Archive for August, 2007
links for 2007-08-30
Extreme LES Makeover [Village Voice]
MTV (and the MisShapes crowd) inspires the wry parody of Made: I Wanna Be a Hipster
America’s Wildly Overblown Vick Hysteria [AlterNet]
The moment the public got wind that the feds had their eyes on Michael Vick and that the issue was dog fighting, he was dog meat.
Smashing Capitalism! [AlterNet]
We may be witnessing [...]
links for 2007-08-24
The World’s Sole Superpower in Fast Decline [AlterNet]
In almost every measure, the United States is past its zenith. A look at the challenges that are bringing the heyday to a halt.
The Trouble with Anonymity on the Web [AlterNet]
Anonymity online is on the rise, allowing people to write, lie and manipulate data without feeling responsible for [...]
links for 2007-08-17
Innocent Man Sentenced to Death Under Cruel Texas Law [AlterNet]
Kenneth Foster faces death for a crime he didn’t commit because of a twist of Texas law that enables a jury to sentence someone to death even if he or she had no proven role in a murder.
Bonds’ Accomplishment Leaves Baseball a Polarized Place [AlterNet]
Instead of [...]
links for 2007-08-10
The New Environmentalists: How to Make the Green Movement Less White [AlterNet]
The driving force behind the country’s new green economy is almost entirely white. But people of color have much more directly at stake in the greening of America.
The Squandering of Obama [AlterNet]
Political masterminds have transformed the candidate from a political visionary into an electoral [...]
links for 2007-08-01
Getting Busted for Pot Can Cost Your Right to Vote [AlterNet]
Once you’ve been arrested for the harsh anti-marijuana laws on the books, you can be denied everything from food stamps to voting rights to the right to adopt a child.
Michael Moore’s Challenge to the Presidential Candidates [AlterNet]
The Democratic presidential candidates are fighting to show how [...]
