Stories by Don Hazen
Don Hazen is the executive editor of AlterNet.
From Bush's oil hoax to the New Yorker's sorry attempt at satire, our Zeitgeist list tracks the progressive issues of the week.
Posted on Jul 18, 2008
With its one-of-a-kind "Momentum" conference, Tides is tapping the progressive community's brightest minds to tackle the nation's biggest challenges.
Posted on Jul 17, 2008
This week's
New Yorker cover image of the Obamas is shocking in the racism and gross stereotyping that is built into its supposed satire.
Posted on Jul 14, 2008
A pilot feature of AlterNet on key questions of the day -- is Obama really tacking to the center, and why gas is so damn pricey.
Posted on Jul 8, 2008
AlterNet is stepping up to help make sure elections are fair and all votes are counted in November. But we need your help.
Posted on Jun 9, 2008
The enormous popularity of progressive authors like Scahill bodes well for the election.
Posted on Jun 3, 2008
Huffington blasts corporate media and lampoons McCain. She tells all in an interview with Grit TV's Laura Flanders and AlterNet's Don Hazen.
Posted on May 15, 2008
Joan Blades, founder of MomsRising.org, discusses bias against mothers in the workplace and the "mommy wars."
(with video)Posted on May 10, 2008
Morgan Simon of the Responsible Endowment Coalition is helping student activists across the U.S. leverage their school endowments.
Posted on May 5, 2008
Author Mary Roach on why you're lucky that you're not a rhesus monkey and other interesting tidbits from scientific sex research.
Posted on Apr 24, 2008
We have five kickass titles rolling off the presses over the next five months. We intend to rattle a few cages.
Posted on Apr 2, 2008
Change is in the air. Help AlterNet ensure that progressive values and vision don't get left behind.
Posted on Mar 13, 2008
Book experts, AlterNet staff and readers weighed in. Here are the groundbreakers that stood out from the crowd.
Posted on Jan 31, 2008
After New Hampshire, voters will have a month for a second look at the top candidates.
Posted on Jan 9, 2008
Check out our fun new design.
Posted on Dec 12, 2007
An interview with author Naomi Wolf, whose new book, "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot," may confirm your worries about democracy in America.
Posted on Nov 21, 2007
Giuliani did nothing to improve the New York City Fire Department's radio performance for seven years after the 1993 World Trade Center attack.
Posted on Nov 1, 2007
From video games to historical art, and from sexual repression to violence against women, AlterNet readers have a lot to say about porn. Here's the first in a two-part series.
Posted on Sep 27, 2007
Mainstream porn has come up with more ways than ever to humiliate and degrade women. Why then, is porn more popular? Includes an excerpt from Robert Jensen's new book, Getting Off.
Posted on Sep 22, 2007
Matt Bai's new book,
The Argument, pits Washington insiders against the progressive rebellion for control of the Democratic Party, but he's spent too much time inside the Beltway to get the story right.
Posted on Aug 21, 2007
DiCaprio's
11th Hour is a powerful documentary that makes the case that our way of life is totally at odds with the sustainability of our planet. But the film needs the Hollywood star to draw a lot more publicity to it.
Posted on Aug 19, 2007
This summer, at a time when the media is dominated by bombastic male voices, New York City's Culture Project's multidisciplined festival of women voices provides a welcome antidote.
Posted on Jun 20, 2007
The irony here is that many Black voters despise Fox, in particular its coverage of racial issues.
Posted on May 30, 2007
Moore's new film, debuting in Cannes this May, tackles the failures of the U.S. health care system and includes a segment where 9/11 rescue workers visit Cuba for treatment they couldn't get in America.
Posted on Apr 23, 2007
Tired of the war in Iraq, broken elections and crushing debt? Here's one way you can help.
Posted on Apr 11, 2007
A concerted campaign might be able to turn enough heat on Imus's corporate bosses and send the radio shock jock to the sidelines.
Posted on Apr 9, 2007
The Edwards campaign explains, "there's just no reason for Democrats to give Fox a platform to advance the right-wing agenda while pretending they're objective."
Posted on Apr 7, 2007
10 questions for MoveOn.org's co-founders Wes Boyd and Joan Blades about the recent progressive debate over how Democrats in Congress approached stopping the war in Iraq and their plans for the future.
Posted on Mar 30, 2007
But Coulter is unlikely to go away because "she provides an outlet ... for the twisted psychological impulses and truly hateful face that drives the entire pro-Bush, right-wing spectacle."
Posted on Mar 3, 2007
The "Sliming Bowl" is well under way, and Fox's influence is too big -- and too damaging -- to ignore. Can the progressive Internet media and blogosphere bring it down? Plus: A Brand New Video!
Posted on Feb 22, 2007
On the eve of the Media Reform Conference in Memphis, a new book by Jeffrey Chester documents the corporate media's behind-the-scenes efforts to transform our online media system into a powerful marketing machine. Media reformers and elected officials, please pay attention.
Posted on Jan 11, 2007
A New Year, Saddam Hussein is dead, but nothing has changed in Iraq. It is time to take it up another notch to end the brutal occupation and bring the troops home.
Posted on Jan 2, 2007
An invitation to support AlterNet's coverage of the impeachment campaign, plus a collection of important reader responses to Tim Dickinson's article 'So You Want to Impeach.'
Posted on Nov 17, 2006
SEIU President Andy Stern is optimistic about improving life for the middle class -- and improving our economy at the same time. His new book suggests how it can happen.
Posted on Nov 2, 2006
Progressive Democrats are saying, "We need to get people to the polls in large numbers, win big and protect the vote counting to make sure that the congressional elections are not stolen on Nov. 7."
Posted on Oct 30, 2006
AlterNet readers had some heated opinions about the Madonna adoption debacle -- here are some of them.
Posted on Oct 26, 2006
Bush's Stupidity... and Arrogance, 9/11, and that Dennis O'Leary video, all devoured by you.
Posted on Oct 4, 2006
FAIR co-founder, media critic and former Fox News commentator Jeff Cohen explains the importance of independent media and what it'll take to outfox Rupert Murdoch.
Posted on Sep 19, 2006
A new must-see film offers an unvarinished look at the dark truths about life for American soldiers in Iraq.
Posted on Sep 18, 2006
Robert Greenwald's new film and AlterNet's ongoing coverage of war profiteering document shocking truths about corruption and the war on Iraq.
Posted on Sep 5, 2006
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