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Tourists Encouraged to Gawk At, Mock Poor in Horrifying "GHETTO" Bus Tour in Bronx

Posted on: May 20, 2013, Source: AlterNet

A Bronx bus company is offering tours billed as a “a ride through a real New York City ‘GHETTO.’"

12-Year-Old Girl Raped, Video Posted to Facebook by Alleged Attackers

Posted on: May 20, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Three teenagers are accused of raping a 12-year-old girl and then posting the attack on Facebook.

Just How Many Journalists Is the Justice Department Spying On?

Posted on: May 20, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The U.S. Justice Department put a Fox News journalist under surveillance for reporting on classified information about North Korea.

Teen Girl Faces Felony Charge Over Lesbian Relationship, Mom Blames "Religious Zealot Parents"

Posted on: May 20, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Kaitlyn Hunt is facing felony charges of sexual “battery” after the parents of her 15-year-old girlfriend pressed charges.

How the 1% Touches Everything We Own

Posted on: May 15, 2013, Source: AlterNet

A Forbes slideshow reveals in detail how “billionaire brands control your life."

Hedge Fund Partner Earns $33.5 Million For a Year While Losing Almost 10% of Fund Money

Posted on: May 14, 2013, Source: AlterNet

A hedge fund paid its top partner millions of dollars the same year that it posted losses for their clients

South Carolina Republican Wants to Draft All Males Over 17 in Large Militia

Posted on: May 14, 2013, Source: AlterNet

State Senator Tom Corbin's bill would create a militia for everyone over 17 in South Carolina.

Student Shot by School Employee, As Conservatives Call for More Guns on Campus

Posted on: May 14, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Aurora, Colorado was the site of an accidental shooting on Monday.

39% of Americans Who Think Benghazi Is a Major Scandal Don't Actually Know Where It Is

Posted on: May 13, 2013, Source: AlterNet

A new poll from Public Policy Polling reveals that those most worried about Benghazi don't know all that much about it.

6 Horrifying Revelations About Force-Feeding at Guantanamo

Posted on: May 13, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Al Jazeera reveals in detail how the practice of force-feeding prisoners at Guantanamo is carried out.

Elizabeth Warren Pushes Bill to Reduce Student Loan Interest Rates

Posted on: May 13, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The lawmaker's bill would prevent the rise of student loan rates to 6.8 percent.

Austerity Kills: How Harsh Budget Cuts Increase Suicide, Infant Mortality, HIV Infections

Posted on: May 13, 2013, Source: AlterNet

From Greece to the U.S., austerity has deadly consequences.

Dirty Wars, Filthy Hands: 5 Unsavory Ways America Conducts Its Global War on Terror

Posted on: May 10, 2013, Source: AlterNet

America's allies are terrorists, warlords, and corrupt officials, plied with bounty payments and quid-pro-quo assassinations.

Diabetic High School Girl Beaten by Police Officer and Arrested -- For Falling Asleep in Class

Posted on: May 7, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Ashlynn Avery, who was arrested and beaten for falling asleep at school, has filed a lawsuit for civil rights violations.

UPDATED: Mississippi Issues Stay on Execution of Willie Jerome Manning

Posted on: May 7, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Manning was set to be executed tonight in Mississippi after requests for DNA testing were rejected.

'Girls Gone Wild' Creator Faces 5 Years of Prison After Slamming Woman's Head Into Floor

Posted on: May 7, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Joe Francis, the creator of "Girls Gone Wild," was found guilty of assault in Los Angeles.

Armed Children? 5 Craziest Things About This Weekend's NRA Convention

Posted on: May 6, 2013, Source: AlterNet

From an Obama look-alike target to Mayor Michael Bloomberg being portrayed as a Nazi.

4 Big Pushers of War in Iraq Now Gunning for Intervention in Syria -- Consequences be Damned!

Posted on: May 6, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Recent days have seen an uptick in strident calls for American intervention in Syria.

6 Horrifying Facts Every American Should Know About Guantanamo Bay and the Ongoing Hunger Strike

Posted on: Apr 30, 2013, Source: AlterNet

As the hunger strike grows, the U.S. is sending more medical personnel to help force-feed the prisoners. Here are some of the facts you should know about the protest and the prison camp.

Woman Faced 6 Months in Jail For Filming Slaughterhouse ... From Across the Street! (UPDATED)

Posted on: Apr 30, 2013, Source: AlterNet

25-year-old Amy Meyer has become the first person prosecuted under Utah's "ag-gag" law after filming a slaughterhouse.

