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	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:01 PDT Though Beck keeps insisting that his "Black Robe Regiment" won't be about endorsements, two members say their mission is to return to their churches and boost voter involvement. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:00:01 -0700 Food systems can be a very powerful tool for resilience. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:33:11 +0000 This post is by D. Aristophanes, and originally appeared at Sadly, No! Our widdle wingnut is all growed up! It is with some pride that we have observed the recent rise of Pamela Geller to respectable, mainstream status? after all, Sadly, No! has been covering the erstwhile Pam Atlas since at least early 2006 (and our commenters were clued in [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:00:01 PDT David Koch, billionaire backer of the Tea Party movement, says he's never been to a Tea Party event. So, what do you call the conference full of Tea Partiers he just convened? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:33:00 GMT This post is by D. Aristophanes, and originally appeared at Sadly, No! Our widdle wingnut is all growed up! It is with some pride that we have observed the recent rise of Pamela Geller to respectable, mainstream status— after all, Sadly, No! has been covering the erstwhile Pam Atlas since at least early 2006 (and our commenters were clued in [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:54:10 +0000 Astute Californians have just sent a bill to the governor’ desk and I’m really hoping he signs it. If passed, this legislation would force water bottlers to reveal exactly how much of our water they are taking. This is commonsense legislation for a state with huge water problems — after all, how can we begin [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:00:01 PDT Beck madness continues as he tries to launch another religious Great Awakening to shape American history. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:00:01 -0700 Leno demonstrates his lack of familiarity with the enormous number arrests in this country tied to marijuana. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:31:42 +0000 This post originally appeared at Media Matters. During the run-up to the Iraq war, some of the worst purveyors of misinformation about Iraq had a home at Fox News, and their ranks have swelled considerably since then. Media Matters takes a look at the track record of wrong predictions and shoddy analysis about the war in Iraq [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:01 PDT Where's the proper balance between hip and devout? Between the "natural" and the "marketed?" Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:54:00 GMT Astute Californians have just sent a bill to the governor’ desk and I’m really hoping he signs it. If passed, this legislation would force water bottlers to reveal exactly how much of our water they are taking. This is commonsense legislation for a state with huge water problems — after all, how can we begin [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:32:22 +0000 This entry was first posted on Commondreams.org. It’s easy to be skeptical about the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that have just begun. It might even be just a little bit fun. Skepticism puts you in with the in crowd – the swelling chorus of progressive pundits who predict that the talks are bound to [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:00:01 PDT The church excommunicates women priests and those who ordain them -- a punishment never once doled out to any child-abusing priest, nor the bishops who protected them. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:31:00 GMT This post originally appeared at Media Matters. During the run-up to the Iraq war, some of the worst purveyors of misinformation about Iraq had a home at Fox News, and their ranks have swelled considerably since then. Media Matters takes a look at the track record of wrong predictions and shoddy analysis about the war in Iraq [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:22:39 +0000 This post originally appeared at the Political Animal. The uproar over converting a closed Manhattan clothing store into a community center has been a little quiet this week, but disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is still full of ideas. For example, ol’ Newt now believes Congress can designate Ground Zero as “a national battlefield memorial [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:00:01 PDT Why skepticism matters -- not just in science, history and other academic pursuits, but in everyday life. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:32:00 GMT This entry was first posted on Commondreams.org. It’s easy to be skeptical about the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that have just begun. It might even be just a little bit fun. Skepticism puts you in with the in crowd – the swelling chorus of progressive pundits who predict that the talks are bound to [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:08:49 +0000 They loved him when he was prattling on about how Denver’s bike-share program was a secret UN plot (I always thought they got around in black helicopters, but what do I know?), but now that he lied about having done undercover police work, Colorado gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is becoming toxic. Denver Post (via TPM): Despite mounting [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:01 PDT Loving your country does not mean following its leaders’ orders no matter what they are. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:22:00 GMT This post originally appeared at the Political Animal. The uproar over converting a closed Manhattan clothing store into a community center has been a little quiet this week, but disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is still full of ideas. For example, ol’ Newt now believes Congress can designate Ground Zero as “a national battlefield memorial [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:14:17 +0000 Last week, I noted that several of the most prominent organizers of the ugly opposition to the Park 51 project had praised the equally ugly English Defence League (EDL), a racist far-right group in the UK that has been threatening violence for the past year. In the comments, some bigots with British accents insisted that [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:01 PDT The "debate" over global warming has never been about productive dialogue. Rather, it's an indication of our eagerness to doubt issues that threaten our very existence. