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The Prescription Pill Epidemic Has Spiraled Out of Control -- Sheriff's Death Is an Alarm Bell

Evelyn Nieves, AlterNet

The death of a West. Va. sheriff should persuade the federal government to put the necessary resources into fighting this epidemic. READ MORE»

7 Chilling Facts About Retirement in America That Should Make Obama Tremble Before Cutting Social Security and Medicare

Lynn Stuart Parramore, AlterNet

Obama's plan would be economically irresponsible, socially disruptive and morally repugnant. READ MORE»

The Real Problem with Education Today? Kids Hate School -- and Here's Why

Alyssa Figueroa, AlterNet

Author Peter Gray talks about why children today have such trouble learning. READ MORE»

The Corporate Betrayal of America -- Ripping off the Public, Running off with the Profits to Avoid Taxes

By Paul Buchheit, AlterNet

The huge multinationals have made it clear; they don't feel obliged to give anything back to the people who made it all possible. READ MORE»

How Right-Wingers Still Run America, Despite Losing Elections

By Amitai Etzioni, Salon

From guns to Social Security to FISA, the real majority party prevails while liberals lose out again. READ MORE»

America's Hired Death Squads and Torture Teams Are Still Operating in Iraq

By William Boardman, Reader Supported News

A 15-month investigation exploring war crimes long denied by the Pentagon lays out the tragic truth. READ MORE»

Why Are the Democrats Failing the World on Climate Change?

By Bill McKibben, Tom Dispatch

We lack the decades needed for the Dems' positions to “evolve” along with the polling numbers. READ MORE»

Daddy's Been Arrested: The Arrogance of America's Financial Criminals on Full Display

By Marty Kaplan, AlterNet

The crimes of a high-level player in an insider-trading ring starts with what he's done to his children. READ MORE»

The Butcher Bill for Syria Is Going to Reach Well Over 70,000 People, and Even More Mideast Chaos

By Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus

Establishing a pro-western government in Damascus and inflicting damage on Iran is mostly illusion. READ MORE»

What We Can Learn From Cable's Most Popular Show, "The Walking Dead"

By Leslie Savan, The Nation

Whether you see "The Walking Dead" as an example of left-wing or right-wing ideology gone mad depends on who you think the undead are. READ MORE»

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