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​Is Fracking Really Dying? Cliff Weathers, AlterNet Are falling prices ​killing shale oil and gas, or ​will the environmental horror return? READ MORE» How to Separate the Good From the Bad in Choosing What to Eat Stefanie Sacks, MS, CNS, CDN, Tarcher/Penguin A new book pushes you to question what you're eating and gives you the tools to do something about it. READ MORE» Non-Stop Gentrification: 5 More Cities Where Poor Communities Are Being Turned into Rich Ones Allegra Kirkland, AlterNet It’s not just happening in Brooklyn and the Bay Area. READ MORE»

War Is the New Normal: 7 Deadly Reasons Why America’s Wars Persist By William Astore, TomDispatch The war on terror is still ongoing, with the mission eternally unaccomplished. READ MORE» New National Poll Reveals Serious Liabilities for Hillary By Staffer, AlterNet Supporters of Hillary Clinton should be very concerned about the popularity of Clinton’s ideas and her ability to win the Presidency. READ MORE» The “American Sniper” Cultural Moment: How Iraq Became the New Vietnam By Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com America went to war for 10 years and we missed it. Now Iraq is back to torment us, as mythology and macho fantasy. READ MORE» Wrong Time for Netanyahu to Address Congress By Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street Israel is becoming a partisan football, a wedge issue cynically manipulated to grab headlines and seek political gain. READ MORE» 8 Unusual Ways Male Sexual Adventurers Are Getting Off By Carrie Weisman, AlterNet There’s always room for experimentation. READ MORE» Why We Need to Look at "Hate" Through a New Lens By Kay Whitlock, Michael Bronski, Beacon Press Conceptualizing violence within the frame of hate makes it easy to mistake symptom for cause. READ MORE» French Police Arrest 8-Year-Old Muslim Boy on Ridiculous Charges Of Supporting Terrorism By Zaid Jilani, AlterNet The child was netted by police a day after the Charlie Hebdo incident.READ MORE» Tea Partyers, Union Members, Democrats, Republicans—All Love Social Security. So Let’s Expand It! By Paul Rosenberg, Salon.com An important new book argues that America's most successful social program needs to be strengthened READ MORE»