Johann Hari, Independent UK. September 21, 2009. One day, we will look back on a time when women aspired to be Belsen-thin with the incomprehension we feel for Chinese foot-binding. But how do we get there?
Vera von Kreutzbruck, The Women's International Perspective. August 28, 2009. The protection of privacy and personal data is vital for any democratic society, and should be respected as much as freedom of expression or movement.
Ian Millhiser, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. July 10, 2009. Obama wrote that “the dealth penalty does little to deter crime” and said "no innocent person should end up on death row.”
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check. June 4, 2009. Every person who trots out vicious nonsense and misinformation about abortion played a part in the murder Dr. George Tiller.
Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive. May 29, 2009. While America dissects Sotomayor's appointment, little attention is paid to a troubling Supreme Court ruling.
Michael Abernethy, PopMatters. May 19, 2009. Some day, people will look back with amazement and disdain that same-sex couples were denied a fundamental right for so long in America.
Christopher Ketcham, AlterNet. April 30, 2009. The French have taken to bossnapping -- "sequestering" their bosses while keeping them comfortable and safe -- to protest economic unfairness.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 24, 2009. Is the government is allowed to shoot citizens with electricity solely because they fail to do what agents of the government tell them to do?
Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. April 7, 2009. Reversing this internal mindset of "ends justifies the means" will not be easy after years of it being shoved into place.
Michael Dudley, AlterNet. March 25, 2009. One can almost make a checklist of contemporary issues the series explored: abortion, torture, prisoner rights, terrorism, drugs, and on and on.
Staff, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 3, 2009. Memos about warrantless wiretaps and warrantless search and seizures released today.
Henry A. Giroux, TruthOut.org. February 21, 2009. The quality of life for many young people appears even more fragile in the United States in this time of political, economic and social crisis.
Amy DePaul, Bookslut. January 15, 2009. Author Nancy Polikoff discusses how to change the law so that all families get the legal protections of marriage.
Art Levine, In These Times AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 5, 2009. It is up to Obama to help undo the damage eight years of George Bush did to American workers.
Cristina F. Pereda, New America Media. December 10, 2008. An alarming jump in hate crimes prompted civil rights leaders to send a message denouncing violence and calling for legal recourse.
Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 4, 2008. "More Internet journalists are jailed worldwide today than journalists working in any other medium."
Jennifer Lee Koh, Esq., New America Media. December 4, 2008. Government officials have convinced tens of thousands of immigrants to sign away their rights without consulting with an attorney.
Clay Cane, The Advocate. November 22, 2008. My great-great-grandmother was born a slave in Virginia. Should I not have the right to marry, just like my grandmother, simply because I am gay?
