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Billionaires and Mega-Corporations Behind Immense Land Grab in Africa 20+ African countries are selling or leasing land for intensive agriculture on a shocking scale in what may be the greatest change of ownership since the colonial era.READ MORE John Vidal / Mail & Guardian Is There Really a Backlash Against Casual Sex? According to a spate of recent articles, a new sexual conservatism is on the rise. But is it really that simple? READ MORE Vanessa Richmond / AlterNet Massa Ruins Glenn Beck’s Day; Admits to Groping “Tickle Fight” with Staffer Backtracking on accusations of being forced to resign House seat, former Rep. Eric Massa frustrated Glenn Beck in an interview that promised dirt on Dems but delivered none. READ MORE Adele M. Stan / AlterNet Marjah: The Non-Existent City the Military Said We Conquered in Afghanistan Marjah isn’t even a town, but rather one of the clearest and most dramatic examples of a war of perception as outlined in the US’s counter-insurgency doctrine. READ MORE
By Gareth Porter / IPS News Lessons from a Revolutionary’s Lifetime Crusade for Justice Albie Sachs lost an arm and half his eyesight and lived in exile for years, but he never lost his vision for a just and equitable society in South Africa. READ MORE
By Maria Armoudian / AlterNet Kucinich on the Many Reasons to Kill the Current Health Care Bill Kucinich: Insurance industry gets $70 billion dollars a year, forces people to buy private insurance, locks in five consecutive years of double-digit premium increases. READ MORE
By David Edwards, Sahil Kapur / Raw Story Tea Partiers Should Be Picketing the Corporations That Dominate Our Lives Private monopolies determine the breakfast cereal we eat, the car we drive, the medical treatment we receive, what we feed our pets: they’re the ones that threaten our liberty. READ MORE
By Don Monkerud / CounterPunch “Diary of a Disgraced Soldier”: Can Art Save the Life of a Veteran Battling PTSD? Martin Webster was arrested after he filmed fellow soldiers beating up Iraqis. A new film reveals how he went from being “designed to kill” to saving his humanity. READ MORE
By Zack Baddorf / AlterNet How the War on Drugs Gave Birth to a Permanent American Undercaste In the “era of colorblindness” there’s a nearly fanatical desire to cling to the myth that we as a nation have “moved beyond” race. We haven’t. READ MORE
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