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:19:00 GMT This post originally appeared at the Political Animal. The uproar over converting a closed Manhattan clothing store into a community center has been a little quiet this week, but disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is still full of ideas. For example, ol’ Newt now believes Congress can designate Ground Zero as “a national battlefield memorial [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:40:20 +0000 This report by Dean Baker supports the case that unemployment is cyclical, not structural. It originally appeared at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The unemployment rate edged up to 9.6 percent in August as the economy shed 54,000 jobs. The decline was entirely attributable to the loss of 114,000 temporary Census jobs. Excluding these [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:00:01 PDT Looking at two new books, by Thomas L. Jeffers and Benjamin Balint, on the longtime editor of Commentary and the magazine he shaped. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:08:00 GMT They loved him when he was prattling on about how Denver’s bike-share program was a secret UN plot (I always thought they got around in black helicopters, but what do I know?), but now that he lied about having done undercover police work, Colorado gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is becoming toxic. Denver Post (via TPM): Despite mounting [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:34:41 +0000 This post originally appeared at Hullabaloo. This NY Times story says that the youth vote for Democrats is dwindling because of the economy. I think this quote is very telling: ?There?s a vibe,? he said on a recent afternoon, while pumping weights at the gym. ?Right now it seems like Republicans just care a lot more [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 PDT Many files, beyond the Afghan War Diary and the 'Collateral Murder' video, continue to hide in plain sight on Wikileaks’ Web site. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:01 -0700 The Pakistani people need our help. Here's what we can do today, and how to reduce the number of future disasters. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:17:57 +0000 John Cook reports for Yahoo News that the Pentagon unearthed the names of more than 250 DoD personnel who had purchased child pornography online, but declined to investigate more than a handful. The purchases were uncovered in a larger civilian investigation conducted by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). An investigative arm of the [...] Source: AlterNet.org: Video ()

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00:01 PDT The revelations threaten to undermine the state’s case while raising serious questions about the legality of the US government’s global war on gangs. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:14:00 GMT Last week, I noted that several of the most prominent organizers of the ugly opposition to the Park 51 project had praised the equally ugly English Defence League (EDL), a racist far-right group in the UK that has been threatening violence for the past year. In the comments, some bigots with British accents insisted that [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:01 PDT A major investigation reveals the extent of America's vast and heavily privatized military-corporate-intelligence establishment. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:40:00 GMT This report by Dean Baker supports the case that unemployment is cyclical, not structural. It originally appeared at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The unemployment rate edged up to 9.6 percent in August as the economy shed 54,000 jobs. The decline was entirely attributable to the loss of 114,000 temporary Census jobs. Excluding these [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:00:01 PDT Leno demonstrates his lack of familiarity with the enormous number arrests in this country tied to marijuana. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:34:00 GMT This post originally appeared at Hullabaloo. This NY Times story says that the youth vote for Democrats is dwindling because of the economy. I think this quote is very telling: ?There?s a vibe,? he said on a recent afternoon, while pumping weights at the gym. ?Right now it seems like Republicans just care a lot more [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:00:01 PDT A new law narrows the gap in cocaine sentencing and signals a shift in priorities. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:17:00 GMT John Cook reports for Yahoo News that the Pentagon unearthed the names of more than 250 DoD personnel who had purchased child pornography online, but declined to investigate more than a handful. The purchases were uncovered in a larger civilian investigation conducted by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). An investigative arm of the [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:01 PDT A mother who lost her son to overdose writes, 'I can assure you that no matter where you live or how insulated from drugs you may feel, your family is not immune.' Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:00:01 -0700 Researches found that commercial organic farms produce more flavorful and nutritious strawberries, while leaving the soil healthier and genetically diverse. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:00:01 PDT They just want to steal our money. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:45:00 GMT When you think of dentists, you probably think of triumphalist ads for Hillary’s Clinton’s implausible 2012 presidential run. The ads usually feature pulsating symphonic music and a creepy, pastel-hued portrait of Clinton. They also run in New Orleans, despite the fact that the person funding them lives in Chicago. Is any of this ringing a [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:01 PDT We need to come up with a different approach to work. