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Where GOP Libertarianism, White Supremacy and Social Conservatism all Came Together
By Digby | Hullabaloo
Low Tax Rates for the Rich Harm Not Only the Economy, But Defense
By Russ Wellen | Foreign Policy in Focus' Focal Points Blog
Mitt Romney's Anti-Social Stance on Social Security
By Cliff Schecter | AlterNet
How Republicans' Plan for Health Care Could Gut Services Benefiting Millions
By Kay | Balloon Juice
By Advocating for the Middle Class, Ed Schultz Finds Broadcast Success Rare for Liberals
By Staff | AlterNet
House and Senate Pass Payroll Tax Cut Extension Bill
By Joan McCarter | Daily Kos
Is Dick Cheney Lobbying for Gay Marriage?
By Staff | AlteNet
Occupy Successfully Saved Four Homes From Foreclosure, Prepares to Help a Fifth
By Pat Garofalo | Think Progress
MSNBC Finally Fires Pat Buchanan, White Supremacist
By Staff | AlterNet
Jon Stewart Calls Ridiculous New Santorum Ad "Joke Entrapment"
By Kristen Gwynne | AlterNet
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Rethinking Climate Change: Your Environmental Road Trip Film Inspires Audiences Across the Country
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More Questions Regarding Twitter’s New Censorship Policy
WhoWhatWhy.com
Health, Freedom, and the Birth Control Mandate: The Testimony Chairman Issa Didn’t Want You to Hear
RH Reality Check
Should Arch Coal Be Allowed to Destroy Historic Blair Mountain Battlefield? Interview with Blair Activist/Archaelogist Brandon Nida
jeffbiggers
Let Us Now Praise What’s Right with Arizona: Nationally Celebrated Tucson Educator Sean Arce
jeffbiggers
How Does the 1% Exploit America? Find Out in 1 Minute (VIDEO)
Robert Greenwald
Ten Deep Thoughts on the All-Male Panel on my Vagina
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Catholics and Contraception: Letters From the Laity Paint a Very Different Picture Than the Bishops Want You to See
RH Reality Check
Yes, There is a Base in Afghanistan Named “Aryan,” and it is Spelled “Aryan”
Chris Rodda
But Syriasly, Folks…..
WhoWhatWhy.com
Birth Control Blasphemy: Contraceptive Hysteria Grips Congress and the Religio-Patriarchy
RH Reality Check
The Cost of Contraception in Insurance Plans: What the Data Say
RH Reality Check
Why I Skipped Mass Today: A Practicing Catholic Objects to the Bishops’ Arguments Over Birth Control
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Kicking Underdogs When They’re Down
Leo Gerard
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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.
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Why Right-Wingers (and Media Hacks) Are Totally Wrong About What Americans Believe -- We're Becoming Less, Not More, Conservative
By Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet
9 Kick-Ass Things Obama Should Do In a Second Term
By Les Leopold
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Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control -- And Why We'll Still Be Fighting About it 100 Years From Now
By Sara Robinson
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Can Melissa Harris-Perry Remove the Race and Gender Blinders from Cable News?
By Jennifer L. Pozner
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How a Filthy Rich 196 People Will Buy Our Election
By Ari Berman
TomDispatch.com
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How an Attractive, Undercover Cop Posed as a Student -- Then Entrapped a Smitten Teen to "Sell" Her Marijuana
Tony Newman / AlterNet
SEX & RELATIONSHIPS
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Moyers: Why Religion Should Not Dictate Our Politics
Bill Moyers / BillMoyers.com
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Power at the Ports: Truckers Force Showdowns in Seattle, Los Angeles
Josh Eidelson / AlterNet
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Mitt's Downward Slide: Why His Maine 'Win' May Be Revoked This Weekend
Steve Kornacki / Salon
DRUGS
Is NYPD Running Wild? Patterns of Brutality Raise Questions About Mayor's Control of Police
Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet
NEWS & POLITICS
Has Obama Exposed the Powerlessness of the US Bishops?
Adele M. Stan / AlterNet
MEDIA
10 Repulsive Fox News Employees Who Should Be Fired
Mark Howard / AlterNet
DRUGS
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Is Xanax Dangerous? What's Hype and What Are the Real Threats?
Walter Armstrong / The Fix
ECONOMY
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How the 1% Destroys Jobs and the Real Heroes are Everyday People
Lynn Parramore / AlterNet
SEX & RELATIONSHIPS
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A Christian Conservative in Every Bedroom? Rick Santorum's Nightmare Vision for America
Lawrence Davidson / Consortium News
ENVIRONMENT
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Exposed: Leak of Documents Shows How Leading Libertarian Think Tank Is Working to Undermine Climate Science
Suzanne Goldenberg / The Guardian
DRUGS
Is Xanax Dangerous? What's Hype and What Are the Real Threats?
