Stories by ZP Heller
Zack Pelta-Heller is a regular contributor to AlterNet.
Jeff Sharlet's
The Family will leave you stunned by the religious motivations behind seemingly every political decision in the last 70 years.
Posted on Jun 16, 2008
A guide to the polls, voting history and the likely allocation of Pennsylvania's 158 delegates between Hillary and Obama.
Posted on Apr 22, 2008
In left-leaning Oregon, a GOP-held Senate seat is suddenly up for grabs, and two tough Dems are fighting for the nomination to get it.
Posted on Jan 31, 2008
There are ways to clean up our massive e-waste mess. The industry giant Hewlett-Packard needs to do much more.
Posted on Oct 29, 2007
This election offers the chance for the Democrats to dump the pro-war senators Joe Lieberman and Lincoln Chafee. How their opponents talk about Iraq could determine who wins.
Posted on Oct 18, 2006
A new anthology of fiction lampoons our country's most iconic moments, and reveals the truth about our current political climate.
Posted on Aug 1, 2006
Evangelical videogame makers are hoping to capture a mainstream audience with a new game that leaves corpses piled on the streets of New York.
Posted on Jul 21, 2006
In a web comic set in the near-future, a blogger becomes embroiled in the global war on terror. Is it political satire, prophecy or just great entertainment?
Posted on Jun 16, 2006
Don Cheadle stars in a new documentary chronicling the lives of kids forced to fight -- and sometimes kill their own families -- in a fundamentalist militia in Uganda.
Posted on May 19, 2006
A new kind of company town envisioned by the devoutly Catholic founder of Domino's Pizza aims to reinvent Christian living.
Posted on Apr 11, 2006
The Supreme Court granted terminally ill patients the right to die without federal intervention. Now the cause is spreading across the country.
Posted on Feb 3, 2006
Can you spare $25 bucks? Thanks to a new nonprofit, a few clicks of the mouse lets you loan it to a small business halfway across the world.
Posted on Dec 15, 2005
Socially responsible investing is transforming the investment world -- allowing progressives to put their dollars where their values are.
Posted on Dec 1, 2005
Fiery British MP George Galloway speaks out about mobilizing opposition to the war, his new book, and the U.S. role in global politics.
Posted on Sep 16, 2005
Many public school teachers today must work two jobs to survive, and can't afford to buy homes or raise families. A new book asks why we treat our teachers so poorly.
Posted on Sep 15, 2005
The cost of college textbooks has long been spiraling out of control. Now, student groups and legislators are working bring them back down to earth.
Posted on Aug 25, 2005
Computers and their accessories contain toxins such as mercury and lead, causing massive environmental damage worldwide. But not all of the major computer companies are serious about reducing waste.
Posted on Aug 15, 2005
Fifteen states have passed laws preventing bans on biotech foods. Sounds harmless enough -- but green activist groups are protesting the proposed legislation as an affront to local democracy.
Posted on Aug 4, 2005
Two major environmental campaigns -- one using the carrot, the other the stick -- are getting big results with Ford Motor Co. and Home Depot.
Posted on Jul 19, 2005
Next stop on the Internet: the video blog, or 'vlog'.
Posted on Jul 6, 2005
The first theatrically released film to feature an Asian-American lesbian couple is an enormous triumph, both for the Asian community and for Hollywood.
Posted on May 27, 2005
A new device allows consumers to cleanse their DVDs of sex, profanity and violence. Directors and copyright holders call foul -- and the battle between moralists and filmmakers is on.
Posted on May 26, 2005
Immigrant children who enter the U.S. without parents or guardians are repeatedly denied access to legal counsel and often dumped into detention facilities with criminals.
Posted on Mar 30, 2005
All it takes for a copyright firestorm is one man and his doctored iPod.
Posted on Mar 8, 2005
Online journals are under fire in Iran, but bloggers there and around the world refuse to let their voices be silenced.
Posted on Feb 22, 2005
They showed up, they marked their ballots, so now what? Where does the youth organizing movement go now?
Posted on Nov 18, 2004
New York is safe for Kerry, but two progressive candidates are running uphill races to upset Republican incumbents for seats in Congress.
Posted on Oct 23, 2004
For Stone Gossard and the other members of Pearl Jam, being politically active is just part of being a rock star.
Posted on Oct 4, 2004
