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Stop Being a Narcissist -- It's Time to Quit Facebook

By Carmen Joy King, Adbusters. October 13, 2008.
Election 2008: In the end, what does all this online, arms-length self-promotion ultimately provide?

GOP Attacks on ACORN Are Based on the Fear of 1.3 Million New Voters

AlterNet. October 13, 2008.
Election 2008: Jesse Jackson Jr, Steven Rosenfeld, Digby and Marc Ambinder on the GOP's race-baiting and smear job against ACORN's massive registration efforts.

Not My Financial Crisis -- I've Got Literally Nothing to Lose

By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. October 13, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Like most people I know in their 20s and 30s, it takes a stretch of the imagination to understand that I have a stake in the national economy.

Financial Meltdown 101

By Arun Gupta, Indypendent. October 13, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Everything you ever wanted to know about the biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression but were afraid to ask.

Financial Crisis Is Highly Unlikely in China

By Ying Zhao, AlterNet. October 13, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: As the financial crisis in the United States spreads around the world, China appears to be safe.

Maybe Now People Will Take Their Votes More Seriously

By Bob Herbert, The New York Times. October 12, 2008.
Election 2008: For the nitwits who vote for the man or woman they'd most like to have over for dinner, I suggest you take a look at how well your 401(k) is doing.

From Gitmo to the U.S.: How 17 Uighur Prisoners Could Be Let Into the United States

By Andy Worthington, AlterNet. October 11, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: The story behind last week's stunning ruling on the fate of 17 Uighur prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

McCain's Erratic Health Strategy: Now He's Slashing Medicare

By RJ Eskow, Huffington Post. October 11, 2008.
Health and Wellness: When a candidate suddenly, almost whimsically changes the way he proposes to handle $1.3 trillion, it's time to get nervous.

Troopergate Investigator: Palin 'Unlawfully Abused Her Authority'

AlterNet. October 11, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: The news isn't good for the Republican vice presidential nominee -- and is an unpleasant reminder of the power abuses of the Bush years.

Troopergate: Palin's Abuse of Power -- A Lawyer's View

By oregondem, Daily Kos. October 11, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: Cut through the legal language, and the abuse of power is as bad as anything we've seen in the Bush era.

The Woman Who Could Have Prevented This Financial Mess Was Silenced by Greenspan, Rubin and Summers

By Katrina vanden Heuvel, TheNation.com. October 11, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: A sad tale emerges of willfully arrogant behavior designed to undermine a wise woman's good judgment.

Recession? Depression? How Deep, How Far and What Can Be Done?

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 11, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: A survey of what some of the best thinkers believe we're facing in the coming months and years -- and the best ways to prevent complete disaster.

Why It's Not that Fun to Laugh at Sarah Palin Anymore

By Doug Kreeger, AlterNet. October 11, 2008.
Election 2008: Now that Sarah Palin is playing the role of pit-bull with lipstick, it has taken all the fun out of this election.

Voter Election Guide to Human Rights and Civil Liberties

AlterNet. October 11, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: Find out how the candidates compare on a range of issues from torture to wrongful convictions.

Memo to GOP: Minority Homeowners Did Not Cause Wall St. Meltdown

By David Swanson, After Downing Street. October 10, 2008.
Democracy and Elections: ACORN has decidedly moved past the stage of being ignored and even the stage of being laughed at. ACORN is now being attacked. Next comes victory.

Medical Research Recession: Funding Flatlined for Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's

By Rick Weiss, Science Progress. October 10, 2008.
Health and Wellness: The Wall Street bailout cost $700 billion. The entire National Institutes of Health budget is less than $30 billion -- and sinking.

'Prayer Warriors' Battle to Pass Gay Marriage Bans

By John Ireland, In These Times. October 10, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: And they have more money and support than you think.

U.S. Needs to Take in More Iraqi Refugees

By Zainab Mineeia, IPS News. October 10, 2008.
War on Iraq: The U.S. has "met its target" of letting in 12,000 Iraqi refugees in fiscal 2008 -- but there are 90,000 Iraqis seeking resettlement here.

Why the GOP Is Nuts About ACORN

By Richard L. Hasen, Huffington Post. October 10, 2008.
Democracy and Elections: Attacks on ACORN appear to be part of a broader GOP strategy to shrink the number of Dem voters and sow doubts if the election turns out to be close.

