AlterNet Newsletter - Mon, 28 Nov 2011

Rep. Barney Frank to Retire

By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet

Victory at Occupy LA: Protesters Ignore Eviction Deadline, Are Allowed to Stay (For Now)

By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet

Wall Street Banks Earned Billions Off $7.7 Trillion in Secret Fed Loans Made During the Financial Crisis

By Travis Waldron | ThinkProgress

Durex Condoms' Unfunny Twitter "Joke": God Created Penises to Shut Women Up?

By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet

KS Governor Is Ridiculous, Tried to Get a Teenager in Trouble for Saying He "Blows" on Twitter

By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet

Contraceptive Coverage: Whose Religious Freedom Is It?

By Amanda Marcotte | RH Reality Check

Family's Eviction Called Off After Occupy Rochester, Other Protesters Plan to "Occupy" Their Home

By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet

Fake Website Tries to Stop Recall Walker Petitions

By Steven Rosenfeld | AlterNet

As Egypt Holds Vote, Journalist Mona Eltahawy Recounts Beating, Sexual Assault By Egyptian Forces

By Amy Goodman | Democracy Now!

Catholics for Choice to Obama: "Don't Turn Your Back on Women"

By Lauren Kelley | AlterNet

A Must-See Tonight: "The War on Weed" Airs on Current TV's Vanguard Series

By Kristen Gwynne | AlterNet

A Look at Members of the "Hard Times Generation"

By Steve Benen | Washington Monthly

Director of Fukushima Plant Stepping Down Due to Illness

By Agence France-Presse

_PROGRESSIVE WIRE

Gingrich Sees Immigrants as Humans (But Not Citizens); Risks Backlash

By Julianne Hing | ColorLines

Pakistan Blocks Supply Route After NATO Strike

By NPR Online

North Anna Power Station, Virginia Nuclear Plant, Back At Full Power After August Earthquake

By The Huffington Post News Editors | Huffington Post

Climate change denial still runs strong in US

By Agence France Presse

Violent Response to Occupy Is No Surprise

By Truthdig

_BEST OF THE WEEK

1. Naomi Wolf’s ‘Shocking Truth’ About the ‘Occupy Crackdowns’ Offers Anything but the Truth
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By Joshua Holland | AlterNet

3. "How Could This Happen in America?" Why Police Are Treating Americans Like Military Threats
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By William Hogeland | AlterNet

5. Corporations Are Patenting Human Genes and Tissues -- Here's Why That's Terrifying
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By Brad Jacobson | AlterNet

7. How White Supremacists Are Trying to Make an American Town a Model for Right-Wing Extremism
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By David Holthouse | Media Matters for America

9. 7 Things Fox Viewers Are Wildly Misinformed About
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By Eric Boehlert | Media Matters for America

11. Five Ways that Financial Elites are Destroying Democracy
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By Les Leopold | AlterNet

13. The Fascinating History of How Corporations Became "People" -- Thanks to Corrupt Courts Working for the 1%
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By Joshua Holland | AlterNet

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