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May 10, 2013
5/10/2013. Sirota. ITT. The Military's 40-Year Experiment
May 9, 2013
5/09/2013. ABCNews. Community Helps Georgia Students Hold First Integrated Prom (video)
5/09/2013. Follman. MoJo. At Least 71 Kids Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown
May 2, 2013
5/02/2013. Joyce. MoJo. Mitt Romney's Advice to College Grads: Start Having Babies As Soon As Possible
February 11, 2013
2/11/2013 Cullinane, CNN. Pope Benedict XVI's resignation explained and Full text of Pope Benedict XVI's declaration
February 8, 2013
2/08/2013 Perella, EDIE. Which? maps out sustainable consumption blueprints for 2030
February 2, 2013
2/02/2013 Helmore, Guardian. Jared Diamond in row over claim tribal peoples live in 'state of constant war'
January 18, 2013
1/18/2013 Feffer, FPIF. Where Bulgaria Went Wrong
January 11, 2013
1/11/2013 Asia Times. Uzbekistan bids to save culture from popping
January 7, 2013
1/7/13 Marquand, CSM, France's 'boys will be boys' mentality challenges gender equality
January 1, 2013
1/1/13 Feffer, FPIF. Bulgaria's Educated Among Those Most Likely to Discriminate Against Roma
March 6, 2011
3/06/11 Wellen, FPIF, What the Army Thinks the Taliban Would Do With Data on Genitourinary Injuries
March 1, 2011
3/01/11, Murphy, MoJo, Meet the White Supremacist Leading the GOP's Anti-Sharia Crusade
3/01/11 Wolff, Guardian, How the rich soaked the rest of us
September 9, 2010
9/09/10 Johnson, CSM, Extremism and Election 2010
September 7, 2010
9/07/10 Fisk, Independent, 'Honor' Killing: The Crimewave that Shames the World
July 26, 2010
7/26/10 Geoghegan, ITT, What We Can Learn
July 25, 2010
7/25/10 Sample, Guardian, Global disaster: is humanity prepared for the worst?
7/25/10 Zucchino, LAT, Saving America's Mother Vine
July 23, 2010
7/23/10 BBC, How Britain said farewell to its Empire
July 22, 2010
7/22/10 Parry, ITT, The Right's Power of Infrastructure
7/22/10 Kurczy, CSM, Stonehenge twin - 'Timberhenge' - discovered with radar imaging
7/22/10 Rall, Dandelion Salad, Protofascism Comes to America: The Rise of the Tea Party
July 17, 2010
7/17/10 Greer, IntelDaily, The Ways of the Force
July 14, 2010
7/14/10 Food & Water Watch, Natural Gas No Quick Fix for U.S. Energy Woes
7/14/10 Thompson, WP, As NAACP aims to stay in national debate, charge of tea party racism draws fire
7/14/10 Greste, BBC, Biological bonanza in Kenya's threatened forest
7/14/10 Morelle, BBC, Gorillas 'play games of tag like humans'
7/14/10 Gill, BBC, Plants 'can think and remember'
July 12, 2010
7/12/10 Keim, Wired, Human Evolution Recapped in Kids' Brain Growth
July 9, 2010
7/09/10 Lindorff, Public Record, Capitalism Is An Anti-Social Disease
7/08/10 Wang, ProPublica, 1970s BP-Branded Board Game Turned Offshore Drilling Into Child's Play
July 8, 2010
7/08/10 Streitfield, NYT, Biggest Defaulters on Mortgages Are the Rich
July 7, 2010
7/07/10 Wellen, FPIF, It's Not an "Anthropology of Afghanistan" We Need, But of Us
July 6, 2010
7/06/10 Lochhead, SF Chron, Dead Zone in Gulf Linked to Ethanol Production
July 5, 2010
7/05/10 Rothschild, Progressive, Republicans Incite Class Warfare--Within the Middle Class
June 29, 2010
6/29/10 Villianatos, TruthOut, Sowing Traditional Knowledge
June 27, 2010
6/27/10 Vernon, Guardian, Thin is in: in search of the perfect male body
June 26, 2010
6/26/10 Black, BBC, Japan 'regrets' lack of agreement at IWC meeting
June 25, 2010
6/25/10 Burke, Guardian, Triple murder in India highlights increase in 'honour killings'
6/25/20 Meikel, Guardian, Human foetus feels no pain before 24 weeks, study says
June 24, 2010
6/24/10 Young, CRG, The Permanent Dehumanizing of Humanity?
