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	Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST The author of a study claiming liberals and atheists are smarter than conservatives and believers is called 'great idiot of social science' by prominent evolutionary biologist. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:01 -0800 This time it's not Chevron in Ecuador but Occidental Petroleum in Peru. And the local community has had enough of giveaways to corporate polluters. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:55:27 +0000 Last week, Glenn Beck introduced his listeners to a previously overlooked menace: nazi, communist Christians. You know, the ones who’ve forsaken all the worthwhile parts of religion, like sexual shaming, violence and prejudice, and embraced its most pernicious aspect: helping the needy. “I beg you, look for the words ’social justice’ or ‘economic justice’ on your [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:00:01 PST The radical right has caught fire, as broad-based anger over the past year has ignited an explosion of new extremist groups and activism across the nation. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:01 -0800 No one knows quite what to make of Colleen LaRose. But get ready to hear a lot more about "homegrown terrorism" -- and why we need more surveillance to stop it. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:39:26 +0000 My man Bernie Sanders, the “Socialist” from Vermont, has committed himself to doing what no other senator on the Hill will do. Sanders confirmed today that he will introduce a public option amendment during the health care bill reconciliation debate. Greg Sargent at the Plum Line blog, who spoke directly to the senator, explains why this could [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PST Why on earth would we assume that any currently unanswered question about physical existence would eventually turn out to be caused by God? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:55:00 GMT Last week, Glenn Beck introduced his listeners to a previously overlooked menace: nazi, communist Christians. You know, the ones who’ve forsaken all the worthwhile parts of religion, like sexual shaming, violence and prejudice, and embraced its most pernicious aspect: helping the needy. “I beg you, look for the words ’social justice’ or ‘economic justice’ on your [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:23:03 +0000 Originally posted on RaceWire By Jamilah King As the immigration reform debate heats up on Capitol Hill, right wing opponents are uping the ante with sensationalist and factually inaccurate claims. The latest? Immigration increases the country?s ecological footprint. This latest claim came as part of a new report released by Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR), an alleged front [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:00:01 PST Travel connects people with people. It helps us fit more compatibly into a shrinking world. And it inspires creative new solutions to persistent problems facing our nation. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:39:00 GMT My man Bernie Sanders, the “Socialist” from Vermont, has committed himself to doing what no other senator on the Hill will do. Sanders confirmed today that he will introduce a public option amendment during the health care bill reconciliation debate. Greg Sargent at the Plum Line blog, who spoke directly to the senator, explains why this could [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:19:37 +0000 By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO, Green For All Originally published on TheRoot.com Today the Senate Energy Committee will begin debating a weatherization bill known as Home Star that aims to make American homes more energy efficient, while creating thousands of American jobs in the process. Home Star has the potential to significantly reduce residential energy consumption, saving consumers [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:00:01 PST Although economic growth has been an important driver of human progress in the past, we in the developed world must now look elsewhere for improvements in our quality of life. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:23:00 GMT Originally posted on RaceWire By Jamilah King As the immigration reform debate heats up on Capitol Hill, right wing opponents are uping the ante with sensationalist and factually inaccurate claims. The latest? Immigration increases the country?s ecological footprint. This latest claim came as part of a new report released by Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR), an alleged front [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:16:40 +0000 A picture is worth a thousand words, right? So here’s one for you. This graphic was recently published by the Consumerist, with the few words, “This is why you’re fat.” The New York Times had a little bit more to say about the graphic, which by the way was put together by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PST Her works are treated as gospel by right-wing powerhouses like Alan Greenspan and Clarence Thomas, but Ayn Rand found early inspiration in 1920's murderer William Hickman. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:19:00 GMT By Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO, Green For All Originally published on TheRoot.com Today the Senate Energy Committee will begin debating a weatherization bill known as Home Star that aims to make American homes more energy efficient, while creating thousands of American jobs in the process. Home Star has the potential to significantly reduce residential energy consumption, saving consumers [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:03:09 +0000 This post was originally published on the Washington Monthly. Of all the issues for Republicans to seize on, ethics in Congress may be the most tone-deaf of them all. In the wake of a handful of Democratic scandals, Republicans are piling on, hoping to associate Democrats with the same stink that brought down the Republican majority: corruption. [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:01 PST No one knows quite what to make of Colleen LaRose. But get ready to hear a lot more about "homegrown terrorism" -- and why we need more surveillance to stop it. