Public Colleges Becoming Gated Communities | DC "Liberals" Bond with Neocons | Huge Effects of Going Veg For a Day

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A Crisis of Affordability: How Our Public Colleges Are Turning into Gated Communities for the Wealthy By Andy Kroll, Tomdispatch.com Attending a four-year public college may soon be out of reach for all but the wealthiest. This is the greatest assault yet to the American dream. Read more »   China Hates Us -- How Much Longer Will They Back Our Debt-Ridden Economy? By Scott Thill, AlterNet At worst, it could spell the end of America as a superpower and destroy the global economy as we know it. Read more »   The Startling Effects of Going Vegetarian for Just One Day By Kathy Freston, Huffington Post Sometimes, solutions to the world's biggest problems are right in front of us. The following statistics are eye-opening, to say the least. Read more »   Why is the Center For American Progress Cavorting With Neocons? By Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports Obama's favorite think tank is hosting a party on April 3rd, and they've invited leading neocon, Frederick Kagan. Read more »   Media Tries to Sabotage Obamas With Pseudo Stories on Faux Gaffes But No One Buys It By Leslie Savan, The Nation In search of a scandal, the media blows hot air about President Obama's overseas etiquette instead of actually covering the G-20 summit. Read more »   Killings and Concentration Camps: A Colossal Humanitarian Tragedy is Underway in Sri Lanka and No One is Saying a Word By Arundhati Roy, Comment Is Free What is happening right now in Sri Lanka, and what is being so effectively hidden from public scrutiny, is a brazen, openly racist war. Read more »   10 Terms Not to Use with Muslims By Chris Seiple, Christian Science Monitor Here is advice given to me from Muslim friends worldwide regarding words and concepts that are not useful in building relationships with them. Read more »   Fixing Our Water Crisis Can't Be Done by the Corporations that Are Exacerbating It By Jeff Conant, AlterNet If we learned anything from the World Water Forum it should be that the privatization model has failed and a grassroots movement is needed. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Federal Judge to Obama DOJ: You're Wrong, Bagram Prisoners Do Have Rights By Liliana Segura, AlterNet Issuing a stern warning on executive power, Judge John D. Bates has granted three prisoners in Afghanistan the right to challenge their detention. Read more »   News Flash: Number of Morons Who Think Obama's a Muslim Unchanged! By Joshua Holland, AlterNet And this is a surprise? Read more »   Zombie Newt Gingrich Says Three Political Parties By 2012 By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville Will the GOP split into two? Read more »   Bill O'Reilly Is on the Ropes: Tries to Defend His Harassment Machine By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress What O'Reilly does is nothing more than "fake journalism." Read more »

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