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Study: Segregation and Poverty Put Black Women at Higher Risk for Breast Cancer
In Chicago, nearly 80 African-American women die of breast cancer every year because of racial differences in access to healthcare, a new study suggests, the worst number of any …
For Barney Frank’s Legacy: Pass the Mulvaney Amendment to Freeze Military Spending
In the cause of working to rein in America's excessive, unnecessary, out-of-control military spending, Frank has stood out from his colleagues, both in terms of advancing the issue in …
A Coup Over Land: The Resource War Behind Paraguay’s Crisis
Each bullet hole on the downtown Asunciu00f3n, Paraguay light posts tells a story. Some of them are from civil wars decades ago, some from successful and unsuccessful coups, others …
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FDA Makes It Official: BPA Can’t Be Used in Baby Bottles and Cups
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that baby bottles and childrenu2019s drinking cups could no longer contain bisphenol A, or BPA, an estrogen-mimicking industrial chemical used in some …
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Obama Says Romney Is Hiding Something in Tax Returns
Obama's new 30-second ad questioned whether Romney paid his fair share of taxes.
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A “Victory” in My FOIA Lawsuit Against the FBI
Founder of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Information Policy calls FBI actions
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How Big Business Has Triumphed in State Legislatures on Civil Liberties, Higher Education and Energy
How three ALEC-like groups normalized extreme state-level policies on energy, civil liberties and higher education.
The Unhappy Truth About Positive Psychology
While trying to survive (as opposed to thrive) is the new normal, increasing numbers of people still debate the nature of happiness.
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In New York Bookstore Contract Fight, Occupy Helped Workers Draw Energy, Media Spotlight
When the union contract at Strand Bookstore expired last summer, the workers did not anticipate spending ten months engaged in a dispute that would fundamentally strengthen their voice on …
Rodney King Is Dead, but Little Else Has Changed Since the Riots That Bore His Name
Rodney King's recent death and the twentieth anniversary of the Los Angeles uprising generated a lot of heat, but little light on what caused those historic events.