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:16:00 GMT A picture is worth a thousand words, right? So here’s one for you. This graphic was recently published by the Consumerist, with the few words, “This is why you’re fat.” The New York Times had a little bit more to say about the graphic, which by the way was put together by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:45:11 +0000 In a segment on last night’s edition of MSNBC’s “Countdown,” comedian Bill Maher, host of the HBO show, “Real Time,” went to great lengths to explain how he’s not gay, but former Congressman Eric Massa, D-N.Y., probably is. Maher’s comments were made in response to guest host Lawrence O’Donnell’s sarcastic opening question to Maher: “Are [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:01 PST New Mexico lays the groundwork for other states to proactively help people being released from jail and prison to find work and truly rebuild their lives. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:03:00 GMT This post was originally published on the Washington Monthly. Of all the issues for Republicans to seize on, ethics in Congress may be the most tone-deaf of them all. In the wake of a handful of Democratic scandals, Republicans are piling on, hoping to associate Democrats with the same stink that brought down the Republican majority: corruption. [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:27:04 +0000 Yesterday, March 10, 2010, was a very busy day for educators in the South. In a bad way. First, a high school in Mississippi announced it would rather call off its annual senior dance than let two lesbians attend (according to a statement, the district?s policy requires that dates be of the opposite sex). Officials said [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST Rep. Carl Wimmer discusses his Criminal Homicide and Abortion Revisions bill and his long-term plans to overturn <i>Roe v. Wade</i>. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:45:00 GMT In a segment on last night’s edition of MSNBC’s “Countdown,” comedian Bill Maher, host of the HBO show, “Real Time,” went to great lengths to explain how he’s not gay, but former Congressman Eric Massa, D-N.Y., probably is. Maher’s comments were made in response to guest host Lawrence O’Donnell’s sarcastic opening question to Maher: “Are [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:01:45 +0000 On Wednesday’s Daily Show, Stewart delivered a pun-riddled analysis of Massa’s recent resignation before turning his sights on Glenn Beck. Beck’s interview of Massa, according to Stewart, was not a total waste of time. In fact, the right-wing pundit may have picked up a new sign-off line. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:01 PST A US resolution at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs conference could mean that governments that currently do not offer access to these drugs will sit up and take notice. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:27:00 GMT Yesterday, March 10, 2010, was a very busy day for educators in the South. In a bad way. First, a high school in Mississippi announced it would rather call off its annual senior dance than let two lesbians attend (according to a statement, the district?s policy requires that dates be of the opposite sex). Officials said [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:59:05 +0000 Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com’s Broadsheet calls out the New York Times for misrepresenting statistics in the title of their article, “Living Together First Doesn?t Make Marriage Last, Study Finds.” Clark-Flory examines the statistics of said study and looks to other sources to sum up with her title “Living in sin not so bad after [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST The media complain about the explosion of illegal outdoor cultivation in our national parks, but have zero diagnosis about why it's happening. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:01:00 GMT On Wednesday’s Daily Show, Stewart delivered a pun-riddled analysis of Massa’s recent resignation before turning his sights on Glenn Beck. Beck’s interview of Massa, according to Stewart, was not a total waste of time. In fact, the right-wing pundit may have picked up a new sign-off line. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:01 PST Lawmakers have a chance to learn from the failures of marijuana prohibition and respond to K2 with enlightened policy. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:59:00 GMT Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com’s Broadsheet calls out the New York Times for misrepresenting statistics in the title of their article, “Living Together First Doesn?t Make Marriage Last, Study Finds.” Clark-Flory examines the statistics of said study and looks to other sources to sum up with her title “Living in sin not so bad after [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST Imagine the Senate with no C-SPAN, no journalists, no public sessions, no transcripts, no voting records, and no accountability -- that's boardroom elections. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:32:00 GMT Written by Gina Crosley-Corcoran for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. Gina agreed to write from the NIH VBAC conference for RH Reality Check as an advocate, a writer and a valued voice in birth activism. For more coverage of the conference, please visit Gina’s coverage on her site The Feminist [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST The Obama-ites seem incapable of firm stands. They excite us by boldly addressing our economic woes. But when it comes time to follow through -- it's droopsville. