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Why McCain and the GOP Are So Afraid of Discussing the Economy
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:01 PDT
Whether rich, poor or somewhere in between, Americans always do better economically under Democrats.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
David Sirota: In Fight Over Law Securing Workers' Right to Organize, Corporations Bill Themselves as Underdogs
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:00:01 PDT
Corporate honchos and bought-off lawmakers are trying to kill a proposal that makes it easier to join a union.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Faux Walter Reed Background ‘Was As Close As McCain Got To Veterans Issues’ At RNC
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:12:01 PDT
IAVA Director Paul Rieckoff claims GI Bill will be an albatross for McCain.

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
The Department of Labor in the Bush Years: A Damage Assessment
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Under Bush, the Labor department has been stacked against workers' rights.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
David Sirota: The Democratic Convention Was Anything But Conventional
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:00:01 PDT
This year's Democratic convention may have helped forge a new progressive movement.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Henry Rollins and Paul Waldman Spurn the Media's Love for McCain
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:43:01 PDT
From Friday's episode of Meet the Bloggers

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
There Is an Alternative to Corporate Rule
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
All over the world, alternative approaches to capitalist greed are bubbling up from the grassroots.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
David Sirota: There Is More to a Democracy Than the Office of President
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:00:01 PDT
Yet the media fixate on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, neglecting local elections and issue-based organizing.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Bush's White House Spying on Iraqi Prime Minister
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:41:01 PDT
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino wants to make it clear, the White House IS NOT denying spying on Maliki.

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Seven Ways Your Vote Might Not Count This November
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Some of the most serious election protection problems can be discovered and fixed before the presidential voting begins.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
David Sirota: Evan Bayh: Worst Choice for VP
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:00:01 PDT
Bayh doesn't have a single significant accomplishment to his name -- a miraculous achievement, even by Washington's do-nothing standards.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
GOP Vetting Emporium and Taco Stand
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:24:01 PDT
Come for the vetting, stay for the tacos!

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Troops Abroad Donate 6:1 to Obama Over McCain
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:00:01 PDT
Soldiers also support Ron Paul over John McCain, suggesting troops want to get out of Iraq sooner than later.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Robert Scheer: Palin Helps Alaska Get Rich Off Oil While the Rest of the Country Suffers
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:01 PDT
We're all part of one nation. So why do the people of Alaska get a cut of oil company profits when the rest of us don't?

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
The “P” in “POW” Does Not Stand for “President”
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:12:01 PDT
McCain is hellbent on playing the POW card to the bitter end.

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Stephanie Tubbs Jones: Civil Rights Crusader Remembered
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:00:01 PDT
The late congresswoman was a fierce campaigner for fair elections.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Robert Scheer: John McCain: Running for War President at Any Cost
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:00:01 PDT
In order to win, McCain needs a new Cold War. Lucky for him that Republicans are so good at whipping up false international threats.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
FOX Using the Same Attacks on Obama They Used Against Kerry
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:20:01 PDT
Watch the proof and check out Meet the Bloggers today 1pm ET for more!

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Lunatic Drug Warriors Still Ignore Powerful Pot Science
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Twenty years ago a DEA chief judge concluded that doctors should be allowed to prescribe pot -- and the government is still ignoring his ruling.

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Robert Scheer: McCain's Warped Worldview
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:00:01 PDT
McCain's campaign is an irrational mix of patriotic swagger and blindness to reality that's proving scarily successful with uninformed voters.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Check out Michael Moore's Newest Documentary for Free!
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:12:01 PDT
Watch the trailer for "Slacker Uprising" and sign up for the download.

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Obama's Biden Pick Signals 'More of the Same' Stupid Drug Policies
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Joe Biden authored the laws establishing the White House drug czar and random drug testing of public employees, among others.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Robert Scheer: Was the War in Georgia a Neocon Election Ploy?
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:00:01 PDT
Yes, it sounds diabolical, but that may be the most accurate way to assess the designs of the McCain campaign in matters of war and peace.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Black Republican Gets Enraged Over Katrina at RNC
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:54:01 PDT
Founder of HipHopRepublicans becomes violent with Cenk.

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
New Drug Survey Demolishes Drug Czar's Claims
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:01 PDT
The numbers are in. Marijuana prohibition is a wasteful farce. And John Walters' tenure as drug czar has been a failure.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Jim Hightower: A Swarm of Lobbyists Would Run McCain's White House
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
McCain has already assembled his clique of advisors, and they don't have our best interests in mind.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Jon Stewart Thrashes Rove, O'Reilly For Palin Hypocrisy
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:31:01 PDT
How do you spell 'double standard?'

