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Could Your Cell Phone End Up Killing You?

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:00:01 PST

A new debate is raging over whether prolonged cell phone use poses serious health side effects.

New Poll Results Are Proof That Republicans Don't Think

Sara Robinson, Blog for Our Future — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:00:01 PST

A poll commissioned by DailyKos shows just how far to the right the GOP has been dragged by its right wing...and how far out of step they are with the rest of America.

The Newest Diet Trend: What Would Jesus Eat?

Anneli Rufus, AlterNet — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PST

Whether you call it the Hallelujah Diet, the Maker's Diet or the Lord's Diet, the holy spirit is driving one of America's biggest weight-loss fads.

Americans Are Learning Medicine the Cuban Way

Julia Landau, East Bay Express — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PST

The Bay Area is a hub for new doctors who want to practice family medicine and help the poor, yet had to leave the country to learn how to do it.

White Racial Resentment Bubbles Under the Surface of the Tea Party Movement

Rich Benjamin, AlterNet — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:00:01 PST

The simmering movement is the whitest phenomenon on the national scene, evident not just in its Caucasian numbers but in the bedrock beliefs stirring its anti-government contempt.

Shocker: Tea Party Convention Opening Speaker Suggests a Return to Jim Crow Voting Laws

John Byrne, Raw Story — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:00:01 PST

GOPer Tom Tancredo suggests "literacy test" to protect America from presidents like Obama -- a segregation-era method employed by southern US states to keep blacks from voting.

America's System Failure: Only a Wave of Democratic Participation Can Save This Country

Christopher Hayes, The Nation — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PST

As welcome as it was, the removal of George W. Bush was not enough to cure what ails us. It goes to the root of our political system.

Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Are Upending Our Democracy

Janine Wedel, AlterNet — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PST

Wedel argues in her new book that a group of corrupted elites are destroying the principles that define modern states, free markets and democracy itself.

Our Democracy No Longer Works and the Problem Is Congress

Lawrence Lessig, The Nation — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PST

At the center of our government lies a bankrupt institution: Congress. The US Congress has become the Fundraising Congress.

Hightower: GOP Is the Party That Thinks Helping the Poor and Hungry Is Like Feeding 'Stray Animals'

Jim Hightower, AlterNet — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:01 PST

Where else can raw ignorance rise to such high places -- and then flaunt itself shamelessly for all to see?