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Izzy Award Winner Jeremy Scahill: “We’re At a Ground Zero Moment to Save Real Journalism”

The winner of the second annual Izzy Award, named after muckraking journalist I.F. Stone, discusses independent media and this critical moment in journalism. READ MORE

You Can’t Understand Drug War Bloodbath in Mexico Unless You’re Living It

“Living on the border can cripple a person’s emotional range. I grow more numb with each passing day.” READ MORE

Stop Hand-Wringing About Peak Oil and Climate Change and Do Something

A movement aimed at tackling the energy crisis with aplomb has been stepping on the gas since its formation. READ MORE

The Israel Lobby’s Big Problem: People Aren’t Afraid to Criticize Israel Anymore

Right-wingers in Jerusalem keep getting more and more outrageous. But the political climate in Washington can no longer be predicted, much less taken for granted. READ MORE

$6 Billion Later, Afghan Cops Aren’t Ready to Serve

Since 2002, the U.S. has spent $6 billion in an effort to create an effective Afghan police force — but the program has been a disaster. READ MORE

NATO Tries to Silence a Truth-Teller in Afghanistan After Killing Pregnant Women

Brave New Foundation

Step Toward Justice for Jamie Leigh Jones

lauraflanders

Arrest the Pope?

grantlawrence

Teacher Sued For Bashing Christianity — Will Others Be Censored?

A teacher in California was found to have violated a student’s First Amendment rights by disparaging religion in the classroom. The ruling could silence outspoken teachers. READ MORE

By Amy DePaul / AlterNet

Are Americans Too Broken by Corporate Power to Resist?

We need to take a look at what forces in American society are preventing people from being able to resist tyranny and dehumanization. READ MORE

By Joan Brunwasser, Bruce E. Levine / OpEdNews.com

Did a White Sheriff and District Attorney Orchestrate a Race-Based Coup in a Northern Louisiana Town?

African American mayor and police chief assert that they have been forced from office and arrested as part of an coup carried out by white politicians and their followers. READ MORE

By Jordan Flaherty / AlterNet

In a Coma, With the Plug Pulled on Health Insurance

Heather Galeotti lay in a coma for nearly six months before her health insurer, Kaiser Permanente, informed her family that it would not cover $4 million in medical bills. READ MORE

By Danielle Ivory / The Huffington Post Investigative Fund

The Israel Lobby’s Big Problem: People Aren’t Afraid to Criticize Israel Anymore

Right-wingers in Jerusalem keep getting more and more outrageous. But the political climate in Washington can no longer be predicted, much less taken for granted. READ MORE

By Ira Chernus / AlterNet

Tea Party Hypocrites Hate Socialism Except When They Love It

Joshua Holland

Remembering Mendez: A Building Block for Brown v. Board of Education

Douglas Rivlin

NATO Tries to Silence a Truth-Teller in Afghanistan After Killing Pregnant Women

Brave New Foundation

Now, Healthcare for Democracy?

francesmoorelapp

Courage for Immigration Reform

lauraflanders

Pharma and New York Times are “Puzzled” by Bone Drug Fractures-But Patients Aren’t

martharosenberg

Slaughter House ’10: The Gutting of State and Local Government

LesLeopold

Poll: Tea Partiers Afraid of ‘Big Government’ Want the Gov’t to Create Jobs and Rein in Wall Street

zaidjilani

Mississippi School District Found to Have a Homophobic History Longer Than Prom Scandal

Byard Duncan

Step Toward Justice for Jamie Leigh Jones

lauraflanders

A Future for My Grandchildren – Visions for a new America

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Izzy Award Winner Jeremy Scahill: “We’re At a Ground Zero Moment to Save Real Journalism”

The winner of the second annual Izzy Award, named after muckraking journalist I.F. Stone, discusses independent media and this critical moment in journalism. READ MORE

By Byard Duncan / AlterNet

Alan Greenspan and the New York Times Are Gunning for Your Social Security

The battle for Social Security is on — and the Times is fighting for the bad guys. READ MORE

By Zach Carter / AlterNet

HBO Film Delves into Immigration Reform’s “Senators’ Bargain”

The inside story of Ted Kennedy’s all-out push to pass an immigration reform bill in 2007 is told in “The Senators’ Bargain,” a revealing new documentary airing this week. READ MORE

