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Instant Sex: Has the Digital Age Destroyed Relationships or Made Them Better?

By Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. November 7, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: Digitally-enabled mating culture has opened up the mate-finding process while also generating a whole new set of dating anxieties.

10 of the Nuttiest Statements Elected Officials Have Made in the Health Care Battle

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 7, 2009.
Politics: Wild, over-the-top rhetoric and bizarre conspiracy theories about health reform aren't just coming from the right-wing blogs and talk-radio loudmouths.

Stop U.S. Meddling; Support Afghan Women at the Table

By Jodie Evans, CODEPINK Women for Peace: Action Blog. November 6, 2009.
World: Meddling in Afghanistan’s elections and U.S. failure at every turn to deliver security and justice is increasing the potency of the Taliban.

Former Worker's Confession: "I Was Hired to Stand in the Way of Health Care Reform"

By Robert Greenwald, Sick for Profit. November 5, 2009.
Politics: Hi, I'm Andy Cobb and I did all the damage I could being a spokesjerk for Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Republicans and Democrats Come Together to Launch Unprecedented Attack on International Law

By Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. November 5, 2009.
Politics: This is George W. Bush's foreign policy legacy, which — through this resolution — the Democrats, no less than their Republican counterparts, have now eagerly embraced.

What If You and Your Neighbors Owned Your Local Sports Teams?

By Roy Ulrich, AlterNet. November 4, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Sports franchises shouldn't necessarily be in the hands of private parties.

Who Is Stealing California's Water?

By Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. November 4, 2009.
Water: We must stop pretending that water is free and unlimited, available to anyone who can put a siphon in a river or drill another groundwater well.

A Broken Immigration System Marks a Disastrous Failure of Government Response

By Mary Giovagnoli, Immigration Impact. November 3, 2009.
Immigration: It's a matter of priorities -- every dollar spent on the deportation iss a dollar not spent on improving immigration services and processing applications quickly and efficiently.

What You Should Be Watching For This Election

By Megan Carpentier, Air America Media. November 3, 2009.
From the battle between moderate Republicans and the teabaggers, to marriage equality legislation, there is hot political action in the voting booths this year.

Are the "New Atheists" As Bad as Christian Fundamentalists?

By Frank Schaeffer, AlterNet. November 3, 2009.
Belief: The most aggressive members of the "New Atheism" movement have quite a bit in common with religious extremists like Pat Robertson and Ted Haggard.

Who's Really Behind Organic Food Brands Like Amy's and Odwalla?

By Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. November 2, 2009.
Over the past decade many small organic food brands have been snapped up by giant corporations. Clearly, this can be bad for standards and quality.

Why It's Not Smart to Call Women Conservatives 'Whores'

By Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. November 2, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Conservative women should be strongly criticized. But using gendered language to attack them doesn't help progressives.

Putting Farm Animal Protection on the Map, One Step at a Time

By Paul Shapiro, AlterNet. October 31, 2009.
Environment: Within this decade, we've gone from 0 to 7 states having anti-cruelty laws for animals in agribusiness laws.

6 Marriage Myths Shattered: How Barack and Michelle Shun Fairy Tale Romance

By Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. October 31, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: The first couple's imperfect union helps shed light on the reality of marriage.

Glenn Beck Peddles Populism for Rich Guys

By Brad Reed, Commonweal Institute. October 31, 2009.
Politics: The Fox News shock jock weaves a tale of wealthy elites who are victims of tyrannical government hell-bent on taking their hard-earned money.

Boss Tells Latino Workers to Ditch Spanish Names -- in What World Is this Guy Living?

By Pilar Marrero, New America Media. October 31, 2009.
Immigration: According to Larry Whitman, employees who work in reception or answer phones should have names that people generally can understand or can pronounce.

Senator Sanders Unfiltered: Environment + Economy = Harmony

By Sen. Bernie SandersOctober 30, 2009.
Politics: At http://sandersunfiltered.com you can get Senator Sanders weekly 5 minute show free in your inbox

3 Silly Religious Beliefs Held By Non-Silly People

By Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. October 30, 2009.
Many of the beliefs held by religious moderates -- smart people who respect science and the separation of church and state -- are as untenable as the dogma of fundamentalists.

Right-Wingers in Congress Love Their Own Govt.-Run Health Care, But They Hate Sharing It

By Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. October 29, 2009.
Politics: Members of Congress and their families are blessed with their very own gold-plated, taxpayer-financed, Washington-run health care system.

30 Reasons Fox News Is Not Legit

By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. October 28, 2009.
Media and Technology: Fox News routinely, and blatantly, breaks the code to which ethical journalists are supposed to aspire.

