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Our government is waging a war against science, endangering millions of lives in the U.S. and beyond.
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Large numbers of middle-class people are mad, really mad, about the damage Bush-league conservatism has done to the country.
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This year's slate of Oscar nominations shows Americans are drawn to entertainment depicting the lonely future we're desperate to avoid.
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The lack of strategy for her campaign after Super Tuesday belies her belief that this was supposed to be a coronation.
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The lack of strategy for her campaign after Super Tuesday belies her belief that this was supposed to be a coronation.
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This year's slate of Oscar nominations shows Americans are drawn to entertainment depicting the lonely future we're desperate to avoid.
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Will he taint the Tonys next?
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An effort is under way to save one of the most important water sources for California's residents.
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Bush and Maliki have been moving forward with negotiations on the terms of their long-term 'cooperation' agreement.
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"If you're going to dress like a cop and act like a cop, then you should be considered a cop."
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O'Reilly should be fired for using the word "lynching" in the context of a rant about Michelle Obama, despite his faux apology.
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We are, of course, but a new book on animal cruelty will make your jaw drop about how vicious humans can be to other animals.
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New questions surround the highest ranking officer to die in Iraq.
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All of a sudden, DC establishment figures care about "international law" when it suits their interests in Kosovo.
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All of a sudden, DC establishment figures care about "international law" when it suits their interests in Kosovo.
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O'Reilly should be fired for using the word "lynching" in the context of a rant about Michelle Obama, despite his faux apology.
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We are, of course, but a new book on animal cruelty will make your jaw drop about how vicious humans can be to other animals.
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New questions surround the highest ranking officer to die in Iraq.
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All of a sudden, DC establishment figures care about "international law" when it suits their interests in Kosovo.
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All of a sudden, DC establishment figures care about "international law" when it suits their interests in Kosovo.
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Ohio's primary will play a central role in determining the Democratic presidential nominee. Let's make sure we do it right.
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Alex Gibney's Oscar-nominated film documents the Bush Administration's reckless disregard for human rights and the rule of law.
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The truth is that he's the DC lobbyists' loyal lapdog.
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The truth is that he's the DC lobbyists' loyal lapdog.
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As the Democratic party becomes increasingly pro-gun, not even campus bloodshed grabs the candidates' attention.
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As the Democratic party becomes increasingly pro-gun, not even campus bloodshed grabs the candidates' attention.
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Big Coal is against the ropes -- from Kansas to Wall Street.
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How have we we affected the oceans? The results are in.
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The anti-immigrant movement pushes racist policies and ideals in order to promote larger white families and smaller black and brown ones.
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Shrewdly, Barack Obama is promising to transform trade policies so that they do not encourage outsourcing.
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Shrewdly, Barack Obama is promising to transform trade policies so that they do not encourage outsourcing.
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Why is everyone so surprised by McCain's connections to lobbyists? His current campaign chair is none other than uber-lobbyist Rick Davis.
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The price tag of health care for the uninsured is over $40 billion. Maintaining a market-driven system will only drive that bill higher.
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Do right-wingers not know where babies come from, or is there more to the story?
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At a time when the Bush Administration holds "enemy combatants" without charge, we have a lot to learn from history.
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Pot isn't illegal because the paper industry is afraid of competing with hemp -- it's because of racism and the culture wars.
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The Cuban people have suffered under an arrogant and idealistic revolutionary whose vision floundered on the rocks of cynical U.S. foreign policy.
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Men need more birth control options, not negative assumptions and ugly stereotypes.
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Pollan's new book, In Defense of Food, is a scathing indictment of the food industry and a call for the return to unprocessed food.
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McKinnon, the media mastermind who helped launch Bush into office, says he won't attack Obama.
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Obama wins in Wisconsin, drawing voters from Clinton's base.
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AlterNet readers had a lot to say about Mark Ames' controversial article on the recent murders at NIU. Here is a cross-section of responses.
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If we look past their bland pronouncements on the campaign trail, it becomes clear that Clinton and Obama have widely divergent views on Cuba.
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If we look past their bland pronouncements on the campaign trail, it becomes clear that Clinton and Obama have widely divergent views on Cuba.
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Pollan's new book, In Defense of Food, is a scathing indictment of the food industry and a call for the return to unprocessed food.
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Buyouts, incompetent leadership, and a lack of reader support have all but destroyed Chicago's newspaper industry.
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Even if we spent as much money on space exploration as we do on war, funding a mission to Mars would not solve any of our problems.
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The FDNY will now be on the lookout for "material or behavior that may indicate terrorist activities" during their day-to-day work.
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The FDNY will now be on the lookout for "material or behavior that may indicate terrorist activities" during their day-to-day work.
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The media have Britney in the bipolar spotlight. But what's it really like to live with this disorder?
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The answer to our economic and energy crises is a strong green jobs program. So where is the political will?
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Suharto was no ordinary thug. He was a business-minded one.
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Despite the talk of progress, Iraq remains a nightmare.
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Corporate interests are savvy at bringing about incremental policy changes with far-reaching consequences.
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The significance of getting married has changed dramatically in recent decades. When will our views of single people catch up?
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In an era of corporate-led "globalization," U.S. factories are competing by trimming workers and wages.
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Bolivian officials say Washington is trying to destabilize and even topple their democratic government.
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Bolivian officials say Washington is trying to destabilize and even topple their democratic government.
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The media and political establishments keep floating the idea of Michael Bloomberg's candidacy, showing just how much change frightens the status quo.