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:01 -0800 Wednesday marked the first major congressional debate about U.S. military operations in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion. Where was the press? Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:01 PST Have Democrats abandoned the fight for an agency to protect consumers from the financial shenanigans of credit card companies? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:00:01 -0800 New Mexico lays the groundwork for other states to proactively help people being released from jail and prison to find work and truly rebuild their lives. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:00:01 PST This time it's not Chevron in Ecuador but Occidental Petroleum in Peru. And the local community has had enough of giveaways to corporate polluters. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:02:00 GMT I finished my teaching for the quarter today. After leaving class I went into the bathroom. What did I see? A fifth of Jack Daniels sitting used, spent, and helpless in the toilet. Is there any better metaphor for the state of higher education with its listless anti-intellectual students, the [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:01 PST They are supporting a system they know will lead to ecocide, because more revenue will run through their accounts, for a while, as the collapse occurs. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0800 Imagine the Senate with no C-SPAN, no journalists, no public sessions, no transcripts, no voting records, and no accountability -- that's boardroom elections. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:01 PST We've almost certainly crossed a dire threshold. According to some scientists, we're destroying 10,000 times faster than creatures can adapt. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0800 Democrats are served better by picking a fight with the GOP over immigration rather than running from one. Latinos nationwide are young, growing and increasingly ready to vote. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:01 PST A new web site helps consumers figure out where their dairy products originated. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0800 The Tea Party that worships Sarah Palin and screams for Barack Obama's birth certificate doesn't merit comparison to positive social movements of the 1960s. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:01 PST Amflora, a GM potato, will be harvested for starch, not human consumption. But critics say it could still harm the environment. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0800 Rep. Carl Wimmer discusses his Criminal Homicide and Abortion Revisions bill and his long-term plans to overturn <i>Roe v. Wade</i>. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:00:01 PST There are eight shark species that haven't received the media attention lavished on the high-profile bluefin -- but which, in some cases, hover even closer to extinction. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0800 Super-sexualized 'prosti-tot' culture posits hotness -- as opposed to, say, math -- as a girl's highest attainable goal. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST Democrats are served better by picking a fight with the GOP over immigration rather than running from one. Latinos nationwide are young, growing and increasingly ready to vote. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0800 The Obama-ites seem incapable of firm stands. They excite us by boldly addressing our economic woes. But when it comes time to follow through -- it's droopsville. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:00:01 PST Blaming immigrants for pollution, dependence on fossil fuels, or the emissions systems on automobiles won’t fix the environment or the dysfunctional immigration system. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:15:00 GMT By Dave Belden. Crossposted from Tikkun Daily. Chris Hedges put up another vehement piece on Truthdig on Monday: ?Calling All Rebels.? Representative quotes: There are no constraints left to halt America?s slide into a totalitarian capitalism… The old game of blaming the weak and the marginal, a staple of despotic regimes, will empower the dark [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:01 PST In the battle over whether or not the “tea party tent†will include hardliner opponents of immigration and immigration reform, the rhetoric is heating up. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:00 GMT This post was originally published on No More Mister Nice Blog. Responding to the complaint by Chief Justice Roberts that President Obama’s Supreme Court criticism in the State of the Union address was “troubling,” John Cole writes: When did the Republicans become such whiners? Was it always this way, because right now the entire party seems to be [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST At first it seemed Obama was on track to make good on his campaign promise of halting military commissions. Instead, he's reviving the same system he once abhorred. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:01 -0800 A new web site helps consumers figure out where their dairy products originated. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:00:01 PST Is the administration ignoring the potential financial fallout of its plans for a nuclear expansion? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:57:00 GMT This post was published on the Booman Tribune. Which shall it be first? Oh, heck let’s go with the bad news, because that will make the good news all the more impressive: WASHINGTON — Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.The [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:00:01 PST In the past 8 years, the U.S. has allocated $51 billion to rebuild Afghanistan. But tracking that money sometimes seems as challenging as finding the leaders of the Taliban. