Stories by Tamara Straus
Tamara Straus served as senior editor of AlterNet from 1999-2002.
Emily's List has some advice for Democrats looking for future electoral successes: embrace the fact that family is at the center of women's values.
Posted on Jun 24, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Moore's funny, angry new documentary, "Bowling for Columbine," was one of many indie hits at Colorado's Telluride Film Festival.
Posted on Sep 3, 2002, Source: AlterNet
A new documentary film, "Justice and the Generals," looks at the future of international human rights law through the prism of El Salvador's bloody civil war.
Posted on Feb 6, 2002, Source: AlterNet
A new film hitting theaters all over the country is earning raves from critics because it does the impossible: turns the stale subject of "free trade" into a riveting narrative.
Posted on Jan 24, 2002, Source: AlterNet
In a new PBS special, Bill Moyers exposes what may be the acme of global corporate malfeasance -- a law that penalizes governments for trying to protect their citizens.
Posted on Jan 15, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Is online dating a bleak reflection of an overworked, commodity-oriented society, or a love panacea that will forever change human relationships?
Posted on Jan 14, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Unexploded cluster bombs, like ones being dropped on Afghanistan today, have killed 12,000 civilians in Laos since the end of the U.S.'s "secret" war there 30 years ago.
Posted on Jan 7, 2002, Source: AlterNet
By clamping down on information like never before, the Bush administration has sold America the Terror War. Will critical journalism from the Internet and abroad break the deal?
Posted on Dec 10, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The end of the Cold War was supposed to mark the end of the arms race. Instead, weapons of mass destruction are proliferating -- and after 9-11 this reality is getting harder to ignore.
Posted on Nov 29, 2001, Source: AlterNet
If this week's WTO meeting in Qatar fails, it won't be because of street protests or media scrutiny, but because international trade has been transformed in the the post-9/11 age.
Posted on Nov 12, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Spending an afternoon with Tahmeena Faryal, a member of the Afghan feminist group RAWA, makes it clear that women should participate in the emerging government there.
Posted on Nov 6, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Al-Jazeera, the 24-hour Arab news network that came to prominence when American media aired its videotapes of Osama bin Laden, has been called highly objective and extremely biased. Which is it? AlterNet spoke to veteran Middle East journalist Lamis Andoni to find out.
Posted on Oct 26, 2001, Source: AlterNet
This fall, two important media ownership rules will be reconsidered by the FCC, and given the commission's Republican majority, both will likely be thrown out.
Posted on Oct 23, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The looming refugee crisis in Afghanistan, where millions are on the brink of starvation, begs the question: will the U.S. provide real aid this time, or just lip service?
Posted on Oct 12, 2001, Source: AlterNet
A visionary solution to global warming has been proposed by the founder of Working Assets -- a plan to make the sky public U.S. property and charge those who pollute it. (Also, an
excerpt from Peter Barnes' book, "Who Owns the Sky?")
Posted on Sep 25, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Telemarketers in India with perfect West Virginian accents. American cyber-boys paving the high-tech road in Africa. A new PBS series, "PlanetWork," explores the changing nature of employment.
Posted on Aug 28, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Despite the dot-com bust, VolunteerMatch -- the Webby-winning site that helps people volunteer -- is enjoying wild success. What does it mean for corporate and community life in the tech age?
Posted on Aug 21, 2001, Source: AlterNet
An irony of the 2001 summer is that our CEO-style President is enjoying a 31-day, European-sized vacation, while most Americans eke out a mere nine or 10 days off.
Posted on Aug 14, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The Fifth Annual Webby Awards, honoring the best Internet Web sites, underscored a hallmark of Internet culture: geek power rules, sophistication is irrelevant.
Posted on Jul 24, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Americans are increasingly watched by law enforcement and private industry. But we also are increasingly in search of public fame. How will privacy evolve in the era of the unwanted and wanted gaze?
