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Nightmare on Wall Street: Washington Can't Bail out the Sea of Red Ink

By Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. July 22, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Author Bill Greider explains to Moyers that the magic of the "free market" is coming to a close.

Tides Brings Visionaries Together to Contemplate the Progressive Future

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. July 17, 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.

The Dark Side: Jane Mayer on How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals

By Eric Umansky, ProPublica. July 17, 2008.
War on Iraq: The investigative reporter who connected the dots on detention, rendition and torture, discusses her new book, The Dark Side.

Naomi Klein: Bush Sees Crises in Fuel, Food, Housing and Banking as Chance to Exploit Us More

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. July 16, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: People are desperate for solutions but instead they're handed policies that don't solve the crises, and are highly profitable for corporations.

Jim Hightower on Pot -- Sharing His Thoughts on Pot, That Is

Marijuana Policy Project. July 14, 2008.
DrugReporter: "The powers that be like to play games, and Marijuana is a nice diversion." (Video)

Israel Bars UN Human Rights Watchdog From Occupied Territories

By Linda Mamoun, The Nation. July 11, 2008.
ForeignPolicy: An interview with Richard Falk.

Michael Pollan on What's Wrong with Environmentalism

By Kate Cheney Davidson, Yale Environment 360. July 8, 2008.
Environment: Michael Pollan talks about biofuels and the food crisis, the glories of grass-fed beef, and how environmentalists should think about sustainability.

Zeitgeist Films: The Only Woman-Run Film Distribution Company Celebrates 20th Anniversary

By Melissa Silverstein, Women & Hollywood. June 27, 2008.
Movie Mix: Founders Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo talk about how to thrive in the indie film world.

Anti-War Soldier Jonathan Hutto: People, Not Politicians, Will End the War in Iraq

By Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 25, 2008.
War on Iraq: The author of Antiwar Soldier discusses the GI movement, the election and why "the military needs racism" to fight its wars.

Jeremy Scahill: Blackwater is Still in Charge, Deadly, Above the Law and Out of Control

By Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet. June 19, 2008.
War on Iraq: Think Blackwater's days are numbered? Think again. Jeremy Scahill explains why its slaughter of Iraqis has not stopped the notorious mercenary firm.

How to Know if Your Water Is Safe to Drink

By Tara Lohan, AlterNet. June 4, 2008.
Water: Author Elizabeth Royte talks about problems with bottled water, the safety of tap, concerns with drugs in the water and whether filters really work.

McMafia: The New Face of Organized Crime

By Sandip Roy, New America Media. May 30, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: If the idea of organized crime makes you think of The Sopranos or The Godfather, think again. The mob has had a makeover.

New Film Gives Glimpse of Our Water Future in 2035

By Prabhakar Deshpande, India Water Portal. May 27, 2008.
Water: A fictional look at how humanity copes when things are coming down to the last drops of water.

Sexpot Virgins: The Media's Sexualization of Young Girls

By Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. May 24, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: Professor M. Gigi Durham discusses the corporate media's sexual objectification of girls and how to help young women fight regressive media messages.

Gus Puryear: Bush's Latest Dangerous Court Nominee

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. May 22, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: An interview with author Silja Talvi about her AlterNet investigative report on Gus Puryear, a Bush court nominee with a villainous past.

Water: Conflict or Resolution in China, Tibet and Darfur?

By J. Carl Ganter, Huffington Post. May 20, 2008.
Water: Will water be a source of conflict or resolution? A leading thinker discusses how this is playing out in Africa and Asia.

John Cusack: Outsourced Warfare Represents a "Radical, Dangerous, Disgusting Ideology"

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 19, 2008.
War on Iraq: An interview with Cusack about his latest film, War Inc., which takes the outsourcing of military operations to the absurd.

Howard Zinn: Anarchism Shouldn't Be a Dirty Word

By Ziga Vodovnik, CounterPunch. May 17, 2008.
Democracy and Elections: In this interview, Zinn explains why anarchism is often ridiculed as violent and chaotic.

Vandana Shiva: Why We Face Both Food and Water Crises

By Maria Armoudian, Ankine Aghassian, AlterNet. May 15, 2008.
Water: The world-renowned activist reminds people that corporation-friendly economic schemes got us into this mess in the first place.

