FWD: Headlines: Toxic Secrets Exposed; Tim Wise; Viagra for Ravers?

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Thema:   Headlines: Toxic Secrets Exposed; Tim Wise; Viagra for Ravers?
Datum:  21.03.01 05:50:18 (MEZ) Mitteleuropäische Zeit
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AlterNet Headlines 
Brief summaries of leading stories from AlterNet -- the
independent news and syndication service -- for March 21, 2001.
http://www.alternet.org 


THE CHEMICAL PAPERS: SECRETS OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY EXPOSED
Don Hazen, AlterNet
A set of once-secret chemical industry documents -- exposing
decades of fraud, lies and coverups about thousands of
chemical-related deaths -- has sparked both an upcoming PBS
report and a wave of activism across the nation.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10600

TIM WISE: A WHITE MAN SPEAKING BLACK TRUTHS
Akilah Monifa, AlterNet
Tim Wise's recent article about "whiteness" raced across the
internet like a virus, generated over 5,000 response emails,
was posted on 300 listservs, made its way into the LA Times
and got more hits than any other AlterNet story to date.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10608

SPREADING COMPASSION, CONSERVATIVELY
Barbara Ehrenreich, The Progressive
Why not help George II, also known by the Supreme Court as
the "President," to make this a more compassionate nation
by sending him your coloring books?
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10612

WOMEN SUFFERING "EXTREME" SEX ABUSE IN U.S. PRISONS
Heather Haddon, AlterNet
A recent Amnesty International report on the extreme sexual,
physical and mental abuse of female prisoners in the U.S. has
added fuel to the anti-prison movement.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10611

VIAGRA HELPS KIDS PARTY HARD-Y
Chris Harris, Hartford Advocate
Viagra's popularity as a party drug, with both ravers and
binge-drinking frat boys, is rising -- with potentially dangerous
results.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10607

ESCAPE TO SOUTHEAST ASIA
Michelle Goldberg, Metro/Silicon Valley
A dotcom escapee decides to take the money and run --
halfway around the world -- and finds that she's about the
millionth young American to do so.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10613

GENETICALLY MODIFIED LIBERAL GUILT
Brooke Shelby Biggs, MotherJones.com
Genetically modified 'golden rice' may be the killer app of
biotech: a technology that shuts liberals up.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10605

BUSH ON MARS?
David Corn, AlterNet
If George W. Bush committed billions of dollars to colonizing
space for American interests, would we consider him a
visionary? What if he committed to a much grander and more
attainable goal -- saving Africa from AIDS?
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10602

THE LOGICAL CHAOS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
Connye Miller, Local Planet
This is the story of two schizophrenics; one locked in a mental
ward, the other a successful businessman writing his memoirs.
The difference in their lives is one tiny pink pill.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10624

BUSH'S GREEN FLIP-FLOP
Leonie Haimson, Grist
The last few weeks have given those of us trying to follow the
Bush administration's position on climate change a wild
roller-coaster ride.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10619

SILENCING QUEBEC
Naomi Klein, Globe and Mail
If you think that the next big crackdown on political protest will
be when 5,000 police officers clash with activists in Quebec City
next month, you're wrong. The real crackdown is already taking
place.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10609

DOES THE GOP HAVE RACIAL AMNESIA?
Lee Hubbard, AlterNet
Republicans will have to ignore many years of history to prove
themselves friends of African Americans.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10614

LET'S PLAY ... WHO WANTS TO BE EXECUTED?!
Jeff Gillenkirk, AlterNet
Welcome back to the 168th performance of "Who Wants to Be
Executed," the gameshow where the "hot seat" is smoking and
the prize is keeping your life!
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10625


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