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Battling Burma’s Monstrous Regime | Utah to Prosecute for Miscarriages? | Anti-Gay Politicians Caught Having Gay Sex

4:50 pm on March 9 2010
By Psycler
Filed in: Politics
Tagged with: NATO, obama, President

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MARCH 9TH, 2010

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Meet the Badass Group Battling a Monstrous Regime Responsible for Waging the World’s Longest-Running War

In “For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question” Mac McClelland chronicles the 60-year genocide the Burmese government has waged against an ethnic minority.READ MORE

Mac McClelland / AlterNet

Move Your Money, But Don’t Forget About Credit Unions

Banking behemoths don’t deserve your business. But your local credit union could be the right financial fit. READ MORE

Scott Thill / AlterNet

Rescued From the Brink: Inside the World’s Largest Chimp Sanctuary

What happens to all those chimps who’ve endured hell for our benefit? The lucky few get to retire to their own private island in Florida. READ MORE

Liz Langley / AlterNet


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Liz Cheney’s Fearmongering Campaign Against Terror Trial Lawyers Blows up in Her Face

Conservatives are criticizing Liz Cheney’s ugly ad portraying Obama’s DOJ as an extension of al Qaeda. Is it partly because the DOJ has given them little to complain about? READ MORE

By Liliana Segura / AlterNet

Our Dirty Little Secret: Who’s Really Poor in America?

The problem today for most isn’t this recession, it’s that except for the top 10 percent, average household income hasn’t changed a bit for 10 to 20 years. READ MORE

By Leo Hindery Jr. / Huffington Post

Conservative Hall of Shame: 8 Anti-Gay Politicians and Demagogues Who Got Caught Having Gay Sex

The state senator arrested leaving a gay club joined a long and illustrious tradition of double-talking, double-living conservative figures. READ MORE

By G.L. Morrison / AlterNet

Controversial Utah Law Charges Women and Girls With Murder for Miscarriages

Critics are worried the law will open up a Pandora’s box of unintended legal consequences. READ MORE

By Rose Aguilar / AlterNet

What Makes the Healthiest and Happiest Societies? Hint: It Not Rich People

The healthiest and happiest societies aren’t those with the highest incomes but those with the most equality. Epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson discusses why. READ MORE

By Brooke Jarvis / YES! Magazine

Rise of the Superbugs: Why We Are Increasingly at Risk From Antibiotic-Resistant Diseases

The evidence is overwhelming that these new superbugs are at least partially a result of dosing farm animals with subtherapeutic doses of antibiotics added to their feed. READ MORE

By Vanessa Barrington / EcoSalon