Jan Frel, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. November 18, 2009. "My campaign slogan is going to be, 'Which candidate would you rather smoke a joint with? Credico or Schumer?’"
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. November 10, 2009. In a state hardly equipped to deal with such materials, drilling advocates have yet to explain where the water will go.
William Ehart, Washington Times. November 7, 2009. The proposed Ian's law, named after a victim of muscular dystrophy who requires an electronic device to speak would protect the most vulnerable from losing coverage.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. October 16, 2009. New Yorker writer David Owen has environmentalists shooting broadsides at his new book; do we really want to replicate the Big Apple across America?
William Ehart, Washington Times. October 15, 2009. Insurer would rather end health coverage for entire categories of illness such as muscular dystrophy than pay out one dime.
Gabriel Sayegh, AlterNet. October 9, 2009. Jail for drug offenses is no longer mandatory in New York: judges can send people suffering from addiction into a range of programs, such as treatment and mental health services.
Bruce Stutz, Yale Environment 360. September 23, 2009. In 90 years, New York's climate could resemble that of Raleigh, NC. Preparing for such a radical change is costly but worth it, experts say.
Jimmy Tobias, Indypendent. September 22, 2009. Across the country, thousands of kids are kicked out of their homes each year for being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. I wanted to know who they were and how they survived.
Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet AlterNet: Environment. September 21, 2009. With a giant headline proclaiming "We're Screwed," the fake tabloid was devoted entirely to environmental issues.
Lizzy Ratner, The Nation. September 11, 2009. Bill would provide basic protections to many of the estimated 200,000 nannies, housekeepers and eldercare-givers who labor in New York State.
Mark Potok, Southern Poverty Law Center. September 11, 2009. Report details violent attacks, harassment and abuse driven by a virulent anti-immigrant climate, that has been fostered by community leaders and law enforcement practices
Rebecca Solnit, Tomdispatch.com. September 11, 2009. After 9/11, saw amazing acts of courage by ordinary people, including assembled flotilla of boats evacuated 300,000 to 500,000 people from lower Manhattan.
Meghan Pleticha, Nerve.com. August 28, 2009. In some parts of America, it's perfectly legal for women to go topless in public. This doesn't stop the discomfort and accusing stares.
Harry G. Levine, AlterNet. August 10, 2009. Marijuana possession is legally decriminalized in NY State. Nonetheless, NY City makes more pot arrests than any city in the world. How do they do it?
The Guardian July 29, 2009. Under the initiative, by the administration of the mayor, Michael Bloomberg, hundreds of families have been given plane, rail, and bus tickets and even petrol vouchers to leave the city.
Phyllis Eckhaus, AlterNet. June 20, 2009. Once-feisty New Yorkers have gone soft, trusting in a powerful daddy to take care of the city. It's not going to work.
Phillip S. Smith, DRCNet. June 5, 2009. How the mighty have fallen! Until recently, opponents of drug law reform in New York were successful using fear-mongering and demagoguery.
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.
Tony Newman, AlterNet. May 23, 2009. If we're serious about real drug reform, let's create a space where users can take their drugs in a sterile, safe environment.
Joseph Huff-Hannon, New York Press. May 2, 2009. A visit to a packed real estate seminar on how to "get paid to buy a house" reveals that the bubble mindset still hasn't popped.
Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. April 30, 2009. The new working poor, as well as more families with young children, are threatening to overwhelm New York City's last hunger safety net.
Jan Frel, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 16, 2009. HuffPo uses its mighty citizen journalism capacity to collect Tea Party reports from across the country.
Deanna Zandt, DeannaZandt.com AlterNet: PEEK. April 3, 2009. Economic distress might have been the thing that flipped this guy's sanity over to the dark side. And now people are dead.
