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By Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress
05 December 13
Michigan lawmakers are currently deciding whether to advance a bill that would require women in the state to purchase a separate insurance policy for abortion coverage, even in cases of rape or incest. … Read more »
By Charles P. Pierce at 9:00am
President Obama speaks on economic inequality yesterday at the Center for American Progress in Washington.
The president gave an important speech yesterday. The topic was income inequality and the dangers that our current rate … Read more »
By LYDIA POLGREEN
JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and an enduring icon of the struggle against racial oppression, died on Thursday, the government announced, leaving the nation without its moral center at a time of growing … Read more »
UK is collaborating in peddling the corporate line that neonicotinoid pesticides are safe to use – they are anything but.
It’s the new DDT: a class of poisons licensed for widespread use before they had been properly tested, which are … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
’Tis the season to be jolly — or, at any rate, to spend a lot of time in shopping malls. It is also, traditionally, a time to reflect on the plight of those less fortunate than oneself … Read more »
By Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress
Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D) has asked Attorney General Eric Holder to review two voting measures making their way through the state legislature that she claims could “suppress the voting rights of African Americans and other … Read more »
By JIM ROBBINS
ON the first of November, when Mexicans celebrate a holiday called the Day of the Dead, some also celebrate the millions of monarch butterflies that, without fail, fly to the mountainous fir forests of central Mexico on … Read more »
Sometimes, as LBJ used to say, it starts to rain and you can’t run from it, you can’t hide from it, and you can’t make it stop. I’m starting to feel that way about the Supreme Court.
The high-stakes fight … Read more »
By Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress
Monday marks the International Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women, the United Nations’ annual effort to raise awareness about the women around the world who fall victim to gender-based violence. It’s the beginning of … Read more »