By Marcelo Ballve / New America Media

Fox News, Health Care, and the Right-Wing Nervous Breakdown

How did health care go so terribly wrong for the Tea Party’s true believers? They made the mistake of believing their own hype — and Fox News. READ MORE

By Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America

NYT Public Editor Finally Admits ACORN ‘Pimp’ Hoax Reporting Failure: ‘Times Was Wrong’

Clark Hoyt says in Sunday column ‘editors considering correction’ and concedes paper ‘should have’ covered report finding no criminality in ‘heavily edited’ sting videos. READ MORE

By Brad Friedman / Brad Blog

Media Bias Killed ACORN

lauraflanders

How to Make the Media Pay As Much Attention to the Giant Anti-War Movement As They Do the Tea Parties

greenferret

Social Media Activism: Adding to the Haitian narrative

Race-Talk

Bullet Shot Through Window of Eric Cantor’s Office; Cantor Blames Democratic Lawmakers for Violence

AlterNet Staff

Pentagon Takes Preliminary Step Toward Banning DADT

stevebenen

Fox and Friends Broadcast E-mails Rationalizing Threats Against Democrats

mattcorley

Why Are We In Iraq? Please Remind Me.

IraChernus

Abort the Executive Order

RH Reality Check

Los Angeles Turns Lights on Deadly Coal, Bright Clean Energy Future

jeffbiggers

Media Bias Killed ACORN

lauraflanders

Health Care Explainers

sarahjaffe

How the West is Winning Against Coal

Bruce Nilles

Green gubernatorial campaigns to watch in 2010: IL, MA, CA, NV, OH

greenferret

Livestock, climate change and a mediocre media

Pat Thomas

Salmon Summit Set for April 1

danbacher

Immigration Reform: House Of Labor Marches With Immigrants

The complicated relationship between the forces fighting for immigration reform and the labor movement have been on display this week and will be on display this weekend. READ MORE

By Douglas Rivlin / NewsJunkiePost.com

Low Latino Turnout Could Hurt Democrats in 2010, Says Poll

With immigration reform back on the Washington, D.C. agenda, Latino voters will be watching to see which politicians step up and which don’t… READ MORE

By Marcelo Ballve / New America Media

Courting the Latino Vote? The GOP Push for Immigration Reform

In the past few weeks, new voices have been added to the call for immigration reform: Republicans who recognize that ignoring immigration is ignoring the future of their own party. READ MORE

By Seth Hoy / Immigration Impact

Today’s Immigration Reform Rally A Milestone

Whatever its ultimate impact on immigration politics this year, the rally served to galvanize a new cohort of immigrant activists, especially young people and recent immigrants. READ MORE

By Marcelo Ballve / New America Media

After Health Care, Immigration

Addressing immigration is the best way to ensure health care reform is truly effective — and score big political points with Latino voters. READ MORE

By Gabriel Arana / The American Prospect

Why One Undocumented Student is Walking the Trail of Dreams

Carlos is one of the four Trail of Dreams walkers – students walking 1,500 miles from Miami to Washington, D.C. -who are calling for the implementation of The Dream Act. READ MORE

By Carolyn Goossen / New America Media

Sheriff Joe Arpaio challenges march in Washington with largest crackdown on undocumented in Arizona

  Race-Talk

The Invisible Immigration Rally

  coatesd

US Human Rights Record Challenged

  Race-Talk

Learning From Health Care Reform

  lauraflanders

Is the Health Care Bill Good for Communities Of Color?

  ColorLines

The Health Care Bill and Women’s Health: Wins, Losses, and Challenges

  RH Reality Check

Social Media Activism: Adding to the Haitian narrative

  Race-Talk

What’s the matter with California?

  Robert Crook

Racism, Homophobia Dominates Tea Party Protest Over Health Care Bill

  phoenix

How Screwed Is the GOP? Very, Very Screwed

  booman

GOP Rep. Nunes Excuses Racist, Homophobic Tea Partier Slurs As A Response To ‘Totalitarian Tactics’

  AndreaNill

Tea Party Protesters Yell “N” Word at Black Lawmakers

  Adele Stan

Fox News Commentator Geraldo Rivera Criticizes Bret Baier’s Obama Interview

  Amanda Terkel