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Trickle-Down Economics Has Made America An “Indecent Society”
95 percent of economic gains since...
CA School District Sued For Condoning “Titty-Twisting Tuesdays” and “Slap-Ass Fridays”
The ACLU has filed a federal...
Edward Snowden Is the Whistleblower of the Year
What he really deserves, is a...
Stewart Scolds Fox News For Defending Duck Dynasty Star’s Anti-Gay Remarks
“Look, I think what the guy...
Economic Opportunity Is Lowest In the Republican Bible Belt, Major Study Finds
Class-rigidity is most extreme in the...
Finally Some Clemency: Obama Commutes Sentences for 8 Crack Cocaine Prisoners
More than 100,000 remain behind bars...
7 Major Consumer Rip-offs to Watch Out for in the Holiday Shopping Season
From phony ice cream to Machiavellian...
13 Major Clean Energy Breakthroughs of 2013
The rapidly improving technology, declining costs,...
Shocker: Right-Wingers Who DON’T Want to Destroy Your Retirement? A Promising New Trend in...
Is this the beginning of a...
Why High Unemployment Actually Destroys the Fabric of American Life
The pursuit of happiness is about...
5 Ways the Christian Right Perverts Religion to Push Inhumane, Unfettered Capitalism
The Christian right works hard to...
Why the GOP Is So Extremist and Reactionary
Is there a way to get...
New Study: 97% of All Chicken Breasts Contain Harmful Bacteria
Consumer Reports shines a sickening light...
The 20 Wackiest Sex Laws in the United States
From bans on moose sex to...
7 Homeless People Freeze to Death in Wealthiest Area of the Country
Bay area deaths highlight gap between...
7 Homeless People Freeze to Death in Wealthiest Area of the Country
Bay area deaths highlight gap between...
AlterNet Comics: Keith Knight on White Santa
Remember kids, white Santa is as...
AlterNet Comics: Keith Knight on White Santa
Remember kids, white Santa is as...
Jeff Bezos Is Doing Huge Business with the CIA, While Keeping His Washington Post...
Amazon has a bad history of...
How Elizabeth Warren Is Trying to Keep Employers from Digging into Your Credit Score
With credit scores being exploited to...
Why Do Americans Care More About the Government Taking Our Guns Than Our Data?
Our elected official's inertia on privacy...
Why You May Never Want to Eat Shrimp Again
A whopping 85 percent of the...
Bezos Owner of the Washington Post Is Doing Huge Business with the CIA, While...
Amazon has a bad history of...
The Media’s Absurd Hysteria About Teens and Pot
There's very little data to suggest...
Meet the American Hedge Fund Billionaire Who Could Start a “Holy War” in the...
Hedge fund guru Henry Swieca pours...
10 Most Sexist Female Characters on TV
Many women on TV are tokenized,...
How a Criminal Record Keeps Americans Jobless For Life
People like Luis Rivera are being...
Age of Crushing Anxiety: How the Bottom Fell Out in America
How economic security was destroyed.
I Bought Signs Homeless People Use to Beg—Here’s What Happened
200 signs told the story of...
OUTRAGEOUS: Texas Police Can Now Obtain Search Warrants Based On ‘Prediction Of A Future...
Welcome to the brave new world...
It’s Time to Take the White Savior Out of Slavery Narratives
Did Brad Pitt really have to...
Stewart Interrogates the Tea Party: If Boehner and Ryan Aren’t Conservative Enough, Who Is?
“When Ronald Reagan's just another Hollywood...
Why the NSA Ruling Could Backfire into a Court Disaster We’ll Regret for Decades
Judge Richard Leon is no friend...
Scorcese and DiCaprio’s ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ — A White-Collar Crime Caper in a...
"A film that is polished and...
How America Created a Low-Wage Work Swamp
For decades, both parties supplanted a...
How Rev. Billy Graham Taught the Republican Party to Sacrifice the Poor on the...