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Weird Theology in Wasilla: A Look Inside Sarah Palin's Pentecostal Church
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Exposing the unusual, highly politicized religious beliefs held at the Wasilla Assembly of God.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Jim Hightower: If Obama Wins, Who Will Be in His Cabinet -- And Who Should Be?
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Obama's advisers will be the ones whispering in the president's ear and pulling the levers of executive power.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Palin Was for Highly Controversial
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:00:01 PDT
Details of Palin's flip-flop on this pork barrel project.

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
It's About Time Working Women Get Straight Answers From John McCain
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
John McCain's choice of Palin only intensifies concerns about his responsiveness to serious issues facing most working women.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Jim Hightower: Checks for $600 Won't Fix Our Economy
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:01 PDT
America can't shop its way to greatness, and this one-time, government-funded shopping spree won't lead us to a sound economy.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Scarborough, Buchanan Completely Reverse Positions On Palin In Just Five Days
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:53:01 PDT
Yesterday Scarborough and Buchanan sang a different tune about Palin then they were while waiting McCain's VP announcement on Friday.

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
The GOP Has Turned a Major Election into an Episode of the Mommy Wars
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:00:01 PDT
The Sarah Palin saga has turned an election that should have been about economic and foreign policy into a culture war of the Real vs. the Elites.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Jim Hightower: Swim Against the Current: Ordinary Americans Can Make Change Happen
Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:01 PST
The fight for our country's future is still in our hands. Grass-roots movements are breaking free from corporate control.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Caught on Tape: Top GOP Pundits Call Palin
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:32:01 PDT
Listen as they disparage McCain's VP pick.

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Boatloads of Trouble: How We Are Importing Our Way to Destruction
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
As our consumer goods travel thousands of miles by boat, train and truck, they're leaving a trail of soot and cancer in their wake.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Mark Weisbrot: Bolivia: Can the Majority of People Vote for Change and Actually Get It?
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:00:01 PDT
A wealthy minority in Bolivia seems determined to thwart the changes demanded by a majority of the population.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Michael Moore Fires Back at Lieberman for RNC Comments
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:23:01 PDT
Does the GOP have a Moore fetish?

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Fossil Fuels Are the Bottled Water of Energy
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:00:01 PDT
We already know the many reasons not to drink bottled water, but fossil fuels are really bottled energy.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Mark Weisbrot: Offshore Drilling Won't Help, But
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:00:01 PDT
A "green stimulus" package would give the economy a lift while simultaneously reducing energy consumption.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! Producers Recount Their Harrowing RNC Arrest
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:40:01 PDT
Police prey on press and peaceful protesters.

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Is New Orleans Really Ready for Gustav?
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:00:01 PDT
As Gustav bears down, the greatest threat is the potential for a 20-foot storm surge that could overtop the region's vast fortifications.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Mark Weisbrot: Anti-War Movement Successfully Pushes Back Against Military Confrontation With Iran
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:00:01 PDT
For something that's not supposed to exist, the anti-war movement sure was effective in fighting a recent resolution to blockade Iran.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Hookers and Blow: Welcome to the RNC
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:55:01 PDT
Lobbyists and Republicans party while Hurricane Gustav rages.

Source: AlterNet.org: Video (Alternative News and Information.)
 
The US Has 761 Military Bases Across the Planet, and We Simply Never Talk About It
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
America garrison the globe in ways that really are unprecedented, and yet, if you live in the United States, you basically wouldn't know it.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Mark Weisbrot: Senator McCain Has a Serious
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:00:01 PDT
The Senator appears clueless on a number of crucial policy areas.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
The Bush Administration Checkmated in Georgia
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
The recent fighting in the Caucasus is part of a bigger struggle between Moscow and Washington over the energy riches of the Caspian Sea basin.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
The Masher: Watch Rachel Maddow's Debut Show Launch on MSNBC Tonight: She Fights Lies Uttered by Politicians, Repea...
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Maddow will show that smart, provocative, truth-telling journalism and commentary has a potential massive audience on cable TV.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Bush Is Pouring Gas on Afghanistan's Bonfire
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Mounting NATO bombing raids and widespread detentions of Afghans are rapidly turning the country into the mirror image of Iraq.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
The Masher: Jumping Jack Rachel Maddow
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:00:01 PDT
An exuberant Maddow called for a stronger progressive media to counter the right-wing propaganda machine.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Pollution Can Make You Fat
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
A new study shows that children exposed to pesticides in womb are twice as likely to be overweight.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
The Masher: Media Mash: Crashing an Obama Book | CNN: Getting as Bad as Fox
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:00:01 PDT
A new book about Obama is a welcome antidote to anti-Obama propaganda, and CNN does the right's dirty work for them.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Hospitals' Lessons From Hurricane Gustav
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:00:01 PDT
The pre-storm medical evacuation -- the largest in American history -- revealed some critical flaws in American hospitals.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
The Masher: Media Mash: Back by Popular Demand
Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:00:00 PST
Michael Moore wows London; Rush Limbaugh stupefies millions; progressives say goodbye to a good friend.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Earning Less and Dying Younger: How the Growing Strain on America's Middle Class Is Pummeling Our Health
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Last year was a weak financial time for working families, and a new report shows it reflected in our health.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Deb Price: Gay Colorado Politician Heads Toward Election Milestone
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:00:01 PDT
The success, so far, of Jared Polis' run for Congress underscores how far voters have come in looking beyond sexual orientation.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
From the Bayou to Baghdad: Mission Not Accomplished
Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:00:01 PDT
Bush flew from the bayou to Baghdad as a People's Hurricane tribunal in New Orleans put every level of government on trial. What was the verdict?

