Trying to Stay Positive About Obama | Higher Education = Economic Disaster | Cops Getting Kicks Tasering

Headlines Newsletter December 2nd, 2008 All stories, blogs, and video »

Going to College & Grad School Looks Like a Disaster By Nan Mooney, AlterNet Thinking about going back to school in a weak jobs market? Students face a plague of loan problems, less aid and higher tuition and fees. Read more »   Clues Obama Won't Govern Center-Right By Robert Creamer, Blog for Our Future Have progressives been suckered into supporting a President who will really govern from the 'center-right'? The short answer is no. Read more »   What Does Barack Know About Peak Oil? By James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler.com The economy may go back up, but the decline in oil production can't be stopped. Does the president-elect know this? Read more »   Cops Get Their Kicks, Tasering By Digby, Hullabaloo The police have no right to shoot people with electricity for having a "bad attitude." Read more »   Why Robert Gates is a Terrible Pick By Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation The appointment of Robert Gates -- a vocal critic of Obama's Iraq withdrawal plan who will undoubtedly shape policy-- is alarming. Read more »   The Many Ways Our Future is a Mess By Michael T. Klare, The Nation Even the government is now warning the US will face a world of greater dangers, more challengers and a paucity of reliable allies. Read more »   Let's Hope India Doesn't React Like We Did to 9/11 By Juan Cole, Outlook India The choices India makes now about the threat of terrorism will help determine what kind of superpower it will be. Read more »   Hillary Clinton's Disdain for International Law -- Change We Can Believe In? By Stephen Zunes, AlterNet Hillary Clinton is our new Secretary of State -- will she continue the United States' hypocrisy on human rights and the rule of law? Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Dealing with the Taliban to End the Afghanistan War By ZP Heller, Brave New Films An alternative to troop escalation. Read more »   Palin Recycles Old Stump Speech in Georgia, Pisses Off Alaskans By Ali Frick, Think Progress Yesterday, Palin's home-state newspaper, the Anchorage Daily News, sharply criticized her for campaigning for Chambliss. Read more »   World AIDS Day: It Is Time to Stop 'Aidsism' By Susan Blumenthal, M.D., Melissa Shive, Huffington Post We must put an end to the discrimination that people living with HIV/AIDS experience every day. Read more »

Support AlterNet  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe from Headlines Unsubscribe from all future AlterNet communications You are subscribed as fpac.rangola@blogger.com © 2007 Independent Media Institute All Rights Reserved 77 Federal St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107