Graham turned biblical Jesus into a...
The Country That’s Dismantling Its System of Privilege for the 1% — Can the...
It's time for the US to...
How Elizabeth Warren Upset the DC Establishment’s Plans to Weaken Social Security
Warren's support for raising Social Security...
‘This Is the Most Closed, Control Freak Administration I’ve Ever Covered’ — Press Freedoms...
There's an uneasy alliance of the...
10 Greediest People in America
The worst of the worst.
Medical Journal: Vitamins Are a Scam That Wastes Your Money and Has No Health...
The message is a shot across...
Land of the Free? America Has 25 Percent of the World’s Prisoners
America criminalizes acts that other countries...
Church Leaders Shame Catholic University For Accepting Koch Dollars
The money will be used to...
Edward Snowden Says Judge’s Ruling on Unconstitutionality of NSA Surveillance Methods Vindicates His Disclosures
Snowden: “I acted on my belief...
America’s New Relationship Trend: When “Husbands” and “Wives” Aren’t Actually Married
Couples are choosing not to marry...
Inside the Megyn Kelly Phenomenon: Right-Wing Snarls and Sexy Smiles Add Up to Monster...
Kelly's combined 2.5 million viewers are...
The GOP Is in Total Denial About America’s Soaring Poverty Problems
In the midst of a shocking...
A Legal Loophole Plays a Key Role in the Deaths of Teenage Farmworkers
People think tend of child labor...
WATCH: This Safe Sex Ad Is So Sexy and Awesome that Australia Banned it...
Luckily, the Internet doesn't care about...
How Big Food Creates an Illusion of Choice at the Supermarket
Growing and significant consolidation in the...
Revolt of the Sheriffs: Some Cops Refuse to Enforce Gun Control Laws
The alarming trend has spread from...
This Messed Up Case of Racism Won’t Help Reinstate Your Faith in Mississippi
An African American doctoral student conducting...
Major Charter School Chain’s Classrooms Look Like Cubicles for Telemarketers
Rocketship charter schools are backed by...
Poverty Nation: How America Created a Low-Wage Work Swamp
For decades, both parties supplanted a...
7 Rip-Offs Corporations and the Wealthy Don’t Want You to Know About
There's no limit to corporations' ability...
America’s Child Soldiers: JROTC and the Militarizing of America
What goes on in schools in...
Our Most Powerful Weapon Against Wall Street? The Rise of Reverse Eminent Domain
Is this the beginning of Occupy...
The Jungle: Thousands of Homeless People Live in Shantytowns at the Epicenter of High-Tech,...
Residents of Silicon Valley's largest homeless...
6 Surprising Scientific Findings About Good and Evil
Harvard's Joshua Greene on the evolution...
Potentially Deadly Food Pathogens You Should Know About–and 9 Ways You Can Avoid Them
More than half of U.S food...
Why Your Money May Be Driving the Palm Oil Industry’s Human Rights Abuses and...
Top banks, institutional investors and several...
The 9 Most Baffling Passages in the Bible, and What They Really Mean
Why all the "begettings?" Why was...
The End of Free Internet as We Know It?
The open Internet is threatened by...
Does Oakland Really Need a High-Tech ‘Domain Awareness Center’? Evidence Suggests Surveillance Doesn’t Do...
There are growing concerns about a...
New documents expose more NSA programs
By Robert Stevens
14 December 2013
New documents published by the Washington Post from Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower, reveal that the...
U.S. Drone Strike Kills Nearly a Dozen Civilians Traveling to Wedding in Yemen
Robert Greenwald, director of “Unmanned: America's...
$2.75 an Hour?! The Shocking Secret of Goodwill
Goodwill CEOs make over $400,000 a...
Imagine if Every Day Were 9/11. For One Community in the US, It Is.
Yesterday, on the anniversary of the...
You Won’t Believe Trump’s Latest Conspiracy Theory Nonsense
“How amazing, the State Health Director...
