Personal Voices

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The Jill Carroll Story, Part 4: Mother as Suicide Bomber

By Jill Carroll, Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor. August 17, 2006.
World: As Jill's parents make a televised plea, she learns about the zeal of women and children in the Iraqi insurgency.

Jill Carroll's Story, Part 3: The First Hostage Video

By Jill Carroll, Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor. August 17, 2006.
World: Jill learns that her abductors may have imprisoned another female journalist, and is forced to make a hostage video showing that her life is at risk.

Why I Don't Live In Israel

By Orit Weksler, AlterNet. August 17, 2006.
If Israel is doomed to be a nation that lives by the sword, as is commonly proclaimed on the streets of Tel Aviv these days, then I opt out.

Turning Outrage Into Power

By Malik Cooper, WireTap. August 16, 2006.
WireTap: Opinion: Harnessing its growing strength in numbers, the National Hip Hop Political Convention is beginning to change the face of American politics.

Women's Work: Still Not Done

By Claire Cain Miller, AlterNet. August 16, 2006.
Why are women still struggling over the career-family quandry four decades after the second wave of feminism brought it up?

When Bombs Are Directed at Me

By Elijah Barrett, WireTap. August 14, 2006.
WireTap: Personal Voice: An American student in London describes his reactions to the bomb plot and government policies that surround it.

The Damage In Lebanon, and Beyond

By Dahr Jamail, Tomdispatch.com. August 11, 2006.
Lebanon has been bombed to a point where much of the country looks as it did in the worst periods of its brutal civil war.

The Hiroshima Stories We Can't Tell

By Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. August 8, 2006.
The Earth was knocked off its axis with America's atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 61 years ago. In some ways, we haven't yet recovered.

Activists, Teachers: Don't Give Up

By Rev. Jim Rigby, AlterNet. August 4, 2006.
The more hopeless the political situation, the more important are those who live and teach the principles of human decency.

Military Waste In Our Drinking Water

By Sunaura Taylor, Astra Taylor, AlterNet. August 4, 2006.
Environment: The U.S. military is poisoning the very citizens it is supposed to protect in the name of national security.

Israel's Wall of Horrors

By Chris Hedges, Truthdig. August 1, 2006.
Israel's security wall has ripped a mortal gash in the lives of Palestinians living in its shadow.

Now That My Friend is Dead

By Christine Ferrer, New America Media. July 26, 2006.
WireTap: Personal Voice: The death of a high school classmate brings up confounding questions for Christine about what her friend was fighting for.

Race Is Always Part of the Story

By Robert Jensen, AlterNet. July 25, 2006.
Many white people's accomplishments are made possible, in part, simply because they are white.

The Real Tragedy of Student Debt

By Myshele Goldberg, WireTap. July 24, 2006.
WireTap: A young, working-class woman shares the story of her subtle slide into unbearable debt.

The New Female Nerd and the 'Gender Gap'

By Sophie Theis, YO! Youth Outlook. July 22, 2006.
WireTap: Personal Voice: The new gender gap is all about attitude, says one teen.

Fear and Shopping in Beirut

By Annia Ciezadlo, The Nation. July 19, 2006.
When Iraqis are text-messaging from Baghdad to see if you're OK in Beirut, you know the situation isn't good.

A Childcare Worker Speaks Out

By Melvina Vandross, Women's Media Center. June 29, 2006.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: I take care of your kids 11 hours a day -- here's what you should know about me.

A Market Without Capitalists

By Frances Moore Lappe, AlterNet. June 23, 2006.
In a region of northern Italy, the author of 'Diet For a Small Planet' discovered a cooperative approach to living that actually enhances human dignity.

The Freaks of Father's Day

By Jeremy Adam Smith, AlterNet. June 16, 2006.
Feminism has given women more freedom and men the opportunity to be stay-at-home dads. But just how many Mr. Moms are out there?

A Kid in a Theological Candy Store

By Sarah E. Gillespie, Campus Progress. June 6, 2006.
WireTap: Personal Voice: My journey to pro-faith, pro-choice activism.

