www.alternet.org - New York’s marijuana arrests, says a growing chorus of critics, are a prime example of how the nation’s drug laws disproportionately impact black and Latino communities.
www.alternet.org - Since World War II, mainstream conservatives have opposed every expansion of personal liberty in the United States.
www.alternet.org - A new film provides a much-needed wake-up call for Americans: Our false sense of water abundance may be our great undoing.
www.alternet.org - When civilizations start to die they go insane. Let the ice sheets in the Arctic melt. Let the temperatures rise. Let the air, soil and water be poisoned. Let the forests die.
www.alternet.org - Academic research is often dictated by corporations that endow professorships, give money to universities, and put their executives on education boards.
www.alternet.org - Privatization of the youth prison industry handed soaring profits to GEO, but a history of brutal injustice to its incarcerated youth and their families.
www.alternet.org - Unless the spirit of the last year continues to grow and becomes a major force in the social and political world, the chances for a decent future are not very high.
www.alternet.org - In medicated America, the fix for every problem is just a prescription away. Except that it's not.
