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Gun Crazy: Firearms Proponents Want a World Where College Kids Carry Concealed Weapons By Liliana Segura, AlterNet The NRA and Co. have pushed campaigns to allow concealed-weapons permits on college campuses in 15 states this year and failed in all of them. Read more »   Ivy League Dunces Have Led America Off a Cliff By Chris Hedges, Truthdig Don't expect the Harvard crowd to fix it either. They can't. They are loyal to the decaying political and financial systems that empowered them. Read more »   The White Nationalist Behind Bill O'Reilly's War on Christmas By Max Blumenthal, The Daily Beast How a racist created the conservative movement's favorite holiday season outrage -- and has O'Reilly dreaming of a pure, white Christmas. Read more »   Who Will Go Down with Blagojevich? By John Nichols, TheNation.com The investigation could extend far beyond the Illinois governor's office. Read more »   How Compulsive Hoarding Can Threaten Your Health and Take Over Your Life By Emily Wilson, AlterNet The inability to part with possessions is often a symptom of psychiatric disorder -- and it's on the rise in America. Read more »   Van Jones: One of the Most Visionary Progressive Leaders AlterNet The green jobs advocate has just received the prestigious Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. Here's a look at the best of his 2008 work. Read more »   How Obama Can Leverage the Chicago Factory Sit-In to Help American Workers By Peter Dreier, Huffington Post Grassroots activism helped Obama win the presidency. It could also help him fix the economy. Read more »   10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy By Jen Angel, YES! Magazine Daily habits can affect our well-being. Here are 10 simple actions that research has shown makes people feel good. Read more »   Who Are the Taliban? The Afghan War Deciphered By Anand Gopal, Tomdispatch.com Almost every suicide attack and kidnapping is attributed to "the Taliban." In reality, however, the insurgency is far from monolithic. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     What President-Elect Obama Must Do Once He Closes Gitmo By Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation Help end the unconstitutional military commissions. Read more »   New Study: Tasers Much Stronger than Manufacturers Let On By Digby, Hullabaloo So much for "zero risk." Read more »   Impossible Beauty Standards: Jessica Alba's Airbrushed Campari Ads By Melissa McEwan, Shakesville If Alba can't measure up to commercial beauty standards, what does that mean for the rest of us? Read more »

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