Moms Nationwide Will Demand “No More Silence” on Gun Violence Tomorrow on Newtown Anniversary
On the anniversary of Sandy Hook,...
Mothers Nationwide Demand Gun Violence Prevention at ‘No More Silence’ Events on Saturday
On the anniversary of Sandy Hook,...
Fox News Reaches New Levels of Racist Insanity in “War on Christmas” Coverage
Stewart slams Fox News hosts for...
Why Walking Is a Wonder Drug for Your Health
It's been proven to help treat...
A Cruel, Irresponsible and Dysfunctional Budget Deal
Forcing others to lurch from crisis...
Who’s Watching You Watch Porn?
Privacy experts warn that advertisers, even...
Why Are Black Women Punished for Having Natural Hair?
White beauty norms and racism continue...
Uruguay Legalized Marijuana! Who’s Next?
Uruguay has just punched a big...
Why the Christian Right Is Obsessed With the Collapse of Civilization
America's Religious Right is losing the...
Thai Woman Faces Execution for Pot Possession
Thitapah Charoenchuea was found with bags...
Bill Moyers: ‘We Are This Close to Losing Our Democracy to the Mercenary Class’
The great journalist sounds the alarm...
Why Atheists Should Listen to Pope Francis
Atheists like to talk about building...
5 Things Terribly Wrong With the Ryan-Murray Budget Deal
Every assumption of the deal is...
I Passed for White and Straight, Even Though I’m Not — How Looks Hide...
I'm neither straight nor white, but...
Is Obama’s Fiery New Populism Phony or Heartfelt?
When trouble starts brewing, the rally-the-base...
Boeing is a Greedy, Freeloading Corporation That Screws American Taxpayers and Workers
The aerospace company makes out like...
6 Reasons There’s No Such Thing As Compassionate Conservatism
Conservatives worship Ayn Rand, who said...
The Church of “Stop Shopping”: Meet the Man Leading An Uprising Against The World’s...
Reverend Billy continues climate change activism,...
Why Don’t Contemporary American Novels Reflect the Fact That We Are Perpetually at War?
Writer Beverly Gologorsky finds she cannot...
VIDEO: New Study Shows Close to 200 Children Have Been Shot Dead in the...
The true toll of our runaway...
16-Year-Old Drunk Driver Who Killed Four Escapes Jail – Because He Is Rich
Judge agrees with boy's defense that...
Exposed: NSA Uses Google ‘Cookies’ to Snoop on Targets
(Photo: AFP)You know those pesky companies that track internet users' online activity to scoop information on potential consumers and deliver tailored ads?
It turns out...
WATCH: Stewart Lets Loose Over Petty Media Reaction to Obama-Castro Hand Shake
“This isn't Chamberlain selling Czechoslovakia to...
Far-Right Lobby Group ALEC Brags That All Politicians in Two State Legislatures Are Members
Politicians of two Midwestern states are...
Dallas Accused of Using Federal Money to Fuel Housing Discrmination
HUD found that Dallas took millions...
Want to Avoid Depression, Anxiety and Broken Relationships? Don’t Live the Consumer Lifestyle...
Materialism: a system that eats us...
Want to Avoid Depression, Anxiety and Broken Relationships? Don’t Go on Shopping Sprees
Materialism: a system that eats us...
American Men’s Hidden Crisis: They Need More Friends!
Men aren't making the same kinds...
Corporate Democrats in DC Already in Freakout Mode That Liz Warren Is a Threat...
There's a growing smear campaign underway...
The Surprising Healing Qualities … of Dirt
A doctor discovers exposure to healthy...
Why the Fight to Legalize Marijuana Is Part of a Much Larger Populist Struggle
The marijuana issue has galvanized activist...
How Insurgency, Drones and Revolution Are Tearing Yemen Apart
Yemen today stands divided between various...
The Children Left Behind — What Happens to the Students Pushed out by High-Stakes...
