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Budget Cuts and the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Budget Cuts and the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike

 Gov. Jerry Brown's prison budget cuts ensure that what is happening at Pelican Bay won't be an isolated event.

Jul 15, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

No, Erica Jong, Sex Is Not Passé No, Erica Jong, Sex Is Not Passé

A shaky trend story gets it very wrong about young women and sex.

Jul 14, 2011 / Katha Pollitt

What Keeps Single Women From Saving for Retirement? What Keeps Single Women From Saving for Retirement?

Women's social roles—not to mention structural economic constraints—actually make it more expensive to be female in the United States.

Jul 14, 2011 / Press Room

Support the Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers Support the Pelican Bay Hunger Strikers

The prisoners’ list of “demands” should concern anyone who believes in basic human rights for prisoners.

Jul 14, 2011 / Liliana Segura

Dr. Paul Farmer Addresses the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddy, Toxic Haiti Shelters Dr. Paul Farmer Addresses the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddy, Toxic Haiti Shelters

Why is it that shelters known to be toxic are acceptable for Haitians but not Americans?

Jul 14, 2011 / Press Room

How States Could Ban Abortion With ‘Roe’ Still Standing

How States Could Ban Abortion With ‘Roe’ Still Standing How States Could Ban Abortion With ‘Roe’ Still Standing

If the Supreme Court holds outrageously restrictive new abortion laws, abortion will effectively be impossible to obtain in states like Kansas and South Dakota—while technically le...

Jul 14, 2011 / Amanda Marcotte and Jesse Taylor

Celebrating Woody Guthrie’s Birthday With Arlo and the Radical Version of ‘This Land…’ Celebrating Woody Guthrie’s Birthday With Arlo and the Radical Version of ‘This Land…’

In Wisconsin, union activists are joining Arlo Guthrie to sing the full version of "This Land Is Your Land" -- including the class-conscious, economic-justice lines.

Jul 14, 2011 / John Nichols

What Keeps Single Women from Saving for Retirement? What Keeps Single Women from Saving for Retirement?

Women's social roles—not to mention structural economic constraints—actually make it more expensive to be female in the United States. 

Jul 14, 2011 / MSNBC

Dr. Paul Farmer Addresses the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddy, Toxic Haiti Shelters Dr. Paul Farmer Addresses the Clinton Foundation’s Shoddy, Toxic Haiti Shelters

Why is it that shelters known to be toxic are acceptable for Haitians but not Americans?

Jul 14, 2011 / Democracy Now!

Will North America Be the New Middle East?

Will North America Be the New Middle East? Will North America Be the New Middle East?

It's yes or no for a climate-killing oil pipeline slated to run from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico—and Obama gets to make the call.

Jul 14, 2011 / Bill McKibben

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