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Becoming a Smug Married

The Frisky. May 7, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: I used to hate boring, smug married people -- until I began to suspect that I had turned into one of them.

Real Furniture Isn't for People with College Loans

By Meg Favreau, The Smart Set. May 3, 2008.
It's people like me buying IKEA furniture that put my father's mill out of business.

Without Ceremony: How I've Managed to Avoid Getting Married for Forty Years

By Lisa Gabriele, Nerve.com. May 1, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: For an institution associated with a 50 percent failure rate and bad sex, marriage still has surprisingly many takers -- not me.

Misdiagnosis: Reproductive Health and Our Environment

By Mariana Ruiz Firmat, make/shift. April 28, 2008.
Environment: If we want to foster healthy communities, we need to make connections between reproductive health, environmental toxins, and the food we eat.

Taking It Like a Man

By William I. Fitzgerald, AlterNet. April 24, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: Throwing caution and societal expectations to the wind, I let my girlfriend screw me for a change.

Protecting the Women of the Congo

By Stephen Lewis, The Nation. April 24, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Women in the Congo are suffering such horrific violence that "vaginal destruction" is now a local medical term. Where is the UN?

Diane Sawyer Doesn't Like What I Do

debauchette. April 21, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: My interview on ABC made one thing clear: In our society sex workers are still presented as tragic, lost, Dickensian characters.

An Antiwar Soldier Gets Promoted to Sergeant: Was it Willful Ignorance?

By Aaron Glantz, IPS News. April 19, 2008.
A Soldier Speaks: Ronn Cantu has been one of the loudest voices of dissent inside the U.S. Army.

This is What a Union Victory Looks Like

By Raquel Mack, AlterNet. April 18, 2008.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: "I know first hand that the road to justice is long."

Soldiers of the 'War on Terror' Speak Out

By Cynthia Orange, Michael Orange, AlterNet. April 18, 2008.
ForeignPolicy: If all of America were to hear these voices, the occupation of Iraq would already be over.

Twelve Years Ago My Children Were Killed in Lebanon

By Haidar Bitar, AlterNet. April 18, 2008.
My country, the United States, has never called for justice or pressed for an official inquiry into the massacre at Qana.

In Med Schools, the Abortion Curriculum Has Left the Classroom

By Louisa Pyle, RH Reality Check. April 15, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: In a sane world, abortion would be included in medical school curriculum where appropriate, just like any other common, safe procedure.

Circumcision: What's a Nonpracticing Jew to Do?

By Bonnie Zylbergold, American Sexuality Magazine. April 14, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: Circumcision remains one defining trait for Jewish men. But how does a Jewish feminist parent rationalize the tradition today?

Beyond Abortion: Medical Injustice Should Be Our Focus

By Jalan Washington, RH Reality Check. April 14, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Pro-choice doctors must address the socioeconomic realities patients face, and respond to the full range of individuals' reproductive health needs.

Men Explain Things to Me

By Rebecca Solnit, Tomdispatch.com. April 14, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Facts didn't get in their way.

The Torture Drawings the Pentagon Doesn't Want You to See

By Andy Worthington, AlterNet. April 11, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: Drawings by journalist Sami Al-Haj depicting torture at Gitmo have been censored.

"It was clear to me that we were doing things contrary to the law": Matthew Diaz Speaks

By Jayati Vora, AlterNet. April 8, 2008.
A Soldier Speaks: Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Diaz was jailed for revealing the names of the prisoners at Guantánamo. Last week he was honored for it.

April 4, 1968: The Moment That Made Me a Radical

By Michael C. Dawson, The Root. April 4, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: Forty years ago, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. radicalized a generation of African Americans.

Speaking Out: Manipulated by a Crisis Pregnancy Center

By Allyson Kirk, RH Reality Check. April 3, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: A woman seeking an abortion mistakenly visited a Crisis Pregnancy Center, and found herself inundated with anti-choice propaganda.

White People Have a Racial History Too

By Alice Walker, AlterNet. April 2, 2008.
Election 2008: How dishonest it is to portray Obama as the only candidate with a racial inheritance.

Outrage and Controversy at NY Museum Art Show Depicting Police Brutality

By Dread Scott, AlterNet. March 29, 2008.
MediaCulture: Artist Dread Scott argues that the controversy over his art installation only proves his point about "America's abuses of power."

