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STORIES - April 7, 2013
The Prescription Pill Epidemic Has Spiraled
Out of Control -- Sheriff's Death Is an Alarm
Bell
Evelyn Nieves, AlterNet
The
death of a West. Va. sheriff should persuade the federal
government to put the necessary resources into fighting this
epidemic. READ MORE»
Lynn Stuart Parramore,
AlterNet
Obama's plan would be
economically irresponsible, socially disruptive and morally
repugnant. READ MORE»
The Real Problem with Education Today? Kids Hate School -- and Here's Why
Alyssa Figueroa,
AlterNet
Author Peter Gray talks about why
children today have such trouble learning. READ MORE»
By Paul Buchheit,
AlterNet
The huge multinationals have made
it clear; they don't feel obliged to give anything back to
the people who made it all possible. READ MORE»
How Right-Wingers Still Run America, Despite
Losing Elections
By Amitai Etzioni,
Salon
From guns to Social Security to
FISA, the real majority party prevails while liberals lose
out again. READ MORE»
America's Hired Death Squads and Torture
Teams Are Still Operating in Iraq
By William
Boardman, Reader Supported News
A 15-month
investigation exploring war crimes long denied by the
Pentagon lays out the tragic truth. READ MORE»
Why Are the Democrats Failing the World on
Climate Change?
By Bill McKibben, Tom
Dispatch
We lack the decades needed for
the Dems' positions to “evolve” along with the polling
numbers. READ MORE»
Daddy's Been Arrested: The Arrogance of
America's Financial Criminals on Full Display
By
Marty Kaplan, AlterNet
The crimes of a
high-level player in an insider-trading ring starts with
what he's done to his children. READ MORE»
The Butcher Bill for Syria Is Going to Reach
Well Over 70,000 People, and Even More Mideast
Chaos
By Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in
Focus
Establishing a pro-western
government in Damascus and inflicting damage on Iran is
mostly illusion. READ MORE»
What We Can Learn From Cable's Most Popular
Show, "The Walking Dead"
By Leslie Savan, The
Nation
Whether you see "The Walking Dead"
as an example of left-wing or right-wing ideology gone mad
depends on who you think the undead are. READ
MORE»
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