Personal Voices

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Music With a Message

By Alex Avila, L.A. Youth. February 17, 2005.
WireTap: "In today’s candy-coated world of music with TRL-style corporate pop and bubble gum rock, music with substance isn’t as hard to find as it may seem."

An Anti-Valentine to McSweeney's Men

By Ada Calhoun, Nerve.com. February 14, 2005.
Media and Technology: A writer looks back at her doomed obsession with that eyebrow-cocked, sexless punmaster: the McSweeney's man.

Village of the Living

By Muzamil Jaleel, Tomdispatch.com. February 12, 2005.
A story of one village surprisingly untouched by the bitter hostility that has roiled Kashmir.

Hold On!

By Miguel Gonzalez, Silicon Valley DeBug. February 10, 2005.
WireTap: Riding the bus in the streets of Colombia proves to be a game of survival and adventure for one young visitor.

From Sing Sing to the Whitney

By Anthony Papa, AlterNet. February 7, 2005.
DrugReporter: A victim of New York's Rockefeller drug laws recalls life as a prisoner, an activist and an artist.

It Wasn't Worth It

By Cindy Sheehan, AlterNet. February 4, 2005.
World: Now that every lie about the invasion and occupation of Iraq has been exposed to the light, why are our sons and daughters still there? Was my son's sacrifice "worth it"?

Samba and Revolution: Dispatches from the International Youth Camp

By Benjamin Dangl, WireTap. February 3, 2005.
WireTap: "In this 24-hour fiesta of ideas and networking, anyone who might have tried to catch some shut-eye would have had trouble blocking out the hip hop music, campfire concerts, nightly parades and – after about 8 a.m. – the scorching Brazilian sun.

How I Stopped Pill Popping

By Matt Mernagh, NOW. January 31, 2005.
DrugReporter: Perhaps serious withdrawal from antidepressants was my body's way of saying, 'Don't ever poison me like that again.'

The Idea That Brought Slavery to Its Knees

By Adam Hochschild, AlterNet. January 31, 2005.
Rights and Liberties: In 1787, British abolitionists saw a link among all humankind.

Damn the Dimes

By judy b., AlterNet. January 19, 2005.
The Not One Damn Dime Day has good intentions – it's meant to send an anti-war message. But can local businesses survive this kind of solidarity?

My Year on a Kibbutz

By Naomi Lightman, YPP.net. January 7, 2005.
WireTap: One girl questions the so-called idyllic culture of the kibbutz, saying, "I had a great time working with the animals, picking mangoes off the trees and partying on the lawns until dawn, but was that really enough?

Why I Must Object

By Barbara Boxer, AlterNet. January 7, 2005.
The senator explains why she felt compelled to object to the certification of Ohio's electoral votes.

Not Your Grandma's Craftmas

By Rebecca Onion, WireTap. December 21, 2004.
WireTap: What's the best way to personalize your gifts and avoid shopping in huge corporate stores? Make your own! WireTap has a few tips.

Les Fleurs du Mall

By Traci Hukill, AlterNet. December 20, 2004.
The pagans had Yule, the Romans had the Saturnalia, we have Christmas. And with it, extended mall hours and an excuse to go nuts.

The Invisible Writers

By Tai Moses, AlterNet. December 19, 2004.
Scores of true artists write for private reasons of the heart, to live more lives than one lifespan can grant.

What's Your Take?: Video Games and Violence

December 17, 2004.
WireTap: The youth from NewzCrew.org sound off about video games and violence.

The Wrath Of The Jews

By Liat Weingart, AlterNet. December 15, 2004.
The dominant narrative of the Holocaust arms Israel to the teeth, demonizes Palestinians and leaves Jews feeling abandoned, isolated and angry.

Farming For Poets

By Chris Frasier, AlterNet. December 14, 2004.
Environment: An entire rural generation has lost its most creative young people. Without them, farming slips into a pattern of cold, calculated efficiency.

Discovering Darfur

By Joanne Mariner, AlterNet. December 13, 2004.
Rights and Liberties: Sneaking into "liberated" Darfur, an American finds people dying of disease, hunger and international apathy.