For Iraq Vets and Their Families, Trauma Can Be Contagious

By Stacy Bannerman, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 25, 2008.
War on Iraq: Depression and suicidal thoughts aren't limited to vets with PTSD; family members may experience it as well.

Reconsidering the "Easter Only" Crowd

By Rev. Donna Schaper, The Brooklyn Rail. March 21, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: Few people actually believe the Easter story. As a minister, it used to scare me that the central story of my faith was based on so little proof.

A Letter to my Daughter: We Tried to Stop This War

By Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 21, 2008.
War on Iraq: 'Whoever becomes the next president, this war will continue to impact your life for many years to come.'

Spring Break in the Belly of the Beast

By Bryan McCann, AlterNet. March 19, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: At the Anti-Death Penalty Alternative Spring Break in Texas, students learn what it takes to fight state killing -- against all odds.

How to Become a Concentration Camp Guard Without Even Trying

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. March 18, 2008.
A Soldier Speaks: A reluctant Guantanamo Bay jailer, who found himself working in that "legal black hole" at age 19, tells his shocking story.

Iraq Vets: 'Racism Endemic; Comes from the Top of Command Chain' (VIDEO)

By Joshua Holland, AlterNet. March 17, 2008.
War on Iraq: Vets from Iraq and Afghanistan tell their stories. (With a guide to AlterNet's comprehensive Winter Soldier coverage.)

1971 Winter Soldier Hearings: "What are we Doing to Vietnam?"

AlterNet. March 13, 2008.
A Soldier Speaks: "Having killed for religious beliefs and then political beliefs, I believe we are now on the threshold of killing for economic beliefs."

Love Rollercoaster: Dating with Bipolar Disorder

By Justin Clark, Nerve.com. March 13, 2008.
Sex and Relationships: It's easy to confuse love with mania -- the trouble is that love is fleeting. There's no cure for bipolar.

1971 Winter Soldier Hearings: Weapons Panel

AlterNet. March 12, 2008.
A Soldier Speaks: "There'd be the generals who are guilty of the war crimes. Not just the generals in the Pentagon but generals like General Dynamics."

1971 Winter Soldier Hearings: 1st Marine Division Panel

AlterNet. March 11, 2008.
A Soldier Speaks: " So this man who was killed wasn't even a suspect. He was civilian."

Why Torture Made Me Leave the APA

By Jeffrey S. Kaye, Ph.D., Invictus. March 6, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: Jeffrey Kaye left the APA over its complicity in torture by the U.S. government. This is his letter of resignation.

I Voted Today: A Former Prisoner Fights Back

By Andres Idarraga, Brennan Center for Justice. March 4, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: When Andres Idarraga got out of prison, he fought to win back his right to vote. On Tuesday, he won.

Abortion Politics in the Nursing Home

By Carole Joffe, AlterNet. February 25, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Pro-choicers need to remember we have a silent but powerful community of supporters -- and they show up in the most personal places.

The Longest Hangover: 23 Years as an Alcoholic

By Tania Glyde, The Independent UK. February 12, 2008.
Health and Wellness: Getting plastered can only hide other problems for so long.

My Brother the Superdelegate (and Why I Don't Trust Him to Pick the Next President)

By Ari Emanuel, Huffington Post. February 12, 2008.
Democracy and Elections: My brother Rahm is a Dem superdelegate. I love my brother, and I trust him. But I stopped letting my brother dictate my life when we were kids.

When the One You Love Is Behind Bars

By Silja J.A. Talvi, Colors Northwest. February 2, 2008.
Rights and Liberties: A justice system reporter explains how she fell in love with a jail-bound man and how their relationship was strained by his prison sentence.

A Husband-Wife Debate: Obama vs. Hillary

By Michael Laser, AlterNet. January 29, 2008.
Election 2008: "My wife and I keep having the same argument. It's not exactly a sophisticated debate, but I have a feeling other people are covering similar ground."

What Black Women's Votes Mean for the Presidential Race

By Elizabeth G. Hines, Women's Media Center. January 26, 2008.
Election 2008: This year, South Carolina has made black women matter. It has made us real.

I Am Roe, and I Have Questions for the Candidates

By Gloria Feldt, Huffington Post. January 22, 2008.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Gloria Feldt says that we are all Jane Roes, and we should all make sure that we vote for reproductive justice.

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