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Did Wisconsin Cut Women’s Cancer Screening To Avoid Medicaid Expansion?
As of July 1, Wisconsin's well woman program will be restructured, resulting in no more than 10 coordinating agencies and only a handful of providers to cover the entire …
Debating Secrecy Vs. a Free Press
The US government's campaign against “leakers” has pushed together some odd media bedfellows, with representatives of the mainstream news media joining with more active players who help disseminate government …
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Poetic Justice Strikes the CEO of ExxonMobil
Some of the biggest supporters of fracking don't want it in their backyards.
Women Republicans Try To Explain Why Women Don’t Need Equal Pay
Using women as campaign surrogates was expected to help Abbott better relate to women voters' needs. Unfortunately, Abbott's campaign spokeswomen aren't any better at addressing the GOPs failure when …
An End to “The Hole”? Six Signs That Solitary Confinement Reform Is Coming
Solitary confinement, which involves keeping an inmate alone in a small cell from 22 to 24 hours a day, doesn't just happen in faraway places like Iran. Roughly 80,000 …
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Oakland Agrees to $4.5 million Settlement for Wounded Occupy Protester
The Marine Corps veteran who suffered brain damage after being shot in the head with a lead-filled beanbag by an Oakland Police Department officer during the 2011 Occupy protests …
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Boston Endangered: Time To Close the Pilgrim Reactor
The 42-year-old Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts, only 35 miles from Boston, poses unacceptable threats to human and environmental safety.
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This Statistic Should Shut Down Any Talk of Cutting Social Security
According to a pool, 36 percent of workers have less than $1,000 saved for their retirement.
FEC Lets Chevron Off the Hook for S2.5 Million Super PAC Contribution
The Federal Election Commission FEC was wrong to use the legal distinction between Chevron USA Inc. and Chevron Corporation to dismiss a complaint that Chevron violated the federal pay-to-play …
Michelle Bachelet Returns To Her Old Job, Being President Of Chile
Michelle Bachelet's first term as president of Chile ran from 2006 to 2010. After her term as president ended, she was chosen to head “UN Women,” a newly created …