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The Best, Worst and Most Overlooked Food Stories of 2011

Here's a look at what (sometimes baffling) stories Americans found most compelling and several important ones they missed.READ MORE

Ari LeVaux / AlterNet

6 Stories That You May Have Missed From the Occupy Movement

Now that there are fewer physical occupation sites for mainstream news outlets to cover, you may be missing some intriguing stories from occupiers around the nation. READ MORE

Lauren Kelley / AlterNet

The Fracking Industry Has Bought Off Congress: Here Are the Worst Offenders

Thanks to our morally bankrupt political system and the Supreme Court's ruling on Citizens United, the fracking lobby's power of the purse is huge. READ MORE

Scott Thill / AlterNet

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- The 20 Worst Wall Street Banks Funding Our Filthiest Polluters

A new study identifies the top 20 "climate killer" banks by the amount of financial support they give the coal industry. READ MORE

By Justin Elliott / Salon

- GOP Hypocrisy: Rick Perry Consultant Outed as Gay, Even As Perry Keeps Gay-Bashing

The swinging closet door of the Republican Party has been flung open again. Who else will be found inside? READ MORE

By Joe Conason / AlterNet

- Battlefield America: Is Gitmo in Your Future?

A retired top CIA analyst ponders if he could be arrested and held under the Senate's new military detention policy. READ MORE

By Ray McGovern / Consortium News

- Sex or Love? New Study Shows Women AND Men Prefer Romance to Sex

We should jettison the myth that most men care more about sex than deep relationships. READ MORE

By Jennifer Moss / The Good Men Project

- ABC Show, 'Work It,' Finds 'Humor' at Expense of Real Transgender People

A new comedy on ABC makes light of the real discrimination faced by transgender people. READ MORE

By Genny Beemyn and Sue Rankin / AlterNet

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