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On AlterNet: babies

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "babies"

20 Weird, Crazy Ideas for Helping the Earth

20 Weird, Crazy Ideas for Helping the Earth

WebEcoistNovember 21, 2009.
Many ideas for stemming environmental catastrophe have turned out to be impossible, dangerous, or just … ridiculous.

Going Green Means Having Fewer Kids

Going Green Means Having Fewer Kids

Emily Badger, Miller-McCune.com. October 19, 2009.
There are already just too many people on the planet. What are we supposed to do about it?

Health Insurance Companies Want You to Stop Reproducing, or Pay the Price

Health Insurance Companies Want You to Stop Reproducing, or Pay the Price

Robin Marty, RH Reality Check AlterNet: PEEK. October 13, 2009.
According to some companies, costs should stay manageable as long as you make "healthy lifestyle choices." So much for having kids...

Lactating for Little Girls: A New Baby Doll Teaches Kids How to Breastfeed (!)

Lactating for Little Girls: A New Baby Doll Teaches Kids How to Breastfeed (!)

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. August 6, 2009.
Creepiest thing ever.

How to Tart Up Your Infant

How to Tart Up Your Infant

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. November 27, 2008.
For a start, dress them up like a tiny prostitute.

What's Going on with the Media's Ballooning Coverage of Celebrity Babies?

What's Going on with the Media's Ballooning Coverage of Celebrity Babies?

Meredith Blake, The Nation. August 15, 2008.
As print journalism faces extinction, tabloids obsess over celebrity pregnancy and childbirth. What's wrong with this picture?

The Health Risks of Racism

The Health Risks of Racism

Molly M. Ginty, Women's eNews. October 9, 2007.
Is inequality making us sick?

Are Women Having Too Many C-sections?

Are Women Having Too Many C-sections?

Melinda Tuhus, Women's eNews. February 8, 2007.
C-sections are being performed in the U.S. at a rate that far exceeds international recommendations. A clash over the high rate and related health issues has broken out between midwives and obstetricians.

Readers Write: The Pop-Culture Movement to 'Save' Africa

Readers Write: The Pop-Culture Movement to 'Save' Africa

Don Hazen, AlterNet. October 26, 2006.
AlterNet readers had some heated opinions about the Madonna adoption debacle -- here are some of them.

Madonna and Africa's Orphan Tragedy

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. October 24, 2006.
The pop star deserves cheers -- not jeers -- for shedding light on Africa's orphan crisis.

The Latest Swiftboating

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. October 19, 2006.
America's PAC "snuffs own seed" with boneheaded campaign.