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Watch Rachel Maddow Chase Down Rick Santorum To Ask Him About Birth Control
By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet
Colbert Takes On Santorum's "Black People" Gaffe
By Sarah Seltzer | AlterNet
The Knives Finally Come Out for Romney
By BooMan | Booman Tribune
Newt's Failed Dream and Military Fetish
By Digby | Hullabaloo
New Study Shows Child Abuse Rate in Homes With Lesbian Parents Is Zero
By Tara Lohan | AlterNet
Obama Administration Issues Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban, GOP Already Seeks to Nullify It
By Joan McCarter | Daily Kos
Obama's Chief of Staff Resigns
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Extreme Weather Is Now Commonplace, Thanks to Global Warming
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New Blog Highlights Bank of America's Worst of the Worst
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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Foreigner Spending in US Campaigns
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Using Special Powers, Brazil’s President Passes Law Requiring Compulsory Registration of All Pregnant Women
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“Judenrat Jon” Stewart
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Why You Should Decolonize and Support Occupy
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There’s Something They’re Not Telling Us… President Signs Indefinite Detention Law
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Losing Ground on Women’s Rights: In 2011, Sex Ed, Contraception, Abortion Rights All Under Seige
RH Reality Check
The Behavior Gap
Manisha Thakor
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The Devil in the Details of the Pentagon’s Plan
Robert Greenwald
All The News That’s Not So Fit To Ignore: A Hamas Leader Rejects Tactical Violence, Israeli Foreign Ministry Rejects Tactical Peace, Ultra-Orthodox Sect Rejects Israeli Ideals, And Mossad Chiefs Reject Idea Of An Iranian Nuclear Threat
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Vaccinating Children Is a Social Responsibility We Can Not Afford To Shirk
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In Israel, Riot Police [Illegally] Detain 7-Year-Old Child, Interrogate Him Without a Parent or Adult for Hours
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German Radiation Expert: Fukushima “Atomic Bomb” Possible
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Petition to Stop Foreclosures, Hold Banks Accountable!
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The Great Rice Shortage
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Occupy Wall Street? No Problem!
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Occupy everything…but after the anger, then what?
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Remember, Joe, There Is No Tea Party
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A real Social Network.
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Why the New Hampshire Primary Is an Elaborate Reality Show Designed for National Media
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Eliot Spitzer: 2 Bold Ideas Obama Should Embrace to Stand Apart from Mitt Romney
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The GOP Solution for Everything: Railing Against People Who Don't Get Married
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American Exceptionalism and Worker-Bashing, Adam Davidson Style
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Super Bowl-Level Stakes for Indiana Labor in Battle Over Union Rights
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CIVIL LIBERTIES
5 Things You Should Know About the FBI's Massive New Biometric Database
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Mitt Romney and the Tea Party: A Match Made in Greedy Capitalist Heaven. So What are They Waiting For?
Thomas Frank / TomDispatch.com
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Why Is Public Education Being Outsourced to Online Charter Schools?
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Meet the Man Behind "Citizens United": What Does the Ultra-Conservative Lawyer Have Planned Next?
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Gingrich, Defending Race-Tinged Food Stamp Comments, Is Dogged by Occupy Protesters
Adele M. Stan / AlterNet
How Sex, Bombs and Burgers Shaped our World
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Why Ron Paul Challenges Liberals to Come Up with Real Solutions on Finance and War
Matt Stoller / Naked Capitalism
24 States Enacted 92 Abortion Restrictions In 2011
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As 'Right to Work' Law Looms, Indiana Occupiers and Striking Union Members Fight for Working People
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Filming Against Odds: Undocumented Youth “Come Out” With Their Dreams
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The Devil and Rick Santorum: Dilemmas of a Holy Owned Subsidiary
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Fraud and Folly: The Untold Story of General Electric's Subprime Debacle
Michael Hudson / The Center for Public Integrity
Hip-Hop Diplomacy? How the State Department Uses Rap to Spread Propaganda Abroad
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"Daddy, What's a Union?" 10 Words Our Kids May Not Recognize
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The 5 Most Absurd GOP Campaign Songs ... So Far
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The Grotesque Corporate Monstrosity Unleashed By Citizens United
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Damning New Letter from NY State Insider: 'Hydraulic Fracturing as It's Practiced Today Will Contaminate Our Aquifers'
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7 Reasons America's Mental Health Industry Is a Threat to Our Sanity
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America Beyond Capitalism: Is It Possible?
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Should People and Governments Shun the Totalitarian Catholic Church?
David Morris / Defending the Public Good
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Standardized Tests Hurt Kids and Public Schools: Teachers, Parents Take a Stand Against Corporate-Backed Test Regime
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Cynicism Is for Suckers: How We Can Fight the Greedy Elites That Run Our Lives
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'It's All Political': Eviction and Arrests of Global Revolution Livestreamers Part of Pattern of Crackdowns on Alternative Living
Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet
PERSONAL HEALTH
Naked Yoga? Why I Stripped Down to Do "Clothing Optional" Yoga
Tolly Moseley / Salon
ECONOMY
Go Away, Daddy! The Revolting Bob Parsons and His Toxic Internet Empire
Lynn Parramore / AlterNet
CIVIL LIBERTIES
Why You Can Be Branded a Terrorist for Fighting Animal Abuse
Rania Khalek / AlterNet
TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT
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How the Right Is Spinning the Surge of Rick Santorum
Alex Pareene / Salon
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10 Ways Right-Wing Christian Groups Will Likely Shove Religion Down Your Throat This Year
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Eve Ensler Calls for a Billion Women to Strike Against Sexual Violence
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'Citizens United' Unleashed a Monster: Why the Real Winner In the Iowa Caucuses Is the Big-Money Super PAC
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Romney, Santorum and Paul Top the Pack: What the Iowa Caucuses Reveal About the GOP Base
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