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Judge Sonia Sotomayor Denied My Appeal and I Spent 16 Years in Prison For a Crime I Didn't Commit

By Jeffrey Deskovic, AlterNet. July 10, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Sotomayor put procedure over innocence as a federal judge.

Why Iran's Turmoil Makes Me Want to Take to the Rooftops and Shout 'Allah-o-Akbar'!

By Layli Shirani, AlterNet. July 9, 2009.
World: Recently, I've found myself murmuring those words, Allah-o-Akbar -- God is great.

A Message from the Average Black Person

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.

How Unions Gave My Redneck Family a Chance at the American Dream

By Joe Bageant, AlterNet. June 22, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: 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.

What Do You Do With Father's Day When You Grew Up With a Deadbeat Dad?

By James Spooner, AlterNet. June 20, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Father's Day, for me, is usually just a reminder of what should have been. But that's about to change.

I Would Likely Be Dead by Now if it Wasn't for One Thing ... Health Insurance

By Ray McGovern, Consortium News. June 20, 2009.
Health and Wellness: My own medical emergencies have made me more conscious of the scandal in our country when it comes to health care.

Why I Plan to Emulate Dr. George Tiller

By Rozalyn Farmer Love, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 15, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: As a future OB/GYN, I dream of delivering healthy babies. But as part of my practice, I also plan to provide abortions to women who need them.

Note from AlterNet: I Tell Stories for People Who Can't Tell Their Own -- We Need Your Support

By Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 12, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: At AlterNet, I'm fighting for a society that doesn't victimize the innocent and vulnerable. To do it right, I need your support.

Why My Vasectomy Will Help Save the Earth's Resources

By Matt Leonard, Earth Island Journal. June 10, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: "Any child I had would have been raised here and would consume (despite my best efforts) far more resources than I am comfortable accepting."

New Letter from Hamas to Obama Marks a Dramatic Shift in Posture on Mid-East Talks

By Medea Benjamin, AlterNet. June 5, 2009.
Take Action: Hamas says it's willing to talk "on the basis of mutual respect and without preconditions"; an effort to show a new face to the Western world.

Iraq Vet: "How Many Nine-year Old Boys Have You Held in Your Arms, Crying for Their Father?"

By Kristoffer Rehder, AlterNet. May 25, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: How about a boy clinging to his lifeless father that you just killed?

No Jail Time For War Resister Benji Lewis, But His Fight Continues

By Benjamin Lewis, Courage to Resist. May 14, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: My resistance was a conscious decision to cease participation in the continued maintenance and creation of empire.

Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis: We Must Expose a System That Fails to Protect the Innocent

By Martina Correia, Campaign to End the Death Penalty. May 5, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: "There are so many more Troy Davises. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me."

Double Jeopardy: The Harsh Reality for Iraqi Immigrants Trying to Live in America

By Nina Berman, AlterNet. April 25, 2009.
World: Recently arrived refugees wonder how they're supposed to become self-sufficient in the worst economy since the Great Depression.

How Is He Doing? Obama's First 100 Days and His Next 900

By Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. April 23, 2009.
As we mark the first 100 days of his presidency, it is staggering to consider the enormous challenges President Obama inherited from his predecessor.

Young and Gay in the Bible Belt: 'My Mom Came at Me With a Butcher Knife!'

By Bernadette C. Barton, AlterNet. April 15, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: For many Bible Belt gays, "home" is not a haven from the outside world. Home may be more dangerous than the streets.

Communities Speak Out: Nestle, Stop Stealing Our Water

Corporate Accountability International. April 10, 2009.
Water: What's Nestle doing with the water in Michigan, California, Maine and other places? Hear the truth from the people who live there.

Give Us 6 Words, and We Just Might Give You 100 Bucks

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. April 10, 2009.
Sometimes more is less. Like in our new 6-word competition where you can help keep AlterNet kicking and made a cool hundred for yourself.

Ruined by Health Care: My Family Learned that Even with Insurance We Weren't Safe from Financial Ruin

By Kate Michelman, The Nation. April 10, 2009.
Health and Wellness: Two medical crises brought one financially stable family to its knees. And their story is happening all across America.

Fear and Anxiety in the Speed Lab: My Disastrous Attempt at Meth-Making

By John Dolan, Buffalo Beast. April 9, 2009.
DrugReporter: "It isn't easy to lose money running a speed lab. I'm one of the few to have achieved that distinction."