Can Marriage Fix Poverty?

By Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. June 6, 2006.
Rights and Liberties: There are quite a few surprising -- and surprisingly viable -- alternatives to Bush's marriage-minded anti-poverty program.

A Muse You Can Use

By Liz Langley, AlterNet. June 2, 2006.
Sex and Relationships: Sometimes you don't need someone to go to the movies with; you need someone who inspires you to make a movie of your own.

Voices From the New Civil Rights Movement

By Roberto Lovato, The Nation. June 1, 2006.
Rights and Liberties: Immigrant rights activists aren't just focused on legalization; they have a vision of helping create a more progressive nation.

How the Right Stole the '60s (And Why We Should Get Them Back)

By Astra Taylor, AlterNet. May 19, 2006.
Conservatives are winning the battle over how the 1960s are remembered. But their version is far from the truth.

Constant Surveillance: Who's a Target?

By Roberto Lovato, New America Media. May 15, 2006.
The NSA's citizen-spying program -- and the release of records with friends' names on them -- made me wonder how the feds are tracking pro-immigration marchers.

Letter to My Daughter

By Jere E. Martin, AlterNet. May 12, 2006.
I love your spunk and confidence, but are you sure you know what you're up against?

Letter to My Mother

By Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. May 12, 2006.
You were right about many things, but feminism doesn't have to be either sappy or serious.

A Log Cabin Divided Cannot Stand

By Chase Foster, Campus Progress. May 8, 2006.
WireTap: What I learned from my weekend at the nation's largest gathering of gay Republicans.

On Being Black at a Latino March

By Van Jones, Huffington Post. May 5, 2006.
Just as non-blacks supported our freedom movement in the last century, I am determined to give my passionate support to this righteous cause.

Rally to Save Darfur Draws Thousands of Teens to D.C.

By Anna Bernstein, Jonah Jablons, WireTap. May 4, 2006.
WireTap: Personal Voices: Young activists at the rally talk about what motivated them to come and what they hope to achieve.

Raunch Culture

By Leanne Shear, Pop and Politics. April 27, 2006.
WireTap: Personal Voice: I took a strip class recently and learned that power and achievement for women is still tied to sex.

Wars Come And Wars Go

By Karalyn Dorn, Johnstown Breeze. April 27, 2006.
Although U.S.-financed war in Nicaragua is now two decades in the past, vestiges remain.

Looking for the Truth in Chavez's Venezuela

By Vanessa Espinoza, YO! Youth Outlook. April 26, 2006.
WireTap: Personal Voice: I spent a month in Venezuela asking young people how they viewed the country's hot political situation.

Learning to Love America

By Nina Burleigh, AlterNet. April 24, 2006.
I cringed as my young son recited the Pledge of Allegiance. But who was I to question his innocent trust in America?

Can Marches Stop the Scapegoating?

By Pilar Marrero, New America Media. April 19, 2006.
Rights and Liberties: Immigrants who took to the streets are to be applauded for breaking a silence kept too long.

Marla: Mission Continued

By Tai Moses, AlterNet. April 17, 2006.
Humanitarian Marla Ruzicka had one goal: to lessen the suffering of innocent people caught in the crossfire of war.

Three's Company

By Liz Langley, AlterNet. April 14, 2006.
Sex and Relationships: What the heck is polyamory, and is it a legitimate way to sustain a romantic relationship?

La Coca: An Indigenous Perspective

By J. Carlos Escalera LÃ³pez, AlterNet. April 12, 2006.
A Bolivian farmer explains the sacred relationship that exists between coca and his people.

Cocaína No, Coca Sí

By Chellis Glendinning, AlterNet. April 12, 2006.
DrugReporter: A journey to Bolivia to explore the mystery of coca -- and launch a campaign to bring it to the United States -- has an unexpected conclusion.

The Sleeping Giant Reawakens

By Jorge Mariscal, Eastern Group Publications. April 7, 2006.
Shockwaves from the massive demonstrations in support of humane immigration reform will be dramatic.

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