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Deb Price: Courts Support Rights of Gay Students
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:00:01 PDT
Court decisions across the country give school officials a timely reminder that gay kids have the right to express themselves.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
After Katrina -- Poverty Is Still America's Shame
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:00:01 PDT
The naked face of poverty that shocked the world two years ago remains just as naked and shameful two years later. And Bush and the Democrats are to blame for it.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Deb Price: Congress Reconsiders Ban on Gays in the Military
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:00:01 PDT
The hearing was an important first step in repealing an un-American law that hurts the military by pushing away talented gays and lesbians.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Hurricane Katrina: Who's to Blame for this Unnatural Disaster
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:01 PDT
A batch of new books on Hurricane Katrina investigate who is responsible for the tragedy.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Deb Price: Online Adoption Agency Denies Service to Gays
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:00:01 PDT
The adoption website is brazenly violating anti-discrimination laws.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Leader of Anti-Immigration Movement Calls Issue a
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:01 PDT
John Tanton speaks of an existential struggle for survival.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Norman Solomon: The Clash Between Progressives and Obama
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:01 PDT
Support for Obama should not require a lack of candor about his defects.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
The Politics Driving Mississippi's ICE Raid
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:00:01 PDT
A major raid in Mississippi had a political agenda -- to undermine a growing coalition threatening the state's conservative establishment.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Norman Solomon: The Democratic Convention Platform Must Include Guaranteed Health Care for All
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:00:01 PDT
Health care as a human right? What a concept.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Immigration: Too Hot for the Dems?
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:01 PDT
America's brutal immigration detention network is getting little attention from Democratic reformers and their institutional allies in Denver.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Norman Solomon: Fund Health Care, Not War
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:00:01 PDT
The old claims of a justified war in Iraq have melted away. So have promises of a humane society back at home.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Watch Rachel Maddow's Debut Show Launch on MSNBC Tonight: She Fights Lies Uttered by Politicians, Repeated by Media
Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Maddow will show that smart, provocative, truth-telling journalism and commentary has a potential massive audience on cable TV.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Norman Solomon: Bush's Deadly
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:00:01 PDT
Bush's rhetoric on Iran is frighteningly similar to his pantomime of diplomacy in the build-up to the Iraq war. And the media is eating it up.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Only in America Could a Two-Faced Creature Like McCain Attain Such Media Status
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:00:01 PDT
Only in America could a man who has called the mainstream media his "base" run against that very same media.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Amy Goodman: Amy Goodman: Why We Were Falsely Arrested
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
How the Media's Tarring of Hillary Hurt Obama Too
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT
From the primaries to the convention, the media have become experts at inventing a storyline and skewing facts to support it.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Amy Goodman: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn) Condemns Police Attacks on Journalists
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:00:01 PDT
Rep. Ellison discusses the crackdown on reporters, why he opposes escalation in Afghanistan, and his experience as the first Muslim Congressman.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Does
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:00:01 PDT
Is a film about prostitution made in 1986 relevant to the realities of sex work today?

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Amy Goodman: Naomi Klein: China's Hi-Tech Surveillance State Is Ready for Export
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT
With 300,000 security cameras in Beijing alone, China is at the forefront of the surveillance boom -- and U.S. corporations are reaping the profits.

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Hollywood Gets Muslims Wrong, Again
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:00:01 PDT
"Traitor" tries to combine blockbuster plot mechanics with important, philosophical musings about our complex post 9-11 world: it fails.

Source: AlterNet.org: Coverage Areas (Alternative News and Information.)
 
Amy Goodman: Dissent Is Essential to Democracy
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:00:01 PDT
So why are people being arrested for lawful protest?

Source: AlterNet.org: Columnists (Alternative News and Information.)