Roberto Lovato, Of America AlterNet: PEEK. May 6, 2008. Between January 2004 and November 2007, 66 people died while in the custody of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
José A. Laguarta Ramírez, Labor Notes. April 1, 2008. The strike was the first held in defiance of a 1998 territorial law that prohibits public-sector workers from striking.
Thomas Beatie, The Advocate. March 23, 2008. My decision to bear a child as a transgender male has been met with discrimination and outright derision by health care professionals.
Daniel Wilkinson, The Nation. March 3, 2008. Venezuela deserves to be the subject of a vigorous regional debate. Instead what we've gotten has been more like a shouting match.
David T. Z. Mindich, AlterNet. February 29, 2008. The Reichstag fire helped transform Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship. What can we do to avoid a similar outcome?
Jeffrey Kaplan, ReclaimDemocracy.org. February 12, 2008. Corporations are increasingly accorded the rights of legal persons -- if only Guantanamo detainees could be so lucky.
Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. October 23, 2007. The Constitution is being trampled and nothing less than American democracy itself is endangered -- a presidential coup is taking place. Where is Congress?
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. August 9, 2007. A new organization is leading the fight to stop Bush from trampling on our Constitution and our rights. Find out how to join them.
Matthew Rothschild, The New Press. July 24, 2007. In his new book, Matt Rothschild examines how the Bush White House constructed the edifice of repression to brazenly access our private data and shred the judicial process.
Susan Ariel Aaronson, TomPaine.com. January 6, 2007. The U.S. should not enforce labor laws only for people living within its borders, which is what the Bush Administration has been doing to save money. Will the new Congress correct these costly mistakes?
Sarah Olson, AlterNet. January 2, 2007. When does political speech become a crime punishable by imprisonment? When the Army doesn't like what it hears. One journalist shares the battle she and her source face against censorship.
Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. October 25, 2006. Criss-crossing the country, I've learned most people are over the red-state/blue-state talk and are aching for politics that matter to them.
Joan Burbick, The New Press. October 17, 2006. Gun owners say they need firearms to protect themselves from criminals. But what about domestic violence victims who need protection from gun owners?
Brentin Mock, Intelligence Report. October 14, 2006. In the latest episode of the so-called "ex-gay" movement's straying toward racial bigotry, the movement's leaders and its Christian right allies have failed to condemn an essay arguing Civil Rights Movement was "irrational."
Carole Joffe, AlterNet. October 4, 2006. Restrictive laws are turning abortion hotline counselors into financial and legal advisors. And new legislation that would relieve some of the pressure has no chance of passing.
Carole Joffe, AlterNet. October 4, 2006. Restrictive laws are turning abortion hotline counselors into financial and legal advisors. And new legislation that would relieve some of the pressure has no chance of passing.
Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. October 3, 2006. I want to tell my working-class students that the American Dream isn't all it's cracked up to be. But maybe I shouldn't question their belief that hard work will bring success.
