By Kelly McGannahan, AlterNet. January 22, 2010. Many former police officers, city officials, even corrections officers now favor a new drug paradigm. Surely it is time to revisit a system that protects few and harms many.
By Sandra Zellmer, Center for Progressive Reform. January 14, 2010. Food:We need to delve deeply into the potential link between a widely used chemical and the health of our food producers and their communities.
By Cassie Frequelz, Mother Jones. January 13, 2010. Civil Liberties:Despite our obsession with punishment as entertainment, there is nearly no news coverage of children with incarcerated parents.
By Dawn Davis II, New America Media. January 11, 2010. Dawn Davis married her lover in prison because she was afraid that by the time she left prison, same-sex marriages would be illegal.
By Dawn Davis II, New America Media. January 10, 2010. Sex & Relationships:Dawn Davis married her lover in prison because she was afraid that by the time she left prison, same-sex marriages would be illegal. She was right.
By Anonymous, New America Media. December 24, 2009. World:Veteran with PTSD: "I don't feel comfortable at home anymore. My threat tolerance and response to perceived threats is so finely tuned that I felt safer in Iraq. "
By Don Hazen, AlterNet. November 11, 2009. We broke all of our fundraising records. Thank you for showing us you care about strong, independent journalism.
By Sarah Anderson, Foreign Policy in Focus. November 5, 2009. News & Politics:The "cow-boy" model of capitalism has failed dramatically, but corporate America still wants to roam the planet free of regulation.
By Ann Neumann, AlterNet. November 3, 2009. Gender:I went undercover to a Pro-Life Federation conference. What I found there was not "middle America" or even conservative America. It was fringe America.
By Rachel White, SeXis Magazine. October 21, 2009. Sex & Relationships:I wanted to have sex with both women and men. But how could I tell if I was really bisexual, or acting out "Girls Gone Wild" faux lesbianism?
By Courtney Wilder, Minnesota Women's Press. October 14, 2009. Gender:Nothing -- especially nothing involving women and their bodies -- can remain politically neutral for long.
By David Morse, AlterNet. October 12, 2009. Personal Health:Americans have shaped our technology into a health care system that is less humane than those in nations plagued by colonialism and war.
By Jennifer Nix, AlterNet. October 5, 2009. Personal Health:If a public option works for one disease, there's no reason why Americans shouldn't enjoy the same level of care for all of them.
By Anonymous, RH Reality Check. September 28, 2009. Gender:Every day that our doors are open to women seeking abortions, the sidewalk in front of our clinic is occupied by stalkers, harassers, and creeps.
By Elizabeth G. Hines, Women's Media Center. September 16, 2009. Gender:Gays and lesbians remain separate and utterly unequal in the eyes of the law when it comes to obtaining health insurance for their families.
By Moazzam Begg, AlterNet. September 13, 2009. Civil Liberties:My final Ramadan was spent alongside the world's most dangerous terrorists (according to Bush) and its finest examples of patience and fortitude (according to me).
By Nir Rosen, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. September 1, 2009. World:"A public affairs officer told me it was the most alarming report about a journalist that he had ever seen."
By Meghan Pleticha, Nerve.com. August 28, 2009. Sex & Relationships: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.
By Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing. August 28, 2009. Environment:Were we traumatized? Did we feel sorry for the chicken? Are we dreading this weekend, where we'll have to kill 150 more? Here's why not.
Chelsea Green Publishing. August 28, 2009. Environment:Author Elise McDonough takes us through a farmers market in New York and shows us how to make sustainable, healthy, and delicious food choices.
By Sen. Bernie SandersAugust 27, 2009. News & Politics:Ted Kennedy will go down in history as one of the giants of the U.S. Senate and one the most accomplished legislators in American history.
By Kyle de Beausset, AlterNet. August 18, 2009. Take Action:Anyone who believes Herta should be given the opportunity to stay in the U.S. should direct all of their energy towards urging DHS to allow her to stay.
By Shon Meckfessel, The Nation. August 7, 2009. World:"I hope that people understand my friends' presence in the area for what it was: a simple and very regrettable mistake."
By Grace Lee Boggs, Boggs Center. July 24, 2009. Take Action:Radical activist for more than sixty years, Boggs says a new generation of change-makers have embraced the idea of love to bring about revolution.
By Cyrus Thatcher, Independent UK. July 21, 2009. World:Rifleman Cyrus Thatcher's letters reveal the excitement of a teenager who dreamed of war, and his growing realization he may not make it home.
By Liz Langley, AlterNet. July 21, 2009. Sex & Relationships:Nudism might be a marginalized lifestyle today, but eons ago it was all the rage. And no wonder: public nudity is natural, healthy and fun.
By Danny Postel, New Humanist. July 20, 2009. Civil Liberties:Panicked by his son's Jesus references, an agnostic dad discovers a skeptic's reading list for kids. But is counter-indoctrination really the answer?
By Tim Wise, CounterPunch. July 15, 2009. Civil Liberties:A swim club in outer Philadelphia expelled sixty kids of color from its pool, reminding us that America is far from overcoming its racist past.
By Jerry Sloan, AlterNet. July 14, 2009. Civil Liberties:Falwell, in the height of his Moral Majority days, was in San Francisco to harass the Democrats and the fairies of San Francisco.
By Elon James White, Huffington Post. June 27, 2009. The next time you talk to a Black person you can feel comfortable in knowing that you have no clue what they think or feel based on their skin color.
By Joe Bageant, AlterNet. June 22, 2009. Economy:Restoring dignity to laboring America won't be easy. It won't be pretty, and it won't be "within the system." Because the system is the problem.
By James Spooner, AlterNet. June 20, 2009. Civil Liberties:Father's Day, for me, is usually just a reminder of what should have been. But that's about to change.
By Ray McGovern, Consortium News. June 20, 2009. Personal Health:My own medical emergencies have made me more conscious of the scandal in our country when it comes to health care.
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