Stories by Nicole Makris

Nicole Makris works for the SPIN Project and has written for Mother Jones, Hyphen Magazine, and other publications. subscribe to Nicole Makris's feed

Exporting Homophobia

Posted on: Mar 9, 2006, Source: AlterNet

The Bush administration's anti-gay rights policies are maddening in the United States, but their implications abroad are much more devastating.

The Other Nuclear Option

Posted on: Feb 1, 2006, Source: AlterNet

If nuclear energy is as safe and clean as Bush says it is, why does the United States have so much trouble safely disposing of its nuclear waste?

Neck Deep in Toxic Gumbo

Posted on: Sep 15, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Water quality in New Orleans -- and throughout the South -- has been deplorable for years. In Katrina's wake it just got dramatically worse.

Don't Hate the Soldja, Hate the Game

Posted on: Oct 20, 2004, Source: WireTap

My generation may know why the youth of the 1960s were divided by Vietnam, but things have changed. Now, even the most radical among us know: being anti-war doesn’t mean being anti-troops.