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:40:00 GMT This Labor Day feels gloomy. It?s a celebration of work when there is not enough of it, a day off when too many desperately seek a day on. America has commemorated two Labor Days since this brutal recession began near the end of George Bush?s presidency in December of 2007. Now the relentless high unemployment, the [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:01 PDT The stock market has as much to do with the real economy as the weather has to do with geology. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:59:00 GMT Do you ever feel like your possessions are holding you hostage? Or perhaps that you?ve bitten off more stuff than you can chew?  If you?ve ever suffered the pangs of financial indigestion, you may be one of the millions of Americans suffering from… lifestyle creep. What is Lifestyle Creep? Not to be confused with ?Keeping Up with [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:01 PDT Leave it to Nike to make an ad for football gear so incredibly offensive. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:44:00 GMT Written by Amie Newman for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. Live in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arizona, Missouri or Louisiana? The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) wants you to know that, with the implementation of health care reform in 2014, you will not have access to abortion coverage in your state’s [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:00:01 PDT Who knew that accepting a Facebook friend invitation could be a parole violation? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:36:00 GMT This post originally appeared on Think Progress. Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, accusing his office of refusing to turn over records since the DOJ opened its investigation into allegations of racial profiling and civil rights abuse. The DOJ ?seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against Maricopa County.? In [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:00:01 PDT A farm chemical that caused the worst known outbreak of pesticide poisoning in North America is being phased out. But why did it take so long? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 -0700 In their quest to save the country from liberals, Tea Partiers signed on to an agenda that will cause them untold pain while granting unlimited powers to corporations. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:00:01 PDT Researches found that commercial organic farms produce more flavorful and nutritious strawberries, while leaving the soil healthier and genetically diverse. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 -0700 Many files, beyond the Afghan War Diary and the 'Collateral Murder' video, continue to hide in plain sight on Wikileaks’ Web site. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:00:01 PDT Does the National School Lunch Program make children obese, or are obese children simply more likely to sign up for the program in the first place? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 -0700 Should you inject sheep embryos into your face? Slather your skin with gold? Here are some of the world's strangest beauty treatments. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:00:01 PDT Activist Ric O'Barry delivered a petition to the US Embassy in Tokyo signed by 1.7 million people from 155 countries demanding an end to the hunt. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 -0700 People in their 20s are taking longer to start careers and get married. What's going on? Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00:01 PDT The scale of last week's event was unprecedented, however, its sad and horrific details are not uncommon. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:53:00 GMT The Pentagon’s public relations machine is working overtime these days trying to sell a theme of “progress” in Afghanistan to push back against calls to end the war. The message machine behind this push is gargantuan, costing $547 million and employing more than 27,000 people. But, as our latest Rethink Afghanistan video shows, all that [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:00:01 PDT If there was ever a time for boldness, it is now, as we face record unemployment, foreclosures and a broken path to citizenship. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:04:00 GMT This post first appeared on Daily Kos. At the risk of sounding too shrill about the extremism of the Republicans nominated to run for Senate this year, let’s take a look at Alaska’s Joe Miller Washington (CNN) – Joe Miller calls President Obama “bad for America” and suggests he is leading the nation [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:00:01 PDT While there are differences in the experiences of people without papers and guest workers, some basic aspects of life are the same. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:28:00 GMT Everyone is spinning the Iraq mission’s so-called end but no one seems willing quite to accept defeat. Republicans are complaining that the president didn’t mention George W. Bush often enough in his speech announcing the end of combat operations. In fact, he did, quite a bit, and in an over-generous way, most sane people agree. [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:00:01 PDT Whistleblowers charge that instead of actively pursuing fraud, DCAA management was obsessed with signing off on as many audits as possible in the shortest period of time. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:01 -0700 The author of 'The Vagina Monologues' recently sat down with me, in the midst of her battle with uterine cancer, to discuss New Orleans and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:00:01 PDT Capture/kill teams leave a trail of dead civilian bodies and recrimination in their wake, undermining any goodwill created by U.S. reconstruction projects. