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Stories by Jennifer Liss

Jennifer Liss is a writer living in San Francisco.

The Teenage Birth Rate Has Dropped to a 65-Year Low

What's working -- less sex or better contraception?
Posted on Jun 29, 2007

Therapy for Revolutionaries

A new documentary explores a Brazilian therapy that combines anarchist politics with the search for mental and physical liberation.
Posted on Sep 15, 2006

Autism: the Art of Compassionate Living

Parents of autistic children strive to raise awareness in a world full of misconceptions about what autism really means. (Part 2 of 2.)
Posted on Jul 11, 2006

Autism: A Hidden Epidemic

One in 166 children are diagnosed with autism; yet the schools are ill-equipped to educate and care for them.
Posted on Jul 10, 2006

Lust and Desire: to Honor or Ignore?

Review: A new anthology examines why and how people cheat on their loved ones, get caught, suffer and recover.
Posted on Feb 24, 2006

It Should Break Your Heart to Kill

Brian Turner, who was an infantry team leader in Iraq, recently reflected on the war-time experiences in his new book of poems.
Posted on Feb 13, 2006

Tookie’s Final Hour

Protesters come from different walks of life, full of hope that Williams’ life might be spared in the last minute. Many believed he was worth more to society alive than dead.
Posted on Dec 13, 2005

Growing Up in Jesus Land

Julia Scheeres' new memoir is a riveting story of a 16-year-old girl and her adopted brothers growing up in Indiana with their violent father and religious mother.
Posted on Oct 27, 2005

The High Price of Donation

Young college women are increasingly being targeted by egg donation agencies for their good looks and their good grades.
Posted on Oct 7, 2005