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Youth in pursuit of the dirty truth.	Bike For Democracy WireTap 100 towns, 90 days, nine states, two wheels and one election.	What's Your Take? WireTap What if I got Drafted: an American Nightmare Miles Harwell, YO! Youth Outlook


From climate change to medical news.	Park Your Ride Brian Smith, AlterNet World Carfree Day tackles one of our biggest environmental problems head-on, while giving us a glimpse of a safer, more joyous way of living.	Public Nuisance No. 1 Amanda Griscom, Grist Magazine Lee Fights For Better AIDS Policy Rebecca Vesely, Women's eNews


The most important election of your life.	Banding Together Davina Baum, AlterNet Death Cab for Cutie, Springsteen, Dixie Chicks, Keb' Mo, Jurassic 5, Bonnie Raitt. They all want you to vote. And if you live in a battleground state, they're coming to your town.	Dirty Tricks David Corn, TomPaine.com Silent Power, Loud Wallets Thomas Schaller, Gadflyer


News from the front lines of the drug war.	Marijuana Reform To Tap Grassroots This November Paul Armentano, AlterNet A bumper crop of initiatives addressing marijuana policy and enforcement will appear on various state and municipal ballots.	The 'Potent Pot' Myth Bruce Mirken, Mitch Earleywine, AlterNet


Human rights and civil liberties.	Fabricating Terror William Rivers Pitt, TruthOut.com A three-year-old blizzard of warnings about looming terror attacks, gathered on the Internet, was delivered to the American people in tones of doom, as if the hammer were about to fall at any moment.	Is This America? Jim Hightower, AlterNet Nice Words on Immigration, But No Action Roberto Lovato, Pacific News Service


Critical perspectives on our media-driven world	All Orange, All the Time Tom Engelhardt, tomdispatch.com An urgent terror alert was based on information that is as much as three years old and largely based on public documents. Why are the media still playing Keystone Kops with the administration?	Dirty Tricks David Corn, TomPaine.com Fahrenheit This! Bill Berkowitz, WorkingForChange.com


Coverage of America's war with Iraq.	Bush’s Churchillian Dreams Nat Parry, In These Times Even as the administration draws parallels between Iraq and World War II, it is undermining the framework of international law in place since that war to prevent a repeat of Nazi-style crimes.	No Heroes In Iraq Naeem Mohaiemen, AlterNet Peace Is Not On-Message Jonathan Schell, The Nation and TomDispatch.com


Home of The Alternative Movie Awards.	Two New Heroes for the Stoner Generation Neelanjana Banerjee, Pacific News Service The idea that kids across America will be quoting two Asian American guys, slapping Harold and Kumar stickers on their drug paraphernalia and watching this movie over and over makes me feel like we have really arrived.	Hello, Big Brother Ian Williams, AlterNet Bourne to Run Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix