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Financial Meltdown 101
Everything you ever wanted to know about the biggest economic meltdown since the Great Depression but were afraid to ask.AlterNet is resurfacing some of the best and most popular articles published in...
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Now That the Election Is Over, the Fight for Economic Justice Begins
Just like the '30s, this unprecedented crisis has given us the opportunity to fix America and create a productive, sustainable economy for all.While millions of Americans are celebrating the election...
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Yes We Can (Have Economic Justice), but We Need to Fight Like Hell for it
We need to band together and organize powerful new movements across this country.There is no doubt the election of Barack Obama is a watershed. An 8-year-long national nightmare is coming to an end....
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Shocking Scenarios: Rapid Economic Contraction May Lead to New Wars and...
Economic contraction could provoke: confrontation between U.S. and China or an unraveling of the European Union.As the global economy heads for its first annual decline since WWII and the biggest...
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Gonzo Gastronomy: How the Food Industry Has Made Bacon a Weapon of Mass...
The confluence of factory farming, the boom in fast food and manipulation of consumer taste created processed foods that can hook us like drugs.Among my fondest childhood memories is savoring a strip...
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How We Became a Society of Gluttonous Junk Food Addicts
Junk food is killing us slowly with diabetes, heart disease and cancer. But we can't stop because we're hooked, and the food industry is the pusher.Every chef is said to have a secret junk food...
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5 Cures for the Unemployment Blues
You can always learn to say "Would you like fries with that?" But who wants to eat made-in-a-factory E. coli burgers, much less sling them?So you're unemployed. Big fucking deal. There are 15 million...
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More Pain for Devastated Haiti: Under the Pretense of Disaster Relief, U.S....
The rapid mobilization of U.S troops in Haiti was not primarily done for humanitarian reasons; we're likely to see a neoliberal economic plan imposed, at gunpoint if necessary.Official denials aside,...
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How TV Superchef Jamie Oliver's 'Food Revolution' Flunked Out
After two months, kids hated the new meals, milk consumption plummeted, and many students dropped out of the school lunch program altogether.You've never seen a school lunch like this one, made with...
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Party of No: How Republicans and the Right Have Tried to Thwart All Social...
You name it, the right has opposed it: civil rights, school desegregation, women's rights, labor organizing, the minimum wage, LGBT rights, welfare, immigrant rights.As much as they may grumble, there...
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How the U.S. Corporate Media Got the Israel Flotilla Catastrophe So Wrong
Israel's official statements about the flotilla were terrible. But our media's treatment of the situation was just as bad.Amid the continuing fallout over the deadly confrontation aboard the Gaza aid...
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How Pot Friendly Yuppie Parents Help Sink Legalization
Why did a large number of adults vote against CA's prop 19? Because of the existing reform legalization.Sifting through the failure of Proposition 19, supporters of legalizing marijuana can point to...
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Corporate America's Plan to Loot Our Pensions Is the Latest Battle in...
While the safety net is being withered by attrition, record corporate profits are deemed off-limits for discussion about closing the budget gap.The severe economic crisis, now in its fourth year, is...
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Hate and Violence Are Encoded in the DNA of the American Right
The Right foments group resentment in increasingly apocalyptic terms, to people in need of easy answers in an era of widespread joblessness and uncertainty.Jared Loughner’s attempted assassination of...
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Tsunami and Nuke Disaster: How Human Arrogance Intensifies Suffering
The collision between natural hazards and human society and economy is what creates a disaster.This century, barely out of the box, is already flush with mega-disasters: Hurricane Katrina, Haiti’s...
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The American Dream As We Know It Is Obsolete
Why progressives need to think beyond the mantra of creating a "middle class America."In an era of insecurity, we all want security.We want a decent home to call our own, healthcare to heal us when we...
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The 6 Biggest Lies About the U.S. Debt
As Congress nears a vote on the various debt ceiling deals, let's look at the lies and misinformation that got us into this mess.Editor's Note: This article has been corrected to reflect more accurate...