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:12:00 GMT When I’ve had a particularly long day, all I want to do is go home and unwind. Comedy helps. And nothing is more darkly hilarious than watching Glenn Beck whip around his studio, drawing conspiratorial chicken-scratch on his whiteboard. And now I get to be part of it myself. As part of a new campaign jointly [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST Michael Pollan and friends reveal the food industry's darkest secrets in 'Food Inc.' and Japan's ongoing dolphin slaughter is exposed in 'The Cove.' Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:01 -0800 We've gotta stop doing business with the enemy. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST We need to ensure a longer list of women at next year's Oscars - there's a long road ahead, and loads of work to be done. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:01 -0800 It's time to kick profit-seeking private student lenders out of the loaning process. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:00:01 PST The Internet has opened up the past and made it fungible with a few keystrokes. The offended know it's physically easy to change a story online. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:49:00 GMT I can already imagine the onslaught of criticism: Obama is no different than Bush. Obama has buckled under even the slightest pressure from the right. Just look at the case of civilian trials for terror suspects. Just look at his administration’s unwillingness to prosecute Bush-era officials. Just look at his failure to close Guantanamo Bay. His efforts to appease the Republicans [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST The Tea Party that worships Sarah Palin and screams for Barack Obama's birth certificate doesn't merit comparison to positive social movements of the 1960s. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:00 GMT This post was originally published on the Daily Kos. I’m loving the new and aggressive labor approach to primaries. As health care reform enters its do-or-die stage in Congress, union leaders on Tuesday began threatening that they will work to ‘take out’ Democratic lawmakers who vote against the bill [...] In a series of conversations with the Huffington [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:00:01 PST Backtracking on accusations of being forced to resign House seat, former Rep. Eric Massa frustrated Glenn Beck in an interview that promised dirt on Dems but delivered none. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:23:00 GMT This post was originally published on Think Progress. Last week, officials ?at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School, acting at the direction of the Archdiocese of Denver,? decided to not re-enroll two unnamed children because their parents were lesbians. Following fierce protests of the decision, the Archbishop of Denver has written an op-ed where he says the [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:01 PST The outcome of the battle for health-care reform may rest on the say-so of one man, Rep. Bart Stupak. But he's got an army of Catholic bishops pulling his strings. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:01 -0800 The Academy liked this Iraq film for being "apolitical." In fact it's the opposite: an endorsement of the politically chauvinistic view that the world is a stage for Americans. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:01 PST Kucinich: Insurance industry gets $70 billion dollars a year, forces people to buy private insurance, locks in five consecutive years of double-digit premium increases. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:49:00 GMT On Tuesday’s Daily Show, Stewart took on Mark Thiessen, a former Bush speechwriter who has recently lobbied against lawyers representing Guantanamo detainees. The interview’s three segments are below. Part 1: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Exclusive – Marc Thiessen Extended Interview Pt. 1 www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform Part 2: The Daily Show With [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST Epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson explains why it's equality, and not high income, that makes a society thrive. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:03:00 GMT Since the indictment of ?JihadJane? (a Pennsylvania woman named Colleen R. LaRose) was unsealed yesterday, media coverage of her case has produced more questions than answers. Indeed, although authorities have disclosed the details of LaRose?s alleged crimes – In addition to plotting the murder of a Swedish cartoonist, she?s accused of soliciting funds for terrorist [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST "Positive psychology" research indicates that the kinder you are, the more likely you are to survive -- and evolve. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:19:00 GMT UPDATE: Adam Green just confirmed that another senator has agreed to support a public option in the reconciliation package on heath-care reform, bringing the total number of public-option advocates in the Senate to 41. It’s Ben Nelson of Florida, who was famously skittish about his support for health-care reform at all last summer. Nine more [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:01 PST We must work to put an end to the harassment and violence against physicians and their patients. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:04:00 GMT Add Michael Mukasey to the list of Republican officials who have come out against Liz Cheney’s ugly ad smearing Obama’s Department of Justice lawyers as terrorist sympathizers — but don’t get too excited. The former Bush Attorney General has an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal in which he defends attorneys’ professional mandate to represent [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:01 PST It's time for Congress and the president to stop ignoring the bill's consequences for women's health coverage -- and start discussing options for averting them. