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/20977/too_tired_to_cry/ The killing of Haitian street children, which had declined after child-welfare campaigns waged by former President Jean Bertrand Aristide, has skyrocketed, according to human rights workers. Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:00:01 PST Lyn Duff, Pacific News Service -7742b7dab4579b0c86638453e45a2872 http://www.alternet.org/story/18002/jean_bertrand_aristide%3A_humanist_or_despot/ Memories of the caring leader clash with harsh media portrayal of the fallen Haitian president. Tue, 02 Mar 2004 00:00:00 PST Lyn Duff, Pacific News Service -49b8ba8f9e5b7b260a306c25393a4181 http://www.alternet.org/story/9384/surviving_summer_camp%3A_when_hazing_goes_too_far/ "I was 13, a nerd with thick glasses and frizzy hair, when my mother sent me to an upscale residential summer camp. I arrived at summer camp to find that all the other girls in my bunk were already good friends, and I was an outsider. To fit in, I agreed to submit to their 'tests of friendship.' The next morning I was found naked, blindfolded, with my hands tied, walking down a highway in the mountains." Thu, 29 Jun 2000 00:00:00 PDT Lyn Duff, YO! Youth Outlook -bee8b2cc16ae69b1d21dfd4fa9dbf9ef http://www.alternet.org/story/9191/fast_food/ "Growing up in a single parent home I had my share of fast food. Breakfast was a run through the McDonald's drive thru for the Big Breakfast or an Egg McMuffin, hold the ham ... I decided that, in order to get in touch with my suburban roots, a day of noshing some greasy burgers and fries was in order." Mon, 22 May 2000 00:00:00 PDT Lyn Duff, WireTap -dfc7defac6624a80f02b02e22b14e8fd http://www.alternet.org/story/9145/piercing_in_israel/ Piercing, although popular in the US for years, has only recently become widespread in Israel -- where Jewish religious law prohibits piercings because of interpretations of the Torah. Mon, 15 May 2000 00:00:00 PDT Lyn Duff, WireTap -ebef22399dd37c14fcbe768327022889