AlterNet Headlines July 1-2, 2006

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THE 100 WORST CORPORATE CITIZENS

Phil Mattera, Corporate Research Project

There's no point in rewarding companies that play pick and

choose when it comes to business ethics.

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/37824/

 

NO CHOICE WHEN IT COMES TO LICENSE PLATES

Jennifer Fox, AlterNet

Why are anti-abortion 'Choose Life' license plates legal,

while pro-choice plates keep being struck down?

http://www.alternet.org/story/38281/

 

GETTING OFF OUR NUCLEAR POWER FIXATION

J.A. Savage, AlterNet

The vice president would have you believe nuclear power is

clean and safe. Here's everything you need to know about

just how unclean and dangerous it really is.

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/38261/

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THE HATRED BEHIND 'HADJI GIRL'

Sheldon Rampton, Center for Media and Democracy

A videotaped recording of a Marine singing about a shootout

with an Iraqi family has war critics up in arms about U.S.

troops' open hostility to Muslims and Arabs.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/38084/

 

THREE IRAQ MYTHS THAT WON'T QUIT

Scott Ritter, AlterNet

Election season has started, and the media won't stop

telling us that Iraq is sovereign, that Zarqawi mattered,

and that there were WMDs. So much for a debate about

withdrawal.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/38011/

 

ADULTERERS IN CHIEF

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly

The GOP's top three contenders for the 2008 race are the

most maritally challenged crop of presidential hopefuls in

American political history.

http://www.alternet.org/story/38015/

 

ABSTINENCE DOUBLE STANDARD THREATENS GIRLS' HEALTH

Jessica Valenti, AlterNet

Not only is abstinence education ineffective; it can have

dangerous health effects on girls.

http://www.alternet.org/story/37956/

 

AMERICA'S AIR-CONDITIONED NIGHTMARE

Stan Cox, AlterNet

Air-conditioning puts a chill on community spirit, aids the

cause of anti-enviros, and just might have given us

President George W. Bush.

http://www.alternet.org/story/38154/

 

TEN REASONS TO WATCH MEXICO'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Joshua Holland, AlterNet

No electronic voting machines! Limits on negative

campaigning! Best of all, George W. Bush hates the leading

candidate.

http://www.alternet.org/story/38225/

 

THE PEOPLE'S PATH TO IMPEACHMENT

Onnesha Roychoudhuri, AlterNet

You wouldn't know it from the media, but grassroots

movements are afoot all over the country to hold the

president legally accountable for his lies.

http://www.alternet.org/story/38042/

 

IRAQ: A SHOCKING WASTE OF MONEY

Matthew Yglesias, The American Prospect

Forget those early estimates about the cost of our failed

war in Iraq; the final tally is likely to be over $1

trillion.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/38013/

 

WHY ARE MEN STILL JOKING ABOUT RAPE?

Sara K. Gould, AlterNet

It is nearly inconceivable, and certainly inexcusable, that

TV shows like F/X's " Rescue Me " can still suggest that

women 'enjoy' rape.

http://www.alternet.org/story/38334/

 

BUSH VS. NEW YORK TIMES

Robert Scheer, Truthdig

Attacks on the New York Times aren't about national

security, they're about muting criticism.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/38251/

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New in VIDEO:

 

Why does Fox News even bother trying to hide the fact that

it's the most Republican-friendly news channel out there?

http://alternet.org/blogs/video/38353/

 

New in The Mix:

 

Joshua Holland asks if a new Supreme Court ruling has ushered

in an era of bloody partisan warfare:

http://alternet.org/blogs/themix/38363

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