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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.

Once You See What Truly Happened in Gaza, It Will Change You Forever

By Medea Benjamin, AlterNet. February 19, 2009.
ForeignPolicy: What I saw was like a form of collective punishment, leaving behind a trail of grieving mothers, angry fathers and traumatized children.

Downsized Nine-to-Fivers Turn to Kinky Sex Work

By Tracy Quan, The Daily Beast. February 5, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: As the economy takes a spanking, many women are doing freelance fetish work to supplement their incomes.

Women Have Boobs -- Get Over It

By Samara Ginsberg, RH Reality Check. February 4, 2009.
Reproductive Justice and Gender: Mine are really big -- and they're a burden. They come with the label "airhead" and "slut." Will we ever end our collective obsession with boobs?

Israeli Veteran: Gaza Attacks Marked My Military's Moral Low

By Simcha Leventhal, Huffington Post. February 3, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Israel's government knew that its weapons would kill civilians. Deploying them dragged our military to a new moral low.

Why I'm Selling My Virginity

By Natalie Dylan, The Daily Beast. January 27, 2009.
Sex and Relationships: The idealization of virginity is a tool to keep women in their place. So what's to stop me from profiting?

Will Creativity Become a Victim of the Economy?

By Deborah Siegel, AlterNet. January 23, 2009.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Or will tough economic times become a springboard for innovation and change?

Migrant Worker at Inaugural Ball Shares the Gliteratti's Hopes for Obama

By Anthony D. Advincula, New America Media. January 20, 2009.
Immigration: Despite the disparities between her and the party-goers around her, one cleaner feels a sense of unity around Obama’s presidency.

My Inauguration Journey, 55 Years Later

By Victor Navasky, The Nation. January 19, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: As we celebrate Doctor King's birthday, I'm riding the (desegregated) train to DC, to see Barack Obama become president.

Like 60,000 Other Gazans, We've Taken Our Belongings and Fled

By Fares Akram, Independent UK. January 13, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Even if the warplanes are gone by the time our baby is born, Israel's siege will keep the flames of this conflict alive for generations to come.

Former Gitmo Prisoner Moazzam Begg: We Deserve Asylum in Europe

By Moazzam Begg, Independent UK. January 8, 2009.
Rights and Liberties: Dozens of European men like myself have been released from Guantanamo, receiving no compensation for our lost years of life.

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