HEAR YEA! HEAR YEA! WEEKEND NEWS IS HERE

THE VOTE MUST GO ON
Zelie Pollon, AlterNet
Explosions, suicide bombers and more than 40 dead, and yet Iraqis turned out in larger-than-expected numbers to vote Sunday.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21122/

THE IDEA THAT BROUGHT SLAVERY TO ITS KNEES
Adam Hochschild, AlterNet
In 1787, British abolitionists saw a link among all humankind.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/21121/

THE JOURNEY TO WILD DIVINE
Patricia King, Common Ground
Welcome to the Brave New World of neurofeedback, where computer games and desktop technology are intersecting with ancient mind-body techniques.
http://www.alternet.org/story/21114/

IRAQ'S ELECTORAL CUL-DE-SAC
Dilip Hiro, Tomdispatch.com
Starting with Saddam's arrest in 2003, each of Washington's rosy scenarios -- in which a diminution of violence is predicted and a path to success declared -- has turned to dust.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21109/

TAKE ME OUT OF THE BALL GAME
Holly Beck, WireTap
As long as sports teams continue to use names like Savages and Redskins, a growing number of Americans will find it hard to root for the home team.
http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/21115/

CALL SOMEONE WHO CARES
Dannie Martin, Pacific News Service
A private company is robbing convicts blind each time they make a phone call.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/21116/
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