June 21, 2010
6/21/10 Arbuthnot, CRG, Plundering the Planet
June 20, 2010
6/20/10 Hedges, DandelionSalad, American Crusaders: The rise of Christian nationalism in Post-9/11 America (2008)
June 16, 2010
6/16/10 Sutter, CNN, San Francisco to warn consumers about cell radiation levels
June 15, 2010
6/15/10 Sandoval, YES Mag, In New Mexico, Ancient Traditions Keep Desert Waters Flowing
June 14, 2010
6/14/10 Zaid Jilani, Alternet, Rand Paul on Mountaintop Removal Mining: No One Will Miss "a Hill or Two Here and There"
6/14/10 BBC, Oil spill 'will shape how US thinks about environment'
June 13, 2010
6/13/10 Estep, Kentucky.com, Republicans coming together for Paul
6/13/10 Harris, Guardian, Glenn Beck puts his conspiracy theories into new novel The Overton Window
June 11, 2010
6/11/10 Kennedy, NYT, The Ahab Parallax: 'Moby Dick' and the Spill
6/11/10 Cohen, NYT, Long Road to Adulthood Is Growing Even Longer
June 9, 2010
6/09/10 Seidman, McClatchy, Cousteau: U.S. oil spill response reflects 'soul of this country'
June 7, 2010
6/07/10 Keim, Wired, Ancient Beehives Yield 3,000-Year-Old Bees
6/07/10 Morris, BBC, US oil spill: Beach life under threat
6/07/10 Walker, BBC, Humpback whales form friendships that last years
June 2, 2010
6/02/10 Karus, Guardian, UN Urges Global Move to Meat and Dairy-Free Diet
6/02/10 Ames, AlterNet, The Really Creepy People Behind the Libertarian-Inspired Billionaire Sea Castles
6/02/10 Kenney, ITT, Weekend Warrior Bootcamp
May 26, 2010
5/25/10 Dadigan, CSM, How a native American tribe got their salmon back, by way of New Zealand
May 22, 2010
5/22/10 Rothschild, Progressive, Virginia AG Goes After Climate Scientist; 800 Virginia Professors Protest
May 21, 2010
5/21/10 Chen, CNN, Pressure for female genital cutting lingers in the U.S.
May 20, 2010
5/20/10 Nagourney & Hulse, NYT, Tea Party Pick Causes Uproar on Civil Rights
5/20/10 Kayira, CSM, Malawi gives gay couple 14 years in jail; public cheers
5/20/10 Rothschild, Progressive, Beware Rand Paul and Sarah Palin
5/20/10 Chin, Progressive, Arizona's law reminds us of past anti-immigrant legislation
5/20/10 Weis, AlterNet, What U.S. History Would Look Like If It Were Written By Texas and Arizona
5/20/10 Ehrenreich, AlterNet, Why Forced Positive Thinking Is a Total Crock
May 19, 2010
5/19/10 AlterNet, An America for Whites Only?
5/19/10 BBC, Texas schoolbook fight heats up
5/19/10 Knox, AlterNet, A Victim of Abstinence-Only Responds to Sex Scandal of Ab-Only Politician Mark Souder
May 18, 2010
5/18/10 McGreal, Guardian, Texas Schools Board Rewrites US History With Lessons Promoting God and Guns
5/18/10 Gorman, Reuters, Oil spill threatens way of life on Louisiana bayou
5/18/10 Chakraboty, Guardian, Are the markets our new religion?
5/18/10 Topping & Smith, Guardian, Malawi gay couple found guilty of 'unnatural acts'
May 15, 2010
5/15/10 Viney, Guardian, How to thatch a roof
May 14, 2010
5/14/10 Wainwright, Guardian, Neo-Nazi Ian Davidson jailed for 10 years for making chemical weapon
5/14/10 Walker, BBC, Folk medicine poses global threat to wild dog species
May 12, 2010
5/12/10 CNN, Anti-gay rights activist resigns after trip with male escort
May 8, 2010
5/08/10 Eley, WSWS, The BP oil spill and American capitalism
5/08/10 Sirota, ITT, The Motto of Mad Men
May 7, 2010
5/07/10 Anderson, ITT, Springsteen's Salvation
May 6, 2010
5/06/10 Greer, IntelDaily, Our societies have become even more unmanageable: Reduce the amount of complexity
April 30, 2010
4/30/10 Stout, NYT, Antisocial Networking?
4/30/10 Video: Exponential Growth Meets Reality (must see)
4/30/10 Burton, WSWS, US Supreme Court deals further blow to separation of church and state
April 27, 2010
4/27/10 Pringle, Public Record, Psychiatric Drugging of Infants and Toddlers in the US
4/27/10 Kleit, CNN, Coal, oil and the price we're willing to pay
4/27/10 Kurczy, CSM, Loch Ness monster is real: former Scottish police chief
4/27/10 Montgomery & Ryan, CSM, World's 18 most endangered spoken languages
April 22, 2010
4/22/10 Stewart, Reuters, Pentagon disinvites evangelist who scorned Islam
April 21, 2010
4/21/10 La Duke, Progressive, On Earth Day, we need to rethink our way of life
April 19, 2010
4/19/10 Reuters, Majority of Americans distrust the government
April 15, 2010
4/15/10 Arnoldy, CSM, In India, religious violence leaves long trail of refugee camps
April 9, 2010
4/09/10 Jamjoom, CNN, Yemeni child bride dies of internal bleeding
April 5, 2010
4/05/10 Richardson, Altenet, What You're Eating Could Make or Break Our Planet -- 7 Principles of a Climate-Friendly Diet
April 4, 2010
4/04/10 Johnson, Huffington, Jamie Dimon: The Most Dangerous Man In America
4/04/10 Reich, RobertReich.com, Greenspan, Summers, and Why the Economy Is So Out of Whack
April 3, 2010
4/03/10 Stourton, BBC, Richness of Iraq's minority religions revealed
April 2, 2010
4/02/10 Zueras, IPS, Native Peoples Reject Market Mechanisms
March 31, 2010
3/31/10 Scheer, Nation, Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah
3/31/10 Landau, CNN, $250 million for abstinence education not evidence-based, groups say
3/31/10 Pommereau, CSM, What happens when you remove all traffic signs? A German town finds out.