Debbie Nathan
The stories of three students...
America’s Retirement Crisis Grows as Cities Raid Pension and Health Plans
Detroit and Illinois aren't the only...
Sy Hersh Bombshell: Obama “Cherry-Picked” Intel on Syrian Chemical Attack
The New Yorker and Washington Post...
The Time for Wealth Redistribution Is Now
The U.S. economy will continue to...
NSA uses ‘cookies’ to pinpoint targets
Demonstrators rally at the U.S. Capitol to protest spying on Americans by the National Security Agency, as revealed in leaked information by former NSA...
Watch: Obama, Raul Castro, Maya Angelou Honor Nelson Mandela As Tens of Thousands Gather...
Nearly 100 heads of state traveled...
Drone hacker turns drones into zombies
Serial hacker Samy Kamkar has released all the hardware and software specifications that hobbyists need to build an aerial drone that seeks out other...
Watch: Cop Shoves His Dog Into Surrendering Suspect’s Car Window — Dog Mauls Suspect
Alex Kane
RINF Alternative News
A North Carolina...
Gay Catholic School Teacher Fired For Getting Marriage License Application
The educator was told that his...
The Ayn Rand-Worshipping Sears CEO That Blew Up His Multibillion Dollar Empire
The invisible hand waves goodbye to...
“Who Gets to Be White Hasn’t Always Been the Same”
Artist Naima Lowe on race, privilege...
Look at the Stats — America Resembles a Broken Banana Republic
The only things America is #1...
A Death Knell for the McJob?
Strikes in 100 cities signal a...
The Ayn-Rand Worshipping Sears CEO That Blew Up His Multibillion Dollar Empire
The invisible hand waves goodbye to...
Cockroach Species that Can Withstand Winter Cold Shows Up at NYC’s ‘The High Line’...
The species is well-documented in Asia...
Are Roadside Cannabis Breathalyzer Tests Around the Corner?
The trend toward marijuana legalization collides...
Wanted: Fed Policy Focused on Jobs for Americans Instead of Profits for Banks
As the stock market rises, prospects...
How the Powerful Intelligence World Is on the Verge of the Ability to Make...
George Orwell's dystopian "memory hole" isn't...
8 Things Not to Ask a 20-Something Woman in a Relationship
Unless it's your BFF or you're...
6 Most Absurd Christian Conspiracy Theories About the Nonexistent ‘War on Christmas’
Every year, the right-wing freaks out...
The Bay Area Has A Values Problem: “Non-Techies Are Dismissed as ‘Unimportant to the...
We are in trouble if the...
Meet the 20 Percent: Wealthy Social Liberals Standing Against Efforts to Fight Income Inequality
The "20 percent" don't want their...
What the New Atheists Get Very Wrong About Religion
Christopher Hitchens believed atheism would end...
Hawaiian Mayor Signs GMO Ban into Law
This bill prohibits biotech companies from...
Texas Campus Cop Kills Unarmed College Student After Sarcastic Remark
The police officer allegedly fired six...
Revealed: NSA Infiltrating Online Games Like World of Warcraft and Second-Life
Government spies are collecting data from...
Militarization of America: Campus Cops Get Armored Vehicle Built to Withstand IEDs and Mines
The battle field has embedded itself...
3 Ways the Super-Rich Suck Wealth out of the Rest of Us
The financial industry has, in effect,...
What Happens When Neoliberalism and White Privilege Meet in the College Classroom? Black Professors...
An African-American professor was disciplined by...
The Bankruptcy and Privatization of Detroit Is a Terrifying Preview of What Republicans Want...
Hold on tight to your pensions.
Mitt...
Here’s an Idea! Let the Fed Drop Money into Your Bank Account Instead of...
Ellen Brown
The Fed could be an...
How Right-Wingers Attempted to Defame Nelson Mandela As A Terrorist
The issue of who and what...