Posted on Jul 17, 2001, Source: AlterNet
According to a recent poll, a majority of Americans are still angry about the 2000 election. You wouldn't know it from the press, but on the Web that anger is red-hot.
Posted on Jul 10, 2001, Source: AlterNet
This week the UN General Assembly held its first ever special session on AIDS. But can the world's most lumbering bureaucracy stop the new global plague?
Posted on Jun 26, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Cult novelist Chuck Palahniuk is not what he seems. The author of the apocalyptic hit Fight Club and Choke, his recent novel on sexaholism, is neither angry nor nihilistic. He's a dreamer who likes to talk about romance.
Posted on Jun 19, 2001, Source: AlterNet
A documentary film to be aired by PBS examines why store wars are not just about retail, but about small-town economic life.
Posted on May 24, 2001, Source: AlterNet
In her new book, Barbara Ehrenreich goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker and finds the dark side of American prosperity.
Posted on May 15, 2001, Source: AlterNet
In the wake of the Cold War, a familiar object of strife has reemerged -- resources -- only this time the world has fewer of them.
Posted on May 1, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's new reality TV show on ABC, "The Runner," bombs to bits the last barrier between commerce and culture.
Posted on May 1, 2001, Source: AlterNet
From army spinmeisters working at CNN to sweatshop-like conditions in Silicon Valley, this year's Top Ten Censored Stories highlight some huge stories that the mainstream media missed.
Posted on Apr 10, 2001, Source: AlterNet
If money and drugs are not forthcoming soon, AIDS will cause a plague in Africa not seen since the Black Death of the 14th century. Where is morality in the new global economy?
Posted on Apr 10, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The chemical dioxin is a proven deadly carcinogen. A
new report reveals how the chemical industry is keeping this
information buried.
Posted on Apr 3, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Though far from perfect legislation, the McCain-Feingold bill is the best bet America has for cleaning up politics. Tamara Straus shows why.
Posted on Mar 13, 2001, Source: AlterNet
The Jubilee 2000 debt relief movement has mobilized millions of people, transformed international policy and shaped public opinion -- in Europe. A look at why Jubilee 2000 never took off here in America.
Posted on Mar 6, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Slowly but surely, Ecstasy is becoming the drug of choice for the millennial era. Is it just the ultimate party high, or a postmodern cure that eases spiritual emptiness, rancorous individualism, alienation and lack of community?
Posted on Feb 13, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Just when the drug war had started swinging into reform mode, the most conservative administration in years stepped into the White House. Will George W. Bush ignore the mainstream backlash against the drug war?
Posted on Jan 29, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Vincent Schiraldi of the Justice Policy Institute speaks about a surprising federal study that shows youth crime at its lowest rate in decades.
Posted on Dec 19, 2000, Source: AlterNet
An alarming new study shows that General Motors, Wal-Mart and Exxon Mobil have greater economic power than a majority of the world's countries.
Posted on Dec 7, 2000, Source: AlterNet
Buying fair trade coffee -- coffee grown and sold with concern for both the coffee farmer and the land -- may not be the bravest form of activism. But the impact of consuming ethically on poverty and the environment is impossible to ignore.
Posted on Nov 30, 2000, Source: AlterNet
Thanks to a coalition of nonprofits and ethical consumers, giant coffee retailers like Starbucks have agreed to sell coffee grown by decently paid, environmentally aware Third World farmers.
Posted on Nov 30, 2000, Source: AlterNet
AlterNet interviews Thomas Frank, widely viewed as the most brilliant critic of Generation X, whose new book, "One Market Under God," takes the smug rhetoric of the New Economy and turns it on its head.
Posted on Nov 21, 2000, Source: AlterNet
Though few people are aware that a Third Wave of Feminism exists, feminism is not dead, nor has it ever found itself in the throes of final expiration. Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future, a new book, shows that like all movements, it has only mutated and transformed.
Posted on Oct 24, 2000, Source: AlterNet
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