AlterNet.org: Melissa McEwan 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. Death Toll After Myanmar Cyclone Could Reach 10,000 http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/84446/ The UN and Red Cross are working to provide relief to hundreds of thousands affected by the cyclone. Mon, 05 May 2008 12:47:01 PDT Melissa McEwan Americans Selling Possessions to Stay Afloat http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/84003/ In the wake of the housing crash and rising food and energy prices, Americans are pawning their clothes, furniture and more. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:06:01 PDT Melissa McEwan Noose Found At Secret Service Training Center http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/83829/ A Secret Service Agent is placed on leave after a noose was found on the desk of an African American employee. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:04:01 PDT Melissa McEwan SCOTUS Strikes Again! http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/83738/ In the "most important voting rights case since Bush v Gore," the Supreme Court validated GOP voter fraud talking points. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:43:01 PDT Melissa McEwan McCain's Temper Should Be A Liability http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/83158/ The mainstream media starts to reluctantly pay attention. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:19:01 PDT Melissa McEwan Can Women Be Taken Seriously? http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/83070/ Feminism 101: How are we supposed to take feminist bloggers seriously if they post about shoes? Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:31:01 PDT Melissa McEwan I Still Hate Chris Matthews! MSNBC Moron Says "No One's Surprised" Obama's Good at Basketball http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/80966/ Chris "Paleface" Matthews discusses the very, very newsworthy and important fact that Obama isn't a fantabulous bowler. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:06:01 PDT Melissa McEwan Mike Gravel Quits the Democratic Party, Becomes a Libertarian http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/80591/ I feel his pain. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:03:01 PDT Melissa McEwan Are You a "Typical White Person"? Truth Is You Probably Are http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/80445/ So Obama's got to be careful about broad generalities when he talks about race, even if what he's saying is true. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:40:01 PDT Melissa McEwan Woman Left in Cell for 4 Days Without Water, Food, Toilet or a Bed http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/79556/ I would say it's unbelievable, but, of course, it's totally, depressingly believable. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:41:01 PDT Melissa McEwan Hey Maureen Dowd, Please Shut Up! http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/78777/ Once again, she has to begin the collection of half-baked idiocies she calls a column by drawing a nearly unrecognizable caricature of feminism. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:14:01 PST Melissa McEwan Women's Lives Are Worse Than Ever, Thanks George W. http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/78478/ President Bush claims that Afghani women are "learning the blessings of freedom." But all we've given them is poverty, death and abuse. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:02:01 PST Melissa McEwan Huckabee's Wife, Heavyweight Fighters and "Hooters" http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/77510/ Doesn't she know she's the wife of a Baptist preacher and should never do anything but read the Bible and make Christian babies?! Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:28:01 PST Melissa McEwan Religious School Bans Female Referee from Officiating Boys' Game http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/77324/ The reason given, according to the referees: a woman could not be put in a position of authority over boys because of the academy's beliefs. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:03:01 PST Melissa McEwan The Return of Nader http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/mcewan/75509/ Now that John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich are out of the race, it appears Ralph Nader is closer to getting in it. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:13:01 PST Melissa McEwan