AlterNet: Why the NSA Ruling Could Backfire into a Court Disaster We'll Regret for Decades

Why the NSA Ruling Could Backfire into a Court Disaster We'll Regret for Decades Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet Judge Richard Leon is no friend of progressives—and never has been. READ MORE»

How Rev. Billy Graham Taught the Republican Party to Sacrifice the Poor on the Altar of Big-Business CJ Werleman, AlterNet Graham's political descendants shut down the government in the name of replacing every government-funded service with a for-profit corporation. READ MORE»

How America Created a Low-Wage Work Swamp Joan Walsh, Salon For decades, both parties supplanted a push for higher wages with well-intended public aid. The result: calamity READ MORE»

The Country That's Dismantling Its System of Privilege for the 1% -- Can the U.S. Be Next? By Thom Hartmann, AlterNet It's time for the US to look abroad for answers to our big economic problems. READ MORE»

Potentially Deadly Food Pathogens You Should Know About—and 9 Ways You Can Avoid Them By Jodie Gummow, AlterNet More than half of U.S food poisoning cases are traced to unsanitary restaurant food handling practices. READ MORE»

How Elizabeth Warren Upset the DC Establishment's Plans to Weaken Social Security By Dean Baker, AlterNet Warren's support for raising Social Security benefits could be exactly what we need to move the discussion of retirement income in a positive direction. READ MORE»

Republican NY Legislator Who Voted Against Medical Marijuana Now Investing in the Industry Himself By David Downs, AlterNet The surprising political and business evolution of Steve Katz. READ MORE»

'This Is the Most Closed, Control Freak Administration I've Ever Covered' -- Press Freedoms in the Obama Years By Leonard Downie Jr., Sara Rafsky, Committee to Protect Journalists There's an uneasy alliance of the Obama administration and the media. READ MORE»

Scorcese and DiCaprio's 'Wolf of Wall Street' -- A White-Collar Crime Caper in a Financial Era of Excess By Xan Brooks, The Guardian "A film that is polished and punchy, chock-full of beans and throwing out sparks." READ MORE»

A Legal Loophole Plays a Key Role in the Deaths of Teenage Farmworkers By Mariya Strauss, Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute People think tend of child labor a thing of the past in the United States -- but in the agriculture industry, it's still a potential deadly occupation. READ MORE»

How the Mainstream Media's Coverage of Mandela Attempted to Rewrite History By Janine Jackson, FAIR The United States was on the wrong side of the apartheid fight for far too long — no matter what today's media may try to suggest. READ MORE»