They Sent Me to Distant Lands to Fight Against Muslims ... Then I Became One

By Penny Coleman, AlterNet. April 9, 2009.
World: Along the way, I ate Burger King in Peshawar, developed a debilitating drug habit and caught a 3-year prison sentence.

When Good Marriages Go Bland

By Stephen Ducat, Huffington Post. April 8, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: Often, "boredom" in marriage is just a symptom of anxiety over the potential loss of a partner.

Iraq Veteran: Why I'm Against Obama's Afghanistan

By Benjamin Lewis, AlterNet. April 8, 2009.
World: As a veteran facing and refusing recall orders, I'm appalled that many refer to the war in Afghanistan as the 'good war' -- as if any war is good.

New Public Database Reveals First-Hand Accounts of How Toxic Burn Pits Are Making U.S. Troops Sick

By Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. April 3, 2009.
Health and Wellness: "Two months in, everyone was coughing up black stuff. Three months, in my black stuff started to include blood."

Journalists Made Fun of Tom Hurndall: In the End, He Was More Principled Than Any of Them Could Dream to Be

By Robert Fisk, Independent UK. April 2, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Tom Hurndall was a "human shield," the kind we journalists made fun of in Iraq. Instead of mocking him we should have listened to him.

Fainting in This Country Can Carry a $10,000 Price Tag

By Kirk Nielsen, Miller-McCune.com. April 1, 2009.
Health and Wellness: After passing out, Kirk Nielsen got gouged by exorbitant health care fees.

Are Facebook Friends Really Your Friends?

By Kari Henley, Huffington Post. March 30, 2009.
Media and Technology: The ease of creating virtual friendships teaches us that what we crave aren't just cyber connections, but meaningful connections.

My Uterus, Husband and I All Agree -- No Children

By Juniper, Divine Caroline. March 25, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Why choose to be child free? The list of reasons is endless.

Why I'm Alone

By Lea Lane, Huffington Post. March 25, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: People ask me why I'm still alone eight years after my husband died. Here are a few great reasons.

Skinny Dipping in Reality: The Great Hippy LSD Enlightenment Search Party

By Joe Bageant, JoeBageant.com. March 25, 2009.
DrugReporter: I have to echo Hunter S. Thompson in his sentiment that, while I wouldn't recommend drugs and mayhem to anyone, it's always worked for me.

Brace Yourself Bernie Madoff, You Are Facing a Living Hell

By Anthony Papa, Huffington Post. March 16, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: When you look in the mirror you will think of your crime and how you wound up in prison. You will re-live your crime over and over.

Like Rihanna, I Returned to an Abuser

By Lea Lane, Huffington Post. March 13, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: On average, it takes six attempts before a woman leaves an abusive relationship. How could I have accepted the unacceptable? Judge for yourself.

Former Police Chief on Cop Brutality: "Law Enforcement Doesn't Pick Bad Apples; It Makes Them"

By Norm Stamper, Huffington Post. March 11, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Forty-three years ago I was an idealistic 21-year-old uninterested in punishing people. So why did I abuse those I'd been hired to serve?

Feminist Housewives Reclaim the Kitchen

By Shannon Drury, Minnesota Women's Press. March 3, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Many of the new wave of women stitchers and bakers see kitchen work as part of a lost culture that belonged only to women.

Sex Is Natural. So Why Are So Many People So Bad at It?

By Liz Langley, AlterNet. March 3, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: The truth is, everyone can use some adult sex education.

"My Life": Kashmiri Woman Speaks Out

By Fatima Sultan Syed, World Pulse. March 2, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Fatima Sultan Syed pierces the shroud obscuring one of the world's most enduring conflicts -- a brutal 60-year dispute over her homeland of Kashmir.

Why Are Even Smart, Liberal Men Freaked Out by Abortion?

By Anonymous, AlterNet. February 20, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: Even die-hard liberals who would wax on about a woman's right to choose were uncomfortable when presented with a woman who chose.

I Was Illegally Detained by the U.S. Government and Held in CIA-Run "Black Sites"

By Mohamed Farag Bashmilah, Huffington Post. February 20, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: The American public needs to face what has happened to those of us who were disappeared and mistreated in the name of their national security.

The Myth of Perfect Lesbian Sex

By Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. February 19, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: There's a pervasive myth that lesbian sex is better than hetero sex because women have the "same parts". Newsflash: all women are different.

Americans in Appalachia Are Living in a State of Terror

By Bo Webb, AlterNet. February 19, 2009.
Water: Like sitting ducks waiting to be buried in an avalanche of mountain waste, we are trapped in a war zone within our own country.

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