Stories by Sarah Seltzer

Sarah Seltzer is 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. subscribe to Sarah Seltzer's feed

Bank Fees: They Keep Climbing, and Climbing...

Posted on: Jan 10, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Watch Rachel Maddow Chase Down Rick Santorum To Ask Him About Birth Control

Posted on: Jan 10, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Colbert Takes On Santorum's "Black People" Gaffe

Posted on: Jan 10, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Why We Must Put Our Bodies on the Line to Fight Against the Right-Wing War on Women's Rights

Posted on: Dec 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Is it time for a reproductive rights revolution? We've done it before; the climate may be right again for occupations and actions to save our bodies from state control.

At Occupy Christmas, Cops Won't Let Protesters Serve Food in Park

Posted on: Dec 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Cute Holiday Videos: Obama Nibbles Baby's Hand, Girl Bemoans Toy Store "Pink Aisle"

Posted on: Dec 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Anonymous Wreaks Havoc At Security Site: Welcome to LULZXmas

Posted on: Dec 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet

NewtGingrich.com Redirecting to Humiliating Sites as Gingrich Gets Mic-Checked

Posted on: Dec 21, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Occupy China: Gov't Makes Concessions to One Town as Protests Continue

Posted on: Dec 21, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Matt Damon on Obama: Should Have Been a "One Term President With Balls"

Posted on: Dec 21, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Pat Robertson Frothed Up Over SNL Skit Lightly Mocking Tim Tebow, Palin Joins the Tebow Bandwagon

Posted on: Dec 21, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Chinese Hackers Breach US Chamber of Commerce, Strange Activity Detected in Printers, Thermostats

Posted on: Dec 21, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Egyptian Military Advisor: Protesters Should "Be Thrown Into Hitler’s Ovens"

Posted on: Dec 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet

"I Am a Fat Cat:" The Most Horrifying, Out-of-Touch "Defensive" Quotes from the 1%

Posted on: Dec 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Bachmann's Latest: Kinsey Report is "A Myth"

Posted on: Dec 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Uh-Oh: Maddow Says Palin May Smell "Blood in the Water," Want to Enter Race--And Someone Else Might, Too

Posted on: Dec 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Daniel Ellsberg Talks Bradley Manning

Posted on: Dec 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Live: Protesters Attempting a "Re-Occupation" On the Three Month Anniversary of OWS

Posted on: Dec 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Schultz: "A Political Tsunami" is Coming as States Crack Down on Voting Rights

Posted on: Dec 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet

As NYC's Occupy Prepares for a "Re-Occupation" Its Media Team Emerges from Jail

Posted on: Dec 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Cops Use Predator Drone to Monitor, Arrest Cow-Stealing "Sovereign Citizens"

Posted on: Dec 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Surprise! Aggressive Immigration Policy Ends Up Detaining Citizens, Too

Posted on: Dec 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Time's Person of the Year: "The Protester"

Posted on: Dec 14, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Must-Watch Maddow Segment on New GOP Voting Restrictions Barring Elderly Women From the Polls

Posted on: Dec 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Women to Obama: We Are BEYOND CRANKY Over Plan B

Posted on: Dec 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Petition Against Lowe's for Pulling Ads from "All-American Muslim" Gains Over 20,000 Signatures: Backlash to Bigotry

Posted on: Dec 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Inside the Blackwater Iraq Files: Shooting Randomly, Killing The NY Times' Pet Dog, No Discipline

Posted on: Dec 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

"Don't Get in My Face, I Have a Gun:" It's Police vs. Press As NYC Cops Aggressively Scoop Up Tweeters, Videographers

Posted on: Dec 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Bad Idea File: Safety-Scorning CEO of W. Virginia Mining Disaster Company Set to Open New Mines

Posted on: Dec 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Stirring Campaign Sparks an "Honest Conversation" About Being Latino, Gay and HIV+

Posted on: Dec 13, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Bigoted Conservative Fringe Group Pressures Advertisers of Program Featuring Law-Abiding Muslims

Posted on: Dec 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Why did advertisers listen to an inarticulate, bigoted campaign by a fringe Christian group? And can online activism turn the tables?

Occupy Updates: Boston Evicted, Family from Occupy Homes on Chris Hayes, Today's March Targets Kochs, Voter Suppression

Posted on: Dec 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet

In W. Virginia, "No Justice" After Mining Disaster That Killed 29--and In North Carolina, Sterilization Victims Wait for Theirs

Posted on: Dec 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Olbermann and Bernie Sanders on the New Amendment Drive to Overturn Citizens United

Posted on: Dec 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Ed Schultz on Michigan Gov't Takeover: An "All-Out Assault" on the Voting Rights of Black Voters

Posted on: Dec 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet

OWS Roundup: Videos from Occupy Homes and 99% in DC, Congressman Wants NYPD Conduct Investigated, More

Posted on: Dec 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Obama Administration Overrules FDA on Availability of Plan B--Huge Slap in the Face to American Women

Posted on: Dec 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Perry Getting Desperate: Releases Gay-Baiting, War-on-Christmas-Trumpeting Campaign Ad

Posted on: Dec 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Formerly Disgruntled Supporter Praises Obama: His Health Care Plan Got Her Insured Despite Cancer Diagnosis

Posted on: Dec 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Mocking Trump, Colbert Announces Own "Serious, Classy" GOP Debate to Air on "Animal Planet"

Posted on: Dec 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet

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