Stories by Lizzy Ratner

Domestic Workers in New York Getting Closer to Having Their Own Bill of Rights

Bill would provide basic protections to many of the estimated 200,000 nannies, housekeepers and eldercare-givers who labor in New York State.
Posted on Sep 11, 2009, Source: The Nation

Can the People Who Live in Coastal Towns Ever Be Safe From Hurricanes?

Environmental destruction is making it harder and harder to protect coastal dwellers and their communities.
Posted on Oct 9, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Reconstruction After Katrina: Brazen Housing Discrimination Continues

White parishes are zoning minorities out of neighborhoods all over New Orleans.
Posted on Aug 30, 2008, Source: The Nation

Domestic Workers Unite!

Domestic workers in America are among the most economically exploited and vulnerable to abuse by their employers.
Posted on Jun 13, 2008, Source: The Nation

Is the Silicone Boob Job Bouncing Back?

Boob-job warriors cite their "choice" to get the surgery.
Posted on Oct 21, 2006, Source: New York Observer

The Legacy of Guantanamo

This isn't the first time for human rights abuses at Guantanamo Bay. Ten years ago, the U.S. detained almost 300 Haitian refugees, without charges, for a year and a half.
Posted on Jul 16, 2003, Source: The Nation