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Defend Planned Parenthood Against Republican Attacks Defend Planned Parenthood Against Republican Attacks

After anti-choice activists released a misleading video, Republicans are intent on defunding Planned Parenthood—once again putting women’s access to much-needed health care at risk...

Aug 20, 2015 / Take Action / NationAction

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Black Women in the Rural South Are Still Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired Black Women in the Rural South Are Still Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

A new report finds that too many suffer from rampant poverty and limited access to healthcare.

Aug 17, 2015 / Dani McClain

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We Need to Fight to Protect Medicare We Need to Fight to Protect Medicare

Some powerful people want to gut the fifty-year-old program.

Aug 10, 2015 / no-paywall / NationAction

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National Nurses United Union Backs Bernie Sanders National Nurses United Union Backs Bernie Sanders

This is the first major endorsement for Senator Sanders, as unions divide their support between the candidates.

Aug 10, 2015 / John Nichols

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The War on Planned Parenthood Is Also an Assault on Poor Women of Color The War on Planned Parenthood Is Also an Assault on Poor Women of Color

The Right’s war on federal funding to health clinics is putting public health at risk.

Aug 3, 2015 / Michelle Chen

July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law

July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law

Was it really a “sweeping new departure in American social legislation”?

Jul 30, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

Planned Parenthood rally

Why Planned Parenthood Shouldn’t Be on the Defensive Why Planned Parenthood Shouldn’t Be on the Defensive

Fetal-tissue donation has helped produce treatments for Parkinson’s, cystic fibrosis, and diseases that affect infants.

Jul 21, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

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Letters From the August 3-10, 2015, Issue Letters From the August 3-10, 2015, Issue

Ready or not, here she comes?; the matter with Kansas; resurrecting Berryman; signifying nothing…

Jul 16, 2015 / Letters / Our Readers

Deborah Nucatola

Planned Parenthood Isn’t Doing Anything Wrong—but That May Not Matter Planned Parenthood Isn’t Doing Anything Wrong—but That May Not Matter

Logic and reason simply can’t compete with #PPSellsBodyParts.

Jul 15, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

Nurses Lifting Patient

If You Could Decrease a Workplace’s Injury Rate by 65 Percent, Would You? If You Could Decrease a Workplace’s Injury Rate by 65 Percent, Would You?

When nurses can’t speak up about unsafe hospital conditions without risking their jobs, both labor and the public lose a powerful potential advocate.

Jul 8, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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