Top Stories from AlterNet for October 5, 2004
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THE GRIEF OF BAGHDAD
Evan Derkacz, AlterNet
The painful stories and pictures of some of the 16,000
American soldiers -- like Cpl. Tyson Johnson -- wounded in
Iraq might move Americans to action. Maybe that's why we
don't see them in the mainstream media.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/20080/

DEBATING HALLIBURTON
Charlie Cray, Foreign Policy in Focus
There are still more questions than answers about Vice
President Cheney's tenure as CEO of Halliburton and the
favors he has since done for the company. Will he clarify
matters in the Vice Presidential debate?
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20078/

I'M COMING TO YOUR DOOR
Christopher Childs, AlterNet
A canvasser for the Sierra Club in Minnesota shares his
reasons for knocking on doors to educate voters about the
candidates on the environment.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/20061/

STEM CELLS MAY SWING VOTERS
Molly M. Ginty, Women's eNews
With women more likely to support further research on
embryonic stem cells, the issue has the potential to widen
the gender gap in this election.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/20065/ 
More EnviroHealth: http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/

ON THE TAKE
James Westcott, AlterNet
A documentary focuses on the worker-run factories in
Argentina, which are filling the vacuum left by corrupt
managers.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/20077/

YOUNG FEMINISTS FIGHT BACK
Jennifer L. Pozner, AlterNet
A new anthology shows that not only is feminism alive and
kicking, it's a key part of many different kinds of
struggles for social justice.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/20062/
More Rights & Liberties: http://www.alternet.org/rights/

THE ENIGMA OF RETURN
Amitava Kumar, The Nation
In 'Maximum City,' Suketu Mehta discovers the Bombay of his
past through the people who make up its present; he also
gleans signs of what might be our global collective future.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20074/





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