March 30, 2010
3/30/10 McGreal, Guardian, Nine teenagers charged over bullying that led to girl's suicide
March 29, 2010
3/29/10 ITT, Why Do They Want to Do Us Harm? [Part One]
March 28, 2010
3/28/10 Clinton, Progressive, The White Party
March 27, 2010
3/27/10 Sirota, ITT, The Difference Between Liberalism and Progressivism
March 26, 2010
3/26/10 Rothschild, Progressive, This Is What Neofascism Looks Like
3/26/10 Pollitt, Nation, Q and A with Carole Joffe - sociology of abortion
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/26/pope-accused-priest-sex-abuse-germany">Pope implicated in allegations over sex abuse by second Catholic priest
March 25, 2010
3/25/10 PublicRecord, Rep. Barney Frank Condemns GOP Complicity In Tea Party Insanity
3/25/10 Lahiri, CSM, Ayn Rand move over: In Pune, India, shantytown residents 'design by consensus.'
March 22, 2010
3/22/10 Henley, Guardian, Heritage crafts at risk
3/22/10 CNN, ACORN plans to shut down
March 21, 2010
3/21/10 Yaqub, WP, The Washing: In the Muslim custom of bathing the dead, she found a deep sense of reward -- and shaved off 40 sins
March 20, 2010
3/20/10 Douglas, McClatchy, Tea party protesters scream 'nigger' at black congressman
March 18, 2010
3/18/10 Cockerham, ADN, Collared wolves killed during predator control
3/18/10 Astore, MoJo, The Pentagon Church Militant and Us
3/18/10 Kim, Reuters, North Korea executes official for blunder
3/18/10 Chazan, BBC, Row over 'torture' on French TV (w/vid)
March 15, 2010
3/15/10 Garanich, Reuters, Ukrainian vs. Russian language: two tongues divide former Soviet republic
March 11, 2010
3/11/10 Stutz, Dallas Morning News, Texas State Board of Education Continues Debate Over Standards for Social Studies
March 7, 2010
3/07/10 Vann, Guardian, The Aborigines who've walked for 40,000 years
March 4, 2010
3/04/10 Stanglin, USA Today, Louisiana Sheriff Trains Volunteers for 'Project Exodus' to Combat Terrorism
March 3, 2010
3/03/10 Hogshire, AlterNet, How the DEA Scrubbed Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Poppy Garden from Public Memory
March 2, 2010
3/02/10 Francis, CSM, US grants German homeschoolers asylum. Will others follow?
March 1, 2010
3/01/10 Fahrenthold, WP, Manure becomes pollutant as its volume grows unmanageable
3/01/10 BBC, Online 'more popular than newspapers' in US
February 28, 2010
2/28/10 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, The myth that conservative welfare reform worked--Part 2
2/28/10 Usbourne, Independent, Utah Women May Face Murder Charges After Miscarriages
February 24, 2010
2/24/10 Cooke, IntelDaily, The Drive to Eliminate Social Security in America
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 Sirota, OpenLeft, The Stunningly Persistent & Fact-Free Propaganda of Tom Friedman
February 22, 2010
2/22/10 Englehardt, MoJo, The Afghan Mask Slips
February 19, 2010
2/19/10 Newman, RH Reality Check, ACLU Sues USAID: Are We Exporting US Taxpayer-Funded Religion?
February 17, 2010
2/17/10 Colson, Socialist Worker, Christian Right kidnappers
2/17/10 Terkel, AlterNet, Glenn Beck Loses 103 Sponsors as His UK Broadcast Runs 5 Days With No Ads
February 14, 2010
2/14/10 McKie, Guardian, Push to ban trade in endangered bluefin tuna
February 9, 2010
2/09/10 Baker, AlterNet, False Profits: We Will Be Suffering from Greenspan and Bernanke's Ineptitude for a Long Time
February 8, 2010
2/80/10 Chang, SacBee, GOP rivals in governor's race target welfare costs
2/08/10 Fifield, FT, Melting ice alters way of life in Iqaluit
February 7, 2010
2/07/10 IntelDaily, Video: Waking Up in the Universe; Growing Up in the Universe
2/07/10 Adams, Guardian, Sarah Palin: queen tea party
February 5, 2010
2/05/10 Watts, Guardian, Ancient Tribal Language Becomes Extinct as Last Speaker Dies
January 26, 2010
1/26/10 Child, Guardian, Oliver Stone: bankers helped Hitler
January 24, 2010
1/24/10 Richardson, Guardian, The last abortionist
1/24/10 Krotoski, Guardian, Democratic, but dangerous too: how the web changed our world
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Wilson, AlterNet, Uganda's "Kill the Gays" Movement Organizing in Newark, NJ
1/23/10 CNN, Christian-Muslim violence in Nigeria warrants probe, rights group says
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Shih, NYT, Chinese Christians Are the Focus of Same-Sex Marriage Case
1/22/10 Al Jazeera, Ice dance sparks Aboriginal anger
1/22/10 Lavandera, CNN, Big city left with no bookstore
January 21, 2010
1/21/10 Nasaw, Guardian, Arms maker to remove 'biblical' gunsight messages
1/21/10 BBC, Refusing to eat shark's fin at a Chinese dinner party
1/21/10 BBC, Online music piracy 'destroys local music'
January 19, 2010
1/19/10 NYT, The Age of External Knowledge
January 16, 2010
1/16/10 Nossiter, NYT, Lonely Trek to Radicalism for Terror Suspect
January 15, 2010
1/15/10 Moran, Digital Journal, Poll: Majority of Americans would give up liberty for security
1/15/10 Arons, RH Reality Check, Senate, House Health Reform Bills Change Abortion Status Quo
1/15/10 Bindel, Guardian, Why men use prostitutes
January 14, 2010
1/14/10 Marquand, BBC, Pat Robertson Haiti comments: French view theory with disbelief
