Why Do Conservatives Hate Freedom?
By Michael Lind / Salon
Since World War II, mainstream conservatives have opposed every expansion of personal liberty in the United States.
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Colonized by Corporations
By Chris Hedges
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5 Things That Put America to Shame
By Paul Buchheit
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5 Ways Conservatives are Destroying the Institution of Marriage
By June Carbone, Naomi Cahn
AlterNet
The Terrifying Truth About America's Obesity Epidemic
By Kerry Trueman
AlterNet


'Last Call at the Oasis': Why Time Is Running Out to Save Our Drinking Water
By Tara Lohan / AlterNet
Frankenfoods: Why Is the Gates Foundation Helping Monsanto Push Genetically Modified Food?
By Paige Aarhus / Indypendent
Micro-Power Hydro: An Energy Alternative Whose Time Is Coming
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Media Making as Participatory Democracy: Port Huron to OWS
By Josh Stearns / AlterNet
A Campus Redesign, Courtesy of the Students Who Learn There
By Rachel Cromidas / Gotham Schools

Conservative Think Tanks Launch Campaign to Turn Americans Against Wind Energy
By Suzanne Goldenberg / The Guardian
Why We Fall In Love With Bicycles: 7 Reasons to Get On And Ride
By Christine M. Grant / Sightline Institute
Future Tech: How 3D Printing Will Change the World
By Dennis Draeger / AlterNet
Productivity Doubled -- And The Middle Class Got Screwed. What Went Wrong?
By Sam Pizzigati / Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality

We Have Everything We Need Already: Community Control of Education
By Beverly Bell / Other Worlds
How I Stopped Being a Panicky Perfectionist and Embraced the Freedom of an Eco-mind
By Frances Moore Lappe / AlterNet
European People Have Rejected Austerity Madness: Will the U.S. Get the Message?
By Marshall Auerback / AlterNet

Drinking Water Under Threat: New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years
By Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica
Why Is the Conservative Brain More Fearful? The Alternate Reality Right-Wingers Inhabit Is Terrifying
By Joshua Holland / AlterNet
Ayn Rand or Jesus Christ? Conservatives Can't Have It Both Ways
By Mike Lux / Huffington Post
We're Number ... 2? Are Americans in Denial About the Country's Decline?
By Dean Baker / Nation of Change

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