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Does Being a Feminist Mean Voting for Hillary?

By Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. February 26, 2007.
Are feminists obligated to support a political candidate just because she's a woman?

The Jet Blue Blues

By Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. February 24, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: Let’s face it, JetBlue and the rest of you: Anything more than three hours on the ground isn’t an airline delay, it’s a hostage situation.

Walter Reed Is a Second Hell for Injured Vets

By Brady van Engelen, Huffington Post. February 23, 2007.
World: The American people must make clear their disgust with the way the Pentagon treats injured service members.

Hair Weaves Tangle Self-Image for Black Women

By Malena Amusa, Women's eNews. February 21, 2007.
By wearing weaves and wigs, black women can become the type of woman society doesn't otherwise expect them to be. But do these counter-identities lead to empowerment or self-loathing?

Straight and In the Closet on Valentine's Day

By Julie Enszer, AlterNet. February 14, 2007.
Sex and Relationships: One woman challenges readers to go the whole day without revealing the gender of their sweetie.

Living the American Dream ... in a One-Bedroom Apartment

By Andrew Lam, New America Media. February 7, 2007.
The middle class is clinging to its precious status by contending with far smaller living spaces than those of previous generations.

Audio Slideshow: From Washington, DC with Peace

By Nina Berman, AlterNet. January 29, 2007.
World: Hundreds of thousands of people marched on Washington this Saturday to protest the war. Experience it yourself with imagery and sounds captured by photojournalist Nina Berman.

The Big Risks and Small Rewards of Farming

By Tom Philpott, Grist.org. January 29, 2007.
Thoughts from a small farm during the midwinter lull.

Feminism Brings Benefits to All -- Men Included

By Neil Chethik, AlterNet. January 22, 2007.
Why Nancy Pelosi's achievement is a victory not only for our daughters and granddaughters but also for our sons and grandsons.

Diary of a Guantánamo Attorney

By H. Candace Gorman, In These Times. January 20, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: Attorneys often return from the base with urgent news but have to wait weeks for the government to clear their notes.

Scooter Libby and Me

By Nick Bromell, The American Scholar. January 16, 2007.
A longtime friend of Scooter Libby's shares the questions he wants to ask of his old touch football buddy, and as the trial begins, wonders whether to hope for Scooter's acquittal or conviction.

A Frank Mother-Son Conversation on Drugs

By Marsha Rosenbaum, John Irwin, AlterNet. January 13, 2007.
DrugReporter: One mother shares the advice she offered her son on drugs before he entered high school. Eight years later, as a college graduate, he tells how successful the advice was.

For Foreigners in America, Growing Old Can Mean Growing Isolated

By Ngoc B. Lam, New America Media. January 12, 2007.
Ngoc B. Lam came to America in 1975 as a refugee and worked as an accountant for more than 20 years. As she gets older, she feels isolated from her Americanized children and grandchildren.

Army Attempts to Redefine Free Speech

By Sarah Olson, AlterNet. January 2, 2007.
Rights and Liberties: When does political speech become a crime punishable by imprisonment? When the Army doesn't like what it hears. One journalist shares the battle she and her source face against censorship.

War Crimes: How Israeli Soldiers Kill and Civilians Grow Numb

By Orit Weksler, AlterNet. December 12, 2006.
One Israeli officer says the world doesn't seem to notice killing in small numbers. And those closest to the violence become too scared to empathize for those who die.

Rethinking Terrorism: A Jewish American Crosses into Hezbollah Territory

By Nathaniel Hoffman, AlterNet. December 5, 2006.
One journalist spends 10 days in Lebanon, sipping coffee and talking politics with members of Hezbollah, the Islamic militant group Americans have branded as terrorists.

The N-Word. Is It Ever OK to Say?

By Derek Jennings, Carolina Independent Weekly. November 29, 2006.
N**ga, Please! One black man gives his take on where "niggas" come from and where the word is going.

Turkeys Are Our Friends

By Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, AlterNet. November 23, 2006.
One vegetarian shares the bond she developed with turkeys after finding alternatives to this traditional Thanksgiving comfort food.

It Ain't Easy Peeing Green

By Nicole McClelland, Orion Magazine. November 13, 2006.
Environment: A woman realizes that while going to the bathroom ecologically meant peeing on trees and lawns, and working with a poo-only toilet, all she wanted was something that flushed and that she could sit down on.

Is Dieting Anti-Feminist?

By Ariel M. Stallings, Sirens Magazine. November 1, 2006.
Her efforts to drop pounds made her feel like she was dropping the ball on women's rights as well. Then the epiphany: What's wrong with wanting to be healthy and look hot?

Is It So Wrong to Want A Man?

By Christina Bryza, Sirens Magazine. October 21, 2006.
Sex and Relationships: "I do not, do not, do not need a man. But man do I want one, and I am tired of feeling guilty for doing so."

Is the American Dream a Delusion?

By Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. October 3, 2006.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: I want to tell my working-class students that the American Dream isn't all it's cracked up to be. But maybe I shouldn't question their belief that hard work will bring success.

Written in the Blood

By Christopher Rabb, ColorLines. September 21, 2006.
In order to learn about my black ancestors, I had to research the white people who owned them.

Who's Co-Opting Feminism?

By Christy Burbridge, Feminista. September 20, 2006.
Rights and Liberties: 'Ifeminists' have no problem with sexual harassment, oppose affirmative action, and think there's nothing sexist about porn. Meet a new women's group that seeks to prop up male power.

The High Cost of Manliness

By Robert Jensen, AlterNet. September 8, 2006.
Sex and Relationships: Society's toxic view of masculinity isn't just harmful to men. Everyone pays the price.

Daily Briefing | Sept. 7, 2006

AlterNet. September 7, 2006.
Exposing War Profiteers

After Adoption, Always An Outsider

ColorLines. September 5, 2006.
Growing up brown-skinned in Montana, the author, who was adopted from Colombia, felt disconnected from whites and people of color alike.

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bus

By Christine Gardner, Grist.org. August 31, 2006.
A mom in middle America attempts to survive a month without a car. Did we mention she has two small children?

New Orleans, One Year Later

By Jordan Flaherty, WireTap. August 29, 2006.
WireTap: A New Orleans resident says that a year after Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast, not much has changed.

When Government Shrugs: Lessons of Katrina

By Adolph L. Reed Jr., The Progressive. August 29, 2006.
Hurricane Katrina: Public policies designed to serve the narrow interests of business and the affluent are the ultimate cause of New Orleans' devastation.

Back to (Public vs. Private) School

By Ruth Conniff, The Progressive. August 28, 2006.
For this mother, sending her children to public instead of private school is about investing in her community, and working to make it good for everyone -- at least, that's the idea she would like her kids to grow up with.

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