Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/world/155662/law-abiding_murder%3A_how_the_obama_administration_uses_%27just_war%27_theory_to_rationalize_%27kill_lists%27_ story-5a2555b15a43694fa4f2ec1a34123da4 It is a moral and legal impossibility to square “kill lists†for extrajudicial murders with traditional legal and moral American values. Wed, 30 May 2012 16:00:01 -0700 Ray McGovern, Consortium News http://www.alternet.org/economy/155652/future_train_wreck_what_the_fed%27s_zero_interest_policy_means_to_you_and_me story-2e4166ab50efc36e38063d7d759e3c38 Record low 10-year rates tell a nasty story about the toxic effects of the Fed's "permanent zero" policy. Wed, 30 May 2012 08:00:01 -0700 Edward Harrison, Credit Writedowns http://www.alternet.org/education/155640/the_human_face_of_student_debt%3A_a_conversation_with_the_filmmakers_of_%27default%27 story-a24a46f54c0b28b33dd12ecdc2355b7d A documentary on the student loan crisis lends a much needed perspective on the cost of educational debt. Wed, 30 May 2012 05:00:01 -0700 Emily Wilson, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/economy/155631/can_shareholder_activists_force_the_world%27s_biggest_oil_company_to_end_discrimination story-2f076f16b86b589a60654f04d1deec27 Shareholders meet today to vote on a proposed policy to ban discrimination against gay or transgender workers. Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:01 -0700 Lynn Parramore, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/world/155637/meet_the_little_girl_killed_by_a_us_missile%3A_tracing_one_tragic_story_in_our_horrific_drone_war story-28b6d756ef8583defa7a4647b5e5cf4f Photos of missile debris help trace the path of a CIA drone missile that killed a young girl. Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:01 -0700 Jefferson Morley, Salon http://www.alternet.org/story/155644/5_reasons_the_%27geezer_empire%27_of_billionaire_republicans_are_showering_romney_with_cash story-33fb9c6b96f8be4cd08f12d1edab3ffc The GOP's million-dollar donor club is filled with businessmen who will do anything for their next big financial killing. Tue, 29 May 2012 21:00:01 -0700 Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/sex/155627/%27hysteria%27%3A_what_the_new_movie_about_the_fascinating_history_of_the_vibrator_leaves_out story-c7a4c0b6ffd7f8192940ebd20ae4b360 A romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator tells the story of a fascinating moment in female sexuality. So why does it center on men? Tue, 29 May 2012 21:00:01 -0700 Greta Christina, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/story/155643/charles_ferguson%27s_%27predator_nation%3A_corporate_criminals%2C_political_corruption%2C_and_the_hijacking_of_america%27 story-175e55eaf491f9707c6fe639d3a35cfe AlterNet Executive Editor Don Hazen talks to Ferguson, the Academy Award winner for "Inside Job," about his new book on the rapid rise of "Oligarchy America." Tue, 29 May 2012 21:00:01 -0700 Don Hazen, Charles Ferguson, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/world/155634/how_the_israel_lobby%27s_favorite_senator_is_trying_to_erase_palestinian_refugees story-c14fd3800ca39f69efd32773304e8b33 Critics of Senator Mark Kirk's drive to redefine who a Palestinian refugee is say the move is part of a strategy to take refugee rights for Palestinians off the negotiating table. Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:01 -0700 Alex Kane, Mondoweiss http://www.alternet.org/environment/155641/global_co2_emissions_hit_new_record_in_2011%2C_keeping_world_on_track_for_%27devastating%27_11%26acirc%3B%26deg%3Bf_warming story-96d88ff2d006139b64307a2a879ee0c0 The scientific literature now makes clear that even 7°F warming would destroy the livable climate 7 billion people have come to depend upon. Tue, 29 May 2012 13:00:01 -0700 Joe Romm, Climate Progress http://www.alternet.org/world/155639/obama_expands_secret_wars_across_the_globe story-1f6928086839c816666c938a7dd7a0f6 It is only on Obama's watch that secret warriors have reached the pinnacle of the U.S. military's prestige hierarchy. Tue, 29 May 2012 12:00:01 -0700 Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch.com http://www.alternet.org/drugs/155635/soldiers_are_coming_home_injured_and_addicted_--_will_we_pay_our_debt_to_our_vets story-229083452f277873654fbf4d11cb69ac Soldiers come home from the two wars with a staggering rate of brain injuries and the addictions paired with them, but to treat them could cost $1 trillion. Tue, 29 May 2012 09:00:01 -0700 Katie Drummond, The Fix http://www.alternet.org/food/155610/eat%2C_pray%2C_kill%3A_the_basic_brutality_of_eating story-c1564c20d338e437c4be04a9f84dd068 Is there a soul-cure for the stomachache that comes from eating the body of another sentient creature? Mon, 28 May 2012 20:00:01 -0700 Beatrice Marovich, Religion Dispatches http://www.alternet.org/rights/155609/courts_expose_stop-and-frisk_as_racist%2C_unconstitutional_nypd_harassment_strategy%3A_8_important_facets_of_the_legal_decision story-dc28ee5e5416a26da6b8a543bb3e80a6 A US district judge has exposed the NYPD game as an illegal system of quotas and racial profiling imposed on field police from the top of the NYPD. Mon, 28 May 2012 20:00:01 -0700 Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/news/155594/groundbreaking_study_shows_why_fixing_healthcare_costs_is_still_a_top_priority story-7133721ac131b8e0e0a2de2c1e031692 And repealing the Affordable Care Act certainly won't magically lead to better outcomes. Mon, 28 May 2012 20:00:01 -0700 Joshua Holland, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/155553/8_ways_christian_fundamentalists_make_people_convert_--_to_agnosticism_or_atheism story-8800e20f00ec2190a27d9410111809ef Here are some top ways Christians push people out the church door or shove secret skeptics out of the closet. Sun, 27 May 2012 23:00:01 -0700 Valerie Tarico, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/story/155615/creating_change_is_the_people%27s_job story-5f6ccef6e7d0841ca5618535c21612a3 We -- not just the president -- have to be the agents of change in our society. How do we extend our electoral organizing beyond the elections? Sun, 27 May 2012 11:00:01 -0700 Deepak Bhargava, YES! Magazine http://www.alternet.org/story/155613/what_can_labor_win_if_it_backs_obama%27s_re-election story-b484eee75ae0817198c6ed245a2b4f88 If unions are going to be involved in electoral politics this year, what can they expect to win? And is Washington even relevant to progressive organizing efforts? Sun, 27 May 2012 08:00:01 -0700 Amy Dean, TruthOut.org http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/155566/working_with_your_rapist_as_your_supervisor_the_widespread_sexual_abuse_of_women_in_farm_work story-f3539c3838f9beaeb99c032833a0c5e6 It should be no surprise that on America’s farms, many women are treated as less than human, since not even the government sees them as worthy of respect under the law. Sun, 27 May 2012 04:00:01 -0700 Michelle Chen, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/economy/155535/the_best_and_the_greediest_ivy_league_students_are_still_heading_to_wall_street story-97629ca6ee7c6a9d029ac3ac56b27edf The first post-Occupy Ivy League classes are graduating. Will they be any less likely than their predecessors to flock into finance? Sun, 27 May 2012 03:00:01 -0700 Lynn Parramore, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/media/155593/communication_as_a_human_right%3A_creating_a_new_media_infrastructure_for_detroit story-54c06bec42159d1a38511a9151b6bcd8 Digital justice organizers work to move beyond questions of Internet access and work to bring control of media production and distribution to underserved communities. Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:01 -0700 Victoria Goff, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/activism/155582/what_fires_young_people%27s_activism_a_new_study_asks_them story-72998956d82a3fbe822eda3393aa00d7 What draws 18 to 30 year olds to social justice work, and how do people with progressive politics deal with race as part of a larger political worldview? Thu, 24 May 2012 09:00:01 -0700 Rinku Sen, ColorLines http://www.alternet.org/visions/155572/can_taking_public_transit_be_joyful_ story-9ec43c7742ef715c83a35e5fbb7371ea A new e-book shows how cities around the world are using art, music, play, and even sex to make transit a lot more fun. Wed, 23 May 2012 17:00:01 -0700 Scott Carlson, Grist.org http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/155524/koch_operative_steered_%2455_million_to_front_groups_airing_ads_against_democrats%3B_ads_assailed_candidates_over_abortion%2C_9_11%2C_medicare story-06625c7ab300fe4fca126b8dd5970d2c The Koch brothers are eager to present themselves as small-government libertarians, but their grants to front groups suggest a different set of priorities. Tue, 22 May 2012 18:00:01 -0700 Lee Fang, Republic Report http://www.alternet.org/fracking/155514/the_enviro_disaster_you_know_nothing_about%3A_the__eco-devastating_quest_for_%26quot%3Bfrac_sand%26quot%3B_in_rural_america story-160454d4912f4be19253b508b7b80eb9 Midwestern rural communities are being devastated by energy companies searching for a form of sand to use in their destructive fracking operations elsewhere in rural America. Sun, 20 May 2012 23:00:01 -0700 Ellen Cantarow, TomDispatch.com http://www.alternet.org/visions/155166/doomed_to_repeat_it%3A_is_tennessee%27s_new_%26quot%3Bmonkey_law%26quot%3B_just_scopes_all_over_again story-23e04da13b411b1e086110fa0d403865 The Volunteer State has set itself up for a replay of its 1926 Scopes Monkey Trial humiliation. And the ACLU attorney who won Kitzmiller v. Dover can't wait. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:00:01 -0700 Glenn Branch, National Center for Science Education http://www.alternet.org/drugs/155092/%23opcannabis%3A_anonymous_hackers_take_up_marijuana_activism story-3292849af93486d03de07e2d15d2e311 Hacktivist Anonymous began the "OpCannabis" to throw the collective's weight behind drug reform. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:00:01 -0700 Stephen C. Webster, Raw Story http://www.alternet.org/peek/145409/california_councilman%3A_%26quot%3Bi%27m_a_proud_racist%26quot%3B story-94136c89967b243159da7413e675eb5f Santa Clarita councilman Bob Kellar made the remark at an anti-immigration rally, but insists he did not mean to "express animosity towards non-whites." Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:30:01 -0800 Andrea Nill, ThinkProgress