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After Backlash to Repudiated Plan, No Deal Mortgage Deal Imminent
By Yves Smith | Naked Capitalism
Washington Has Votes to Legalize Gay Marriage
By Kos | Daily Kos
Students Step Up Tucson Walkouts: Protest Mexican American Studies Banishment
By Jeff Biggers | AlterNet
Good News -- Obesity Rates Are Leveling Off. But Why?
By Marion Nestle | Food Politics
Roe v. Wade Didn't Just Legalize Abortion: It Made It Our Constitutional Right
By Megan J. Peterson and Rachel Roth | Forbes
Did Andrea Mitchell Accuse Mitt Romney's Mexican Father of Being an Undocumented Immigrant?
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd | AlterNet
For the Record: George W. Bush is the Real ‘Food Stamp President’
By Jorge Rivas | Colorlines
Campus Cops Brutalize Peaceful Students Protesting Tuition Hikes at UC Riverside
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd | AlterNet
British Members Of Parliament Call For Closure Of Romney’s Cayman Islands Tax Haven
By Travis Waldron | ThinkProgress
Top Republican Pundit Begs GOP to Intervene to Stop Gingrich
By BooMan | Booman Tribune
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Students Step Up Tucson Walkouts: Protest School District Folly and Mexican American Studies Banishment
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Gone Too Far? Reproductive Politics in the Time of Obama
RH Reality Check
Hey NBC, Monday’s Debate Panelists Need To Better Represent!
Linda Milazzo
Kentucky Governor Firmly Rejects Hospital Merger with Catholic Health Initiatives
RH Reality Check
Bone Scan Mania: A 12 Year Drug Industry Con Finally Exposed.
Martha Rosenberg
The Onerous Toll of the Helms Amendment and What Obama Can Do To Change It
RH Reality Check
Mitt Romney Debates Martin Luther King and Lies about his Father
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Kill the Bill: The “Stop Online Piracy Act” and Why It Matters
Tikkun Daily
“Art is My Occupation”: Rethinking the Role of Artists in the Movement
Tikkun Daily
Scouting a New Path: Girl Scouts of America Creates Inclusive Gender Policy
RH Reality Check
Reproductive Health Services in the Military: It’s Time to Stop Denying Servicewomen The Basic Rights For Which They Fight
RH Reality Check
Ike’s Nightmare
derrickcrowe
Classroom Ethnic Cleansing in Tucson
Tikkun Daily
“The Madness” of the Tucson Book Ban: Interview with Mexican American Studies Teacher Curtis Acosta on “The Tempest”
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Two separate girls! Packard Children’s surgeons separate conjoined twins
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If We Clear Out Our Ideological Cobwebs, Perhaps Americans Can Have a Long Overdue Discussion
Earon Davis
German Radiation Expert: Fukushima “Atomic Bomb” Possible
grantlawrence
Strange case of Kentucky soldier charged with espionage
Christopher Hignite
Petition to Stop Foreclosures, Hold Banks Accountable!
danbacher
The Great Rice Shortage
E. B. Klassen
Occupy Wall Street? No Problem!
Jacob Freeze
Occupy everything…but after the anger, then what?
Pat Thomas
Remember, Joe, There Is No Tea Party
Earon
A real Social Network.
kedikat
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What if Citizens United Actually United the Citizens?
By Ilyse Hogue / The Nation
Photo Credit: Sarah Jaffe
Campaign to Recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Will Be Wild Card In 2012 Presidential Race
By Steven Rosenfeld
AlterNet
Is Alcoholics Anonymous Too White?