January 13, 2010
1/13/10 Filipovic, Feministe, George Tiller's Murderer May be Charged Only With "Voluntary Manslaughter:" What This Means for Reproductive Rights
January 11, 2010
1/11/10 BBC, China faces growing gender imbalance
1/11/10 Kapralos, GlobalPost, Non-Christians Need Not Apply
January 9, 2010
1/09/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, A social science approach to global warming denialism--Part 1
January 7, 2010
1/07/10 Whewell, BBC, Witch-doctors reveal extent of child sacrifice in Uganda
January 6, 2010
1/06/10 WorldFocus, Ethnicity still divides Bosnia, threatening its fragile peace
January 5, 2010
1/05/10 Danto, Progressive, "Avatar" falls into old trap
January 4, 2010
1/04/10 Goodnough, NYT, For Cape Cod Wind Farm, New Hurdle Is Spiritual
1/04/10 Ford, CSM, Beijing battles heaviest snowfall in decades with shovels and bamboo
January 3, 2010
1/03/10 Smith Guardian, Jacob Zuma to wed Tobeka Madiba, South Africa's third first lady
December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Teather, Guardian, From dotcom bust to banking meltdown: the decade in business
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 McCurry, Guardian, Japan's 'grass eaters' turn their backs on macho ways
December 24, 2009
12/24/09 Walker, BBC, Chimps use cleavers and anvils as tools to chop food
December 20, 2009
12/20/09 Landler, NYT, Civilians Train in 'Afghan City' in the Midwest
December 19, 2009
12/19/09 Hulse & Pear, NYT, Democrats Say They Clinch Deal on Health Care Overhaul
12/19/09 Liebovtch & Barrett, NYT, The Buzzwords of 2009
December 18, 2009
12/18/09 Barnes, CSM, Religious freedom not the rule for majority of world: Pew report
12/18/09 Drash, CNN, Online posting of women's abortion information challenged in Oklahoma
December 13, 2009
12/13/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, ACORN independent review says problems are opposite of what conservatives allege
December 12, 2009
12/12/09 Rosenberg, Uganda 'kill the gays' story underscores--bearing false witness lies at 'Religious Right's' core
12/12/09 Goldacre, Guardian, Climate change? Well, we'll be dead by then
December 11, 2009
12/11/09 Bowes, BBC, The language of Avatar revealed
December 9, 2009
12/09/09 WorldFocus, The legacy of the 'Chicago Boys' lives on in Chile
December 6, 2009
12/06/09 Holland, AlterNet, Defense Contractor Makes Up Wild Islamic Terrorism Fantasy; Right-Wingers Act Like it's 9/11 All Over Again
12/06/09 Purvis, Guardian, Wake up and smell the biodynamic coffee
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 Christina, ALterNet, Hey Religious Believers, Where's Your Evidence?
12/04/09 Murray, Guardian, We can afford to be choosy - Fanaticism
12/04/09 Singh, CNN, New Delhi launches no peeing in public campaign
December 3, 2009
12/03/09 Alexander, Guardian, Intelligent design is not science
12/03/09 Harding, BBC, Timbuktu's ancient salt caravans under threat
November 29, 2009
11/29/09 Pommereau, CSM, Swiss vote to ban minarets showcases new populism
November 28, 2009
11/28/09 Cockerham, ADN, New fight develops over rights of fetuses
November 27, 2009
11/27/09 Holland, AlterNet, Scahill and Olbermann on Blackwater: Murderous Crusaders for Christ
11/27/09 Reuters, Philippine clan members investigated after killings
November 26, 2009
11/26/09 Sirota, ITT, Colbert Conservatism
11/25/09 Marquand, CSM, Thanksgiving Day: Pilgrims were a surprisingly worldly, tolerant lot
November 25, 2009
11/25/09 Pember, Progressive, As a Native-American, I'll have mixed feelings about Thanksgiving
November 22, 2009
11/22/09 Ostendorf, Progressive, This Thanksgiving, let's give a thought to the people who process turkeys
November 21, 2009
11/21/09 De Graw, AlterNet, 15 Signs American Society Is Coming Apart at the Seams
November 20, 2009
11/20/09 Vogle, Politico, Tea Partyers Turn on Each Other
November 19, 2009
11/19/09 BBC, Russia enshrines ban on death penalty
November 18, 2009
11/18/09 van der Westhuizen,, AlterNet, U.S. Christian Right Activists Pushing Death Penalty for Homosexuals in Poor African State
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Benen, Wa. Monthly, Hypocrisy Watch: RNC Insurance Plan Has Covered Abortions for 18 Years
11/13/09 Butt, Guardian, Migration is spreading creationism across Europe, claims academic
November 12, 2009
11/12/09 McGreal, Guardian, UN investigator accuses US of shameful neglect of homeless
November 10, 2009
11/10/09 Ward, Progressive, Anti-immigrant hysteria blocks black access to health care
November 9, 2009
11/09/09 Schipani, BBC, La Paz celebrates Day of the Skulls
11/09/09 Condon, CBS, Abortion Rights Groups Now Oppose House Health Care Bill
November 7, 2009
11/07/09 Bash, CNN, Anti-abortion Democrats get chance to amend health care proposal
November 6, 2009
11/06/09 Stein, WP, Study: Options are key in sex education curriculum
11/06/09 Monbiot, Guardian, We cannot change the world by changing our buying habits
11/06/09 BBC, Two decades since the Berlin Wall came down, BBC Mundo looks at walls and barriers around the world which are still standing - or have been put up - since 1989.
