Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/rights/97832/on_top_of_jail_time%2C_prisoners_now_face_fees_and_surcharges/ Prisoners across the country are facing court fees, arrest fees and booking fees in addition to their sentences -- and states are raking in the cash. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:00:01 PDT Emily Jane Goodman, The Nation http://www.alternet.org/rights/97632/amy_goodman%3A_why_we_were_falsely_arrested/ Government crackdowns on journalists are a true threat to democracy. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Amy Goodman, Truthdig http://www.alternet.org/rights/97510/mumia_abu-jamal_prepares_to_take_his_case_to_the_supreme_court_/ More than 25 years after being sentenced to death, Mumia Abu-Jamal is fighting for his life and against oppression at home and abroad. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:00:01 PDT Adrianne Appel, IPS News http://www.alternet.org/rights/97306/as_unlawful_arrests_continue%2C_st._paul_feels_like_a_city_under_siege_for_some_residents_/ "It's like we don't have rights. Like we don't even live here." Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Liliana Segura, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/rights/97345/rep._keith_ellison_%28d-minn%29_condemns_police_attacks_on_journalists/ Rep. Ellison discusses the crackdown on reporters, why he opposes escalation in Afghanistan, and his experience as the first Muslim Congressman. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:00:01 PDT Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! http://www.alternet.org/rights/97194/amy_goodman_and_two_democracy_now%21_producers_unlawfully_arrested_at_rnc/ Goodman has been charged with obstruction; felony riot charges are pending against producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:00:01 PDT Democracy Now! http://www.alternet.org/rights/96964/anti-immigrant_republican_brian_bilbray%27s_bizarre_crusade_on_the_14th_amendment/ Since 1995, U.S. Rep. Bilbray (R-Calif.) has tried to deny American citizenship to children born in the United States of non-citizen parents. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Rhonda Brownstein, Southern Poverty Law Center http://www.alternet.org/rights/97110/rnc_raids_have_been_targeting_video_activists_/ In the run-up to the Republican convention, Minnesota police launched a series of preemptive raids to intimidate protesters and quash dissent. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Liliana Segura, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/rights/97027/crackdown_begins%3A_food_not_bombs_house_among_saturday_raids_ahead_of_rnc/ The police assault on civil liberties takes an early start ahead of the RNC. Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:00:01 PDT Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Independent http://www.alternet.org/rights/96994/guantanamo_suicide_report%3A_truth_or_travesty_/ More than two years after the government began investigating the suicides of three Guantanamo prisoners, disturbing questions remain. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:00:01 PDT Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog http://www.alternet.org/rights/96990/reconstruction_after_katrina%3A_brazen_housing_discrimination_continues/ White parishes are zoning minorities out of neighborhoods all over New Orleans. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Lizzy Ratner, The Nation http://www.alternet.org/rights/96771/new_orleans%2C_three_years_later/ Despite sunny media reports about post-Katrina rebuilding, the facts on the ground reveal a stark portrait of a city transformed. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:00:01 PDT Jordan Flaherty, Left Turn http://www.alternet.org/rights/96852/katrina_pain_index%3A_measuring_new_orleans%27_devastation_three_years_later/ The United States' economic crisis and simultaneous wars have left New Orleans as an afterthought. This is what the city looks like today. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Bill Quigley, CounterPunch http://www.alternet.org/rights/96959/the_dangerous_consequences_of_recruiting_nazis_to_serve_in_iraq/ The U.S. military appears to be teaching a skinhead with genocide on his mind how to become a tactical bomb maker. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT David Holthouse, Hate Watch http://www.alternet.org/rights/96787/martin_luther_king%3A_%27i_have_a_dream%27/ Today is the 45th anniversary of MLK's historic speech. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:00:01 PDT Martin Luther King, Jr., AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/rights/96826/standoff_with_police_as_iraq_vets_demand_to_meet_with_obama_campaign/ With no reply from Obama to their letter asking him to endorse their goals, IVAW marched to the Pepsi Center to demand that their voices be heard. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:01 PDT Alex Kane, Jessica Lee, Indypendent http://www.alternet.org/rights/96598/israel_expanding_settlements_in_east_jerusalem/ As peace negotiations supposedly continue, there are approximately 430,000 Israeli settlers residing illegally in the West Bank. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:00:01 PDT Mel Frykberg, IPS News http://www.alternet.org/rights/96490/the_christian_right%27s_got_a_new_stealth_tactic_to_smuggle_creationism_into_science_class/ A new law in Louisiana allows teachers to bring in "supplemental textbooks" about evolution, the origins of life and global warming to science class. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Sandhya Bathija, Church & State Magazine http://www.alternet.org/rights/96529/immigration%3A_mixed-race_couples_face_violent_harassment_in_pennsylvania_town/ Amid racial harassment, mixed-couples try to make lives for themselves in rural Penn. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Cristina Loboguerrero, El Diario/ La Prensa http://www.alternet.org/rights/96325/war_resister_robin_long_sentenced_to_15_months_in_prison/ Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada last month, was sentenced to 15 months of prison and dishonorable discharge. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:00:01 PDT Sarah Lazare, Courage to Resist