say the status quo works just don't grasp how damaging it is to the families it tears apart.

Why Won't Obama Send Condolence Letters to the Parents of Soldiers Who Have Committed Suicide?

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 28, 2009.
World: The bereaved parents of Chancellor Keesling, a US soldier who took his own life in Iraq, wonder why the death of their son is treated differently than other mortalities.

Will Your Pension Be Wall Street's Next Casualty?

By Mark Brenner, Labor Notes. October 28, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: For years corporations have been trying to choke the life out of traditional pensions ... and they may get their wish.

Thousands March in 3-Day Showdown with Banking Industry

By Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. October 28, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Tired of bailouts and fat paychecks for those that created the economic catastrophe, marchers made clear demands to tame an out-of-control financial system.

Is the Catholic Leadership Trying to Silence Nuns?

By Maureen Fiedler, Ms. Magazine. October 27, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: The Vatican's secretive investigations of American nuns is seen by many as attempts to intimidate outspoken, liberal nuns into submission.

Tea Party Movement Returns, This Time with Much More Dangerous and Explicit Rhetoric

By Frank Schaeffer, AlterNet. October 27, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: It's not too hard to guess where talk of 'Judgement Day' can lead to in the context of a right-wing, gun-loving movement.

Anti-Immigrant Hysteria Could Block African-Americans' Access to Health-Care

By Eric Ward, Imagine 2050. October 27, 2009.
Politics: A legacy of past institutional racism: almost 10 percent of blacks may lack the proof of citizenship needed for insurance subsidies under Congress's verification scheme.

Pakistani Government Closing Schools Amid Increased Attacks

By Ashfaq Yusufzai, IPS News. October 27, 2009.
World: Between 2007 and 2009 alone, a total 188 schools for girls and 97 for boys were destroyed by the Taliban in Swat, displacing some 500,000 students.

How the Explosion of the For-Profit Career Colleges Are Swindling Students and Draining the Country's Coffers

By Danny Weil, CounterPunch. October 27, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Thanks to Bush-era policies, schools have figured out how to work the federal student aid system while at the same time selling counterfeit dreams to low-income students.

Showdown in Chicago: Protesters Rally Against Big Banks' Anti-Reform Lobbying

By Meg White, BuzzFlash. October 27, 2009.
As businesspeople wandered by, protesters young and old aired their disgust with financial institutions.

Green Supermarkets? Janitors Push the Next Wave of Healthy Workplaces

By Ngoc Nguyen, New America Media. October 27, 2009.
Health and Wellness: One of the country’s largest unions is broadening its idea of a safe and healthy workplace.

Louisiana Cooks Up a Gumbo of New Americans

By Wendy Feliz Sefsaf, Immigration Impact. October 27, 2009.
Immigration: If America is the melting pot, Louisiana is creating its own immigration Gumbo

6 Signs That the American Empire Is Coming to an Early End

By Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com. October 27, 2009.
World: The day of America's global pre-eminence is over. We must face the new global realities.

Conservatives Are Rewriting the Bible to Free It From "Liberal Bias"

By Joseph Laycock, Thomas Fabisiak, Religion Dispatches. October 27, 2009.
The new version will sing the praises of the free market and call young women "floozies" and "bimbos."

Could a High-Fat Diet Make You Healthy and Prevent Cavities?

By Tara Lohan, AlterNet. October 27, 2009.
Health and Wellness: A controversial organization promoting foods high in animal fats has some ecstatic. Others think they're whack jobs.

Urgent Action Need: We Face a National Security Threat on Coal River Mountain

By Bo Webb, AlterNet. October 26, 2009.
Take Action: As I write this, Massey Energy is poised to unleash even greater terror upon us by blasting Coal River Mountain to ashes, while our lives hover below in the balance.

Busted for Handing Out Clean Needles? Courageous Activists Pushed for Safe Access Despite Jail Time Risks

By Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. October 26, 2009.
DrugReporter: Two passionate drug reformers are looking at serious jail time for trying to save lives.

Showdown Against the Greedy Bankers in Chicago

By Rob Johnson, NewDeal 2.0. October 26, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Marchers join together in the call against banking greed and to speak out on behalf of people abused by foreclosure, subprime treachery and absurd interest rates.

Attack of the Drones? Airstrikes Won't Build a Better Future in Afghanistan

By Priya Satia, The Nation. October 26, 2009.
World: The media is enamored of high-tech, sexy-sounding airstrikes over Pakistan. They shouldn't be.

A "Dream" Student's Homeland Security Nightmare

By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez, New American Media. October 26, 2009.
Immigration: Since 2001, they’ve failed to garner the 60 votes necessary in the Senate to bring the Dream Act to a full vote.

Is the End Near for the Right-Wing's Vice Grip on U.S. Israeli Policy?

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 26, 2009.
World: Obama's national security adviser will keynote the inaugural conference of the moderate advocacy group J-Street, an alternative to Washington's hawkish Israel lobby.

Right-Wing Extremist Group on Active Military Duty?

By Rob Waters, Southern Poverty Law Center. October 26, 2009.
Extremists continue to get free military training in the U.S. armed forces.

4 Prisoners Facing Executions or Serving Extreme Jail Sentences Who Very Well May Be Innocent

By Liliana Segura, AlterNet. October 26, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Recent evidence shows that an executed Texas man was innocent. There are others who still might avoid that fate.

Can Your Diet Make You Happy?

By Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. October 26, 2009.
Health and Wellness: What you eat and how you cook it can help stave off depression. What are the best foods to eat?

After the Billionaires Plundered Alabama Town, Troops Were Called in ... Illegally

By Mark Ames, AlterNet. October 24, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: "We have to tolerate the inequality as a way to achieve greater prosperity and opportunity for all," says one Goldman Sachs adviser. But tell that to the people of Samson, Ala.

McKibben Versus Hedges' Clash of Worldviews: How Do We Solve the Environmental Crisis?

By Chris Hedges, Bill McKibben, Yes! Magazine and TruthDig. October 24, 2009.
Environment: Bill McKibben believes we must reduce our carbon emissions immediately, or else face disaster. Chris Hedges says that until we defeat corporate power, we can't address anything.

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