November 5, 2009
11/05/09 Nichols, Nation, Horror at Fort Hood Inspires Horribly Predictable Islamophobia
November 4, 2009
11/04/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Free Markets and H1N1
November 2, 2009
11/02/09 Kwak, Baseline Scenario, Do Smart, Hard-Working People Deserve to Make More Money?
October 31, 2009
10/31/09 BBC, Indira Gandhi: The authoritarian patriot
10/31/09 Worth, NYT, Thirsty Plant Dries Out Yemen
October 30, 2009
10/30/09 RIA, Sanity: Venezuela bans toy guns, violent video games
10/30/09 Greer, IntelDaily, Why Markets Fail. Or here
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 Kirsh, NYT, Capitalist With a $
October 27, 2009
10/27/09 Press, Nation, Assessing the Opt-Out - A Lesson from the Abortion Debate
10/27/09 Thomas, KC Star, EBay refuses benefit auction for Roeder
October 25, 2009
10/25/09 Brown, WP, Back where virus started, new scrutiny of pig farming
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 Ravi, BBC, Village 'witches' beaten in India
10/20/09 Rodgers, BBC, At the centre of time
October 18, 2009
10/18/09 McGreal, Guardian, Oklahoma abortion law to put patients' details online
October 17, 2009
10/17/09 Colls, BBC, The death of language?
October 13, 2009
10/13/09 BBC, Bans 'do not cut abortion rate'
10/13/09 Morris, Guardian, Locks with you? Michael Jackson's hair goes up for auction
October 10, 2009
10/10/09 Wilson, AlterNet, Barbara Ehrenreich: The Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
October 9, 2009
10/09/09 Levine, CNN, More women than men dismissed from military for being gay
October 8, 2009
10/08/09 Landau, BBC, 'Moonies' mull future without founder
October 7, 2009
10/07/09 BBC, In pictures: Monuments under threat
10/07/09 CNN, Cabinet officials, Chicagoans discuss ways to end teen violence
October 5, 2009
10/05/09 Sulzberger, NYT, A Towering Landmark, Reduced to Sawdust
October 4, 2009
10/04/09 Chimtom, IPS, CAMEROON: 'Our Lives Are Defined By This Forest'
October 2, 2009
10/02/09 DiNovella, Progressive, Senate Finance Committee Votes to Restore Abstinence-Only Education
October 1, 2009
10/01/09 Khaleeli, Guardian, Life before birth: stunning images of unborn children
10/01/09 Levey, LAT, Abortion language heats up healthcare battle
September 30, 2009
9/30/09 Boehlert, MediaMatters, Right-Wing Media Send Their Mobs of Crazy Fans to Go After Private Citizens -- Including Kids
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Flood, Guardian, JK Rowling lost out on US medal over Harry Potter 'witchcraft'
September 25, 2009
9/25/09 Singh, BBC, India's 'green and clean' village
September 20, 2009
9/20/09 BBC, Precious film takes Toronto prize
September 19, 2009
9/19/09 Frisch, AlterNet, Behind the Scenes Video at 9/12 Protest Shows Fox News Producer Directing Crowd
9/19/09 D'Novella, Progressive, "Personhood" Legislation Chips Away at Women's Rights
9/19/09 Cartner-Morley, Guardian, Twiggy at 60: 'It's amazing I didn't go stark raving bonkers'
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 Bernstein, Irving Kristol dies at 89; godfather of neoconservatism
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 BBC, Boyle makes US TV singing debut
9/17/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Romell Broom and the Barbarism of the Death Penalty
September 16, 2009
9/16/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Blackwater Offers Training to 'Faith Based Organizations'
September 13, 2009
9/09/09 Blumenthal, Nation, The Nightmare of Christianity
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 PublicRecord, Teabagger: 'We Want to Get Back to the Way Our Country Was 100 Years Ago'
September 11, 2009
9/11/09 Singh, Telegraph, Charles Darwin film 'too controversial for religious America'
9/11/09 CNN, Police: Shooting suspect offended by anti-abortion material
9/10/09 Osava, IPS, BRAZIL: Artistic Energy as Antidote to Exclusion
September 10, 2009
9/10/09 Pal, Progressive, What's Wrong with Economists?
September 9, 2009
9/09/09 Younge, Nation, A Method to Their Madness - the right
September 8, 2009
9/08/09 Cohen, NYT, Killing Wolves for Fun
September 6, 2009
9/06/09 Krugman, NYT, How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?
