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Feds Wanted Private Data on All Visitors to Liberal News Site

By Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. November 11, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: A Justice Department subpoena requesting information on visitors to an independent news site is raising serious privacy concerns.

Afghanistan Is Worse Off Than Ever, Thanks to the Sham Army We're Propping Up

By Chris Hedges, Truthdig. November 11, 2009.
World: Cultural barriers and naked corruption have rendered the Afghan National Army completely inept.

Ugly Truth: Most U.S. Kids Sentenced to Die In Prison Are Black

By Liliana Segura, AlterNet. November 11, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: The U.S. stands alone in the world in condemning thousands of juveniles to life without parole. And race is a huge factor. Will the Supreme Court even consider it?

Radioactive Wastewater in New York Raises More Concerns About Oil Drilling

By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. November 10, 2009.
Water: In a state hardly equipped to deal with such materials, drilling advocates have yet to explain where the water will go.

What Obama Is Up Against in His Own Branch of Government

By Russ Baker, TruthOut.org. November 10, 2009.
Politics: Americans harbor a quaint belief a new president takes charge of a govt. eagerly awaiting his orders. But there are huge power centers that have their own agendas.

Egyptian Marine: Soldiers Often 'Racialize' the Enemy to Cope With Stress

By Aaron Glantz, New America Media. November 10, 2009.
World: NAM Editor Aaron Glantz spoke to former Marine Corps Cpl. Dave Hassan, who served in Iraq. Hassan said that while he was there, racist language was so pervasive he used it himself.

Recent Democratic Victories May Grease the Wheels for Immigration Reform in Congress

By Marcelo Balive, New America Media. November 10, 2009.
Politics: The House's shift is modest. But it might be just what's needed to enact meaningful changes to our immigration policy.

What Can the Morass of the 1970s Tell Us About the Current Economic Crisis?

By Alejandro Reuss, Dollars and Sense. November 10, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Whether the gears of a capitalist economy mesh or not depends on the institutional framework in which capitalist companies operate.

9 Silly Things People Say When They Hear You Don't Want Kids (And Ways to Counter Them)

By Liz Langley, AlterNet. November 10, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Wanting kids isn't just the social norm, it's said to be a biological imperative, the only supposed "duh" of evolution. But yet, some of us choose not to -- and for good reason.

How the Stupak Amendment Radically Undermines Women's Rights

By Rachel Morris, Mother Jones Online. November 10, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Bart Stupak's last-minute amendment to the health care bill is even more dangerous than you think.

Who's Paying for the Recession Most of All? Young Workers

By Lizzy Ratner, The Nation. November 10, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Young people have lost 2.5 million jobs to the crisis, making them the hardest-hit age group.

10 Suicides This Year at Ft. Hood -- War Stress Is Taking Soldiers to the Brink

By Dahr Jamail, Asia Times. November 10, 2009.
World: The shooting tragedy at Fort Hood on Friday points to a much larger problem of combat stress and overdeployment in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Soda Helps Make Americans Unhealthy and Fat -- Will Soda Tax Prevail Despite Pushback by Beverage Industry?

By Christine Spolar, Joseph Eaton, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. November 10, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Soft drink makers, supermarket companies, agriculture and the fast-food business have poured millions into campaigning against taxes on sweetened beverages.

Why Max Baucus' 'No' Vote on the Climate Bill May Really Help Its Passage

By Jeff Mcmahon, True/Slant. November 9, 2009.
Environment: By appearing to oppose the bill, Baucus may be masterfully (and manipulatively) staging its passage.

Do We Really Want to Enshrine Insurance Monopoly into Law? This and 5 Other Complaints About the Health Bill

By John Nichols, The Nation. November 9, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Informed and engaged progressives aren't entirely enthusiastic about the measure. Here are some of the most serious complaints.

4 Ways the Stupak Amendment Deprives Women of Access to Abortion

By Jessica Arons, The Wonk Room. November 9, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: The health-care bill passed by the House will expand access to health care. But millions of women are about to lose coverage they currently have and need.

Study Claims Even the Most Sophisticated News Readers Can Be Manipulated

By Melinda Burns, Miller-McCune.com. November 9, 2009.
Media and Technology: Revelations from a european study effort reveal that biased news can have a "time bomb" effect.

Nobel Laureate Slams the Bible, Calls It "A Catalogue of Cruelties"

By Mario de Queiroz, IPS News. November 9, 2009.
World: The holy book is a "manual of bad morals," according to José Saramago.

Why the End May Be Coming for Coal

By Christine MacDonald, E Magazine. November 9, 2009.
Environment: Momentum is building to block new coal-fired power plants and end mountaintop removal mining. Is there enough political will to make the break?

Lies About Marijuana Drive People to a Much More Harmful Drug -- Booze

By Steve Fox, AlterNet. November 9, 2009.
DrugReporter: Anti-pot propaganda drives most people to drink alcohol instead. But booze is far more dangerous than marijuana.

