AlterNet.org: Bean Alternative News and Information. en-us AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. The Drug War: Still Racist After All These Years http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/bean/84990/ The drug war is still being waged only on some people and on some drugs. In other words, it's still a racist crock. Fri, 09 May 2008 19:54:01 PDT Bean Americans Like To Throw Each Other In Prison http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/bean/83375/ Why do our incarceration rates top the rest of the world's? Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:08:01 PDT Bean Mail Is A Fundamental Right http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/bean/82508/ Didn't we even let the Nazis at Nuremberg have their mail? Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:27:01 PDT Bean Knocked Up? Your Job Might Be on the Line http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/bean/80615/ The rise in pregnancy discrimination is further evidence of how little our society values women as equal citizens. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:08:01 PDT Bean Are Harvard Men Sidelined by Sharia? http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/bean/79639/ Harvard has instituted a women-only gym hour to accommodate Muslim women, and conservatives are calling it "discrimination" against Ivy League men. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:02:01 PDT Bean Italian Police Storm Hospital to Prevent a Late-Term Abortion http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/bean/77348/ Is this what we're heading toward here in the U.S.? Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:22:01 PST Bean Why Are Blogs Evaluating What the Candidates' Wives Wear? http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/bean/76253/ The emphasis on on political wives' election-wear has some feminist bloggers seeing red. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:40:01 PST Bean Women Don't Leave Their Privacy Rights at the Jailhouse Door http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/bean/75395/ A circuit court has ruled that female inmates must have access to abortion services, but violations of incarcerated women's rights continue. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:48:01 PST Bean Being Pro-Choice Is Not Enough http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/bean/74644/ Roe v. Wade was an important case, but pro-choice advocates must now adopt a comprehensive reproductive justice framework. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:32:01 PST Bean For Women Behind Bars Conditions Couldn't Be Worse http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/bean/74157/ While women are being incarcerated in record numbers, the abuse they face in jail remains invisible. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:03:01 PST Bean