Stories by Sarah Seltzer

Sarah Seltzer is an associate editor at AlterNet and a freelance writer based in New York City. Her work has been published at the Nation, the Christian Science Monitor, Jezebel and the Washington Post. Follow her on Twitter at @sarahmseltzer and find her work at sarahmseltzer.com.

Which States Are The Most Obese?

Posted on: Aug 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Ryan Took Stimulus Funds After Voting Against Them, GOP Runs Away From His Budget Plan

Posted on: Aug 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A Few Things To Know After the Ryan Announcement

Posted on: Aug 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

NYPD and Microsoft Team Up to Create 3,000 Camera Surveillance Network

Posted on: Aug 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

As Trial Ends, Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Remains Totally Defiant

Posted on: Aug 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Meet Romney Girl, Parodic Swiss Beauty Who's "Harry Reid's Secret Source"

Posted on: Aug 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Wisconsin Temple Shooter Committed Suicide, Ex-Girlfriend Arrested

Posted on: Aug 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Jon Stewart Takes on the Dumbest Results of the Chick Fil-A Controversy

Posted on: Aug 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Hilarious: Comedians Read Passages from Fifty Shades of Grey

Posted on: Aug 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

5 Moments Young Women Kicked Ass

Posted on: Aug 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Girls don’t run the world, but they could, and it might be a better place if they did.

Shooters at Sikh Temple, Batman, and Arizona All Used Semi-Automatic Weapons

Posted on: Aug 7, 2012,

Sobering: Almost Half of Americans Die Close to Penniless

Posted on: Aug 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Starting Today: Free Contraception Coverage (Sorry, Rush)!

Posted on: Aug 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A Factor in Mass Murder? Stratification Between Rich and Poor

Posted on: Aug 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

After Aurora: Gun Control Advocates Focus on Online Ammo Sales

Posted on: Jul 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Contraception: Good for Women, Good for the Country

Posted on: Jul 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Watch Sex Worker Activists Disrupt Bill Frist, Demand Bias Free AIDS-Funding

Posted on: Jul 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Oops! A 911 Call Exposed NYPD's Secret Spying Lair Across the State Border

Posted on: Jul 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Romney Campaign Keeps Going Full Racist, Promises "Anglo-Saxon" Relations With UK?

Posted on: Jul 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The 6 Most Offensive Things Said in the Wake of the Aurora Shooting

Posted on: Jul 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Conservatives accuse liberals of politicizing the tragedy, but here are the worst examples of people using Aurora to push an extreme agenda.

Unions, Activists March on Washington to Demand Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street

Posted on: Jul 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Horrifying: Assailants Carve Anti-Gay Slurs on Nebraska Woman's Skin

Posted on: Jul 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

"It Was on Purpose:" Kids Attacked By Anaheim Cops Say (While Cops Tried to Buy Bystanders Cellphone Videos?)

Posted on: Jul 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

R.I.P Sally Ride, First Woman (and Lesbian) In Space

Posted on: Jul 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

How Less Work for Everybody Could Solve a Lot of Our Economic Turbulence and Make Life More Pleasant

Posted on: Jul 20, 2012, Source: AlterNet

"Job creation" isn't the only answer.

Fracking in Texas Enabling Drug, Weapons Trafficking

Posted on: Jul 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

GOP Congress Won't Act on Horrifying Rape Scandal at US Airforce Base

Posted on: Jul 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Limbaugh Totally Freaking Out About Batman Flick Just Because Villain is Named "Bane"

Posted on: Jul 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

We Have Less Maternity Leave Than Pakistan? 5 Things That Would Make Your Job Humane

Posted on: Jul 18, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Everyone's talking about work-life balance, but here are some concrete ways we might actually achieve it.

Fifty Shades of Grey Effect: New S&M Versions of Classic Austen, Brontë, Sherlock Holmes Novels Planned

Posted on: Jul 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Reid On GOP MegaDonors: "Angry Old White Men," Maddow Says They Keep Americans From Donating

Posted on: Jul 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Sad: Boy Scouts Reaffirms Bigoted Anti-Gay Ban

Posted on: Jul 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

NYPD Picks Up Guns In Areas Where They're NOT Stopping/Frisking

Posted on: Jul 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Hillary Laughs at Mitt Using Her in Ads: "A Waste Of Money"

Posted on: Jul 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Mississippi's Only Abortion Clinic Gets Reprieve--For Now

Posted on: Jul 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Can Rape Jokes Ever Be Funny?

Posted on: Jul 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Mitt Romney's Week of "Pretending to Be Interested in Black People"

Posted on: Jul 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Comedian's Rape Joke Causes Furor

Posted on: Jul 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Video Shows Activists Crashing Romney Koch Fundraiser in Hamptons

Posted on: Jul 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Lesbians Create SuperPAC to Flex Political Muscle

Posted on: Jul 11, 2012, Source: AlterNet

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