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:19:00 GMT As I have mentioned on this blog before, the Environmental Protection Agency is currently holding public hearings at sites around the country to hear your input on draft regulations for the disposal of toxic coal ash. This week?s blog post comes from Sierra Student Coalition Apprentice Margaret Hoerath, who writes about an activist who [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:00:01 PDT New Orleans police officers circulated orders authorizing them to shoot looters and 'take back the city.' But who gave the order? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:55:00 GMT The masses are asses. We know this. But the level of ignorance displayed by the attendees at the “Restoring Honor” rally is shocking even by contemporary standards. It is quite clear that Glenn Beck is a master propagandist with a chilling and Svengali-like power over the lemmings of the New Right. Beck-watching is compelling (to me [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 PDT People in their 20s are taking longer to start careers and get married. What's going on? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT This post first appeared on Think Progress. The U.S. Coast Guard said this morning that a natural gas and oil drilling platform exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana. A Coast Guard spokesperson said the platform, Vermilion Oil Rig 360, is an oil and gas platform in 2,500 feet of water [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:01 PDT The show takes an interesting turn when a conservative character doesn't want to have a murderer's baby. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:27:00 GMT In last night’s Arizona gubernatorial debate, right-wing Governor Jan Brewer tried to list her accomplishments. It went poorly:Later, in an exchange about the economy, her opponent, Attorney General Terry Goddard, pointed out that Brewer’s fearmongering about violence in Arizona did not do great things for the state’s financial prospects. He then called on [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:01 PDT A look at one of the more fascinating alternate universes of belief. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:01 -0700 We need to come up with a different approach to work. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 PDT In their quest to save the country from liberals, Tea Partiers signed on to an agenda that will cause them untold pain while granting unlimited powers to corporations. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:01 -0700 The stock market has as much to do with the real economy as the weather has to do with geology. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:00:01 PDT Only moral leadership backed by actions effective communication can excite the Obama base once more. Without it, the Democrats will lose big. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:29:00 GMT This post first appeared on Open Left. I never thought we’d see a Republican Communist – and certainly not one who is the nominee for U.S. Senate in a major swing-state. But as the Wisconsin State Journal shows, in these strange time, even that seeming oxymoron now exists: U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:01 PDT To say that the American people are angry is an understatement. The only question at this point is how to mitigate the damage when the bomb detonates in November. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:16:00 GMT The details of this one are kind of sketchy, but TPM describes the story as one of a series of cases where “people who seemed to want to commit a hate crime … were either too drunk, too stupid or too disorganized to pull it off or even give a really clear idea of what [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:00:01 PDT It's confirmed: bed bugs are back. Here's what you can do about them. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00:01 -0700 The scale of last week's event was unprecedented, however, its sad and horrific details are not uncommon. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:01 PDT Things have changed. This is the post-boomer era. And these are not your parents' children. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:56:00 GMT An oil rig owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, 80 miles South of Vermilion Bay. A Coast guard officer said all 13 people on the rig were accounted for, with one sustaining injuries, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Earlier this afternoon, the Coast guard said that a mile-long [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:01 PDT Outbreaks of bed bugs, soaring in the most unexpected places -- like CNN's headquarters -- stoke some of our deepest fears. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:55:00 GMT You’ve probably caught this video of Glenn Beckapalooza attendees showing their utter cluelessness on a range of current affairs — it’s gone viral in the past few days.About halfway through, the subject of the not-a-mosque-which-isn’t-at-Ground-Zero comes up, and a fashionably attired gentleman says, in all seriousness, “I learned everything I need to know about Islam [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:01 PDT The author of 'The Vagina Monologues' recently sat down with me, in the midst of her battle with uterine cancer, to discuss New Orleans and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:00:01 -0700 Only moral leadership backed by actions effective communication can excite the Obama base once more. Without it, the Democrats will lose big. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:00:01 PDT Thanks in part to the GOP's failed policies, America is such a hard place to raise a family that many people are delaying getting married and having kids. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:30:00 GMT The mysterious, self described eco-activist who heald at least one person hostage yesterday at the Discovery Channel’s headquarters had some strange demands. Via Think Progress: Programs must be developed to find solutions to stopping ALL immigration pollution and the anchor baby filth that follows that. Find solutions to stopping it. Call for people in the world [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:00:01 PDT Thanks to the unscientific, unregulated underworld of ex-gay therapy, frauds and hacks of all stripes are getting away with any kind of therapy they can think up. