Stories by Kari Lydersen
Kari Lydersen, a regular contributor to AlterNet, also writes for the Washington Post and is an instructor for the Urban Youth International Journalism Program in Chicago.
Immigrants and their supporters complete a two week freedom bus ride for democracy and civil rights.
Posted on Oct 17, 2003, Source: AlterNet
A law intended to help protect children could cause them substantial harm.
Posted on Oct 13, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Sonoma State University releases its list of the year's top ten under-reported and censored stories.
Posted on Sep 17, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The Clear Skies Initiative was meant to reduce harmful emissions, but its fuzzy math actually does more damage to the environment than good.
Posted on Sep 17, 2003, Source: AlterNet
While the U.S. condemns human rights abuses abroad, it ignores those closer to home.
Posted on Aug 20, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The 41.2 million Americans without health insurance are often forced to pay up to 70 percent more than insurance companies do for healthcare bills.
Posted on Jul 23, 2003, Source: AlterNet
For many sex workers, abuse is a daily occurrence. Unfortunately, the criminal justice system only exacerbates the problem.
Posted on Jul 18, 2003, Source: AlterNet
From micro-organisms to Forest Service jobs, privatization hits the national parks. Corporate profits could be enormous; but fragile environments could end up the losers.
Posted on Jul 16, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Teenagers are getting fed up with the increasing restrictions on their speech, their clothes, and their freedom of movement.
Posted on Jul 1, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Two impending vacancies on the Supreme Court this summer could have an impact on the nation for decades to come.
Posted on Jun 17, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The Bush administration, so proud of its "family values" record, could learn a lot from speaking to families torn apart by immigration laws.
Posted on Jun 12, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Automaker's claim to be environmentally conscious has big green groups nipping at its heels to put up or shut-up.
Posted on Jun 12, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Right-wing shock jock Michael Savage goes after the little guy.
Posted on Jun 9, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The residents of Mecosta County, Michigan, didn't take kindly to a giant multinational's move to divert springwater from their lakes and streams into bottles and profits.
Posted on Jun 3, 2003, Source: AlterNet
New technologies raise serious questions about invasions of privacy and violations of civil liberties. They're also expensive. Who's buying and who's profiting?
Posted on May 28, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Coming soon to a town near you: corporate accountability campaigns, one of the most popular and effective tactics for enacting social change.
Posted on May 20, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Illinois' home healthcare system is hurting from budget cuts even though it can save the state millions every year.
Posted on May 14, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Omar Jamal tried to convince his fellow Somali Americans that the Constitution protected their free speech, but the outspoken activist's arrest and possible deportation have them unsure if he was right.
Posted on May 12, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The ACLU turns to advertising to promote basic civil liberties.
Posted on Apr 28, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The military's slick propaganda campaign borrows from the corporate PR world, and keeps the war sanitized for public consumption.
Posted on Mar 31, 2003, Source: AlterNet
People can now be searched, questioned, spied on, even detained without a lawyer on the basis of their race or religion alone.
Posted on Mar 31, 2003, Source: IMPACT Press
A host of recent actions by government agencies, school boards and other institutions attempts to limit what we read, see and hear -- sometimes with debilitating effects.
Posted on Mar 13, 2003, Source: AlterNet
A diverse movement to protect civil liberties is bringing together strange bedfellows: far-right militias and lobbying groups, left and liberal NGOs and community organizations, libertarians and the NRA.
Posted on Feb 21, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Despite international pressure and changing public opinion, the U.S. continues to be the world's leading executioner.
Posted on Feb 10, 2003, Source: AlterNet
When the U.S. deports and detains immigrants, the consequences can be devastating.
Posted on Feb 4, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Bush's "economic stimulus" plan has kindled an array of alternative plans from a wide-ranging coalition of labor and progressive groups.
Posted on Jan 15, 2003, Source: AlterNet
They face increased harassment, surveillance and arrest, yet immigrants keep coming to the U.S. Many of them have no choice.
Posted on Dec 23, 2002, Source: AlterNet
A new campaign says Jesus wouldn't be caught dead driving a gas-sucking, planet-warming, road-hogging SUV -- and neither should you.
Posted on Nov 25, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Mushroom farming, apple picking and detassling corn entail long hours of intense physical labor. Most white people don't want these jobs, so farmers depend on immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Posted on Oct 7, 2002, Source: AlterNet
No-till farming methods can decrease carbon dioxide emissions and boost nutrients in the soil. As added economic incentive, farmers may soon be trading their "carbon credits" on a global market.
Posted on Sep 30, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Most family farmers have been forced by economics to adopt factory farm-type operations, both with agriculture and livestock. Now some farmers are bucking the factory farming trend and finding ways to make organic, healthy and humane farming work.
Posted on Sep 23, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The mandatory fees cattle ranchers pay to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association are being used to serve the interests of multinational companies and large factory farming operations. Now family farmers say they are being forced to fund their own demise.
Posted on Sep 16, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Much of the world is certain that it doesn't want GM foods -- very certain. And this fact could only have devastating economic implications for American farmers.
Posted on Sep 9, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Mass corporate owernership of livestock is becoming the name of the game in the meatpacking industry, harming farmers and threatening to suck the lifeblood out of rural midwestern communities.
Posted on Sep 3, 2002, Source: AlterNet
ACORN is often accused of being loud and splashy -- but members of the grassroots group say that's what it takes to get their voices heard.
Posted on Jul 2, 2002, Source: AlterNet
With former Coke exec Vicente Fox now employed as president of Mexico, Coca-Cola is winning its battle for the mouths and hearts of Latin America.
Posted on May 28, 2002, Source: LiP Magazine
The latest spoonful of "free trade alphabet soup" being served in the Americas is the PPP -- the Plan Puebla-Panama, a trade ploy that may forever change Mexico.
Posted on Sep 10, 2001, Source: LiP Magazine
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