Hot on Big Pharma's Trail; The Great Urban-Rural Divide

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Hot on Big Pharma's Trail; The Great Urban-Rural Divide

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 03:00:00 -0800

 

 

 

Top Stories from AlterNet for November 29, 2004

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HERE, KIDDIE, KIDDIE

Kelly Hearn, AlterNet

How drug companies are pushing ADHD drugs for children by

funding researchers and advocacy groups -- and

ignoring the studies which question their claims.

http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20594/

 

BLUE ISLANDS, RED SEAS

John Gartner, AlterNet

The real great divide in American politics is not between

red and blue states, but between urban and rural voters.

http://www.alternet.org/election04/20609/

 

KERRY AND THE GIFT OF IMPUNITY

Naomi Klein, The Nation

The election appears to have ushered in an orgy of impunity

for the administration's -- and soldiers' --

actions in Iraq. Is Kerry to blame?

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/20602/

 

PORTER GOSS' WIA -- WORTHLESS INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com

With the re-election of President Bush and the appointment

of Porter Goss to bring the CIA under White House control,

it becomes increasingly hard to see how the republic will

survive.

http://www.alternet.org/story/20600/

 

THE STAMP OF APPROVAL

Emily Sogn, AlterNet

In the negotiations for access to the name " The Postal

Service, " cultural cache and corporate power find an uneasy

middle ground.

http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/20598/

 

THE FATE OF MEDICAL POT

Raymond Cushing, AlterNet

The Supreme Court is set to rule on whether the feds have

the right to arrest medical marijuana patients. But will

the justices have all the facts?

http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20577/

 

AIDS PANDEMIC STALKS WOMEN

Evelyn Kwamboka, Alan Kisia, allAfrica.com

A new study urges action to counter the growing rate of HIV

infection among women -- who now make up almost half

of all AIDS sufferers.

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/20605/

 

 

 

 

 

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