Visions

Ayn Rand Thinks He's a Parasite, But My Brother Kevin Contributes Greatly to Our Society

By Mike Lux / AlterNet

A government that helps the wealthy and powerful over the poor and disabled is a government with no decency.

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The Surprising Effect of Agriculture on Rising Sea Levels

By Shiney Varghese / Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Why Don't We Have Flying Cars? How Capitalism Steered Innovation Toward Social Control Rather Than Technological Wonders

By David Graeber / The Baffler

Why The US Military Is Leading The Charge For Green Energy

By Natalie Pompilio / YES! Magazine

How The Press Distorts The News About US Energy Security

By Jocelyn Fong / Media Matters for America

Why We Need More People Like Jennifer Livingston to Tell the World There Is More to Life Than Our Weight

Howard Zinn Turns 90: The Great Legacy of the People's Historian

Obama v. Romney: Two Radically Different Visions Of America's Future

Visions

Casinos Are Not the Future: Rebuilding Atlantic City Will Take More Than Gambling

Will Doig / Salon

Beyond Corporate Capitalism: Not So Wild a Dream

Gar Alperovitz, Thomas Hanna / The Nation

The Simple, Inexpensive Breakthrough That Is Transforming American Cities

Jay Walljasper / AlterNet

What Fires Young People's Activism? A New Study Asks Them

Rinku Sen / ColorLines

5 Issues that Divide Conservatives and the American Military

Heather Hurlburt / AlterNet

Is Job Security Real Security? Gainful Unemployment May Be A Workable Alternative

Shannon Hayes / YES! Magazine

Can't Afford A Summer Vacation? Share Your Way To An Eco-Friendly Getaway

Beth Buczynski / Shareable

Pew Poll Finds Clean Energy Is A Political Wedge Issue for Republicans

Stephen Lacey / Climate Progress

Why Don't TV Meteorologists Believe in Climate Change?

Katherine Bagley / Inside Climate News

Can Taking Public Transit Be Joyful?

Scott Carlson / Grist.org

The Clean Water Act Turns 40: Is the Law Still Protecting Our Waters?

Paul Greenberg / Yale Environment 360

Can Science Vanquish the Small-Mindedness and Bigotry of Social Conservatism?

Michael Lind / Salon

Cooperative Banking, the Exciting Wave of the Future

Ellen Brown / AlterNet

Why a Growing Movement of Young People Could Ignite a Workers' Revolution

Michelle Chen / The New Press

5 Reasons Why Obama's Attack on Bain Is Good For America

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

New Wave of Shareholder Activism Aims to Make Corporations Behave Better--Whether They Like it Or Not

Leo Gerard / AlterNet

Why Investment is the Answer to the Eurozone Crisis - Not Austerity

Mariana Mazzucato / The Guardian

Why TED Is a Massive, Money-Soaked Orgy of Self-Congratulatory Futurism

Alex Pareene / Salon

There Is a Way! Beyond the Big, Bad Corporation

Tara Lohan / AlterNet

Is Texas Waging War on History?

Katherine Stewart / Comment Is Free

How the US Press Lost its Way

Robert Parry / Consortium News

6 Absurdly Demeaning Conservative Attacks on Women

Soraya Chemaly / AlterNet

How Homeownership Has Changed in America And Why You Shouldn't Give Up on Buying

Sara Robinson / AlterNet

The Rise of the New Economy Movement

Gar Alperovitz / AlterNet

Why Mobility in America Is in the Dumpster

Tina Dupuy / TinaDupuy.com

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