3 Teens Allegedly Starved, Tortured and Killed at Camp Meant to Make Them Straight, More "Masculine"

Posted on: Apr 29, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The teens died after they attended a camp meant to make them more conventionally masculine.

FBI Wants to Fine Companies That Refuse to Hand Over Your Online Communications

Posted on: Apr 29, 2013, Source: AlterNet

A proposed bill would pressure online companies to enable law enforcement to intercept communications.

Police Raid Home of Medicinal Marijuana Multiple Sclerosis Patient, Throw Her Kids in Foster Care

Posted on: Apr 29, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The police investigated the activist on charges relating to marijuana trafficking, which she vehemently denies.

CIA Bribes Afghan President to Gain Influence, Mostly Ends Up Empowering Warlords and Encouraging Corruption

Posted on: Apr 29, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The massive payments were made in an effort to influence Hamid Karzai and his inner circle, the New York Times reveals.

Welcome to America: Children Forced to Wear Bulletproof Backpacks, Companies Sell Shields Disguised as Whiteboards

Posted on: Apr 29, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Bulletproof backpacks, ballistic safety vests and ballistic shields disguised as whiteboards are cropping up in schools around the country.

Blowback: Suspect in Boston Attack Cites U.S. Wars as Motivation

Posted on: Apr 23, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told U.S. interrogators that U.S. wars motivated him and his brother to carry out the attacks in Boston.

Mayor Bloomberg Wants to "Re-interpret" the Constitution in Order to Keep You Safe

Posted on: Apr 23, 2013, Source: AlterNet

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg can't stop politicizing the Boston Marathon bombings.

France Approves Gay Marriage Despite Right-Wing Protest, Attacks by Skinheads

Posted on: Apr 23, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The bill legalizing gay marriage passed today by 331 to 225.

America's Baffling Historical Amnesia: Suddenly President Bush's Approval Ratings Are the Same As Obama's

Posted on: Apr 23, 2013, Source: AlterNet

A new poll shows that President George W. Bush’s reputation has a chance of being rehabilitated.

Bugging Mosques? 5 Worst Right-Wing Ideas to Come Out of Boston

Posted on: Apr 22, 2013, Source: AlterNet

To the right-wing, the Boston attacks showed why its time to increase surveillance of the Muslim community.

Boston Marathon Suspect's Treatment Shows How 'War on Terror' Has Killed Basic Rights

Posted on: Apr 22, 2013, Source: AlterNet

19-year-old American citizen Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, has not been read his Miranda rights.

Bipartisan Report Concludes There's No Doubt U.S. Tortured, Violated Law

Posted on: Apr 17, 2013, Source: AlterNet

A bipartisan review sets the record straight on the Bush administration's torture program after 9/11.

5 People Hijacking Boston Bombing to Push Their Nasty Politics

Posted on: Apr 16, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Right-wing figures are predictably exploiting the aftermath of the attack on the Boston Marathon.

The Latest on the Boston Marathon Bombing: What We Know So Far

Posted on: Apr 16, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Here are the latest updates from the aftermath of the deadly bombings at the marathon yesterday.

Young Boy Who's an American Citizen Locked Up in Israeli Jail--And the U.S. 'Doesn't Even Care'

Posted on: Apr 15, 2013, Source: Mondoweiss

New Orleans-born Mohammed Khalek was taken from his home by eight rifle-toting Israeli soldiers.

Georgia Governor Derides Effort to End Whites-Only Prom

Posted on: Apr 15, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The governor's spokesman called the effort to promote an integrated prom in Wilcox County a 'silly publicity stunt.'

"I Do Not Want to Die Here": Gitmo Detainee Describes Horrific Hunger Strike, Violent Force Feedings

Posted on: Apr 15, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel's harrowing story was published today in the New York Times.

Beatings, Attempted Suicides and Deliberate Starvation: The Dystopic Hell of Guantanamo Bay

Posted on: Apr 12, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The mass hunger strike at the notorious prison camp is shining a light on the festering issue of indefinite detention.

Former Tennessee Official Caught Masturbating Out of Car Window While Driving 90 Miles an Hour

Posted on: Apr 9, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Three women testified that William Blakely, the former vice mayor of Mount Carmel, Tennessee, honked at them and then masturbated while behind the wheel.

Man Trying to Improve Worker Safety at Fish Plant 'Intentionally' Allowed to Die on Conveyer Belt, Lawsuit Alleges

Posted on: Apr 9, 2013, Source: AlterNet

A lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that a worker was intentionally left inside the machine that killed him.

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