Escape from Christian Fundamentalism – the Kids Who Flee Abusive, Isolated Christian Homes
They were raised to carry the...
Sorry, Michelle Rhee, But Our Obsession With Testing Kids is All About Money
Rhee, Nicholas Kristof and Arne Duncan...
Time to Legalize Pot Just Like We Legalized Alcohol 80 Years Ago
Four decades have passed, to the...
Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva: Why Women Are Key to Solving Climate Crisis
Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva discuss...
Celebrating the Season without Worshipping Consumerism
You can be a Scrooge when...
Must See: Jon Stewart Blasts Arguments Against Raising the Minimum Wage
If you know any right-wingers who've...
The Growing Realization That Our Individual Struggles Are All Connected Makes This “Our Moment”
When we become an inclusive movement...
10 Biggest Doozies From the Right-Wing Wackosphere This Week
Who gets the prize for most...
The Growing Realization That Our Individual Struggles Are Connected to a Larger One Makes...
When we become an inclusive movement...
Losing Weight? That May Not Mean You’re Any Healthier
A provocative new study examines whether...
Amazon, Applebee’s and Google’s Job-Crushing Drones and Robot Armies: They’re Coming for Your Job...
It's inescapable: We'll be replaced by...
Gun Nuts Ready To Shoot Their TV Sets Over NFL’s Rejection of Assault Rifle...
Could this become one of the...
Killing Them Softly: Pope Francis Condemns Income Inequality, Sanctions Gender Inequality
Exclusion of the poor from full...
Alcohol’s Role in Car Crashes Is Far Greater than that of Cannabis
So why do far stricter, zero-tolerance...
“Our Very Existence Makes People Uncomfortable”: Transphobic Violence Persists Across the Globe and at...
Microaggressions and systemic violence continue to...
Love Really Is The Cure: A Review of Elton John’s New Book
With love, we can reduce AIDS...
Rising From The Ashes: Miraculous Tale Of Man Who Survived Hiroshima’s Atomic Bomb A...
As we commemorate the anniversary of...
The Guy Running One of the World’s Largest Mercenary Armies Thinks He’s a Sexy...
Erik Prince, a young millionaire US...
Why Coen Brother’s Latest Flick Makes for Uncomfortable Watching in a Culture Drenched in...
'Inside Llewyn Davis' is one long...
Zero-Tolerance Policies in Schools are Often Destructive, Fueling a School to Prison Pipeline
States are realizing that when it...
How American Politics Constantly Neglects Black Women
Many women have said it better,...
Fight the Right-Washing of Nelson Mandela’s Legacy
Much of the American right supported...
Listen Up, Budget Cutters. Austerity Can Lead to Blood on the Streets, Even in...
Researchers find statistical evidence that austerity...
Coca-Cola Now Owns Zico Coconut Water, Honest Tea, Odwalla, and Vitamin Water: The Dark...
80 percent of organic brands are...
“Do Doobies Make Boobies?” The Mainstream Media Wants You To Think So
This lie lives on largely because...
5 Ways Conservative Politics Promotes Freeloading and Shirking
Corporate conservatives want special rules that...
Wall Street-Backed Organization Blasts Rising American Populism and Elizabeth Warren
In a noxious Wall Street Journal...
10 Best Answers to Questions About Using Psychedelics
"LSD is like dreaming—it's not uniform...
CIA’s Disastrous “Bourne” Strategy
The agency decided that there was...
ALEC Stands Its Ground, But Stumbles
It's been a rough week for...
As Mass Shootings Increased, U.S. Gun Sales Skyrocketed
New research shows that in the...
NYPD Arrests Man for Carrying Breath Mints, Claims He Believed Mints to Be Ecstasy...
The New Yorker sues the NYPD...
5 Hard-Hitting Statements from Mandela on the United States
As we mourn his death, we...
20 Things the Poor Do Everyday That the Rich Never Have to Worry About
Just staying alive is a struggle....
