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Top Stories, Video and Blog Posts for AlterNet
October 24th, 2008
http://www.alternet.org
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UNION CARD OR MASTER CARD -- HOW A NATION OF WORKERS BECAME A NATION OF DEBTORS
By Frank Joyce, AlterNet
Debt it is an important shaper of political and economic
consciousness. The more you are in debt, the less likely you
are to rock the boat.
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/103863/
PROGRESSIVES BATTLE CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGUES TO PROVIDE AMERICANS REAL ECONOMIC
RELIEF
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
For a tenth of the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,
we could help rescue the "nuts and bolts" economy in which
most Americans work and live.
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/104200/
THE SAMARITAN'S DILEMMA: SHOULD GOVERNMENT HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR?
By Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet
In a democracy, people depend on one another to make rules
that benefit everyone. Author Deborah Stone discusses how
the GOP destroyed that reality.
http://www.alternet.org/story/104040/
HOW SAFE IS THIS ELECTION?
By Andrew Gumbel, The Nation
The GOP attack machine isn't dead yet, but the wheels have
started coming off.
http://www.alternet.org/election08/104369/
CAVEMAN SEX: HOW EVOLUTIONARY PSYCH PUSHES SEXIST STEREOTYPES
By Martha McCaughey, American Sexuality Magazine
The watered-down evolutionary psychology prevalent in pop
culture enables some men to rationalize sexist double
standards about relationships.
http://www.alternet.org/sex/104149/
THE BIGGEST BREAST CANCER RISK FACTOR THAT NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT
By Lucinda Marshall, AlterNet
While the media sound alarms about breast cancer's links to
lifestyle choices and genetics, a much more likely risk
factor is going undiscussed.
http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/104014/
IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN AND THE TREATMENT OF VETERANS -- VOTER GUIDE
AlterNet
See how the candidates compare on the occupation of Iraq,
the use of mercenaries in war and other issues in the
so-called War on Terror.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/102169/
MCCAIN FINDS AMERICANS NO LONGER BUYING INTO THE POLITICS OF DREAD
By Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post
But that won't stop him from trying; his latest Hail Mary
bomb comes equipped with a nuclear warhead.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/104391/
A KEY CONCEPT THE MEDIA ARE MISSING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
By Bill Scher, Campaign for America's Future
It is not only possible but potentially necessary to
increase public investments in spite of a large deficit.
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/104333/
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AlterNet Blogs:
AN UNEXPECTED TWIST: PALIN'S $150,000 WARDROBE DOESN'T ADD UP
By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly
It seems like the RNC's receipts aren't matching up with
those of the stores' ... and here I thought the story was
odd enough before.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/election08/104410/
HOW THE GOVERNMENT IS HELPING MINING COMPANIES DESTROY OUR WATER
By Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club
The last remaining legal impediment to devastating
mountaintop removal coal mining is now just one step away
from being abolished.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/environment/104370/
PALIN SUPPORTER PULLS GUN AT RALLY
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Firedoglake
A Sarah Palin supporter pulled a loaded handgun while
leaving a campaign rally in Colorado on Monday.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/104353/
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