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House of Representatives Passes Health-Care Reform Bill in Historic Vote; Kucinich Votes Against

Adele Stan, AlterNet — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:32:01 -0800

With the vote of a single Republican, Democrats passed the Affordable Health Care Act for America.

Anti-Woman Amendment to Health Care Passes House

Adele Stan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:47:01 -0800

The Stupak amendment -- an anti-choice measure that could virtually eliminate insurance coverage for abortion -- will be attached to the health-care reform bill.

House Will Take Up-or-Down Vote on Stupak Amendment, Threatening Women's Rights

RH Reality Check, RH Reality Check — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:00:01 -0800

The House leadership bows to anti-choice congressmen, allowing them a vote on an anti-choice amendment to the health-care bill.

Video: Tancredo Storms Off MSNBC Set, "Insulted" by Markos Moulitsas

Adele Stan, AlterNet — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:24:01 -0800

The former Colorado congressman demanded an apology from Moulitsas for reference to his Vietnam War deferment.

The Ugly Politics of Mass Killings

Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:13:01 -0800

Where's the liberal cover-up?

Palin Getting Paranoid? Alaska Quit-Bull Bans Laptops, Cell-Phones During Speech

Staff, AlterNet — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:05:01 -0800

A national candidate?

Pat Boone Wants to Rid the White House of "Vermin"

David Neiwert, Orcinus — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:32:01 -0800

Eliminationism much, Pat?

With Unemployment at 40 Percent, Afghan Teens Enlist in Army, Police

Lal Aqa Sherin, IPS News — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:00:01 -0800

In a matter of weeks, Afghanistan's boys can go from high school students, to uniformed soldiers.

If Tea-Baggers Are Such Populists, Why not Vent Fury Over Flu Shots Going to Wall Street While Kids Go Without?

Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:12:01 -0800

Or maybe their anger is misdirected.

The Raw Milk Revolution: Behind America's Emerging Battle Over Food Rights

Makenna Goodman, TreeHugger — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

Because of its health benefits, many more people are turning to raw milk. But there's one hitch: Raw milk is illegal.

10 of the Nuttiest Statements Elected Officials Have Made in the Health Care Battle

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

Wild, over-the-top rhetoric and bizarre conspiracy theories about health reform aren't just coming from the right-wing blogs and talk-radio loudmouths.

Instant Sex: Has the Digital Age Destroyed Relationships or Made Them Better?

Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

Digitally-enabled mating culture has opened up the mate-finding process while also generating a whole new set of dating anxieties.

(VIDEO) More Torture by Taser: Cops Zap Man Offering No Resistance

Digby, Hullabaloo — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

This is part of such a clear pattern.

What Michelle and Barack's Marriage Has in Common with 56 Million Other Ones

Annabelle Gurwitch, AlterNet — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

The first couple has tried to preserve their "date night tradition." So have my husband and I.

New York May Stop Heartless Health Insurers from Dropping Coverage When It Stops Being Profitable

William Ehart, Washington Times — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

The proposed Ian's law, named after a victim of muscular dystrophy who requires an electronic device to speak would protect the most vulnerable from losing coverage.

Obama's First Year: It Ain't No Crystal Staircase

Robert L. Borosage, Campaign for America's Future — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

Obama will increasingly have to choose -- whether to hold to his vision and raise the stakes, or compromise his vision to cut the deal.

PETA Teams Up With Glenn Beck to Bash Al Gore

Tara Lohan, AlterNet — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:39:01 -0800

Apparently Beck thinks PETA is as rad as the NRA. Who knew?

Why We Need Bees and More People Becoming Organic Beekeepers

Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:00:01 -0800

Bees teach us how to live our life in a way that by taking what we need from the world around us, we leave the world better than we found it.

How Does a Religious Cult Have the Clout to Delay Health Care Vote?

Adele Stan, AlterNet — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:30:01 -0800

To keep House vote on track, Pelosi struggles to appease the Catholic church and The Family cult on abortion language.

How a Public Jobs Program Could Put America Back on Track

Julianne Malveaux, The Progressive — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

The same nation that created a Works Progress Administration in the 1930s should create another one in the 21st century.

Focusing on Fort Hood Killer's Beliefs Is an Easy Out to Avoid the Deeper Reasons for the Massacre

Mark Ames, AlterNet — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

That alleged killer Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is a Muslim is not enough to explain the attacks.

Claim: CIA Sent Prisoners Abroad to Be Boiled Alive and 'Raped with Broken Bottles'

Daniel Tencer, Raw Story — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

Former British ambassador alleges CIA relied on intelligence based on torture in prisons in Uzbekistan.

Why Natural Gas Is Not a Clean Energy Panacea

Stan Cox, AlterNet — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:01 -0800

Natural gas is "clean" only in contrast to coal -- just as a bacon cheeseburger can only be regarded as healthful compared with a double bacon cheeseburger.

We're Literally Blowing Up Our Clean Energy Future

Nell Greenberg, AlterNet — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:01 -0800

Coal River Mountain can be a wind farm that provides 85,000 households with electricity, creates 700 long-term green jobs but inside it is being dynamited.

NYC Marathon Raises Question of Who Is American Enough?

James E. Johnson, Jr., Imagine 2050 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:00:01 -0800

Who gets to choose who is American or American enough? And how will they choose?

Nothing But Bad Policy Options for Obama in Afghanistan

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:01 -0800

Can we avoid an approach to Afghanistan where impending disaster is seen as an invitation to make things even worse?

Letting the Science, Not the Politicians, Decide About Marijuana

Jag Davies, AlterNet — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:01 -0800

The federal govt. is still blocking the process that would allow the marijuana plant to be brought to market as a prescription medicine.

U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Are Burning Copies of the Koran? Are We Really That Stupid?

Abdullah Obaidi, Asia Times — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

According to villagers, several U.S. soldiers burned Korans when they couldn't locate insurgents they believed had blown up part of their convoy.

Iraq Movie, 'The Hurt Locker' Is Generating Oscar Buzz: But Does It Deserve It?

Jasmin Ramsey, AlterNet — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

Critics have praised the film as a realistic, Academy Award-worthy piece of filmmaking. But is there really anything realistic about it?

Fetus-Shaped Potatoes? Going Undercover Inside the Weird World of Right-Wing Abortion Foes

Ann Neumann, AlterNet — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800

I went undercover to a Pro-Life Federation conference. What I found there was not "middle America" or even conservative America. It was fringe America.