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Human rights and civil liberties. |
Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now Jeremy Brecher, Brendan Smith, The Nation Why we can't let the Bush Administration get away with its crimes. |
Md. Police Infiltrated Groups Opposed to War and the Death Penalty Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive Why Karl Rove Should Go to Jail Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, Huffington Post |
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Coverage of America's war with Iraq. |
Spending for Spooks: The Intelligence Budget Has Increased Dramatically Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation The U.S. is currently spending between $55 and $66 billion a year on intelligence. So why can't we find Osama bin Laden? |
Bush to Speed Iraq Troop Withdrawal in to Help McCain Leonard Doyle, Independent UK "We're Going to Be Paying For This For a While": Soldiers Bring the War Home Jill Carroll, Christian Science Monitor |
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From climate change to medical news. |
Lightning Strikes: Get Used to Catastrophic Wildfires and Worse Scott Thill, AlterNet In California there were 8,000 lightning strikes in one event, and that was months before fire season. There is more of that in store across the West. |
Why Our Food Waste May Be Our Greatest Asset Ruben Anderson, The Tyee The Three Biggest Myths the Bush Administration Wants You to Believe About Offshore Drilling Faiz Shakir, The Progress Report |
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Critical perspectives on our media-driven world |
Media Coverage of Obama and McCain: "Nuts" or a "Disgrace"? Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America The Beltway press has become dysfunctional, failing to see news when it happens and hyping non-stories that require no real reporting. |
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News from the front lines of the drug war. |
Synthetic Pot as a Military Weapon? Meet the Man Who Ran the Secret Program Martin A. Lee, AlterNet Dr. James Ketchum tested a potent form of synthetic marijuana on soldiers to develop a secret weapon in the '60s. Now he's telling the tale. |
Reborn MLB Slugger Josh Hamilton Is One Lucky Former Drug Addict Anthony Papa, AlterNet Jim Hightower on Pot -- Sharing His Thoughts on Pot, That Is Marijuana Policy Project |
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Home of The Alternative Movie Awards. |
John Cusack: Bypassing the Corporate Media Joshua Holland, AlterNet Cusack's anti-war polemic, War, Inc., continues to defy expectations, despite the traditional media's dismissive reception. |
Sci-Fi Heroes Take on the System Roya Rastegar, ColorLines Will Smith's 'Hancock' Fiasco Eileen Jones, AlterNet |
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Special coverage of labor and the workplace. |
Economic Realities Are Killing Our Era of Fantasy Politics Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com Election season will be packed with horserace media distractions, but our economic situation is becoming a matter of life and death. |
The Financial Crisis Could Shake the Foundations of American Politics William Greider, TheNation.com Naomi Klein: Bush Sees Crises in Fuel, Food, Housing and Banking as Chance to Exploit Us More Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! |
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Covering election theft, voting rights, money and politics, and political reform. |
Redistricting: A Shadowy Process Needs Sunlight J. Gerald Hebert , Susan Gershon, Campaign Legal Center Blog As insiders ponder redrawing the political map, voting-rights lawyers say the process needs less secrecy and more public input. |
VA Ban on Voter Registration Drives for Injured Vets Becomes National Fight Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet Federal Judge Orders Missouri to Register Low-Income Voters Demos , Project Vote , The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, |
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AlterNet's coverage of the 2008 election. |
Memo to Obama, McCain: No One Wins in a War Howard Zinn, Boston Globe We should be asking the candidates: Is our war in Afghanistan ending terrorism, or provoking it? And is not war itself terrorism? |
Progressives Have a Big Tent at the Dem Convention Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet 10 McCain Gaffes from This Week That Should Have Damaged His Chances Max Bergmann, Huffington Post |
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From health care policy to fitness and nutrition. |
'Trans-Fats' Of The Skin Care World Shawna Robins, Huffington Post Riddled with toxins, your lotions and sunscreens may be hurting you as much as they are helping you. |
How Long Will Your Doctor Continue Accepting Private Insurance? Maggie Mahar, Health Beat High-Quality, Universal Health Care Is Possible -- With No Premiums or Deductibles Maggie Mahar, Health Beat |
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The latest headlines on immigration issues. |
Immigrant Students Face Harrassment, Racial Profiling on Campus Edwin Okong'o, New American Media Going through legal channels to study in America doesn't protect young people from racism. |
The Translator's Perspective: an Inside Account of the Biggest ICE Raid in History Erik Camayd-Freixas, New America Media Meat-Packing Giant Raided by ICE Faces Criminal Investigation Wendy Feliz Sefsaf, New America Media |
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Coverage concerning women's rights, reproductive health and education, gender, race, sexuality and more. |
The Power of the Miniskirt Molly Faulkner-Bond, Sirens Magazine In the '60s, miniskirts were positive, powerful examples of female sexuality. Overexposed starlets like Paris and Britney have tarnished that image. |
White House Tries to Define Contraception As Abortion Cristina Page, RH Reality Check The Myth of the Elective C-Section Miriam Pérez, RH Reality Check |
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Coverage concerning the global water crisis, including public water protection, conservation, pollution, bottled water, drought and dams. |
How We Can Save Our Country's Water Sarah Bates, Science Progress While some are proposing a new national water commission, others have a different idea that is less talk and more action. |
Why I Don't Flush Graham Hill, Huffington Post Will Artificial Floods Help Restoration Efforts in the Grand Canyon? Doug George, Christian Science Monitor |
