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An Argument for Writers' Taking Charge
Johnny Temple, Poets & Writers
Reaching beyond traditional venues and seeking out new audiences, indie writers and publishers are rolling up their sleeves and carving out new networks through which literature can be promoted. |
A Pope Is a Pope Is a Pope
Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet
The hysteria over the appointment of a conservative pope is based on a vastly exaggerated assessment of the papacy's power. |
Paying to Play
Bill Berkowitz, AlterNet
EnviroHealth: As corporations and privateers gear up for Earth Day, environmental activist Scott Silver aims his gaze at one of the most overlooked developments in the anti-environmental arsenal -- the growing trend of privatization on America's public lands. |
A REAL Invasion of Privacy
Scott Thill, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: The REAL ID Act would construct a military fence along the whole Southwestern border and require all immigrants to carry ID cards. It's a perfect example of how anti-immigrant, anti-privacy legislation is snuck through Congress in the name of "immigration reform." |
Seeing Is Believing
Noy Thrupkaew, AlterNet
Movie Mix: As a new documentary shows, at Enron, perception was reality. And through the lens of free-market capitalism and deregulation, with the help of multiple shady plots, all that could be seen was piles and piles of money. |
Marla Ruzicka's Legacy
Michael Shellenberger, The American Prospect
Marla's canny approach to advancing the military's responsibility toward civilians has the potential to change the future of warfare. |
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The New Schism
Kelly Hearn, AlterNet
Rights and Liberties: Home to 65 percent of the world's Catholics, Latin America is increasingly at odds with church doctrine -- especially over abortion. The appointment of ultraconservative Joseph Ratzinger as pope offers little to close the rift. |
Acres for Wal-Mart
Stacy Mitchell, AlterNet
EnviroHealth: Known for squeezing every last dime out of employees and suppliers, Wal-Mart has even managed to get a rock-bottom deal on corporate green-washing. |
Swiftboating Hillary
Jamison Foser, Media Matters original to AlterNet
MediaCulture: An upcoming book aimed at derailing Hillary Clinton's 2008 bid is taken seriously despite its source and the fact that nobody's read a word of it. |
The Normalization of War
Andrew J. Bacevich, Tomdispatch.com
Americans have become enthralled by -- and found themselves in thrall to -- military power and the idea of global military supremacy. |
Zapatero Steps Up
Lisa Abend, Geoff Pingree, The American Prospect
Legalized gay marriage -- in Spain? That hardly begins to describe the new prime minister's dramatic first year in office. |
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