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Alternet Headlines for 5 May 2013
I Thought Solitary Confinement in Iran Was
Bad -- Then I Went Inside America's
Prisons
Shane Bauer, Mother Jones
We throw thousands of men in the hole for the books they read, the company they keep, the beliefs they hold. Here's why. READ MORE»
Campus Rape Horror Stories Persist: How Can
We Change the Status Quo?
Sarah Seltzer,
AlterNet
Schools keep messing up how they handle rape cases. What gives, and what can we change? READ MORE»
We've Got to Find a Way to Stop the Imperial
Presidency Before It Permanently Destroys Our Great
Country
Ralph Nader, AlterNet
Killing innocent men, women and children abroad creates blowback that lasts for generations. READ MORE»
My Job at the Abortion Hotline
By Kerry Sheridan, Salon.com
I never met the women I counseled, but they taught me what it means to be pregnant, desperate and afraid. READ MORE»
Famous Harvard Professor Gay-Bashes John
Maynard Keynes, Suggests People Without Children Do Not Care
About Future Generations
By Lynn Stuart
Parramore, AlterNet
Niall Ferguson may have just committed academic suicide in an act of breathtaking bigotry. READ MORE»
In America, Criminal Justice System Needs
Redemption More Than the Prisoners
By Anna
Simonton, AlterNet
The new documentary, "Redemption and the Prosecutor," is a first step toward making mass incarceration an organizing focus in churches across the country. READ MORE»
Why the Person Building Your Next House
Might Just Be a Woman
By Brigid O'Farrell,
AlterNet
Despite harassment and bias, women are fighting for jobs in skilled trade. READ MORE»
Why Good Parents Should Support Drug
Legalization
By Tony O'Neill, The Fix
As an ex-junkie, I know how harmful addiction is. READ MORE»
As News Increasingly Moves Online, Who Will
Pay For Journalism?
By Rory O'Connor,
AlterNet
A review of Dan Kennedy's new book, The Wired City. READ MORE»
The Big Questions for the New Generations of
Vietnamese Americans
By Andrew Lam, New
America Media
The new generations born abroad are not bound by the idea that Vietnam is their destiny. Rather, it’s one of their many destinations. READ MORE»
Pentagon Uses the Upcoming "Man of Steel"
Superman Movie to Promote New F-35 Fighter
Jet
By Sean McElwee, AlterNet
The Hollywood-industrial complex strikes again. READ MORE»
Ramzy Baroud: The World Owes Palestine This Much - Please Stop Censoring Palestinian Voices
Dee Ninis, The Conversation: Why Vanuatu Should Brace For Even More Aftershocks After This Week’s Deadly Quakes: A Seismologist Explains
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: Meditation Without A Method
Ramzy Baroud: Israel To Annex The West Bank – Why Now? And What Are The Likely Scenarios?
Binoy Kampmark: The Strawman Of Antisemitism - Banning Protests Against Israel Down Under
Gordon Campbell: On The Coalition’s Empty Gestures, And Abortion Refusal As The New Slavery