September 3, 2009
9/03/09 Levine, AlterNet, Young Workers in Free Fall: 1/3 Under 35 Live with Parents
9/03/09 Erlanger, NYT, UN Guide for Sex Ed Generates Opposition
September 2, 2009
9/02/09 Stan, AlterNet, The Wing-Nut Code: What Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin Are Really Saying to Their Followers
9/02/09 Perromat, BBC, Graffiti comes of age in New York
August 30, 2009
8/30/09 Gellaty, Aiken Standard, Out of ammo: Shortage has many worried
August 25, 2009
8/25/09 CNN, Michigan courts given leeway to force veil removal
8/25/09 Dejevsky, Independent, A Mean Streak in the US Mainstream
August 19, 2009
8/19/08 Hari, Independent, Republicans, Religion and the Triumph of Unreason
August 18, 2009
8/18/09 Goodstein, NYT, Believers Invest in the Gospel of Getting Rich
8/18/09 Painter, BBC, Bolivians look to ancient farming
August 14, 2009
8/14/09 BBC, Facial expressions 'not global'
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Blake, CNN, Muslim women uncover myths about the hijab
August 11, 2009
8/11/09 Santore, Media Matters, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs Enflame Scary Right-Wing Rage
August 9, 2009
8/09/09 Thomas, KC Star, FBI's investigation of Tiller killing looks at Roeder's jail visitors
August 8, 2009
8/08/09 Gross, CNN, Your family dog may be smarter than your toddler
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, The Me-First, Screw-Everyone-Else Crowd
8/07/09 Downie, CSM, Brazil oil giant, Petrobras, in corruption spotlight
August 6, 2009
8/06/09 Leggett, Wired, Clever Crows Prove Aesop's Fable Is More Than Fiction
8/06/09 Al Jazeera, China executes pair over fraud
August 5, 2009
8/05/09 CNN, Programs to change gays to straights don't work, report says
August 4, 2009
8/04/09 Feffer, FPIF, The Geopolitics of Facebook
July 30, 2009
7/30/09 Rachel Maddow Show, Right-Wing Racism Reaches New Heights
July 29, 2009
7/29/09 Harris, Montreal Gazette, Materialism on the Playground: Study Shows Power of Consumption Starts Early
7/29/09 Jacks, BBC, Tackling South Africa's rape epidemic
July 27, 2009
7/27/09 Moyers & Winship, AlterNet, Dangerous Alliance of Health Industry and Right-Wingers Will Stop at Nothing to Derail Progressive Reforms
7/27/09 Benedictus, Guardian, Top 10 comedy podcasts
July 26, 2009
7/26/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, The Family: More Mythos, More Madness, More Maddow
7/26/09 Thomas, KC Star, Tiller's accused killer asserts links to Operation Rescue
July 24, 2009
7/24/09 Bromwich, Asia Times, Serial war as a way of life
July 23, 2009
7/23/09 Goldstein, McClatchy, Study: Abortion doctors, clinics 'routinely targeted'
July 22, 2009
7/22/09 McGreal, Guardian, Christian Right Aims to Change History Lessons in Texas Schools
7/22/09 Hanna, CNN, Library fight riles up city, leads to book-burning demand
7/22/09 Dudley, AlterNet, 'Moon': New Sci-Fi Movie Indicts Our Culture of Exploitation
July 21, 2009
7/21/09 Aucoin, Boston Globe, Not So Fast: The Argument for Slowing Down in Virtually Every Aspect of Life
July 20, 2009
7/20/09 McGreal, Guardian, Teen pregnancy and disease rates rose sharply during Bush years, agency finds
7/20/09 BBC, Medieval battle records go online
July 16, 2009
7/16/09 Wright, AlterNet, Why the "New Atheists" Are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy
July 13, 2009
7/13/09 Jha, Guardian, In search of time
July 10, 2009
7/10/09 Taylor & Jalonik, AP, Committee Votes to Reverse Global Gag Rule
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 Fackler, NYT, With Wounded Pride, Unemployed Koreans Quietly Turn to Manual Labor
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Buzzell, AlterNet, Slow Down: How Our Fast-Paced World Is Making Us Sick
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Barnes, WP, Term Saw High Court Move to The Right
7/01/09 Rothberg, Nation, Defining Patriotism
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 Roig-Franzia, WP, The Political Enclave That Dare Not Speak Its Name
June 24, 2009
6/24/09 Keim, Wired, Hidden Whale Culture Could Be Critical to Species Survival
June 21, 2009
6/21/09 Nawaz, Guardian, A chilling return to the land where once I sowed hate
June 20, 2009
6/20/09 Jamail, Truthout, Destroying Indigenous Populations
6/20/09 Cooper, NYT, In Missouri, a Fight Over a Highway Adoption
June 17, 2009
6/17/09 Kennard, AlterNet, "I Hate Arabs More Than Anybody": Desperate Army Recruits Neo-Nazis
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 Hurd, Guardian, The immoral incompetents - Nation States
6/15/09 BBC, Human rights laws 'being abused'
June 14, 2009
6/14/09 Gillam, Reuters, Threats, violence seen eroding U.S. abortion rights
6/14/09 BBC, Who goes to a creationist museum?
6/14/09 Roberts, NYT, U.S. Births Hint at Bias for Boys in Some Asians
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Hamill, NYT, Religious Freedom vs. Sanitation Rules
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Drogin, LAT, Taking the pulse of extremist groups
6/12/09 Mulvhill, NYT, Where Navajo Tales, and Rugs, Are Woven
6/12/09 Hanna, CNN, Hate groups riled up, researchers say
June 9, 2009
6/09/09 Moss & Crace, Guardian, Is fascism on the march again?