By Jeff Deeney
The Fix
Occupy San Francisco Takes the Fight to Local Banks in Ambitious Next Step for Movement
By Gary Kamiya
Salon
Americans are Less Nationalistic than Jingoist Politicians Think
By Lawrence Wittner
TruthOut.org
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Fracking's "Little Revolution": How a People-Powered Movement Fights Big Business for Clean Water
Ellen Cantarow / TomDispatch.com
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The Economic Idiocy of Economists
Mark Weisbrot / Comment Is Free
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Even Blustering New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Thinks Newt Gingrich has "Embarrassed" the GOP
David Edwards / Raw Story
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The Real Goal of Arizona’s Book-Banning Thought Police: Harass Latinos
Rinku Sen / ColorLines
Occupy the Super Bowl? Indiana's Workers Eye Dramatic Next Steps in Fight Against Anti-Union Bill
Theresa Moran / Labor Notes
Hot News and Views
Gingrich (and Race-Baiting) Wins in South Carolina
Adele M. Stan / AlterNet
DHS Pumping Money into Drones for Domestic Surveillance, Hunting Immigrants and Seizing Pot
Tom Barry / AlterNet
ECONOMY
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Apple's Foreign Suppliers Demonstrate Widespread Scamming and Horrific Abuse of Employees
William K. Black / New Economic Perspectives
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Revolutionary Jose Maria Sison on US Imperialism and a Way Forward for the Philippines
Bill Fletcher, Jr. / AlterNet
GENDER
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Roe At 39: Celebrate Roe by Taking Action to Ensure Abortion Is Both Legal and Accessible
Amanda Dennis / RH Reality Check
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How Bradley Manning's Fate Will Be Decided
Justin Elliott / Salon
Chris Hedges: Why I'm Suing Barack Obama
Chris Hedges / Truthdig
How Big Money Bought Our Democracy, Corrupted Both Parties, and Set Us Up for Another Financial Crisis
Bill Moyers / Moyers & Company
NEWS & POLITICS
The Uphill Battle Against Citizens United: Tricky Legal Terrain and No Easy Fixes
Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
FOOD
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Sugar High: The Dark History and Nasty Methods Used to Feed Our Sweet Tooth
Jill Richardson / AlterNet
DRUGS
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Outrunning Addiction: When Exercise Becomes the Problem
Jennifer Matesa / The Fix
TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT
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Why Is There So Much God in Our Politics? The Religious Right's Theocratic Plan for the 2012 Election
Rob Boston / Church & State Magazine
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Wisconsin Recall Elections a Sure Thing, but New ID Law May Undercut Anti-Walker Vote
Roger Bybee / In These Times
"Jersey Shore" -- Mouthpiece for Mental Health Problems?
Krystie Yandoli / AlterNet
SEX & RELATIONSHIPS
What Happened When My Wife and I Decided to Have Sex With Other People
Nicholas Garnett / Salon
WORLD
Will Jean-Claude Duvalier Ever Stand Trial for His Crimes Against Haiti?
Fran Quigley / AlterNet
INVESTIGATIONS
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Thanks to Citizens United, Multinational Mega Lobbyist Firm Salivates Over $4 Billion in Campaign Cash
Lee Fang / AlterNet
TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT
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Republican Racism is an Air Raid Siren, Not a Dog Whistle
Chauncey DeVega / AlterNet
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13 Great New Political Movies You Should Watch For
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet
TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT
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Are Ron Paul Supporters Bigots? Maybe Not, Says Sirota
David Sirota / AlterNet
SEX & RELATIONSHIPS
What I Learned from Christian Sex Guides (Hint: Bigotry)
Tracy Clark-Flory / Salon
South Carolina: Ground Zero for the GOP Candidates' Assault on Working Americans' Rights
Josh Eidelson / AlterNet
The 10 Dumbest Things Rick Perry Said on the Trail
Staff / The Grio
WORLD
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How Scapegoating Bradley Manning Avoids the Truth About the American Military
Chase Madar / TomDispatch.com
DRUGS
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Will 2012 be the Year of State-Required Drug Tests for Public Benefits?
Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle
ECONOMY
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Mitt Romney Wouldn't Know a Free Market If It Bit Him on the Ass
Joshua Holland / AlterNet
BELIEF
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Why Is an Atheist High School Student Getting Vicious Death Threats?
Greta Christina / AlterNet
How the Drug War Spread Across the Entire World
Emily Dickinson / Washington Monthly
Shit Everyone Says: What Does the Latest YouTube Meme Say About The People Making It?
B Michael Payne / AlterNet
Porn Performer: Why I'm Against Government Mandated Condom Use in Porn
Lorelei Lee / Salon
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How Is the Popular Mix of Meditation and Psychotherapy Changing the Way We See the World?
Ronald Siegel / Psychotherapy Networker
WORLD
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Regime Change in Iran? The Real Motivations Behind Sanctions
Pepe Escobar / TomDispatch.com
CIVIL LIBERTIES
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Why We Must Close the Guantanamo Gulag
Marjorie Cohn / AlterNet
MEDIA
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Major Media Blackout to Protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
Amy Goodman / Democracy Now!
Vampire Hedge Funds Are Sucking Greece Dry
Les Leopold / AlterNet
ECONOMY
Naomi Klein Talks to Occupy Organizer Yotam Marom: Why Did Occupy Take Off and What Happens Now?
Naomi Klein, Yotam Marom / The Nation
TAKE ACTION
America Has Woken Up to the Reality: Inequality Matters
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship / BillMoyers.com
ECONOMY
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Are the Ratings Agencies Abandoning Fiscal Austerity?
Marshall Auerback / AlterNet
WORLD
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A Brief History of America's Dumb Policies Towards Iran
Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch.com
SEX & RELATIONSHIPS
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BDSM: Inside the World of Kink
Tracy Clark-Flory / Salon
NEWS & POLITICS
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Rahm Ramps up the Repression in Chicago: New Protest Rules Ahead of the G-8/NATO Meetings
Matt Reichel / AlterNet
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Latina Moms More Savvy, Powerful
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Campaign to Recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Will Be Wild Card In 2012 Presidential Race
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