The New 'New Heroin'

By Radley Balko, Reason. December 13, 2004.
DrugReporter: Veterans of the hysteria industry have known for some time that the best way to win attention for a pet cause is to compare it to heroin.

My Sister's Keeper

By T. Eve Greenaway, AlterNet. December 13, 2004.
A sibling converts to evangelical Christianity. "No one close to me had ever been committed to placing religion or spirituality at the center of their life before."

Partying With My Parents

By Tony Newman, AlterNet. December 2, 2004.
DrugReporter: My parents' goal for their two kids was not to practice the unrealistic mission of abstinence, but to keep us safe. In this regard they were incredibly successful.

The Vanishing Mothers of Africa

By Stephen Lewis, AlterNet. November 30, 2004.
Environment: The gender-inequality struggle is the toughest struggle of all; and nowhere is it more keenly felt than in the battle against AIDS.

Proud to be a Hijabi

By Syeda Rezwana Nodi, YPP.net. November 27, 2004.
WireTap: When I started to wear my hijab, I knew some people might have trouble accepting it. What I didn't know was I might have to learn to accept it myself.

The New Gangsta Terrorist

By Hector Gonzalez, Silicon Valley DeBug. November 23, 2004.
WireTap: "If I had seen these depictions of my people – as gangsters and terrorists – as an adolescent, I think that I may have used them as a tool to find an identity, because its not like anyone else was helping me find one."

On the Spot: Moving On with MoveOn

By Rachel Neumann, AlterNet. November 23, 2004.
Election 2004: MoveOn mobilized hundreds of thousands before the election. This weekend, almost 20,000 people met to tell them what they should be doing next. But can they turn all that energy into a unified progressive vision?

Remembering Margaret Hassan

By Lucy Colvin, AlterNet. November 20, 2004.
World: The recent murder of humanitarian Margaret Hassan brought home the tragedy of people's lives caught in a crossfire.

Compassion in Cambodia

By Cyril Chin-Kidess, Pacific News Service. November 19, 2004.
Rights and Liberties: While many U.S. counties passed anti-gay measures in the last election, the retired king of Cambodia declares that as a "liberal democracy," Cambodia should allow "marriage between man and man ... or between woman and woman." He follows it up by making at least one foreign couple feel at home.

Personal Voices: An American in Paris

By Jon Frosch, AlterNet. November 19, 2004.
Election 2004: For one expatriate, living abroad and watching the election unfold from afar offers no solace. How can one American shoulder his grief as well as the grief of all of France?

The Missing Voices of Our World

By Howard Zinn, Tomdispatch.com. November 17, 2004.
"I wanted, in writing 'A People's History,' to awaken a great consciousness of class conflict, racial injustice, sexual inequality, and national arrogance."

Testing 1. 2. 3.

By Hannah Shaffer, WireTap. November 16, 2004.
WireTap: Thanks to the relentless focus on standardized testing established as part of the No Child Left Behind Act, even the most prestigious public schools are feeling the pinch. But what happens when you do well in your classes but not on the test? One student reports back.

Nature, Nurture and Culture

By Wangari Maathai, Resurgence. November 12, 2004.
Environment: A Nobel Peace laureate says cultural revival may be the only thing that stands between the conservation or destruction of the environment.

Baghdad Diary

By Farnaz Fassihi, Columbia Journalism Review. November 10, 2004.
World: Kidnappings, executions, car bombs, ambushes. A reporter describes how staying alive in Iraq became a full-time job.

Imagining a Real Youth Movement

By Raj Jayadev, Pacific News Service. November 9, 2004.
WireTap: "Voting is about choosing what's in front of you, while a movement is about creating choices. The gulf is about imagination. As Desmond Tutu said, it's not just about having a seat at the table, it's about setting the menu. If young people really did set the menu, I doubt they would be serving up the Democratic Party or John Kerry."

Personal Voices: Electoral College is an Outdated Relic

By Nicole Lavelle, 20 Below. November 8, 2004.
WireTap: "It will be difficult for Americans to continue to believe that they live in a democracy, and for that democracy to grow, unless the constitutional relic designed to choose a leader is greatly reformed to be accurate and fair."

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