Alternet News4294978606 stories between 05/28/2009 at 16:49:53 and 05/20/2012 10:51:18
Memo to Mayor Bloomberg: JP Morgan Blow-Up is Not a ‘Hiccup’ -- It's a Giant, Ugly Warning
The tone-deaf, gold-plated, Wall Street-worshipping mayor of New York City rushes to defend Jamie Dimon.
03:31 AM on 05/17/2012 Alternet Why Obama and Romney Will Compete to be Cheerleaders for U.S. Imperial Dominance
Clearly, come November, whoever wins or loses, the national security state will be the true victor in the presidential sweepstakes.
03:31 AM on 05/17/2012 Alternet 5 Things the Science Doesn't Say About the Conservative Brain
The science of cognition and ideology has been greeted with a number of common myths.
03:31 AM on 05/17/2012 Alternet Chicago's Cracking Down on Protests but Nurses Union Still Planning Huge Rally with Tom Morello
G-8 leaders may seclude themselves at Camp David, but National Nurses United and groups will continue with their plans for a massive rally and protest on May 18 in Chicago.
03:31 AM on 05/17/2012 Alternet NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Lawsuit Ruled a Class Action Suit
A Federal judge granted class action status to a lawsuit alleging the NYPD's controversial program amounts to racial profiling.
01:01 AM on 05/17/2012 Alternet Bill Clinton, Boehner, And Some Other Rich White Guys Had A "Summit" And Agreed: It's Your Fault
Any questions? Let's hope not, because they're all busy men and it's great golfing weather this week in DC.
01:01 AM on 05/17/2012 Alternet 5 Ways to Make America Less Fat
As relentless as the obesity crisis appears to be, it’s expansion doesn’t have to be a foregone conclusion.
01:01 AM on 05/17/2012 Alternet How the Christian Right's Homophobia Scares Away Religious Young People
The Christian right is increasingly out of step with how Americans feel about gay rights. This issue might be the one that destroys them in the end.
01:01 AM on 05/17/2012 Alternet How Big Pharma and the Psychiatric Establishment Drugged Up Our Kids
Pediatric psychopharmacology is a billion-dollar business that sustains Pharma and Pharma investors on Wall Street.
01:01 AM on 05/17/2012 Alternet How Corrupt Prosecutors Get Away With Sending Innocent People to Jail
Prosecutors are arguably the most powerful figures in the American criminal justice system, a system that is not equipped or willing to punish their crimes.
10:21 PM on 05/16/2012 Alternet The Death of Voting Rights: Will New State Laws Reverse The Civil Rights Movement?
Democrats are not saints. But since 2010 Republicans have been willing to unwind the Civil Rights movement's gains to stay in power.
07:41 PM on 05/16/2012 Alternet Why is Paul Krugman Misrepresenting the Demise of a Wall Street Funded, Right Wing, Entitlement-Bashing Front Group?
Krugman, who has taken brave stands in the past, has failed to call out phony 'centrist' deficit hawks who want to steal our future.
05:01 PM on 05/16/2012 Alternet Can This Cube Become the New Peace Symbol?
The peace sign is probably the most famous protest symbol in the world. But is it time to consider a new symbol for a new era?
03:01 PM on 05/16/2012 Alternet Presidential Race in Egypt Pits Muslim Brotherhood Dissident Against Secular Statesman
The top candidates are Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former leader of the previously-banned Muslim Brotherhood, and Amr Moussa, a career diplomat.
03:01 PM on 05/16/2012 Alternet A Victim of Her Own Success: How NYC's Ridiculous Testing Regime Pushed a High-Performing Teacher out of the Classroom
After helping her students reach the 98th percentile on state math tests one year, a teacher finds herself labeled an abject failure the next. Confused? You should be.
12:11 PM on 05/16/2012 Alternet Wells Fargo Has Blood on Its Hands: Desperate Man Commits Suicide After Shocking Foreclosure Mistreatment
This is the story of what happens when an average couple is up against a giant, wealthy, powerful bank.
03:51 AM on 05/16/2012 Alternet Don't Look Now -- Banks Are Still Ruining America: 6 Harsh Lessons from the JP Morgan Fiasco
JP Morgan Chase is part of an entwined system of too-big-to-fail institutions that are ripping us off.
03:51 AM on 05/16/2012 Alternet 1%er Facebook Co-Founder Runs Away to Evade Taxes? Here's What Eduardo Saverin Owes America
Saverin exemplifies the spoiled 1 percenter who erodes the fabric of the country that afforded such opportunity by not paying back the investment America made in him.