Why I’m Going on Strike Against McDonald’s Today
McDonald's tried to get rid of...
20 Things the Poor Really Do Everyday That the Rich Never Have to Worry...
Just staying alive is a struggle....
Meat Is Destroying the World
What is it going to take...
Bye-bye, Fake Liberals: The Warren Democrats Are Winning!
The backlash against an inane op-ed...
Mayor Elect Bill de Blasio Names Bill Bratton New York Police Chief
Not everyone is pleased with the...
The CIA’s Privatization of War Has Been an Unmitigated Disaster
How the CIA and private contractors...
VIDEO: Hilarious Onion Spoof, ‘Stop and Kiss,’ Goes Viral
Like Stop and Frisk, 'Stop and...
Plead Guilty or Go to Prison for Life? How Federal Drug Offenders Are Punished...
Drug offenders who lose to Feds...
The Real Reason Women Might Regret Casual Sex
A new study reveals sexual regret...
How the Christian Right Plays Victim While Imposing Its Ideology on America
Telling Grandma she's going to lose...
WATCH: Stewart Lambasts Paltry Penalties for Major Corporate Crimes
"You're not even allowed to do...
How Wall Street Power Brokers Are Designing the Future of Public Education as a...
Why are Wall Street types investing...
Noam Chomsky: The Dangerous Rogue States Operating in the Mideast — U.S. and Israel
"Just how far will ...
The Future of Feces: Dispatches from the World of Fecal Transplants
"90 percent of serotonin is in...
Militarized Seas? European Diplomats Propose Using Armed Forces to Curb Refugee Flow
The idea for a military role...
Shocker: Fox News Host Megyn Kelly’s Guest List Is Even More Right-Wing Than Sean...
A review of guest list points...
The Male Pill for Contraception? Here Are Some grim Side-Effects to Expect
Pill-induced emotional outbursts may no longer...
As the Motion Picture Association Cracks Down on Oral Sex, Here Are the Top...
Time to honor the movies that...
Facebook’s Future Plans for Data Collection Beyond All Imagination
Facebook's dark plans for the future...
Guess Who’s Not Coming for Holiday Dinner: Overcoming Racism in an Interracial Relationship
My family, like the cops in...
How Brands and Logos Dominate Our Lives — Like It or Not
The rise, fall, and re-ascendance of...
11-Year-Old Girl Barred from Selling Mistletoe But Told Begging Okay
Hundreds of offers of support pour...
WATCH: Jon Stewart Debunks Fox News’ Much-Ballyhooed ‘War On Christmas’
“What other secular humanists are peeing...
Why Growing Marijuana Indoors Is a Major Environmental Problem
Environmental wariness and outdoor cultivation will...
12 Corporate Espionage Tactics Used Against Leading Progressive Groups, Activists and Whistleblowers
Corporate spies for Dow, Kraft and...
Why Atheist Libertarians Are Part of America’s 1 Percent Problem
Thinking Ron Paul is a genius...
Will Emotional Terrorism Rule the Courts in the Marissa Alexander Case?
Society has a long way to...
Are the Bankers Now Setting Up the Crash of 2016?
Conservative lawmakers overreact to progressive American...
How Right-Wingers Are Stepping Into An Obamacare Trap
The U.S. Right destroys its credibility...
The Brilliant Mind of Noam Chomsky…Heading to a Movie Theater Near You
The man who directed "Eternal Sunshine...
The Trials of Life Inside Chicago’s Public Housing
"I used to go through the...
The Trials of Life Inside Chicago’s Public Housing
"I used to go through the...
Government Policy Designed for the One Percent Screws Walmart Workers
Bad policy has redistributed income away...
Government Policy Designed for the One Percent Screws Walmart Workers
Bad policy has redistributed income away...
Amazon Develops Drones For Package Drop-off
It's not just militarism--now drones can...
Where the Minimum Wage Would Be If It Kept Pace With the Earnings of...