Arianna Huffington Storms NYC With New Book, Skewering McCain as a 'Pandering Pawn of the Right'

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. May 15, 2008.
War on Iraq: Huffington blasts corporate media and lampoons McCain. She tells all in an interview with Grit TV's Laura Flanders and AlterNet's Don Hazen.

The Cards Are Stacked Against Mothers in America -- Here's How We Can Fix It

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. May 10, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Joan Blades, founder of MomsRising.org, discusses bias against mothers in the workplace and the "mommy wars." (with video)

Let's Talk About Sex

By Bonnie Zylbergold, American Sexuality Magazine. May 8, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: A health educator uses hip-hop to talk to girls about gender and sexuality.

Evangelical Doctor Touts Better Health Care Plan Than Clinton, Obama

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. May 6, 2008.
Health and Wellness: Unlike Clinton or Obama, Dr. Rocky White, an Evangelical from a conservative background, is promoting a single-payer health care system.

Using Higher Ed.'s $340 Billion in Endowments to Make the World a Better Place

By Don Hazen, Jan Frel, AlterNet. May 5, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Morgan Simon of the Responsible Endowment Coalition is helping student activists across the U.S. leverage their school endowments.

Ignore the Youth Vote at Your Own Peril

By Matisse Bustos Hawkes, AlterNet. May 2, 2008.
Election 2008: Mike Connery on why progressive leaders should stop lamenting 'youth apathy' and start engaging the most diverse, tolerant, generation in history.

Cruising the Cubicles: The Do's and Don'ts of Office Romance

American Sexuality Magazine. April 29, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen on finding and managing romantic relationships in the workplace.

Survival Guide for Life in a Sexist Society

By Jill Filipovic, AlterNet. April 25, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Amanda Marcotte, author of It's a Jungle Out There, tells you how to fight modern-day misogyny and have fun at the same time. Excerpt follows.

'Bonk' Tells Us Some Amazing Things About Sex

By Don Hazen, Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. April 24, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: Author Mary Roach on why you're lucky that you're not a rhesus monkey and other interesting tidbits from scientific sex research.

Economist Fears Historic Loss of Assets for Minorities

By Sandip Roy, New American Media. April 19, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: A warning that the current economic downturn could lead to the greatest loss of assets for communities of color that's ever happened.

Poland's Painful Past

By Vera von Kreutzbruck, The Women's International Perspective. April 18, 2008.
Movie Mix: Legendary Polish director Andrzej Wajda talks about the Katyn massacre.

Private Security Firm Spied on Environmental Groups for Corporate Clients

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. April 15, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: A private security firm infiltrated environmental groups, collected their phone records and confidential internal documents.

Pras Michel on Skid Row

By Katie Halper, AlterNet. April 12, 2008.
Movie Mix: Pras Michel went undercover in LA's Skid Row to experience first-hand the hardships faced by homeless people.

Pollan: Nutrition 'Science' Has Hijacked Our Meals -- and Our Health

By Terrence McNally, AlterNet. April 3, 2008.
Health and Wellness: Much of what lines supermarket aisles is not food. It's merely foodlike, and it's making us sick.

The Hypocrisy Gospel: Get Rich for Jesus?

Americans United for Separation of Church and State. April 2, 2008.
How the religious right uses the 'prosperity gospel' to win foot soldiers and continue its culture war.

Women Rise Up to Tackle the Water Crisis

By Rhyen Coombs, World Pulse. April 1, 2008.
Water: How community-based women's groups are taking part in the global water movement.

Sedatives and Sex Hormones in Our Water Supply

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 25, 2008.
Water: An AP journalist who helped lead an frightening investigative report considers the dangers posed to the country's drinking water.

What the Government Doesn't Want You To Know About Global Warming

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 24, 2008.
Environment: Famed NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen tells the depressing story of government censorship of years of impeccable research.

How Generation X Got the Shaft But Can Still Keep Everything From Sucking

By Helaine Olen, AlterNet. March 22, 2008.
Gen X'ers don't deserve their slacker reputation, argues the author of X Saves the World. After all, they can boast Google and Barack Obama.

How the Boomers Transformed Sex

American Sexuality Magazine. March 18, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: Richard Croker, author of the "Boomer Century," discusses the impact of 1960s and '70s sexual rebellion.

System of a Down's Serj Tankian Sings of Hope and Utter Despair

By Rose Aguilar, AlterNet. March 11, 2008.
Media and Technology: The former lead singer of System of a Down shares his feelings of hope, inspiration and utter dejection about our current state of affairs.

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