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The media and political establishments keep floating the idea of Michael Bloomberg's candidacy, showing just how much change frightens the status quo.
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Bracket this massacre as the work of a lunatic on drugs, and you miss the chance to consider the horrors of life in middle America.
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When Americans vote for "change," what they're really saying is, "Get us out of here!"
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Six countries talk peace while preparing for war.
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It's a whale of a tale: Japan's claim that the whaling industry serves a scientific purpose is hypocritical and ridiculous.
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It's a whale of a tale: Japan's claim that the whaling industry serves a scientific purpose is hypocritical and ridiculous.
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I like Clinton as a person. But I don't vote based on whether I'd like to have a beer with a candidate.
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Drought-stricken Georgia is eyeing a stretch of the Tennessee River that has long been part of a border feud.
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Hey, GOP, that's quite a Noise Machine you've constructed. Now good luck trying to dismantle it.
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Hey, GOP, that's quite a Noise Machine you've constructed. Now good luck trying to dismantle it.
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The former POW embraces extreme interrogation techniques.
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The former POW embraces extreme interrogation techniques.
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Iranian women's rights activists are working to stop stoning in their country. It's time for us to hep them.
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Life in Iraq, the Pentagon boasts, is returning to normal. But the truth is a very different story.
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Life in Iraq, the Pentagon boasts, is returning to normal. But the truth is a very different story.
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Former UN chief weapons inspector Scott Ritter warns that another war is inevitable, unless we defy Bush's attempts to spin the facts about Iran.
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Thanks to Bush's new cuts on public funding for land-grant schools, agribusiness is gaining a huge foothold in the future of our food.
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George Bush winks at indiscriminate killings, further tarring the reputation of the U.S. military.
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A "stimulus" package only works for ordinary, business-cycle downturns. But this is no ordinary recession.
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Economic populism is the ticket.
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Let's be blunt. A government ban on the n-word does little to combat racism, poverty and oppression.
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A "stimulus" package only works for ordinary, business-cycle downturns. But this is no ordinary recession.
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Economic populism is the ticket.
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Thanks to Bush's new cuts on public funding for land-grant schools, agribusiness is gaining a huge foothold in the future of our food.
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Former UN chief weapons inspector Scott Ritter warns that another war is inevitable, unless we defy Bush's attempts to spin the facts about Iran.
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Let's be blunt. A government ban on the n-word does little to combat racism, poverty and oppression.
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George Bush winks at indiscriminate killings, further tarring the reputation of the U.S. military.
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Blinded by hatred for Hillary, the Right has not paid much attention to Obama. That will quickly change if he gets the nomination.
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The most difficult fix for the Clinton campaign? Figuring out how to get the candidate's husband to shut the hell up.
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"Safe Sex or No Sex" shirts are deemed inappropriate enough to merit suspension, but lying to teens in sex ed class is a billion-dollar industry.
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As the Dem primary campaign moves to states like Wisconsin and Ohio, America's hollow economy takes center stage.
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The media pounced on his admitted love of weed and coke but did little to investigate the prescription drugs that did him in.
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Maude Barlow's new book about the water crisis is a call to arms to protect a fundamental human right.
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Clearly, what's good for big oil isn't good for most Americans. So why are the interests of oil companies mistaken for those of the nation?
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The War on Drugs leads to an explosion of female incarcerations.
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Seven principles that could offer a new model of American power -- one that inspires and mobilizes other nations to work with us.
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Sorry Obama, Black America is not "90 percent of the way" to equality.
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Ohio and Texas could be make-it-or-break-it.
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Ohio and Texas could be make-it-or-break-it.
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Seven principles that could offer a new model of American power -- one that inspires and mobilizes other nations to work with us.
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Getting plastered can only hide other problems for so long.
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Getting plastered can only hide other problems for so long.
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The public has been denied important information on the link between pollution and health problems including lung, colon and breast cancer.
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I hate Facebook and I'm not afraid to say why.
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I hate Facebook and I'm not afraid to say why.
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Fear not global warming, peak oil, polluted air and water -- big business will take care of everything.
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Giving Starbucks coffee to prisoners is no substitute for a clean trial.
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The surrender isn't working!
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Yes, but it involves a new generation of biofuels that are an environmental disaster.
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Yes, but it involves a new generation of biofuels that are an environmental disaster.
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The straight-shooting John McCain people fell in love with in 2000 is no more.
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The straight-shooting John McCain people fell in love with in 2000 is no more.
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The straight-shooting John McCain people fell in love with in 2000 is no more.
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The international community must support Kenyan women, promote peace and send a message that sexual assault will not be tolerated.
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Christian extremists are preaching a war against tolerance to target and persecute all Muslims, including the 6 million who live in the U.S.
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Changing public opinion about pot isn't easy. Changing America's anti-pot laws is even harder -- here's a blueprint to get it done.
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The famous critic lays out the emerging alternatives to the U.S.-dominated international financial institutions of the last century.
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In the beginning, the government just collected fingerprints -- now they want eye scans and a host of other biometrics. Where will it stop?
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My brother Rahm is a Dem superdelegate. I love my brother, and I trust him. But I stopped letting my brother dictate my life when we were kids.
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Changing public opinion about pot isn't easy. Changing America's anti-pot laws is even harder -- here's a blueprint to get it done.
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The famous critic lays out the emerging alternatives to the U.S.-dominated international financial institutions of the last century.
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In the beginning, the government just collected fingerprints -- now they want eye scans and a host of other biometrics. Where will it stop?
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The refugee crisis is working!
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