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:57:00 GMT This post originally appeared on Booman Tribune. I always allow myself to get hopeful when peace talks break out on the Middle East, and my hopes are always dashed. But, there were some very fine statements made tonight at the opening dinner. They are worth a read. No doubt there [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 PDT Should you inject sheep embryos into your face? Slather your skin with gold? Here are some of the world's strangest beauty treatments. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:48:00 GMT Written by Sarah Stoesz for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty landed three punches to the people of the state this week. First he rejected federal funding for the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP), which would have provided nearly $1 million in federal funding to the state [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:01 PDT We've all had fantasies linked to oral pleasures. Now, increasing numbers of people are making those fantasies central to their sexual experience. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:34:00 GMT This post originally appeared on Think Progress. Earlier this week, when the Daily Caller asked neoconservative war hawk John Bolton if he wanted to run for president in 2012, the former (recess-appointed) U.N. ambassador wouldn?t rule out the possibility. ?You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:00:01 PDT Porn has its problems. But it can also help people discover some of their sexual needs and desires. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:43:00 GMT When candidates have to raise millions of dollars just to run a competitive campaign, they?re going to turn to wealthy donors, and the voice of the everyday American isn?t going to be heard. It?s time we take the ?for sale? sign off the Capitol lawn. We can?t afford the price we?re paying for corporate-sponsored [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:00:01 PDT "You know what's really dragging our country down? The Tea Party's selfish, misanthropic mindset." Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:01 -0700 Though Beck keeps insisting that his "Black Robe Regiment" won't be about endorsements, two members say their mission is to return to their churches and boost voter involvement. Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:01 PDT Over 10,000 protesters gathered in New York's financial district to demand financial reform. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:51:00 GMT “If we are to remain leaders in the green economy, then we have to be relentless in our pursuit of clean energy. We have to constantly evaluate all aspects of our energy footprint. Find opportunities to collaborate and partner with other companies and organizations. And as one of Nike’s long-held business maxims so aptly declares, [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:00:01 PDT Ferol Wegner wasn’t the type of person who would normally protest against the banking industry. But that was before she lost 30 percent of her pension in the economic downturn. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:22:00 GMT At the turn of the 20th Century, smoke meant jobs. When noxious fumes spewed from factory stacks, workers brought home paychecks. Industries hired. The future was bright as molten iron flowing from a blast furnace. In industrial Pittsburgh?s heyday, the smoke was so dense streetlights remained lit at noon. White collar workers changed soot-covered shirts mid-day. [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:00:01 PDT The country that started the corporate globalization experiment needs to end it. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:28:00 GMT Candidates have been in their districts, making nice to likely mid-term voters. They’re more scarce than general election voters, and typically a more polarized bunch. What if there were more of them and more low-income people, particularly women, were in the mix? In a country where 131 million people voted in the 2008 presidential election, a [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:01 PDT Shrimper Diane Wilson might be going to jail for her high-profile protests against BP. Why is she so sure it’s worth it? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:27:00 GMT The CBC Foundation does more to help itself than the disadvantaged.Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has broken the rules of ethics.I have tried to reserve judgment on the many ethics violations facing members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Two, at least, seem a bit suspect. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), a high-ranking member of the House [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:01 PDT What anemic America can learn from Europe’s export-happy engine and largest social democracy. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:57:00 GMT It’s limiting to see the billionaire Koch Brothers’ funding of arguments against big government and socialism as hypocritical in light of their pursuit of big government money and ties to socialism. “Hypocritical” is a rational conclusion, but in cases where you’re talking about business-funded ideology, it strikes me as a perspective that doesn’t generate any [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:00:01 PDT Food systems can be a very powerful tool for resilience. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:11:00 GMT This post first appeared on Think Progress. As ThinkProgress and others have reported, Koch Industries and its billionaire owners, Charles and David Koch, have played a leading role in the apparently successful effort by polluters to stymie Senate passage of comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation. Not content to simply stop progress, [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:01 PDT To keep your lawn looking as deeply green as your neighbor's, you ladle on the nitrogen fertilizer and keep the grass watered. And that's causing big problems in some areas. