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Human rights and civil liberties. |
In Stunning Ruling, D.C. Judge Orders Release of Five Gitmo Prisoners Center for Constitutional Rights In a courtroom out of the public eye, and with prisoners allowed only limited access to the proceedings, the judge still found no reason to hold them. |
Memo to Obama: Closing Guantanamo Can't Wait Andy Worthington, AlterNet Obama Victory Brings "Racist Rats Out of the Woodwork" Hannah Strange, The Times of London UK |
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Coverage of America's war with Iraq. |
Theater of War: Portrait of a Homeland Security State [Photo Slideshow Included] Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet A new book by the award-winning photojournalist Nina Berman probes how the U.S. homeland security apparatus stokes fantasies about war. |
Iraqis Pour into Street to Protest U.S. Security "Agreement" Middle East Online U.S. Government to U.S. Mercenaries: Say Goodbye to Immunity in Iraq Middle East Online |
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From climate change to medical news. |
How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth Herve Kempf, Chelsea Green Publishing There is an emergency. In less than a decade we will have to change course, but there are a few major obstacles blocking the way. |
Obama Promises "New Chapter" in Climate Leadership Eoin O'Carroll, Christian Science Monitor Did Greenhouse Gases Cause the Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction? Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Christian Science Monitor |
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Critical perspectives on our media-driven world |
Glenn Beck Wonders Why He's Resented as a Bigot Steve Rendall, FAIR It takes an angry truck driver who threatened the hate-spewing host to wonder, "Is this who we've become?" |
The Time Has Come to Create a Real 'Liberal Media' Robert Parry, Consortium News Are Pentagon Nerds Developing Packs of Man-Hunting Killer Robots? Scott Thill, AlterNet |
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News from the front lines of the drug war. |
Beaten, Tortured and Sentenced 25-to-Life for Minor Drug Offense Randy Credico, Huffington Post Enough is enough. It's time to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws, a 36-year failed experiment in racism, injustice and government waste. |
The Prospects for Drug Reform in Obama's Washington Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle Vancouver's Radical Approach to Drugs: Let Junkies Be Junkies Vince Beiser, Miller-McCune Magazine |
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Home of The Alternative Movie Awards. |
Honeytrap Lies and Women Spies Rosie White, American Sexuality Magazine Female spies have been the subject of cultural fascination since Mata Hari, but the realities they face are quite different from fiction. |
Jesus Politics: Religion in the 2008 Election Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters Landmark Films About the Fight for Racial Equality John Farr, Huffington Post |
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Special coverage of labor and the workplace. |
I'm an American Worker and I'm Tired of Getting Screwed Rick Kepler, TruthOut.org The American worker doesn't want a handout. Never did. We do want a hand up from our government. |
The Dirty Secret of the Financial Crisis: Our Banking System's Broken William Greider, The Nation China Scrambles to Stave Off Economic Meltdown Antoaneta Bezlova, IPS News |
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Covering election theft, voting rights, money and politics, and political reform. |
Consensus Builds for Universal Voter Registration Project Vote, Experts and media call for sweeping reform of how voter registration is conducted in America. |
Alaska Poised to Elect Democrat Mark Begich to Senate Scott Rafferty, AlterNet The Invisible Election Heather Gerken, Election Law Blog |
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AlterNet's coverage of the 2008 election. |
Obama's Latino Mandate Steve Cobble, Joe Velasquez, The Nation Latinos backed Obama by a 2-to-1 margin on election day and could be the biggest force behind a longterm, center-left political realignment. |
Why Prop 8 Passed in California: The Myth of the Black/Gay Divide Sherry Wolf, CounterPunch Hey Barack, Don't Forget: "You Gotta Dance With Them What Brung Ya" Don Hazen, AlterNet |
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From health care policy to fitness and nutrition. |
This Week in Health Lindsay Beyerstein, The Media Consortium A roundup of this week's best independent, progressive reporting on health. |
"Cure" for AIDS Stumbled Upon? Todd Heywood, RH Reality Check How to Provide Healthcare for All Kids Donna Norton, Huffington Post |
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The latest headlines on immigration issues. |
Border Fence to Carve up Nature Reserve Enrique Gili, IPS News The Wall is being constructed over the objections of communities living near the border. |
Obama and the End of White Elite Politics Laura Carlsen, Foreign Policy in Focus Immigration Reform Under Obama Likely To Be Piecemeal Marcelo Ballve, New America Media |
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Coverage concerning women's rights, reproductive health and education, gender, race, sexuality and more. |
Where Are the Female Arnold Schwarzeneggers? Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group Unlike Ah-nold, no woman will ever burst into high political office without a lick of experience. And women with credentials don't fare much better. |
What Obama Should Do for Women Adrianne Appel, IPS News Thin Is the New Miserable Stephanie Losee, AlterNet |
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Coverage concerning the global water crisis, including public water protection, conservation, pollution, bottled water, drought and dams. |
The Tide Is Changing on Bottled Water Wendy Williams, Prairie Writers Circle It used to be chic to be seen at the gym with expensive bottled water. Now, the plastic throw-aways are a no-no. |
Industry and EPA Collaborated to Hide the Truth about How Natural Gas Drilling Is Threatening Drinking Water Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Offshore Drilling in Alaska: Obama Must Slow the Rush Margaret Williams, Yale Environment 360 |
