Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2012 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/story/20826/war_resisters_go_north/ A refugee hearing in Canada puts the war in Iraq on trial. Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:00:01 PST Alisa Solomon, The Nation -6a9396f51fadc08f4d40ccf873451a4e http://www.alternet.org/story/12658/nightmare_in_miami/ Transsexual Christina Madrazo says she was raped by a guard in an INS Detention Center. Now she's suing the U.S. for $15 million. Wed, 20 Mar 2002 00:00:00 PST Alisa Solomon, Village Voice -e735133a3cde8ee533d95d2150e869e5 http://www.alternet.org/story/12509/kids_in_captivity/ Scared and alone, nearly 5,000 children wind up in INS detention each year. Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:00:00 PST Alisa Solomon, Village Voice -675ad3898b5fd8cba67373266062b385 http://www.alternet.org/story/12452/war_at_the_door/ The INS has a paradoxical job: to welcome strangers to America--and to keep them out. Can the agency strike a balance in these tense post-9/11 times? Thu, 21 Feb 2002 00:00:00 PST Alisa Solomon, Village Voice -89113bde06950fede1c11c346ea78046 http://www.alternet.org/story/11465/the_bastards%21/ "Arms, legs. Parts of people. They were falling on my head," said one worker at the World Trade Center. An eyewitness account of the violence. Tue, 11 Sep 2001 00:00:00 PDT Alisa Solomon, Village Voice -08bded4b29e13c27e400662136eadbeb