Instead, the minimum wage has been...
The Naked Truth: Hollywood Still Treats Its Women as Second Class Citizens
Research shows female stars are paid...
5 Ways Our Lives Are Being Violated by Corporate Greed
Congress' response to all this? They...
Sorry, Neoliberals: Inequality Is Driven by Greed, Not Technology
A new study shows low wages...
Are You Smoking Pesticides With Your Pot?
New study finds pesticides on marijuana...
The Rise of Girl-on-Girl
Four times as many women report...
Noam Chomsky: America Hates Its Poor
Linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky on...
10 Outrages and Crazy Statements by Right-Wingers This Week: Pope Provokes Free-Market Freakout
The right freaks out about a...
How the Supreme Court Is on the Verge of Delivering Even Greater Power to...
It will rule on the right...
U.S. Border Officials Often Profile Us When Traveling — And It’s Not Making Anyone...
Officials are wasting time repeatedly stopping...
The Other Police State — The Private Intel Industry Grows
Together, the public-state and private-corporate security...
50 Nice Gifts for Those Who’ve Been Naughty
Maybe they've run afoul of the...
How GOP Oligarchs and the Christian Right Are Hiding Behind the 1st Amendment to...
The Tea Party is turning the...
Tens of Thousands Protest, Over 100 Arrested in Black Friday Challenge to Wal-Mart
After rallies across the country, burning...
10 Movies that Are Perfect for the Holiday Weekend
A selection of recent releases to...
America’s Brazen Global Spying Sparks an International Fight for Basic Privacy Rights
This surveillance of ordinary people, and...
Corporate Elites Are Witnessing a Growing Wave of Resistance to the ‘Walmartization’ of Our...
The fight for more worker...
The Devastating Effect of Mass School Closures on Philadelphia
The real effects of mass school...
6 Signs Our Culture Is Sick With Greed
More than ever, we seem infatuated...
Corporations Should Pay a Living Wage or Face the Death Penalty
Doing business is a privilege, not...
Are Americans Abandoning Their Televisions?
The internet is disrupting video entertainment...
Right-Wing Evangelicals Claim ‘Good Christians’ Can’t Get PTSD
Conservative evangelicals have politicized psychology and...
Wall Street Taught Me How to Cheat
A new report finds 53% of...
How Life Can Be So Much Sweeter After Ditching Junk Food
Junk food may have captured the...
Oligarchy in the Holy Land — Tiny Number of Families Dominates Israel’s Economy
After America, Israel is the most...
The Fascinating Ways the Global Recycling Industry Really Works
A new book explains why the...
What I Learned by Giving a Homeless Woman Shelter in My Home
'I think people who have been...
AlterNet Comics: Matt Davies on the Iran Treaty
All a convenient distraction!
Condom-mania: The 11 New Condom Ideas that Just Got Grants from the Gates Foundation
Will casual sex ever be the...
America’s Next Big Rip-Off: Cars Might Be the Next Subprime Crisis!
With financial firms now pushing strongly...
No Thanks to Thanksgiving
Instead, we should atone for the...
This Thanksgiving, Let’s Celebrate Agri-Culture, Not Agri-Business
How Nixon appointee Earl Butz inadvertently...
10 Ways to Deal With Right-Wing Christian Relatives Over the Holidays
How non-believers and liberal Christians can...
I Took Down the Man Who Posted a Hacked Topless Photo of My Daughter...
This is what happens when the...
You May Be Surprised How Much Our Climate Inaction Is Costing You
Federal and state disaster relief payouts...
6 of the Top 10 U.S. Billionaires Are Kochs and Waltons
The profits of corporate giants that...
I’m the Guy Who People Think Hates Thanksgiving
My rejection of Thanksgiving is more...
Whole Foods Workers Strike for Right to Thanksgiving Holiday; As Pizza Hut GM Fired...
Employees say it's their right to...
