PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. November 5, 2009. "I may just have to convert to Catholicism so I can charge the US and my insurance provider to cover my near-sightedness treatments at Lourdes."
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. May 26, 2009. A massive natural gas project could pollute fresh water supplies for New York, Philadelphia, Camden and Trenton, and other areas.
Terry J. Allen, In These Times. February 23, 2009. Any two people should be able to form legal couples that enjoy the rights, benefits and responsibilities now assigned to marriage.
Harry Hanbury, American News Project AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. December 26, 2008. George W. Bush is on pace to impose more last-minute changes to federal rules than any president in history.
Bean, Lawyers, Guns and Money AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 28, 2008. The rise in pregnancy discrimination is further evidence of how little our society values women as equal citizens.
Jessica Wakeman, Huffington Post. March 18, 2008. A court in Oklahoma holds that upskirt photos, taken without consent, are perfectly legal. Have we really ceded our privacy rights this much?
Em & Lo, Daily Bedpost AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. March 3, 2008. An appeals court overturned Texas's ban, forcing the state to finally accept that if dildos are outlawed, only outlaws will have dildos.
Ema, The Well Timed Period AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. February 1, 2008. Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline's assault on patient privacy is only one example of the violations that anti-abortion laws will bring.
Bean, Lawyers, Guns and Money AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 30, 2008. A circuit court has ruled that female inmates must have access to abortion services, but violations of incarcerated women's rights continue.
Stephanie Losee, Huffington Post. January 29, 2008. The courts may have approved "Choose Life" license plates, but that doesn't mean they're a good idea.
Lindsay Beyerstein, In These Times. August 17, 2007. Maryland’s Viable Fetus Act displays the coercive potential of legislation that gives fetuses rights at the expense of women.
Patricia Williams, The Nation. March 28, 2007. The parents of a severely disabled 9-year-old girl subjected her to a series of nonessential surgeries. Though their decision was made out of love, this case raises too many troubling questions about medical ethics and public policy to withhold judgment.
Jeremy Brecher, Brendan Smith, The Nation. March 20, 2007. As in the historical Dred Scott and Amistad cases, the Supreme Court must once again rule on whether the executive branch of the government can seize, imprison, and abuse people without allowing an appeal to the court.
Stephanie Mencimer, TomPaine.com. November 17, 2006. Lobbyists and are gearing up once again to push for tort reforms in Washington. Will the Dems cave in to their demands?
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 6, 2006. The Bush administration had the opportunity to show the world the best principles of liberal democracy. Instead, it opted for a dog-and-pony show for the sake of partisan gain.
Jennifer Van Bergen, TomPaine.com. November 1, 2006. Now that Bush has signed the infamous Military Commissions Act into law and officially gutted the Geneva Conventions, what’s next?
