Top Stories from AlterNet for March 8, 2006

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Top Stories from AlterNet for March 8, 2006

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BANNED AND GAGGED

Rose Aguilar, AlterNet

South Dakota's extreme abortion ban is in perfect accord

with what the United States has been doing internationally

all along.

http://www.alternet.org/rights/33197/

 

ABORTION RIGHTS GO SOUTH

Molly Ivins, AlterNet

Who needs choice when South Dakota senator Bill Napoli is

around to decide for us?

http://www.alternet.org/rights/33242/

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A BUDGET BUILT ON COMMON SENSE

Rep. Lynn Woolsey, AlterNet

We can repair our threadbare social safety net without a

single tax increase or one additional dime in federal

spending.

http://www.alternet.org/story/33241/

 

 

BIG FOOD'S POWER GRAB

Jason Mark, AlterNet

The food lobby is quietly pushing a bill that would set a

single national set of food labeling rules -- and eliminate

local control over food safety disclosures.

http://www.alternet.org/story/33228/

 

 

THE BAGHDAD EMBASSY BONANZA

David Phinney, CorpWatch

Heaping scandal upon scandal, the Kuwait company that won

the contract to build the massive U.S. Embassy stands

accused of using forced labor to fulfill its contracts.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/32927/

 

 

TINSELTOWN'S PROGRESSIVE TURN

Danny Schechter, AlterNet

Yes, moviemaking is as much about marketing as messages. But

Sunday's Oscars confirmed that even celebrities (sometimes)

care about causes.

http://www.alternet.org/movies/33239/

 

 

THE TRUTHINESS TALIBAN

Arianna Huffington, AlterNet

When Americans turn off the TV and pay attention to real

matters, we seem eager to forget the facts and embrace the

'truthiness.'

http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/33226/

 

 

DIGITAL HYPE

Norman Solomon, AlterNet

The media equates digital breakthroughs with human

breakthroughs. But how do all our tech advances relate to

the most important meanings of life?

http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/33225/

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--> Fresh in The Mix:

 

Joshua Holland: We are up to our eyeballs in debt and we're

fully prepared to ignore the problem:

http://alternet.org/blogs/themix/33231/

 

--> New in PEEK:

Melissa McEwan says the new TV show 'Miracle Workers'

offers exactly the wrong ideas about health care:

http://alternet.org/blogs/peek/33235/

 

--> The latest from the Echo Chamber:

Deanna Zandt: what's the difference between

'impeaching' Bush and 'holding him accountable'?

http://alternet.org/blogs/echochamber/33200/

 

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