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Improving the Economy Will Prevent Abortions Improving the Economy Will Prevent Abortions

Do Republicans really think they will prevent abortions by defunding Planned Parenthood?

Apr 7, 2011 / Video / MSNBC

JoAnne Kloppenburg’s Election Is a Victory for Wisconsin JoAnne Kloppenburg’s Election Is a Victory for Wisconsin

Wisconsin's recent Supreme Court election should be a lesson for states across the country—and for the White House.

Apr 7, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Remembering Why Media Reform Matters Remembering Why Media Reform Matters

Progressives cheered when it was announced Wednesday that Glenn Beck would be “transitioning” off his Fox News show. Beck’s not gone for good, of course, bu...

Apr 7, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Will the Justice Department Stand Up for Women Raped in Prison? Will the Justice Department Stand Up for Women Raped in Prison?

A new law to address systemic sexual violence behind bars still fails to protect the health and rights of women who are assaulted.

Apr 7, 2011 / Rachel Roth

Axis of Fundamentalism: Gainesville to Mazar-i-Sharif

Axis of Fundamentalism: Gainesville to Mazar-i-Sharif Axis of Fundamentalism: Gainesville to Mazar-i-Sharif

With all due respect to the First Amendment, we need to be careful about incendiary public speech.

Apr 7, 2011 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Fox: The Liars’ Network

Fox: The Liars’ Network Fox: The Liars’ Network

The problem with Fox is not that it's conservative—it’s that it’s full of falsehoods.

Apr 7, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman

Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare

Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare Paul Ryan’s Plan to Destroy Medicare

The threatened government shutdown was averted, but Democrats agreed to $38 billion in budget cuts. Here's what we'll see in the next negotiations.

Apr 7, 2011 / Editorial / The Editors

Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s a Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis

The argument that tax cuts to wealthy will create jobs doesn't make sense.

Apr 7, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Tar Sands Make Their Mark Tar Sands Make Their Mark

Energy is ugly. Some forms more so than others, as nuclear near-meltdowns in Japan, the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and deaths in a West Virginia coal mine explosion have dr...

Apr 7, 2011 / Ellen Cantarow

New York City Teach-In Resonates with OU Audience New York City Teach-In Resonates with OU Audience

 

Apr 6, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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