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:01 -0700 At the heart of these conflicts is a question the Latin American left is grappling with: what should this "other world that is possible" look like? Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:01 PDT The Pakistani people need our help. Here's what we can do today, and how to reduce the number of future disasters. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:54:00 GMT Approximately 2,837 miles from the hallowed ground of the World Trade Center, a good American’s sensitivities simply weren’t being respected: A 35-year-old Seattle man is facing assault and hate crime charges following allegations that he accosted a clerk at a Queen Anne convenience store. According to police, Brock Stainbrook derided the man as being a terrorist during [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:00:01 PDT Until we can look our soldiers in the eye and acknowledge that there was no mission, how can we genuinely welcome them home or expect them to heal? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:46:00 GMT Like almost everyone else, Alaskans don’t want Sarah Palin to run for President. From Public Policy Polling: If Sarah Palin runs for President in 2012 she can’t count on a whole lot of support back home. 62% of Alaska Republicans are opposed to her making a White House bid and she gets only [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:01 PDT At the heart of these conflicts is a question the Latin American left is grappling with: what should this "other world that is possible" look like? Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:05:00 GMT 3:45 Clearly the best FCIC hearing to date. Tough questions all around. Everybody comes out of it looking bad, bankers and regulators alike, as they should. *********************** 3:30 This hearing is full of surprises. Peter Wallison just presented a very productive set of questions to Baxter from the NY Fed. The discount window is supposed to protect against liquidity [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:00:01 PDT The Obama administration should stop demanding that Cambodians pay for the bombs used to kill so many of their fellow citizens. Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:46:00 GMT This post first appeared on Open Left. This has been a pretty weird political cycle, and I’m starting to wonder whether it is the strangest ever. There have certainly been cycles that have been more dramatic- such as the 1968 cycle of assassinations and a powerful incumbent being taken out by a quirky [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:19:00 GMT Robert Rubin and Julian Robertson sound like they’re making sense in this Wall Street Journal column titled, “Bring Back the Estate Tax Now” (HT: DeLong): Congress is finally turning its attention to the expiring 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. But there is one tax issue that should have long since been addressed: the federal estate tax. [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:49:00 GMT This post first appeared on Media Matters. Glenn Beck recently announced that he would leave a church that “preach[ed] who to vote for,” while discussing his 8-28 “Restoring Honor” rally. However, Beck is working with James Dobson on the formation of his “Black Robe Regiment,” who, along with his organizations, has a [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:00:00 GMT Would you sleep in a cabin once occupied by black slaves in the antebellum South? Is this honoring the memory of our many millions gone, or is it trivializing their suffering, freedom struggle, and triumph? Yesterday was the informal beginning of my academic year. In a change of pace from last year, I was asked to [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:34:00 GMT This post first appeared on Washington Monthly. As implementation of the Affordable Care Act proceeds, the law extends subsidies to states to help early retirees — folks who leave the workforce before they’re eligible for Medicare, but who still want to maintain their coverage. States led by Republicans may claim to hate [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:21:00 GMT This post first appeared on Hullabaloo. The troops were awesome, America is awesome, we saved Iraq, we’re saving Afghanistan, now everybody needs to turn the page on all those unpleasant differences we had over the wars and work together like awesome soldiers to fix the economy. Oh, and the troops are [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:58:00 GMT This post originally appeared on the Daily Kos.The recession may have magnified a trend that began nearly four decades ago – wage stagnation, or worse. Michael Luo at The New York Times writes,For Many, a New Job Means Lower Wages, Studies Find:With the country focused on job growth and unemployment continuing to hover above [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:49:00 GMT The way things are shaping up, a handful of extremists backed by the Tea Party movement could be taking seats in the U.S. Senate come January. The latest addition to the growing cabal is Joe Miller, to whom Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded the Republican nomination last night. With his extreme positions, Miller finds much in common [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:46:00 GMT This post originally appeared on Campus Progress. Facebook raised a few eyebrows last week when it announced it would no longer run advertisements for Proposition 19, California?s pro-marijuana initiative, as long as they featured a picture of a pot leaf. According to one spokesperson, the site doesn?t ?allow any images of drugs, drug [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:43:00 GMT (Via TPM): Speaking to reporters at her campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Murkowski said “based on where we are right now, I don’t see a scenario where the primary will turn out in my favor.” The concession came after a day of counting absentee ballots in which Murkowski gained little ground on Miller, the [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:35:00 GMT This post first appeared on Think Progress. One of the chief arguments critics have employed against the construction of the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York is that the center would be ?insensitive? to the families of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. ?