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Empire of Chaos: How 9/11 Shaped the Politics of a Failing State
The neoconservative ideas that shaped the war on terror have evaporated as the United States is battered by an economic depression that shows no end.The events made my mind reel. The angry plumes of...
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The Revolution Begins at Home: A Clarion Call to Join the Wall Street Protests
We all need to go down and join the occupation -- and not just by "liking" it on Facebook, signing a petition or retweeting protest photos.What is occurring on Wall Street right now is truly...
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Occupying the Rust Belt: In Three Deindustrialized Cities, Protesters Find...
Americans here are beaten down. But in occupations around the country they have found a space where they can speak of their struggles, burdens and aspirations.The surefire method to find occupations in...
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7 Occupations That Changed US History
With the spread of political occupations to all 50 states today, lessons can be gleaned from past occupations for a movement that shows no signs of going away.Political occupations have a storied...
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Can an Occupation Movement Survive if it No Longer Occupies a Space? Lessons...
Protesters around the country have been cleared out of their occupied public spaces, but some of the smaller occupations could hold lessons for next steps.This story originally appeared atSalon.The...
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iEmpire: Apple's Sordid Business Practices Are Even Worse Than You Think
New research goes beyond the New York Times to show just how disturbing labor conditions at Foxconn, the "Chinese hell factory," really are.Behind the sleek face of the iPad is an ugly backstory that...
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The 99% Movement Has Something for Everyone -- But Is it Occupy?
How will the 99% Spring impact the Occupy Movement?A version of this article was originally published by Salon.com. By all measures the Occupy movement is a powerful brand. It has thousands of...
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Has the FBI Launched a War of Entrapment Against the Occupy Movement?
Is the government unleashing the same methods of entrapment against OWS that it has used against left movements and Muslim-Americans?With the high-profile arrest of activists on terrorism charges in...
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Why Occupy Has Faded
It's impossible to satisfy all rights, every time, everywhere.This article first appeared in The Guardian. Judging by the Occupy national gathering in Philadelphia this week, the Middle Ages is making...
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When Did Dissent Become a Crime? America's Police State on Steroids at the...
Protests in Tampa and Charlotte have been swarmed by police and enveloped in surveillance.CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In cities hosting large gatherings such as the national political conventions or...
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How Mitt Romney Cynically Exploits White Tribalism and Resentment
Romney offers an easy-to-grasp explanation that speaks to white anxiety about the future.SIDNEY, OHIO—At the Shelby county fairgrounds in Sidney, Ohio, on Oct. 10, a jumbotron showed a bus approaching....
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Justin Timberlake, Corporate Collaborator
The singer is named "creative director" of Bud Lite Platinum, one of many recent pop icons signing up with promoting big business.Bud Lite Platinum, the moonshine of beers, has named pop star Justin...
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How Life Can Be So Much Sweeter After Ditching Junk Food
Junk food may have captured the American palate, but a few simple ingredients and techniques can win it back.As a graduate of New York’s French Culinary Institute and former chef, I’m obsessed with...
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Why Walmart Is a Threat to Organic Food
Walmart will turn organic food into another low-cost input that shortchanges consumers, workers and the environment for a fast buck.Only after I decided to pursue freelance journalism fulltime, thereby...
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iEmpire: Apple's Sordid Business Practices Are Even Worse Than You Think
New research shows just how disturbing labor conditions at Foxconn, the "Chinese hell factory," really are.Behind the sleek face of the iPad is an ugly backstory that reveals once more the horrors of...
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Why the Crash in Oil Prices Should Bury 'Peak Oil' Once and for All
The problem isn’t that we have too little oil. We have too much and are cooking the planet with it. In 1977 Isaac Asimov wrote of “The Nightmare Life Without Fuel.” Writing in the wake of the first...
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Selling Healthy Food to People Like It's Junk Food Is a Very Bad Idea
Branding fruits and vegetables like soda and chips will only spread kids' bad eating habits.In February, Michelle Obama heralded a new front in America’s war against obesity. During a summit of the...
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