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Personal Voices

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Gracias!

By Richard Rodriguez, New America Media. April 6, 2006.
WireTap: As Congress debates what to do with millions of undocumented immigrants, someone needs to thank them for what they do for us.

Aborting Young Women's Rights

By Emily Olfson, David Simpkins, Children's PressLine. April 6, 2006.
WireTap: Personal Voices: Teens talk about unplanned pregnancies and the effect of the recent abortion ban in South Dakota.

Sex Shopping With the Red Hat Ladies

By Liz Langley, AlterNet. March 31, 2006.
Sex and Relationships: Browsing for vibrators with a chirpy group of older women offers some eye-opening reminders about aging, sex and camaraderie.

In Praise of DarknessIn Praise of Darkness

By Traci Hukill, AlterNet. March 31, 2006.
On the eve of Daylight Saving Time, we wonder: When did everybody get so scared of the dark?

Japan's Low Mojo

By Liz Langley, AlterNet. March 24, 2006.
Sex and Relationships: According to a recent survey of 41 countries, the Japanese are having the least amounts of sex. But why?

Bring the Sixties Out of the ClosetBring the Sixties Out of the Closet

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. March 23, 2006.
We need to resurrect the good '60s -- a time when acting, despite being messy and imperfect, made a lot of good things happen.

My 12 Days in DetentionMy 12 Days in Detention

By Jasim Mohammed Khalaf, IWPR Online. March 21, 2006.
World: A news reporter in Iraq describes his time in captivity after he wrongly ends up on a U.S. military 'wanted list.'

Welcome to Liberated Iraq

By Entesar Mohammad Ariabi, AlterNet. March 20, 2006.
World: From a physician's viewpoint, liberation means rising infant mortality, critical shortages of medicines, terrorized doctors and the return of diseases once under control.

On the Third Anniversary

By Cindy Sheehan, AlterNet. March 20, 2006.
World: It is time to declare that the horrors we have visited upon Iraq are not being done in our names, with our consent or our approval.

Why I Am a Christian (Sort Of)Why I Am a Christian (Sort Of)

By Robert Jensen, AlterNet. March 10, 2006.
My decision to join a church was more a political than a theological act.

The Case for AlterNetThe Case for AlterNet

By Don Hazen, AlterNet. March 9, 2006.
The Bush administration has launched a radical attack on our country, and it's time for us to be just as radical in our response. Will you help us fight back?

A Wrinkle In DatingA Wrinkle In Dating

By Liz Langley, AlterNet. March 4, 2006.
Media and Technology: According to Newsweek, baby boomers' love lives are, well, booming. Maybe elder dating isn't so bad after all.

How Grieving Becomes HealingHow Grieving Becomes Healing

By Tony Newman, AlterNet. March 4, 2006.
Instead of seeking vengeance after their son was murdered, Derrel Myers and Naomi White are trying to create a world in which no parent has to bury a child killed by gun violence.

The Sweetness of the Smoking GunThe Sweetness of the Smoking Gun

By Toby Barlow, Huffington Post. March 3, 2006.
Hurricane Katrina: There's President Bush, on video for the world to see, offering hollow assurances that we were prepared for Hurricane Katrina.

The Church's One-Size-Fits-All Sexuality

By Christopher Durang, Conscience Magazine. March 3, 2006.
Sex and Relationships: As we know, Christ came down to earth to instruct us in the ways in which we must limit our sexual expression. His core message was: Stop touching yourself!

Open Letter to President Bush on His Visit to India

By Anuradha Mittal, AlterNet. March 1, 2006.
You may not have been informed that your future strategic partner in the war on terror is a nation plagued by child labor, starvation and poverty.

Good Enough to Eat

By Liz Langley, AlterNet. February 24, 2006.
Sex and Relationships: A sex cannibal gets 200 responses to his internet ad, and I can't find a dinner date for Saturday night?

Que Viva La Musica

By Roberto Lovato, Pacific News Service. February 24, 2006.
The great Latin jazz percussionist Ray Barretto helped push Latino music out of its silence and onto the radio waves.

Confessions of a Lingerie Lover

By Fae Goodman, AlterNet. February 17, 2006.
Sex and Relationships: I'm all for sex appeal, but using butts as billboards is disturbing among adult women -- and downright scary in prepubescent girls.

Consumerism vs. Frugality

By Andrew Lam, Pacific News Service. February 16, 2006.
A Vietnamese immigrant reflects on U.S. consumer culture -- how it's shaped not only his family's ideals of 'The American Dream,' but the world's.

