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America's Hidden Role in Hamas's Rise to Power By Stephen Zunes, AlterNet No one in the mainstream media or government is willing to acknowledge America's sordid role interfering in Palestinian politics. Read more »   What It's Like to Have a Grandfather Living in a War Zone By Laila Al-Arian, The Nation My family has struggled to get in touch with my grandfather. As missiles rain over his Gaza neighborhood, I can only imagine what he is thinking. Read more »   World's Worst Job? Meet the Couple Who Clean Up After Messy Deaths By Liz Langley, Orlando Weekly One couple have built a business helping people deal with the very messy reality of death by cleaning up after murders, suicides and the like. Read more »   Are Modern Women Miserable? By Vicki Haddock, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine Women can dream bigger than ever before. But social progress has plateaued short of true gender equity, keeping many of those dreams out of reach. Read more »   Did You Know 200,000 Vets Are Sleeping on the Streets? By Aaron Glantz, New America Media America's promise to "Support the Troops" ends the moment they take off the uniform and try to make the transition to civilian life. Read more »   The Iraq War Is Now Illegal By Bruce Ackerman, Oona Hathaway, The Daily Beast Ongoing combat in Iraq is illegal under US law. As of January 1, Congress' authorization of the war expired. Read more »   Business Is Booming for Industry Catering to Survivalists By Josh Allen, Christian Science Monitor Once seen as a radical and paranoid ideology, survivalism is expanding as a business, and growing fast. Read more »   6 Reasons Why Nuclear Power Can't Save Us By Rob Hopkins, Chelsea Green Publishing A new book shows that it is not just the cost of nuke plants and their deadly waste that is the energy source's only problems. Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     A Different View on Burris: Let Him Into the Senate By Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive Harry Reid and the Democrats in the Senate should go ahead and seat Roland Burris from Illinois. Read more »   Dynegy Abandons Plans for 5 New Coal Plants By Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club Dynegy is recognizing that new coal plants are an economic mistake and the wrong direction for their shareholders and the country. Read more »   Fox News Allows 'Magic Negro' New Year's Message to Be Broadcast By Ryan Powers, Think Progress Fox News allowed at least one racist message directed toward President-elect Obama to be broadcast on New Year's eve. Read more »

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