03:51 AM on 05/16/2012 Alternet Billionaire Facebook Co-Founder Flees to Repressive Country to Avoid Taxes: What an Insult to Hard-Working American Families
Saverin's move is an insult to immigrant families like mine who worked hard to build something in this country.
03:01 AM on 05/16/2012 Alternet Why Do Conservatives Hate Freedom?
Since World War II, mainstream conservatives have opposed every expansion of personal liberty in the United States.
03:01 AM on 05/16/2012 Alternet Will America’s Premiere Hub for Black Music Research Fall Prey to Drastic Budget Cuts?
The vital and visionary Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College in Chicago is threatened with destruction.
03:01 AM on 05/16/2012 Alternet Why I Love Weird Porn
The glories of DIY porn.
03:01 AM on 05/16/2012 Alternet 5 Ways Conservatives are Destroying the Institution of Marriage
Those who think and talk like Rush Limbaugh have championed policies that wreak havoc on the family lives of working Americans.
03:01 AM on 05/16/2012 Alternet Return of the Indignados: Spain's Anti-Austerity Movement Marks A Year of Protest
The day of action this year exceeded the expectations of many people who thought the movement in Spain was dead. Tens of thousands demonstrated in the streets.
05:21 PM on 05/15/2012 Alternet Waste Company Locks Out Teamsters in Bid to Eliminate Pensions
Teamsters Local 215 says it offered to extend the current contract into the future, but Republic insisted on eliminating pensions and replacing them with a 401(k).
04:01 PM on 05/15/2012 Alternet At the Chronicle of Higher Ed, A Tale of Journalistic Malfeasance
Eric Alterman explains how a blog post calling for the dissolution of black studies reflects the incompetence of conservative journalists.
02:01 PM on 05/15/2012 Alternet Common Cause Sues To Restore Majority Rule To U.S. Senate
It is time to return to majority rule in the U.S. Senate--not 60-vote hurdles to end filibusters before voting.
11:41 AM on 05/15/2012 Alternet Student Activism Is Alive and Well Among Arizona's Minority Population
Students are making an impact in Arizona, ground zero for the fight against xenophobia.
09:11 AM on 05/15/2012 Alternet 8 Awesome Things About Tim Burton
Looking at our favorite quirks from our favorite quirky director.
07:31 AM on 05/15/2012 Alternet Predator Nation: How Endless Drone War Is Turning the Promise of America into a Promise of Death
The CIA’s global drone assassination campaign has long been a bragging point in Washington, even if it couldn’t officially be discussed directly before, say, Congress.
03:21 AM on 05/15/2012 Alternet Grandmothers' Social Security Garnished for Student Loans? Time to Fix the Broken Student Debt System
Congress has removed nearly every consumer protection from student loans, including bankruptcy protections, statutes of limitations and truth in lending requirements.
03:21 AM on 05/15/2012 Alternet Justice Department Says Alabama Immigration Law Disrupts Access to Public Education
U.S. Department of Justice informed state officials in a letter last week that the state’s immigration law has resulted in significantly higher absence rates among Latinos.
03:21 AM on 05/15/2012 Alternet What Happened When I Got a Job at a Soul-Crushing, Abusive Warehouse
My brief, backbreaking, rage-inducing, low-paying, dildo-packing time inside the online-shipping machine.
03:21 AM on 05/15/2012 Alternet Let's Put Jamie Dimon on Trial And Ask Him What the Hell JP Morgan Does for America
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon should explain why a megabank that accidentally loses billions is good for the economy.
02:31 AM on 05/15/2012 Alternet 5 Things That Put America to Shame
The golden door on the Statue of Liberty seems to have an invisible hand holding it shut.
02:31 AM on 05/15/2012 Alternet Conservatives: Giant Bullies That Abuse the Weak
Mitt Romney is a bully. And he's just right for the GOP.
02:31 AM on 05/15/2012 Alternet Can More Sex Save a Relationship?
How to remember what made you fall in love in the first place and have as much fun as when you first met.
02:31 AM on 05/15/2012 Alternet How a U.S. Company Is Breaking Laws and Grabbing Land in Africa
Indigenous people in Cameroon claim a company is stealing communal land to build a palm oil plantation -- a dispute that could lead to conflict, hunger and human rights abuses.
06:51 PM on 05/14/2012 Alternet Why a House Bill Damages Middle East Peace Prospects and Fuels Israeli Belligerence
While budget cuts are contemplated at home, Congress is set to deliver more money and weapons to Israel.
06:01 PM on 05/14/2012 Alternet ACLU Sues ICE for Harsh Treatment of Immigrant Detainees in Court
One plaintiff suffered injuries as a result of being bound for hours at a time during five court appearances since January 2011.
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