Walter Armstrong / The Fix
ACTIVISM
Fifty Activist Groups Call for Congressional Hearings on Citizens United
Mike Ludwig / TruthOut.org
WORLD
Noam Chomsky: The Decline of American Empire (Part 2)
Noam Chomsky / TomDispatch.com
ECONOMY
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Moyers: Meet the Shameless Plutocrats Choking What's Left of Our Democracy
Bill Moyers, Michael Winship / BillMoyers.com
BELIEF
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5 Brave Religious Leaders Who Fought Christian Theocracy in America
Rob Boston / AlterNet
WORLD
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Predator: The Fascinating, Twisted History of the Drone
John Sifton / The Nation
GENDER
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Do Conservatives Understand How the Female Body Works? The Myth Fueling the Right-Wing Freak-Out Over Birth Control
Joshua Holland / AlterNet
SEX & RELATIONSHIPS
Sex and Food: The World's Strangest Aphrodisiacs Through Time
Felisa Rogers / Salon
ECONOMY
Letting the 1% Off Easy: Populism and Pain in Obama's Budget
Karen Dolan / Institute for Policy Studies
Do Men Belong in the Women's Movement?
Elissa Strauss / AlterNet
DRUGS
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13 States Working Towards Smart, Sane Marijuana Laws
Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle
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Senate Republicans Want to Force the Unemployed to Work For Free
Laura Clawson / Daily Kos
WORLD
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Noam Chomsky: America's Decline Is Real -- and Increasingly Self-Inflicted
Noam Chomsky / TomDispatch.com
VISIONS
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Does College Make Us Less Equipped to Change the World?
Sara Robinson / AlterNet
TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT
The 5 Stupidest Things GOP Presidential Candidates Said...In Just One Day
Adele M. Stan / AlterNet
MEDIA
Dear Israel Lobby, We Give Up -- Please Give Us an Acceptable Way of Insulting You
Joshua Holland / AlterNet
ECONOMY
Anarchism Is Not What You Think It Is -- And There's a Whole Lot We Can Learn from It
David Morris / On the Commons
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The Right-Wing Propagandist Charles Murray Exposes the Truth About Conservatives -- They Hate Poor People, White and Black
Daniel Denvir / Philadelphia City Paper
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10 Catholic Teachings Conservatives Reject While Obsessing About Birth Control
Juan Cole / JuanCole.com
ECONOMY
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The Nitty Gritty on How and Why Greece Will Leave the Eurozone
Edward Harrison / Credit Writedowns
ACTIVISM
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Is New York City Trying to Hide Its Homeless?
Jin Zhao / AlterNet
SEX & RELATIONSHIPS
Occupy Valentines Day: Celebrate Love, Not Commerce
B Michael Payne / AlterNet
The Big Lie of Austerity--and How Transit Workers are Fighting Back
Tim Schermerhorn / Labor Notes
ACTIVISM
6 Companies That Stand Up for Gay Rights (Now If They Only Had Good Labor Practices Too)
Lauren Kelley / AlterNet
CIVIL LIBERTIES
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How Team Obama, the GOP, and Tea Partiers Are All Intruding on Your Rights
Jim Hightower / Hightower Lowdown
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What's Wrong with Cities' Fight Against Sex Shops, Strip Clubs, and Sleaze?
Will Doig / Salon
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"It's No Longer a Secure Place to Work": Working People Speak Out on Attacks on Public Employees
Melissa Chadburn / AlterNet
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450 Bases and it's Not Over Yet: The Pentagon’s Plans for Prisons, Drones, and Black Ops in Afghanistan
Nick Turse / TomDispatch.com
Thousands Protest in the Streets in Athens as Greece Rams Through Austerity Package
Ian Traynor, Helena Smith / The Guardian
Why Did Whitney Die? How Double Consciousness Robs Black America of Its Artists
Nicholas Powers / AlterNet
The Wealthy One Percent That’s Behind Minnesota’s Racist Voter ID Push
Brentin Mock / ColorLines
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Will Frustrated Moms and Cops End the Drug War?
Neill Franklin, Gretchen Burns Bergman / Huffington Post
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Caterpillar Closes Canadian Plant to Take Advantage of Cheaper Workers--in the U.S.
Herman Rosenfeld / Labor Notes
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Why Did Whitney Die? How Double Consciousness Robs Black America of Its Artists
Nicholas Powers / AlterNet
WORLD
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Why Was No One Punished for America's "My Lai" in Iraq?
John Tirman / AlterNet
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