Monkey Trials and Tribulations; The N Word; Future Extremists

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Monkey Trials and Tribulations; The N Word; Future Extremists

Thu, 19 May 2005 03:00:00 -0700

 

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op Stories from AlterNet for May 19, 2005

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MONKEY TRIAL OR KANGAROO COURT?

Stan Cox, AlterNet

In three days of testimony in Kansas, witnesses painted a

picture of evolutionary biology as a tyrannical discipline

that can be salvaged only by admitting the bright light of

the supernatural.

http://www.alternet.org/story/22042/

 

FORTY YEARS OF EXTREMISTS

Robert S. Rivkin, Pacific News Service

In the battle over the Senate filibuster, Democrats would do

well to simplify their message to expose the president's

real agenda.

http://www.alternet.org/rights/22046/

 

LET'S TALK ABOUT RACE

Lovell Estell III, LA Weekly

It's the ultimate epithet. But by blindly attacking people

who use the 'N-word' -- like a recently resigned college

baseball coach -- are the P.C. police actually

accomplishing anything?

http://www.alternet.org/story/22045/

 

IT'S TIME TO START MAKING SENSE

An AlterNet Dialogue

Van Jones, Wes Boyd, George Lakoff, Adam Werbach and Lakshmi

Chaudhry discuss what is necessary to build a progressive

majority in America today.

http://www.alternet.org/sms/

 

GALLOWAY GOES TO WASHINGTON

AlterNet

Members of Congress received a rude shock on Tuesday when

the rumbunctious and defiant British MP transformed his

testimony into a damning indictment of U.S. foreign policy.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/22038/

 

LEARNING CURVES

Kara Jesella, Nerve.com

'Our Bodies, Ourselves' helped illustrate that women could

march on Washington, fight the inadequacy of the

health-care system, and still fantasize about being

spanked.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/22019/

 

SAYING NO TO DRUGS

Vicki Cormack, Pop and Politics

Pharmacists in over a dozen states have been refusing to

dispense birth control and morning-after pills based on the

" conscience clause. "

http://www.alternet.org/rights/22037/

* More Rights & Liberties: http://www.alternet.org/rights/

 

CRAIGSLIST FOR MEDIA?

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet

At a recent conference messy with A-list bloggers, a small

voice emerged to talk about values, customer service and a

new 'way' of doing politics.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/22036/

* More Media Culture: http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/

 

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