What's So Scary About Michael Pollan? Why Corporate Agriculture Tried to Censor His University Speech

By Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. October 28, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Agribusiness is trying to combat Pollan's message of sustainable, healthy eating.

Is Sleeping With a Married Man Sexist?

By Mandy Van Deven, RH Reality Check. October 27, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: How does sleeping with a married man square with feminist politics?

Will People-Power Defeat the Insurance Lobby This Time Around?

By Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. October 27, 2009.
Politics: This is a case where the simple facts and persistent grassroots pressure may overcome the political power of a major industry.

Reid and Pelosi Have Delivered on the Public Option -- Now Let's Get This Done

By Mike Lux, Open Left. October 27, 2009.
Health and Wellness: In the coming weeks we will have an all-out public war with the insurance industry. It will decide whether we pass comprehensive reform or once again fall short at the bitter end.

Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann Slam Fox News Propaganda About Their Meeting with Obama

AlterNet. October 27, 2009.
Media and Technology: The commentators point out that liberals could not get an invitation to meet with President Bush to save their lives, while Obama meets with liberals and conservatives.

Our Economy Was a Scam and Now We're Dead Broke

By Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. October 27, 2009.
Politics: America is broke. And the easy credit, phantom "growth" economy has been exposed for what it was: a credit scam.

Holy Cow, Is Congress Getting Serious About Real Health Care Reform?

By Peter Dreier, The Nation. October 26, 2009.
Health and Wellness: There is still no guarantee that a progressive bill will end up on Obama's desk. But the chorus in favor of the public option is getting louder.

President Obama And Gov. Paterson Get Love For Recent Drug Policy Reforms

By Tony Newman, AlterNet. October 24, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: We are obviously a long way from elected officials being honest and principled when it comes to dismantling the disastrous drug war. But the tides seem to be turning.

More and More Boys Born With Deformed Genitals -- What's to Blame?

By Joan Melcher, Miller-McCune.com. October 23, 2009.
Environment: Scientists are casting a wide net in search of chemicals seen as likely suspects in feminization and reproductive anomalies being spotted worldwide.

What Two Super-Jocks Can Tell Us About the Disastrous War on Pot

By David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. October 23, 2009.
Politics: We have a double standard -- promoting the recreational use of alcohol and banning the similar use of marijuana.

10 TV Shows You Have to Watch to Understand the World

By Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. October 23, 2009.
The master lineup of iconic shows that shaped our pop-culture landscape.

Can Drugs Make You Love Someone You Don't?

By Josey Vogels, My Messy Bedroom. October 22, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: Research into the chemicals that control love, lust and attachment could eventually result in drugs that would make you fall in love and bond with another person.

Why Do Men Catcall?

By Ronnie Koenig, AlterNet. October 21, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: Screaming at women about their appearances reinforces some men's sense of dominance -- but it's street harassment.

Groups Rally to Stop Nestlé's Raid on Sacramento Water

By Dan Bacher, AlterNet. October 20, 2009.
Take Action: Grassroots community activists are mobilizing against the internationally boycotted corporation that is planning to bottle water in an already parched state.

Stores Peddling 'Illegal Alien' Costumes for Halloween

By Jessica Acee, Imagine 2050. October 19, 2009.
Immigration: Halloween is many things to many people, but Halloween is not an excuse to be racist, sexist, or homophobic.

8 Foods You Think Are Healthy ... But Aren't

By Sarah Irani, EcoSalon. October 19, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Processed foods, even organic and vegetarian ones, don’t provide the optimal health for our bodies.

Democrats Risk Electoral Disaster If They Drop the Public Option

By Robert Parry, Consortium News. October 19, 2009.
The public option offers the only means for a reform to be quickly implemented and to demonstrate a beneficial effect for the people by 2010 and 2012.

Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh Are Crazy -- Yet Corporate Media Legitimize Them

By Jamison Foser, Media Matters for America. October 19, 2009.
Media and Technology: When Limbaugh, Beck and Fox news are treated like legitimate players, it causes the rest of the media to run to the right.

Why Is Everyone Pretending Olympia Snowe Is so Darn Important?

By David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. October 17, 2009.
Politics: Now all of American politics is focused on this unaccomplished backbencher and whether or not she will endorse the final bill.

4 TV Series That Should Not Be Missed

By Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. October 16, 2009.
Media and Technology: Serial TV is the best way to get a mini-escape into another land, another life, another person’s head -- here are four shows that will help you understand where the country is.

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