A Wal-Mart Grows in WyomingA Wal-Mart Grows in Wyoming

By Kat Smyth, Campus Progress. February 11, 2006.
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: I don't know how long my family's printing company can survive, since Wal-Mart moved into my town and displaced most of the local businesses.

Turning the High School Dropout TideTurning the High School Dropout Tide

By Nancy Meza, New America Media. February 10, 2006.
WireTap: Personal Voice: Most people think that if you give students challenging classes, they drop out. A recent high school graduate disagrees and has evidence to prove it.

Sex Clerks' Dirty Secrets

By Liz Langley, AlterNet. February 10, 2006.
Sex and Relationships: Your friendly neighborhood adult novelty store is helping out regular folks like you -- in more meaningful ways than you might expect.

A Dangerous Professor Speaks

By Robert Jensen, AlterNet. February 9, 2006.
Rights and Liberties: I'm not rabid; I'm a sedate, nondescript middle-aged academic who tries to approach political and moral questions rationally.

100% Indian Hair

By Tanzila Ahmed, Pop and Politics. February 8, 2006.
WireTap: How can women consciously get human hair weaved into their own without knowing where the hair came from?

Confessions of a Beauty Pageant Drop-Out

By Amanda Angelotti, Campus Progress. February 8, 2006.
WireTap: I was a teenage beauty queen, and I always wanted to be Miss America. Not anymore.

Betty Friedan, Mapmaker

By Alida Brill, Women's Media Center. February 7, 2006.
Friedan was a cartographer mapping the undiscovered territories of women's lives.

Wearing War's Numbers

By Cindy Sheehan, AlterNet. February 7, 2006.
World: As a former math teacher, I know that many people have an unreasonable fear of numbers, and the number of our war dead in Iraq is very fear-inducing.

Got Health Care Horror Stories?

By Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com. February 3, 2006.
Environment: Ever found yourself getting ready to file for bankruptcy because you can't pay your hospital bill, and then you say to yourself, 'Boy, I sure would like to be in Michael Moore's health care movie'?

Getting Rid Of the Bush

By Diana Wallace, AlterNet. February 3, 2006.
Sex and Relationships: One intrepid writer explores the sensuous side of hair removal.

New Orleans Voices: Denise and RichardNew Orleans Voices: Denise and Richard

Alive in Truth. January 28, 2006.
Hurricane Katrina: Two evacuated New Orleans residents, now living in Austin, Texas, remember the horror of Katrina and its nightmarish after-effects.

When Harry Met Larry

By Liz Langley, AlterNet. January 26, 2006.
Media and Technology: It's a cliche that men are loony for lesbians. So why is it taboo for women, like me, to swoon at the sight of two guys having sex?

A New Year in New Orleans

By Wayne Emilien, Campus Progress. January 25, 2006.
WireTap: New Orleans has become home to opportunism. But for natives, it has yet to become home again.

Life Before Roe v. Wade

By Molly M. Ginty, Choice! Magazine. January 20, 2006.
Rights and Liberties: More than thirty years later, three people who helped provide abortions before Roe tell their stories.

Who Reads in America?

By Mark Schurmann, Pacific News Service. January 19, 2006.
Media and Technology: Though many educators bemoan the decline of literacy in America, you can still find plenty of readers in the smaller corners and cracks of society.

Made in Bangladesh, For Better or Worse

By Tanzila Ahmed, Pop and Politics. January 19, 2006.
WireTap: My relatives own clothing factories in Bangladesh, yet I would rather spend my money at American Apparel than support the Wal-Mart business model.

Finding Words to Talk About RaceFinding Words to Talk About Race

By Maria Luisa Tucker, AlterNet. January 16, 2006.
Whenever I start getting lulled into the idea that maybe race and ethnicity don't matter, something happens to remind me of their power.

The World Through a Looking GlassThe World Through a Looking Glass

By David Shariatmadari, openDemocracy.net. January 14, 2006.
Media and Technology: An 80-year-old newspaper found behind a broken mirror provides a surprisingly fresh perspective on our anxious modern condition.

The Down Side of Popping PillsThe Down Side of Popping Pills

By Athena, SPRAWL Magazine. January 11, 2006.
WireTap: Personal Voice: 'The pills just don't allow me to think. I don't have a chance to be happy or upset. I'm just … there.'

Listen To Your Granny

By Becky O'Malley, Berkeley Daily Planet. January 11, 2006.
World: Now that the grandmothers are getting organized, there might be some hope for taking back Congress in 2006 and stopping the crazy war in Iraq.

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