6/09/09 Javers, Politico, Obama Invokes Jesus More Than Bush
6/09/09 Guardian, Nick Griffin abandons BNP press conference under hail of eggs
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Campbell, Guardian, Andrew Brons: the genteel face of neo-fascism
6/08/09 Mears, CNN, High court rejects lawsuit over gays in military law
June 7, 2009
6/07/09 Wood, Guardian, Why does the US hate my Mexican heritage?
June 6, 2009
6/06/09 Baute, Toronto Star, How Did 100,000,000 Women Disappear?
6/06/09 Ridgeway, AlterNet, A Brief History of the Radical, Violent Right: How Racist Hate Groups Joined up With Abortion Terrorists
June 4, 2009
6/04/09 Benen, Wa. Monthly, Wake Up America, the Media Treat Far-Right Views as Mainstream
June 2, 2009
6/02/09 Steinbauer, CNN, Poll: Few Americans have good view of Muslim world
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 CNN, Man charged in slaying of Kansas abortion doctor
6/01/09 Triggle, BBC, Anti-abortion and violence in the US
May 31, 2009
5/31/09 Harris, Guardian, Gay mayor's illicit love shakes a Texas town
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 Toppo, USA Today, Profound shift in kind of families who are home schooling their children
5/29/09 Kirkpatrick, NYT, Sotomayor's Focus on Race Issues May Be Hurdle
May 27, 2009
5/27/09 WorldFocus, Religious beliefs guided both Bush and Blair on Iraq war
5/27/09 BBC, Siberian child 'raised by dogs'
May 26, 2009
6/26/09 Sample, Guardian, Rooks rival chimpanzees in their ability to use tools
May 25, 2009
5/25/09 Anderson, CounterPunch, Bush's Shocking Biblical Prophecy Emerges: God Wants to "Erase" Mid-East Enemies "Before a New Age Begins"
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Al Jazeera, US burns Bibles in Afghanistan row
5/21/09 Bowers, OPenLeft, Real Differences Erode, Abstract Conceptualization of Differences Increase
5/21/09 Douzinas, Guardian, Does the left still care about liberty?
5/21/09 Rothschild, Progressive, Obama Whitewashes U.S. History at National Archives
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Lakoff, Alternet, How We Talk About the Environment Has Everything to Do with Whether We'll Save It
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Kunstler, IntelDaily, Bad Collateral: A campaign to sustain the unsustainable
5/18/09 Kaimi, CNN, Abuse of child 'witches' on rise, aid group says
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 CNN, How it feels to be judged on looks
May 11, 2009
5/11/09 Eidelson, Cognitive Policy Works, How Americans Think About Torture - and Why
5/11/09 Levine, MoJo, There's No Ammo on the Shelves
5/11/09 Brant, BBC, Is Islamic finance the answer?
May 10, 2009
5/10/09 Kaufman, NYT, A Cautionary Video About America's 'Stuff'
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Brown, Muslim attitudes survey: a closer look
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 Scahill, RebelReports, US Soldiers in Afghanistan Told to "hunt people for Jesus... so we get them into the kingdom"
5/04/09 Gradd, Reuters, U.S. denies letting troops convert Afghans
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 Buchen, Wired, Culture May Be Encoded in DNA
5/02/09 Pope, Times, Mission to Break up Pacific Island of Rubbish Twice the Size of Texas
May 2, 2009
5/02/09 Boyles & Bremmer, Times Online, Riot police working overtime as unions and anarchists link arms for May Day
May 1, 2009
5/01/09 Butler, MoJo, Earth to IKEA
5/01/09 Saltmarsh, NYT, Anger and Fear Fuel May Day Europe Protests
5/01/09 Carroll & Tuckmann, Guardian, WHO confirms 331 cases of swine flu around world as Mexico shuts down
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 Gall, BBC, The words in the mental cupboard
4/28/09 Aronson, Religious dispatches, 40 Million Nonbelievers in America? The Secret Is Almost Out
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Greene, CNN, Americans not losing their religion, but changing it often
4/27/09 Helfland, LAT, Study delves into why Americans change religions
April 26, 2009
4/26/09 Purvis, Guardian, No tuna, no salmon. No oysters, no skate. No cod and chips
April 25, 2009
4/25/09 Jacobs, AlterNet, Conservatives Live in a Different Moral Universe -- And Here's Why It Matters
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Hartocollis & Davidson, NYT, A Cheap, Fast and Possibly Deadly Route to Beauty
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 BBC, Saudis 'to regulate' child brides
April 14, 2009
4/14/09 Alcala, SacBee, Being a stay-at-home dad is just fine ... except for that feeling of isolation
4/14/09 CNN, Right-wing extremism may be on rise, report says
April 13, 2009
4/13/09 Rich, NYT, We've Got to Leave This Bankrupt Culture Behind
4/13/09 PSL, Socialism 101
April 11, 2009
4/11/09 Tighe, BBC, American cultures mix in New Mexico
April 8, 2009
4/08/09 Ravitz, CNN, Out-of-wedlock births hit record high
4/08/09 BBC, Jews celebrate 'dawn of creation'
April 6, 2009
4/06/09 McDonald, McClatchy, Survivalists 2.0: Regular people get ready for the worst
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 Seiple, CSM, 10 Terms Not to Use with Muslims
4/03/09 Murray, PSL, Economic crisis fuels anti-immigrant demonization in Europe
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Searle, Guardian, Whitechapel Gallery reopens with Picasso and anthrax
3/31/09 Kanter, NYT, Is Wasting Energy Uncivilized?
