Home
Archive
Newsletters
Video
Blogs
Discuss
About
Search
Donate
Advertise
  • AlterNetYour turn

Support AlterNet
Do you value the information you're getting from AlterNet? Please show your support with a tax-deductible donation.


Feedback
Tell us how we're doing.

Advertisement
Advertisement

Stories by Vikki Kratz

Guinea Pigs Should Not Use Tampons

It’s that time of the month again -- when you receive an e-mail warning that tampons could be lethal. But is this any more than an urban myth?
Posted on May 8, 2000, Source: Shewire.com

Privacy vs. Public Protection

Who can have access to your Internet voice communications and pinpoint your physical location by tracking your cell phone calls? The FBI can, thanks to new Federal Communication Commission regulations. Internet privacy groups are now questioning how far law enforcement should be able to go when it comes to surveillance, and they've taken their queries to court for a judge's decision.
Posted on Apr 1, 2000, Source: Shewire.com

Is Your Engagement Ring Funding a Civil War?

De Beers, the world's largest diamond company that controls approximately 70 percent of the diamond trade, has recently been targeted by human rights advocates because of its involvement in bloody civil wars in Angola, the Congo, and Sierra Leone. If the diamond industry doesn't clean up its act, it could be the target of a consumer boycott.
Posted on Apr 1, 2000, Source: Shewire.com