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:33:00 GMT CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR…. For months, congressional Democrats have said, with varying degrees of subtlety, that they want the White House to start taking charge of the process surrounding health care reform. While the West Wing has consistently asked Hill leaders to oversee the legislative and procedural details, lawmakers wanted [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:00:01 PST Under a new bill, pregnant women who "know" that their cancer medications or other prescription medications could risk harm or cause pregnancy loss could still be arrested. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:32:00 GMT Written by Brook Kelly for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. On this Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2010, we reflect back on the past year?s work around HIV/AIDS and women in the United States. The rate of HIV among women and girls has been steadily increasing over the years, [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST Super-sexualized 'prosti-tot' culture posits hotness -- as opposed to, say, math -- as a girl's highest attainable goal. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:24:00 GMT Food politics are sweeping the United States. The local food movement, the slow food movement, all of it embodied in periodic sweeping pieces from lead guru Michael Pollan, whose writing is lush and pretty enough to make you feel the sensual pleasure he takes in his food—from procuring to cooking to eating, though rarely growing/killing. Pollan [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST According to a spate of recent articles, a new sexual conservatism is on the rise. But is it really that simple? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:45:00 GMT According to the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, U.S. and Allied forces have killed and injured more civilians than have the insurgents during Operation Moshtarak. Incredibly, the Pentagon continues to insist that this operation "protects the people." AIHRC’s Feb. 23 press release reports [h/t Josh Mull, our new Afghanistan blog fellow]: "AIHRC is concerned at the [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST The state senator arrested leaving a gay club joined a long and illustrious tradition of double-talking, double-living conservative figures. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:37:00 GMT If this level of racism, by a minority radio commentator, was directed at white people there is no way in the world he would still be broadcasting. No way period! I don?t care what people say about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. I don?t care what videos of Louis Farrakhan that Fox News drags out and [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PST People are feeling in the dumps these days, and for very good reasons. But there's hope in working together. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:01 -0800 The outcome of the battle for health-care reform may rest on the say-so of one man, Rep. Bart Stupak. But he's got an army of Catholic bishops pulling his strings. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:00:01 PST Obama gave us hope when he promised global cooperation, re-engagement with the Muslim world and respect for international law. But his actions speak another language. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0800 At first it seemed Obama was on track to make good on his campaign promise of halting military commissions. Instead, he's reviving the same system he once abhorred. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:01 PST A guide to the best ways your aid can immediately help save lives, protect the survivors and rebuild Haiti. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0800 Banking behemoths don't deserve your business. But your local credit union could be the right financial fit. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:00:01 PST Remembering the lifelong dissident and peace activist and historian, who joined many of the struggles for social justice over the past fifty years. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:00:01 -0800 Travel connects people with people. It helps us fit more compatibly into a shrinking world. And it inspires creative new solutions to persistent problems facing our nation. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:01 PST Bottled water has become so ubiquitous that even a notable critic of bottled water found one on his podium at a recent lecture at Columbia University. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:01 -0800 The author of a study claiming liberals and atheists are smarter than conservatives and believers is called 'great idiot of social science' by prominent evolutionary biologist. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:00:01 PST Water and national security may not seem at first to be interconnected. But they are-increasingly so as the global freshwater scarcity crisis deepens. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:00:01 -0800 Water and national security may not seem at first to be interconnected. But they are-increasingly so as the global freshwater scarcity crisis deepens. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:00:01 PST A water footprint label may soon be as prominent on product packaging as an Energy Star label, and with an equal amount of clout among consumers. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:00:01 PST Wednesday marked the first major congressional debate about U.S. military operations in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion. Where was the press? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:01 PST The Academy liked this Iraq film for being "apolitical." In fact it's the opposite: an endorsement of the politically chauvinistic view that the world is a stage for Americans. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:01 PST Albie Sachs lost an arm and half his eyesight and lived in exile for years, but he never lost his vision for a just and equitable society in South Africa. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)