[T]he overriding concern should be the [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Here’s a transcript of President Obama’s address on the War in Iraq, delivered from the Oval Office at 8pm Eastern Time: Good evening. Tonight, I’d like to talk to you about the end of our combat mission in Iraq, the ongoing security challenges we face, and the need to rebuild our nation here at [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:39:00 GMT Waterport, New York, is 373 miles from the sacred ground of the World Trade Center site. But apparently, the good Americans up near the Canadian border have some sensitivities just like those folks down in the Big City, and the local-but-god-damn-foreign-seeming Muslims aren’t respecting those sensitivities at all (HT: mistermix). After a group of worshippers at [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:19:00 GMT This post first appeared on Hullabaloo. Sam Sedar did some interviews at the Beck Rally on Saturday. This one is particularly interesting because of the conflation of Obama being a Muslim and his adherence to Jeremiah Wright’s ideology. I suppose there might be something other than race that informs her conclusions, [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:55:00 GMT This post first appeared on Daily Kos. When we last left Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Ron Johnson, his campaign was trying to put out the fire from yet another revelation that his vocal “anti-big government” teabaggerism ran contrary to his “hand out to the big government” business record. How does a good [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:36:00 GMT Strip-mining is fun! Bring the kids! In a bold new effort to counter “ill-informed” statements by coalfield residents and addled scientists and expose the “out-of-touch” regulatory efforts by Obama administration officials, Big Coal is launching a new series of commercials to set the record straight. The first commercial–Just Adjust Your Attitude, Strip-Mining is Fun!–reminds so-called [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:58:00 GMT This post first appeared on the Wonk Room. Today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the ?first round of applicants accepted into the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program,? a $5 billion program established by the new health care law to help employers and states ?maintain coverage for early retirees age 55 [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:51:00 GMT This post first appeared on Hullabaloo. This is exactly what happens when top Democrats, including the president, are obsessed with appeasing Republicans – who can’t be appeased – and take liberal support for granted. As Krugman says: , [With Republicans in charge of the House, i]t will be an ugly scene, [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:45:00 GMT Consider this: Taliban officials know it?s sacrilegious to hope a mosque will not be built, but that?s exactly what they?re wishing for: the success of the fiery campaign to block the proposed Islamic cultural center and prayer room near the site of the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan. ?By preventing this mosque from being built, America [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:44:00 GMT Ezra Klein has a pretty silly post up about the Wall Street regulation bill and the SEC’s funding. He argues that since the SEC failed miserably in the years leading up to the crisis, it’s absurd to see them getting more funding in its aftermath. Like bloated banks, Ezrak says, bloated regulators are just getting [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:37:00 GMT This post first appeared on Washington Monthly. Two national generic-ballot polls were published within 48 hours of one another — Newsweek showed Democrats and Republicans tied at 45% each, while Gallup showed Republicans leading Democrats by 10, 51% to 41%. Guess which one is causing a massive freak-out in the political world? Pollsters [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:07:00 GMT Written by Robert Greenwald and Axel Caballero Carly Fiorina, the 2010 Republican nominee for the Senate representing California, has launched a strong campaign to lure Latinos under two main premises: 1) She has always been a friend of Latinos; and, 2) she holds the same values as Latinos. Her campaign has launched a website titled “Amigos de [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:00:00 GMT By Sam Fulwood, Originally published on Center for American Progress blog Race and Beyond, So now we know what the Tea Party stands for and who stands behind it. Until this past weekend, the various factions of what?s collectively known as the Tea Party struggled to define who they are and what they [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:40:00 GMT This post originally appeared on Daily Kos. Since the Great Recession began in December 2007, significant percentages of Americans have been been added to the already ample roster assisted by anti-poverty programs. Currently, 17 percent of the population gets help from one or more of these. Most such programs wouldn’t even exist [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:40:00 GMT This post originally appeared on the Washington Monthly. Republicans will need a net gain of 10 Senate seats if they hope to control the upper chamber next year, and by most assessments, it’s a tall order. Some pick-ups, however, almost look like sure-things.In Delaware, for example, Rep. Mike Castle (R) is one of this [...] Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed (Alternative News and Information.)

 

	Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:25:00 GMT Written by Dr. Carolyn Suffrin for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. Late one night during my first months as a physician, I was helping a woman deliver her baby. I was a first year resident in obstetrics and gynecology, training at a hospital in Pennsylvania. It was already a [...]