5 People Obama Could Pardon in Addition to the Turkey
A year ago this time, when...
Will Legal Pot Hurt the Booze Business? What Do You Think?
With marijuana law reform sweeping the...
Bill Gates Imposes Microsoft Model on School Reform: Only to Have the Company Junk...
New school systems are stuck with...
Michelle Obama ‘Leans in’, Just Not in the Direction Some Privileged Feminists Want Her...
Politico bashed the first lady recently,...
The ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ That Could Cause Such Rapid Global Warming We’d Be Unable...
Our planet has experienced five major...
Why the Christian Right Believes It Has Once-in-a-Decade Chance to Impose Its Radical Worldview...
A change to obscure procedural rules...
‘Walmart Illegally Fired Me, But I’m Still Fighting for Change This Black Friday’
A Walmart worker who was fired...
The Hysteria Brigade: Israel and Saudi Arabia Are Up In Arms Over the Iran...
Could the U.S. Congress, backed by...
How Wall Street’s New Empire of Rental Homes Could Blow Up the Economy
Wall Street is at it again—this...
6 Outrageously Greedy Companies That Make Scrooge Look Like a Softie
Meet the companies offering sh*t sandwiches...
New Mexico Police Spray Woman’s Vagina With Mace After Drug Arrest
Alex Kane
A New Mexico woman was...
What Happens When You Fact Check Fox News
Tyler Hansen
Fox News reported that the...
1 in 10 Americans Uses a Smartphone During Sex? How Our Love Affair With...
Many are increasingly blurring the boundary...
Intelligence Officials Fret Over Snowden’s ‘Doomsday’ Cache of NSA Documents
The documents are allegedly stored in...
The NY Times Uncovers Conservative Attacks and Then Prints One of Its Own; Both...
A recent NYT piece shows the...
D.C. ‘Centrist’ Pundits Horrified That Senate Is a Little Less Gridlocked
The establishment is miffed. Hooray for...
How the Foremost Weapons Expert on the Syrian Civil War Scoops Major News Organizations...
The Internet and a lot of...
Channeling Our National Fascination with ‘Hunger Games’ Into America’s Real Rampant Economic and Social...
A new campaign, Odds In Our...
Israel Lobby Goes Down, Iran Gets a Boost: The Winners and Losers of the...
The diplomatic agreement is a big...
How Kids’ Brains Are at Risk From a Barrage of Common Chemicals
Kids today are growing up in...
America’s Drone-Fueled Killing Spree Has Backfired in Pakistan
Medea Benjamin
"We will put pressure on...
Good-bye Milton Friedman, Hello Joseph Stiglitz! Progressive Economists Can Help Save Working America
Pro-labor thinkers can change the terms...
4 ‘Magic’ Phrases to Use if Cops Stop You with Pot
A lawyer's advice on how to...
How to Escape the Awful Feeling of Being Trapped in Life
Life doesn't have to feel like...
16-Year-Old Jailed at Rikers for 3 Years Without Trial
Nicole Flatow
He says he spent more...
5 Things You Need to Know About the Iran-U.S. Deal Over Nuclear Program
The interim deal over the nuclear...
Kaiser Waited 2 Years to Give Man Test Results That Indicated Cancer, Lawsuit Alleges
Kaiser waited more than 2 years...
10 Biggest Myths About Retail Workers
Over 1 in 10 US jobs...
4 Ways the Koch Brothers’ Wealth Is Beyond Comprehension
In 2012, David and Charles Koch...
When ‘Mommy Needs a Drink’ Isn’t Funny Anymore
As the daughter of an alcoholic...
Have Our Lives Turned into a Real-Life Horror Movie?
Doesn't the direction we're heading in...
Why Walmart’s Plan to Pit Low-Wage Workers Against Low-Wage Consumers Is Failing
As Black Friday protests near, a...
Coca-Cola Feeling the Heat After Secret Funding of Anti-Labeling Campaign
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