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Komen’s Statement on Planned Parenthood: Reversal or PR Stunt?
After enduring a firestorm of criticism for its decision to de-fund Planned Parenthood's cancer screening program, the Komen Foundation seemingly reversed itself on Friday, announcing that they would continue …
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Komen Apologizes, Says Will Allow Planned Parenthood to Apply for Future Grants
This morning, Komen for the Cure released the following statement from Nancy Brinker and the Susan G. Komen Board of Directors: We want to apologize …
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Once a Food Chain, Now a Corporate Supply Chain
While Indian retailers are losing sleep over the possible entrance of multinationals like Walmart into the dense South Asian consumer market, very little thought has been given to the …
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Is Eric Cantor Trying to Kill the Proposed Ban on Congressional Insider Trading?
During his State of the Union address, President Obama said “send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress; I will sign it tomorrow. Let’s limit …
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Voting Rights Battles Revived in States
In 2011, Republican-led state legislatures across the South and country pushed dozens of new voting restrictions, including measures requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. …
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ALEC Education “Academy” Launches on Island Resort
The Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island. (Photo: Britt Reints / Flickr) Today, hundreds of state legislators from across the nation will head out to an “island” resort …
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Widespread Furor Continues Against Komen Foundation
The nation’s leading breast cancer advocacy organization confronted the growing furor Thursday over its decision to largely end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood, with rising dissension in its …
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“Gasland” Director Josh Fox Arrested at Congressional Hearing on Natural Gas Fracking
The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox was handcuffed and arrested Wednesday as he attempted to film a congressional hearing on the controversial natural gas drilling technique known as fracking, …
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Billionaire Buddies: Adelsons Join Forces With Koch Brothers to Take Down Obama
In recent years, billionaire oil magnates David and Charles Koch have bankrolled the Tea Party movement, Republican candidates, and efforts to deny the existence global warming. But less noticed …
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Just the Facts: Churches and the Contraceptive Coverage Mandate
Multiple methods of contraception inside a supply closet at a Planned Parenthood clinic of Southern New England in New Haven, Connecticut, February 7, 2011. (Photo: Christopher Capozziello / The …