SOME NEWS UPDATES THAT'LL KEEP YOU ROCKING IN THE FREE WORLD AND WORKING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY

MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE
John Gartner, AlterNet
Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe and friends take to the road to show swing-state voters a good time on the Vote for Change tour.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20068/

Plus, Zack Pelta-Heller sits down with Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard to discuss the intersection of activism and rock stardom.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20067/

FAITH WITHOUT WORKS
Amy Sullivan, Washington Monthly
After four years, the president's faith-based policies have proven to be neither compassionate nor conservative.
http://www.alternet.org/story/20060/

MR. SMALL VS. MR. TALL
Greg Palast, AlterNet
If you look at presidential debates the way the media plays it, as something akin to Olympic figure skating, where you score for the competitor's style, you could say Kerry won. But did we win anything?
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20053/

THE LONG KISS GOODBY
John Gartner, AlterNetSingle women all over America are working to give George W. Bush a farewell kiss.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20058/

SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Andrew Gumble, The Independent UK
Pregnant chads, vanishing voters... the 2000 election was a fiasco in the Sunshine State. You'd think they'd want to get it right this time, but the democratic process is more flawed than ever.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20052/

DESPAIRING FOR DARFUR
Eric Reeves, In These Times
In our media and in our government, we have failed to comprehend the extent of the genocide in Darfur or the urgency of a strong international response.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/20042/