AlterNet.org: Joshua Holland

Joshua Holland: Why Won't Obama Give You a Job?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

Wall Street's raking in massive profits and paying its execs and traders record bonuses, thanks in part to government cash. What about ordinary Americans?

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

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

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.

Joshua Holland: 5 Key Fights We Face Against the Insurance Industry in the Push for Better Health Care

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST

There's momentum to repair our fractured health care system -- but activism is desperately needed to keep the process honest.

Joshua Holland: Former Wall Street Player Reveals the Inside World Behind Shady Bailouts to Bankers

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:01 PDT

An interview with Prins, former managing director at Goldman Sachs, now a razor-sharp financial muckraker and author of the new book, "It Takes a Pillage."

Joshua Holland: Is the End Near for the Right-Wing's Vice Grip on U.S. Israeli Policy?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Obama's national security adviser will keynote the inaugural conference of the moderate advocacy group J-Street, an alternative to Washington's hawkish Israel lobby.

Joshua Holland: Not Your Father's Chamber of Commerce: National Organization Is Now a Tool of the Radical Right

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Once a sane advocate and even community-minded organization, the Chamber of Commerce has been captured by the Republican Party.

Joshua Holland: H1N1 Just Isn't That Scary: Why There's No Reason to Go Overboard with Swine Flu Hysteria

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Just a few years ago, we wouldn't have known there was a "swine flu."

Joshua Holland: 'American Casino': How Our Nation's Financial Sector Became a Massive and Unregulated Gambling Operation

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:01 PDT

An incredibly powerful new documentary finally lets those who've lived it tell the story -- from the "creative" financiers to the home buyers duped by brokers.

Joshua Holland: Coital Cephalalgia: Have Sex and Feel Like You're Getting Kicked in the Head

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:01 PDT

My life has sucked significantly more than yours has over the past two weeks -- here's why.

Joshua Holland: Town Hall Lunacy Includes Outraged Calls to 'Keep Government Out of Medicare,' When Medicare Is Government

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Some can't reconcile what they believe about the propaganda that is fed to them with their own positive experiences with public programs like Medicare.

Joshua Holland: You. At a Town Hall Meeting. 5 Questions You Should Ask

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Those raucous health-care town halls aren't over yet. That's where you come in.

Joshua Holland: It's Now or Never for a Public Option: Why We Need to Take a Stand Against the Insurance Industry's Greed

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:01 PDT

We are at a crucial moment in the health care debate -- Obama needs pressure from all of us to keep the public option as part of his agenda.

Joshua Holland: 10 Awesome Things That Would Happen If Health Reform Passes

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Forget the fearmongering scare tactics of the right, here's how your life will actually be better.

Joshua Holland: Right-Wingers Are Stirring Up Xenophobia to Swiftboat Health Reform

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Misleading people is really the only option for those bent on killing the reform movement.

Joshua Holland: How Corporate Media, Sellouts in Congress and Industry Bigs Have Hijacked the Health Care Debate

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:01 PDT

If we let these powerful interests get their way, we'll see more outlandish increases in premiums and millions more people being denied care.

Joshua Holland: Why $10 for a Pack of Cigs Is Good Value

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Charging high taxes on smokes is the only way to push people to quit. And I don't <i>want</i> the individual freedom to be suicidally stupid.

Joshua Holland: Why Is a Liberal Israel Analyst Echoing Neocon Fearmongering on Iran?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:01 PDT

MJ Rosenberg buys into the 'Iran as existential threat' frame.

Joshua Holland: We Need Clear Thinking: There Should Be No Clash Between Public Option and Single Payer

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:01 PDT

The debate among progressive health reformers has been sometimes nasty, but they have more in common than they might think.

Joshua Holland: Wingnut Congressman Brian Bilbray's Ignorance about the Constitution and Citizenship Is Shocking

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:00:01 PDT

On immigration law, and his 'anchor baby' nonsense, Bibray makes Ron Paul look like a constitutional scholar.

Joshua Holland: Howard Dean: "This Is Ridiculous. We're 60 Years Behind the Times" on Fixing Health Care

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Progressive leader and health crusader Dean on what it's going to take to overhaul our health care system.

Joshua Holland: Got Health Insurance? Fighting for a Public Option Might Just Get You a Raise!

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Controlling health care costs isn't just necessary for the health of our economy -- it'd also be likely to boost personal incomes.

Joshua Holland: 'Green Shoots' of Recovery? Don't Fall for the Media's Economic Triumphalism

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PDT

A narrative is emerging that we're seeing the first signs that a recovery is around the corner, but the reality is less encouraging.

Joshua Holland: The Terrorist Threat: Right-Wing Radicals and the Eliminationist Mindset

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Understanding the dangerous worldview that led to the murder of an innocent doctor and an attack at the Holocaust Museum.

Joshua Holland: The Results Are In: Americans Are Now More Closely Aligned With Progressive Ideas Than at Any Time in Memory

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:01 PDT

On issue after issue, significant majorities of Americans favor progressive solutions to the nation's problems and reject the right's worldview.

Joshua Holland: Are We Going to Let Health Industry Propaganda Derail Obama's Plans for Reform?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Millions of dollars will be poured into deceptive media ads by the health care industry -- will you step up to stop them?