Pentagon Pouring Your Money Into Afghanistan: Are They Preparing for a Very Long War?

By Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. November 9, 2009.
Forget the "debates" in Washington over Afghan War policy. Construction activity and the flow of money suggests that the Pentagon plans to be there for a long, long time.

Tea Partiers' New Hero: Ex-KGB Agent Who Thinks U.S. Will Collapse Next Year

By Nick Baumann, Mother Jones Online. November 9, 2009.
Igor Panarin warns that the U.S. will splinter into separate states controlled by foreign powers in 2010. Conservative activists think he may be on to something.

Young Conservatives Ashamed of GOP

By Alana Levinson, The Nation. November 9, 2009.
Many college-aged conservatives are turned off by the Bible-thumping intolerance of much of the Republican Party.

With Unemployment at 40 Percent, Afghan Teens Enlist in Army, Police

By Lal Aqa Sherin, IPS News. November 7, 2009.
World: In a matter of weeks, Afghanistan's boys can go from high school students, to uniformed soldiers.

New York May Stop Heartless Health Insurers from Dropping Coverage When It Stops Being Profitable

By William Ehart, Washington Times. November 7, 2009.
Health and Wellness: The proposed Ian's law, named after a victim of muscular dystrophy who requires an electronic device to speak would protect the most vulnerable from losing coverage.

What Michelle and Barack's Marriage Has in Common with 56 Million Other Ones

By Annabelle Gurwitch, AlterNet. November 7, 2009.
Politics: The first couple has tried to preserve their "date night tradition." So have my husband and I.

Obama's First Year: It Ain't No Crystal Staircase

By Robert L. Borosage, Campaign for America's Future. November 7, 2009.
Politics: Obama will increasingly have to choose -- whether to hold to his vision and raise the stakes, or compromise his vision to cut the deal.

The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America's Emerging Battle Over Food Rights

By Makenna Goodman, TreeHugger. November 7, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Because of its health benefits, many more people are turning to raw milk. But there's one hitch: Raw milk is illegal.

Why We Need Bees and More People Becoming Organic Beekeepers

By Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 6, 2009.
Environment: Bees teach us how to live our life in a way that by taking what we need from the world around us, we leave the world better than we found it.

The Victims At Fort Hood Are Casualties of War: Why Won't the Government Count Them Among the Dead?

By Aaron Glantz, New America Media. November 6, 2009.
World: Perhaps the most depressing aspect of Thursday's shoot-out at Fort Hood is that none of the people who died will be counted as casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Falwell Power Play: Jerry's Liberty University Students Grease the Partisan Political Machine in Virginia

By Joseph L. Conn, Church and State. November 6, 2009.
Politics: Falwell spent months developing the students at his university into a Republican voting bloc. But was what he did legal?

Focusing on Fort Hood Killer's Beliefs Is an Easy Out to Avoid the Deeper Reasons for the Massacre

By Mark Ames, AlterNet. November 6, 2009.
Media and Technology: That alleged killer Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is a Muslim is not enough to explain the attacks.

Claim: CIA Sent Prisoners Abroad to Be Boiled Alive and 'Raped with Broken Bottles'

By Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. November 6, 2009.
World: Former British ambassador alleges CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan.

Thousands of Right-Wingers Rally at Capitol to Hear Lies About Health Care Reform, Courtesy of Bachmann and GOP Leaders

By Adele Stan, AlterNet. November 6, 2009.
Politics: Days before a health bill is expected to pass the House, Republicans rallied their flock with the help of Fox News, Michele Bachmann and leading conservative groups.

If You Say the Taliban = 9/11 Often Enough, Maybe Someone Will Believe It?

By Greg Palast, GregPalast.com. November 6, 2009.
World: It's the latest hit from the same crew that brought you Saddam = 9/11 and its twin chant, Saddam = WMD.

Why Congress' Health Care Bills Are Better Than You Think

By Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. November 6, 2009.
Politics: The health care bills wending through Congress are getting a bad rap. And the major culprit is the Congressional Budget Office, and its chief, Doug Elmendorf.

How a Public Jobs Program Could Put America Back on Track

By Julianne Malveaux, The Progressive. November 6, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: The same nation that created a Works Progress Administration in the 1930s should create another one in the 21st century.

How an Entire Town Leveled By a Tornado Is Rebuilding Green

By Melissa Knopper, E Magazine. November 6, 2009.
Environment: While the rest of rural America is being hit hard with the economic downturn, Greensburg's emphasis on green living has given the town a buffer.

Why Natural Gas Is Not a Clean Energy Panacea

By Stan Cox, AlterNet. November 5, 2009.
Water: Natural gas is "clean" only in contrast to coal -- just as a bacon cheeseburger can only be regarded as healthful compared with a double bacon cheeseburger.

For Glenn Beck, SEIU Is 'Radical, Marxist,' Except When Its Nurses Treat Him for Emergency Abdominal Pains

By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. November 5, 2009.
Media and Technology: Beck described SEIU nurse care as "amazing" after his inflamed appendix was removed.

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