Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. November 19, 2009. Women's rights advocates have been holding their collective breath as the Senate hammered out its bill. So far, so good.
Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. September 10, 2009. At a joint session of Congress that rang like town halls, Obama comes out swinging for progressive ideals; yet his stance on the public option still is unclear.
Agence France Presse August 6, 2009. By an easy 68-31 margin, lawmakers lifted the 55-year-old appeals court judge to the bench that serves as the final arbiter of the U.S. Constitution.
David Murdock, American News Project AlterNet: Video. April 29, 2009. How did Jay Bybee breeze through a confirmation hearing for his appointment to the Federal Appeals Court in February 2003?
Alex Leo, Huffington Post AlterNet: Video. April 22, 2009. Republican senator Orrin Hatch just released a patriotic album "Amazed by America," and Stephen Colbert is pissed, pissed I tell you.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. January 16, 2009. In his confirmation hearing, Holder called waterboarding "torture," but his support for preventive detention and warrantless spying is bad news.
Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 28, 2008. George Bush pardoned rapper John Forte who was convicted of smuggling 1.4 million dollars worth of liquid cocaine.