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Beyond Vagina-dome: A giant clitoris! Healing circles! Celebrities! It's the 10th anniversary of "The Vagina Monologues," but the real star is New Orleans.; By Rebecca Traister Apr 17, 2008
"The Trap": Are young Americans more interested in selling out than changing the world? Daniel Brook's new book argues that 20-somethings are forced to choose between living by their ideals or making a living.; By Astra Taylor Jul 10, 2007
I clean green but the dishes don't gleam!: I use nonpolluting products wherever I can -- but this brand-name commercial stuff really makes plates and glasses sparkle!; By Cary Tennis Feb 13, 2007
My niece leased a Hummer!: Should I try to talk to her or just channel my energy into drafting Al Gore?; By Cary Tennis Jan 5, 2007
"Strident" and proud: Columnist Katha Pollitt blasts feminism's new timidity and says, "This 'girls just want to have fun' feminism is a very shallow approach to life."; By Jessica Valenti Jul 12, 2006
Should I leave grad school to be an activist?: I love teaching radical philosophy. But when is it time to practice what I teach?; By Cary Tennis Dec 12, 2005
Germany says "nein" to Bush, blah to Kerry: German leftists prefer Nader, fear Kerry's grand plans for Iraq, and miss the days when America was actually cool.; By Andrew O'Hehir Nov 1, 2004
Facing the Soviet whalers: Summer 1976: A ragtag group of activists take to the Pacific in a chartered minesweeper. Their mission: Stop the wholesale slaughter of whales.; By Rex Weyler Sep 9, 2004
"A Good Forest for Dying" by Patrick Beach: Since Earth First activist David Chain was crushed by a falling tree in the Headwaters standoff of 1998, he has been memorialized in song by Bonnie Raitt and been made the subject of a book and a play. But the corporate lumber giants he opposed are still standing tall.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Jul 14, 2004
Notes from an activist: Militant response: In Miami, our exercising of our constitutional rights became an invitation to an indiscriminate crackdown.; By Marisa Handler Nov 22, 2003
Notes from an activist: Welcome to Miami: On my first day in South Florida, here to conduct direct action protests against the Free Trade Area of the Americas conference, obstacles loom, but the spirit surges.; By Marisa Handler Nov 19, 2003
Rock's axis of activism: Audioslave's Tom Morello and System of a Down's Serj Tankian on Bush's war plans, the corporate media after 9/11 and how their Axis of Justice can reach America's alienated youth.; By Maria Armoudian Feb 6, 2003
The AIDS-drug warrior: Activist Jamie Love says pharmaceutical companies must be forced to yield their patents to save hundreds of thousands of lives. Is he a visionary -- or a dangerous radical?; By Daryl Lindsey Jun 18, 2001
The "abortion boat" steams toward Ireland: Women on Waves will provide medical abortions to women in international waters.; By Carina Chocano Jun 14, 2001
Bush's brand-new Day: By Joan Walsh; May 24, 2001
The triumph of "multicultural" thugs: By David Horowitz; May 22, 2001
Mickey Mouse is the devil: The long, strange journey of New York activist Rev. Billy and his struggle against Starbucks, Disney, Nike and Cindy Crawford.; By Andrew O'Hehir Apr 16, 2001
Pro-choice activism is reactivated: Donations to Planned Parenthood are flooding in -- in the name of President Bush.; By Dawn MacKeen Feb 9, 2001
Keeping an eye on protesters: International authorities are sharing information -- not all of it accurate -- about anti-globalization activists.; By Sarah Ferguson Sep 29, 2000
Ralph Nader knows better: He is one of our greatest public advocates, but his presidential campaign is leading the public astray.; By Joe Conason Aug 15, 2000
War on protesters: The militarization of police strategies on display this convention season has cops fighting demonstrators, not crime.; By Jesse Walker Aug 14, 2000
Do not pass Go: Are the Philadelphia police using high bail to keep an activist leader away from the Democratic Convention?; By Anthony York Aug 8, 2000
It'll take more than a million moms: To have an impact on the next election, gun-control advocates need to take a few reality checks.; By Bruce Shapiro May 16, 2000
Letters to the editor: The global impact of the D.C. protests Plus: Are Benetton death penalty ads art? Should organs be for sale?; Apr 20, 2000
I believed in the breast: And then the control freaks at La Leche League buried me in bureaucracy, bare breasts and too much LLLove.; By Sue Robins Mar 31, 2000

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