Ayn Rand and Paul Ryan’s Little Boy Superman Complex
Editor's note: The following satire is based around Republican VP pick Paul Ryan's well-known admiration for the work of Ayn Rand. “I grew up reading Ayn Rand, and it taught me quite a bit about who...
View ArticleExposed: Undercover Agents at Occupy Austin Entrapped Protesters, Endangered...
Activists with Occupy Austin revealed Wednesday that an Austin Police Department detective’s entrapment led to the seven arrests on Dec. 12, 2011, during the Gulf Port Action in Houston, Texas.
View ArticleDid Citigroup Defraud Billions from U.S. Ally Abu Dhabi?
According to a confidential cable published by Wikileaks, the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi sent a communication to the U.S. Secretary of State and U.S. Treasury on December 22, 2009, alerting them to...
View ArticleFormer GOPer: How Republicans Went Crazy, Dems Lost Their Mojo, and the...
Bill Moyers talks with Mike Lofgren, a long-time Republican who describes the modern dysfunction of both the Republican and Democratic parties. In Lofgren's view, Republicans have become overly...
View Article5 Countries the U.S. Is Royally Screwing Over
American history is littered with examples of military intervention and political meddling in the affairs of foreign countries. There was the US-backed overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected...
View ArticleWhy I Love Being Alone
Want more on contemporary culture and gender roles? Visit Role/Reboot . Until I left for college when I was 17, I had this weird tendency to look out the window of my bedroom at the parking lot...
View ArticleWhy Don’t We Hear About Interracial Dating Much in GQ or Vogue, and Other...
The following piece first appeared in Madame Noire. Why are black folks so infatuated with interracial dating? It sounds like a blanket statement
View ArticleShould Kids Go To Jail for Skipping School?
This story was originally posted on the Atlantic. The judge peered down at Ashley Derrick from the bench and scolded her for being late to a 9 a.m. hearing in his Garland, Texas, courtroom.
View ArticleWhoa, Is Organic Food No Healthier Than Non-Organic? Controversy Erupts Over...
I had barely drank my first cup of coffee when I heard the news yesterday morning on NPR – organic food, it turns out, may not be that much healthier for you than industrial food. The NPR story was...
View Article10 Reasons to Read This Story
Thanks for clicking on this story. I won't beat around the bush. Here are the 10 reasons why we want you to read it: 1. We will be doing something different . AlterNet will stand out this fall....
View Article10 Questions to Help Determine if Your Religious Liberty Is Being Threatened
It seems like this election season "religious liberty" is a hot topic. Rumors of its demise are all around, as are politicians who want to make sure that you know they will never do anything to...
View ArticleIt’s Easy and Cheap to Buy Your Way into Online Fame
The appearance of fame, popularity and a good reputation on the Internet can be bought at bargain prices these days. For only $20 you can have 500 Facebook "likes" in less than three days. For $10,...
View ArticleNOM Fails To Skew New York Elections Against Marriage Equality-Supporting...
The National Organization for Marriage invested large sums of money — it pledged millions, but how much it spent remains unclear — into fighting the Republican state senators in New York who voted for...
View ArticleDC LGBT Newspapers Targeted For Vandalism
Washington, DC’s two prominent LGBT publications, Metro Weekly and the Washington Blade, have recently been targeted with vandalism .
View ArticleLatino And Black Law Enforcement Groups Endorse Colorado Marijuana Initiative
Two national law enforcement organizations representing black and Latino police officers announced their support yesterday for the ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in Colorado. The endorsements...
View ArticleHow Obamacare Will Help Combat Ovarian Cancer
October marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, advancing the fight to combat one of the most common diseases among women. However, while great strides have been made in the fight against breast...
View ArticleSpending More On Health Care Doesn’t Guarantee Better Treatment
Considering that the United States spends more than any other developed nation on its health care — the U.S.
View ArticleUPDATED: 5 People Shot At 3 Different Gun Shows On Gun Appreciation Day
If the gun advocates behind this year’s inaugural Gun Appreciation Day had hoped to use the day’s festivities to build support for their anti-regulation platform, they are going to have to wait...
View ArticleIndiana House Passes Mandatory Drug Tests For Welfare Recipients
Indiana’s House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill that would require all welfare recipients to undergo drug testing, despite the fact that several courts have ruled such measures are...
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