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Karen Houppert

Karen Houppert is a Baltimore-based freelance journalist. Her book on indigent defense will be published by the New Press in March 2013 to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright.

Articles

News and Features

The New Face of Protest? (Iraqi Reconstruction and Occupation)

Antiwar activists cultivate military allies.

Karen Houppert
Peace Activists in the War Room

A report from the antiwar movement's St. Louis summit.

Karen Houppert
Against the War but Married to It (US Military, US Wars and Military Action)

Opposition to the war among military families is bubbling beneath the surface.

Karen Houppert
Wanted: A Few Good Girls (Gender Issues, Conservatives and the American Right, Politics, Society)

Right-wing foundation seeks eligible young women for meaningful,
long-term relationship.

Karen Houppert
For Her Own Good (Education, Gender Issues, Government, Politics, Society)

With the "family cap," the state says to welfare moms: no more babies!

Karen Houppert
You're Not Entitled! (Government, Politics, Society)

According to the 1996 welfare law, Gail Aska was a model recipient.

Karen Houppert

Blogs

Maryland Judge: Some Domestic Violence Victims Like Being Hit
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Nobel Prize Winner "Abandons" Family
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Soldiers Who Steal
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Dispatch from War-Torn Baltimore
I live in Baltimore, Maryland. At the moment, that is slightly more dangerous than being an American soldier in Afghanistan. In Afganhistan...
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Breastfeeding and Blow Jobs
Yesterday was one of those days when, having read the paper you are quite certain it is full of misprints and mistakes--either that or you'...
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Motives Behind Virginia Tech Massacre Found! Lit Profs to Blame
Virginia Tech's commencement exercises took place this week. Columnists across the country weighed in to consider the impact of last month'...
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Hillary, What Have You Done for Me Lately?
My 10-year-old son is triumphant because he thinks he has me in a bind. He knows, from frequent dinnertime conversations, that I'm keen on...
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