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 Jelveh, NYT, Houses of God: Did Evangelicals Curb the Housing Bubble?
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 Partlow, RH Reality Check, Egg-as-Person Laws Deprive Pregnant Women of Their Personhood
3/26/09 Schmitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, US Infrastructure Is Deplored
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Knell, BBC, Nubia: Lost civilisation of Egypt
March 23, 2009
3/23/09 Abcarian, LAT, Abortion provider's trial opens in Kansas
3/23/09 Topolski, Guardian, The monster impulse
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, The Nature Of Ideology And Mental Freedom
March 21, 2009
3/21/09 Murray & Jan, AP, Romania weighs decriminalizing consensual incest
3/21/09 Winchester, BBC, Wallowing off the coast of Tristan
March 20, 2009
3/18/09 Adam, Guardian, Leading Climate Scientist: "Democratic Process Isn't Working"
3/20/09 Meeserve, CNN, 'Smart Grid' may be vulnerable to hackers
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 Walberg, IntelDaily, Pride and Prejudice
3/18/09 NPR, He Blames Greenspan
March 15, 2009
3/15/09 CNN, Cheney says Obama's policies 'raise the risk' of U.S. terror attack
3/15/09 Burke, Guardian, Our skewed world view won't let us see the real Pakistan
March 14, 2009
3/14/09 Rosenberg, OpenLeft, The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism--A Roadmap For Current Debates
3/14/09 Holland, NYT, Is It Time to Retrain B-Schools?
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 Goldenberg, Guardian, America Unprepared for Climate Change, Say Policy Advisers
March 11, 2009
3/11/09 Birnbaum, Nation, The Half-Forgotten Prophet: C. Wright Mills
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 Zapotosky, WP, Muslim Woman Asked to Leave Line at Bank Over Head Scarf
3/10/09 Adams, CSM, More Filipinos question birth-control taboo
3/10/09 BBC, Tanzania 'witch-naming' under way
March 9, 2009
3/04/09 Ali, Nation, Capitalism's Deadly Logic
3/09/09 Google, More Americans say they have no religion
March 8, 2009
3/08/09 Weingarten, WP, Fatal Distraction
3/08/08 Magagnini, Sac Bee, Asian American gambling addicts face cultural gap in getting help
3/08/09 Moberg, ITT, A Spectre is Haunting America
March 7, 2009
3/07/09 Friedman, NYT, The Inflection Is Near?
3/07/09 BBC, Police break up Malaysia protest
March 6, 2009
3/06/09 Park, CNN, Why we're sleeping less
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Sample, Guardian, Scientists' Stem Cell Breakthrough Could End Ethical Dilemma
February 27, 2009
2/27/09 Young, CNN, White House set to reverse health care conscience clause
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 BBC, Long hours link to dementia risk
February 19, 2009
2/19/09 Frieden, CNN, Holder: U.S. a 'nation of cowards' on race discussions
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 CNN, Bristol Palin: Abstinence for all teens 'not realistic'
February 16, 2009
2/16/09 Sahagun, LAT, Culture of seclusion among homeless hampers homicide investigation
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 Connolly, Guardian, Maoris win battle to control All Blacks' haka ritual
2/12/09 Stockman, Boston Globe, Anthropologist's Death Highlights Questionable Role of Social Science in War
February 11, 2009
2/11/09 WorldFocus, Indigenous languages revive and thrive in Mexico
2/11/09 Perron, CNN, Why you're likely to marry your parent
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 BBC, Indonesian divorce rate surges
February 3, 2009
2/03/09 Rampell, NYT, How Common Is Tax Evasion?
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Garvin, Miami Herald, Tired humor, big-name dropouts make ads a Super Bore ... Super Bowl 2009 Ads at MySpace
2/02/09 Sirota, OpenLeft, Wall Streeters "Can't Live on $150,000 to $180,000 a Year"
February 1, 2009
2/01/09 Yamaguchi, AP, In Japan, you are what your blood type is
January 31, 2009
1/31/09 McCarthy, Independent, Rainforest Razed so Cattle Can Graze
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 Pawlowski, CNN, Apocalypse in 2012? Date spawns theories, film
January 24, 2009
1/24/09 Wolf, Times Online, Obama pricks America's bubble of denial
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Gorski, AP, Disgraced pastor faces more gay sex accusations
1/23/09 Chung, Guardian, Neighbours take care of each other'
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 Castro, AP, Texas wrestles with science standards, evolution
January 21, 2009
1/21/09 Ahmed, CSM, Pakistan: Do school texts fuel bias?
1/21/09 Ahmed, BBC, Slumdog actors show Mumbai's rags and riches
January 20, 2009
1/20/09 Johnson, NYT, Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith Over Medicine
January 19, 2009
1/120/09 Frean, Times Online, Home education 'can be cover for abuse and forced marriage'
January 17, 2009
1/17/09 CNN, Top Saudi cleric: OK to wed young girls
January 13, 2009
1/13/09 Giago, McClatchy, Commentary: 'Cultural Genocide' in the Land of the Free
January 10, 2009
1/10/09 McClelland, MoJo, The Order of Myths
January 9, 2009
1/09/09 Sirota, ITT, Mind the Gap
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Dunham, Reuters, More Americans getting multiple chronic illnesses
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 Wiley, BBC, Vatican divorces from Italian law