LSD Cured My Headache

By Arran Frood, Independent UK. October 10, 2008.
DrugReporter: Cluster headaches cause such severe pain that some sufferers are driven to suicide. Now one man believes he's found a surprising cure.

Financial Crisis: Deep Down, We All Knew This Was Coming

By Robert Bryce, CounterPunch. October 10, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Given the countless warnings that came via Bush's decadent approach to government and regulation, there should be zero surprise we'd be robbed blind.

Is Health Care a "Right" or a "Moral Responsibility"?

By Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. October 10, 2008.
Health and Wellness: One thing is certain: Health care is not simply a privilege.

The Meltdown We Really Can't Afford

By Kerry Trueman, AlterNet. October 10, 2008.
Water: We are in danger of passing an extremely dangerous tipping point, with the frightening discovery of massive deposits of sub-sea methane in the Arctic.

12 New Stomach-Turning Revelations About Sarah Palin

By AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. October 10, 2008.
Election 2008: Palin has taken to smearing Obama. But it's her own record that continues to yield alarming information, undermining her skills and credibility.

Obama Talks Tough About Afghanistan; Here's What He's Really in For

By Anand Gopal, Tomdispatch.com. October 10, 2008.
War on Iraq: Afghanistan is filled with poor, jobless people who have seen their families blown up by Americans. And they're itching to get revenge.

Progressive Voter Guide to Drug Issues

AlterNet. October 10, 2008.
DrugReporter: Find out how Obama and McCain compare on everything from drug sentencing laws to drug use in politicians' personal lives.

Voter Purges Could Cause Florida-like Presidential Recounts

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 9, 2008.
Election 2008: If the November vote is close, key swing states that have been illegally rejecting voters could become recount battlegrounds like Florida.

Memo to Media: The Palin Rape-Kit Story Has Not Been 'Debunked'

By Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. October 9, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: The central, undisputed facts of Palin's actions remain hidden in plain sight for all to see. It's time for the press to take a closer look.

The One Issue All the Candidates Are Wrong On

By Simran Sethi, Huffington Post. October 9, 2008.
Election 2008: Palin and McCain have always been for it. Joe Biden was sort of against it before he was for it and Barack Obama embraces it.

Find out If Drug Reform Is on a Ballot Near You -- Voter Guide

By Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. October 9, 2008.
Election 2008: Not only are there a number of state-level initiatives, there are also a handful of initiatives at the county or municipal level.

Why Are Convicted Felons in Battleground States Being Told They Can't Vote?

By Christopher Moraff, The Philadelphia Tribune. October 9, 2008.
Democracy and Elections: In states like Pennsylvania, misinformation by public officials could lead thousands of eligible voters to stay home on November 4th.

The Stunning Costs of Keeping a Soldier's "Boots on the Ground" in Iraq

By Jon Basil Utley, Foreign Policy in Focus. October 9, 2008.
War on Iraq: It takes half a million dollars per year to maintain each sergeant in combat in Iraq.

Let's Just Say You Had $700 Billion to Spend

By Allison Stevens, Women's eNews. October 9, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: A look at what we could do instead with $700 billion to spend fixing up our world.

Can the People Who Live in Coastal Towns Ever Be Safe From Hurricanes?

By Lizzy Ratner, AlterNet. October 9, 2008.
Water: Environmental destruction is making it harder and harder to protect coastal dwellers and their communities.

Progressive Voter Guide to the Economy

AlterNet. October 9, 2008.
Election 2008: From the housing crisis to the minimum wage, a look at where the candidates stand on nine important economic issues.

Stuff White People Like

By Samhita Mukhopadhyay, The American Prospect. October 9, 2008.
What does an extremely popular blog about white culture tell us about race in America?

How T. Boone Pickens' Energy Plan Just Got Killed

By David Morris, AlterNet. October 9, 2008.
Environment: The new bailout plan passed by Congress may have put the nail in the coffin on Pickens' dangerous energy proposal.

Drug Czar Fails Spectacularly at Cutting Marijuana Consumption

By Bruce Mirken, AlterNet. October 8, 2008.
DrugReporter: This is your government on drugs.

Bradley Who? Here Comes the Obama Effect

By Daniel Okrent, Huffington Post. October 8, 2008.
Election 2008: Five reasons why Obama may be changing the electoral map for years to come.

What Part of It's An Utter Nightmare to Migrate Legally Don't You Understand?

By Diego Graglia, Feet in 2 Worlds. October 8, 2008.
Media and Technology: The legal system is dysfunctional, and that's a primary reason we have illegal immigration.

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