What's Next: Muslim-Only Lines at Airports? | Civil War in Progressive Mega Union | The Year in Pot

Headlines Newsletter January 2nd, 2010 All stories, blogs, and video »

Mega Giant Corporations Are Very Bad for America By Barry C. Lynn, AlterNet Wal-Mart delivers at least 30% and sometimes more than 50% of the entire U.S. consumption of products. Why the monopolization of our economy should scare you. Read more » Thousands Join Festive But Serious D.C. Protests By Kenny Bruno, CorpWatch Were the IMF/World Bank protests successful? The official spin was that D.C. Cops provided business-as-usual conditions for the financial institutions, and therefore the protests were a non-event. Organizers disagreed. more » What's Next: Muslim-Only Lines At Airports? By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media The public whispers and the right wing's open talk of Muslim-only airport lines are fueling even greater racial division, fear and hysteria. more » 15 Horrifying Reasons to Never Let Anyone You Love Near a McDonald's By Sarah Irani, EcoSalon One of AlterNet's most popular articles of the year: Erectile dysfunction, the truth behind the "special sauce," and a burger from 1996. Keep reading if you dare. more » Civil War in Progressive Mega Union By Bill Fletcher, Jr., Nelson Lichtenstein, In These Times When the SEIU leadership decided to move against one of its largest locals, they unleashed a storm that few of the leaders apparently believed possible. more » The Year In Pot: Top 10 Events That Will Change the Way We Think About Marijuana By Paul Armentano, NORML There has been a tidal shift in politics and on Marijuana laws in America, from Obama lightening up on pot prosecutions to the recognition of cancer prevention properties. more » Don't Mess with Yemen By Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK "It is extraordinary to see the US begin to make the same mistakes in Yemen as it previously made in Afghanistan and Iraq." more » Yummy! Ammonia-Treated Pink Slime Now in Most U.S. Ground Beef By Jennifer Poole, Daily Kos You're not going to believe what millions of Americans have been eating the last few years (Thanks, Bush! Thanks meat industry lobbyists!). more » Reducing Your Impact: A Guide to New Year's Resolutions for 2010 By Ashwin Seshagiri, Planet Green Now's the time to set those New Year's resolutions. And hopefully we will all strive to be smarter and greener in our daily decisions. more » PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web Murderous Xe Services* (Blackwater) Thugs Get Off ... Aren't They "Enemy Combatants"? By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Perhaps they should be categorized as "enemy combatants." more » Minnesota State Senate Candidate Removes Racist Comments from His Twitter Feed By Andrea Nill, Think Progress But scrubbing is easier said than done these days. more » Every Wingnut Has a "Liberal Friend" By Roy Edroso, Alicublog And those liberals always seem to back up their worldview. more »

Support AlterNet | Contact Us | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe You are subscribed as ignoble.experiment@arconati.us © 2007 Independent Media Institute All Rights Reserved 77 Federal St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107