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How Ruthless Banks Gutted the Black Middle Class and Got Away With It 4 Sep 2010, 7:00 am

The real estate and foreclosure crisis has stripped African-American families of more wealth than any single event in history.

Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed | Devona Walker, AlterNet

What Happened When I Decided to Live Out My Ultimate Escape Fantasy 4 Sep 2010, 7:00 am

At 56, the author decided to ditch his city life and go into the wild.

Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed | Dick Anderson, Psychotherapy Networker

Hightower: If You Don’t Fight for the Middle Class, Kiss It Good-Bye 4 Sep 2010, 7:00 am

America’s corporate chieftains must love poor people, for they’re doing all they can to create millions more of them. Let’s put a stop to this.

Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed | Jim Hightower, AlterNet

The Republican Who Dared Tell the Truth About America’s Looming Oil Disaster 4 Sep 2010, 7:00 am

Matt Simmons didn’t let the money, bullshit or arrogance surrounding the oil industry cloud his judgment.

Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed | Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee

How Corporations Make Profits by Associating Themselves with Charitable Causes 4 Sep 2010, 7:00 am

Companies like Starbucks have figured out that they can make more money by attaching their profits to causes that people care about.

Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed | Slavoj Zizek, AlterNet

The Oath-Keepers: Right-Wing Domestic Terrorists Waiting to Happen 4 Sep 2010, 12:58 am

If you aren’t yet familiar with the Oath Keepers, here are a few graphs of background by Justine Sharrock, writing for MoJo:Founded last April by Yale-educated lawyer and ex-Ron Paul aide Stewart Rhodes, the group has established itself as a hub in the sprawling anti-Obama movement that includes Tea Partiers, Birthers, and 912ers. Glenn Beck, Lou [...]

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Weird Drug Politics in the Kentucky Senate Campaign 4 Sep 2010, 12:00 am

The drug war has become an issue in the Kentucky Senate race after Republican Rand Paul attacked federal funding of drug task forces.

Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed | Phillip S. Smith, Drug Reform Coordination Network

How We Can Grow Community Food Solutions 3 Sep 2010, 10:00 pm

Food systems can be a very powerful tool for resilience.

Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed | Erika Allen, Post Carbon Institute

We’re Being Conned on Social Security — How We Could Easily Raise Benefits or Allow People to Retire Earlier 3 Sep 2010, 10:00 pm

They just want to steal our money.

Source: AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed | Joshua Holland, AlterNet

Pam Geller, World-Class Shrieking Islamophobe, Goes Mainstream 3 Sep 2010, 9:33 pm

This post is by D. Aristophanes, and originally appeared at Sadly, No!Our widdle wingnut is all growed up! It is with some pride that we have observed the recent rise of Pamela Geller to respectable, mainstream status— after all, Sadly, No! has been covering the erstwhile Pam Atlas since at least early 2006 (and our commenters were clued in [...]

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