Today's Top Stories - October 9, 2012
Les Leopold, AlterNet
The Republicans are out to shred our social safety net -- and they're using debt as their excuse. READ MORE»
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Lynn Parramore, AlterNet
The Muslim faith is inextricably woven into the fabric of American history. READ MORE»
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Chuck Collins, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Chuck Collins' new book '99 to 1' reveals how wealth inequality is wrecking everything. READ MORE»
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By Adam Lee, Salon
As the atheist movement matures and becomes more politically engaged, deep divisions are emerging -- that's not
necessarily a bad thing READ MORE»
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By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, AlterNet
Oregon's ballot is breaking new political ground -- maybe too fast for its citizens and the country's pace of drug
reform. READ MORE»
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By Scott Alexander Hess, The Fix
Using sex addiction as a get-out-of-jail-free card has its price. READ MORE»
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By Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes
Two ballot measures for Californians this fall could shape the state's politics--a millionaire's tax, or a historic
attack on unions' ability to influence campaigns. READ MORE»
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By Leah Bolger, AlterNet
The mountainous regions of Pakistan are taking constant fire in the name of fighting the war on terror READ MORE»
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By Mike Whitney, AlterNet
The "housing has hit bottom" talk is the biggest bunch of public relations BS since WMD. READ MORE»
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By Sy Mukherjee, Think Progress
Watch GOP political consultant Mary Matalin got into a heated exchange with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. READ MORE»
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By Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee
TransCanada is trying to get its Keystone XL pipeline approved, but a whistleblower is raising the alarm. READ MORE»
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