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The Ladydrawers’ History of Women’s Rights Part V
The Ladydrawers finally found gender equality in patent ownership.
Terrorism in Boston
Powers and Ascao suggest there are a number of lessons we can draw from the responses to the horrible attack on Boston. However, like the violence itself, none of …
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On Mothers, Mothering and Mass Incarceration
In this Mother's Day tribute, law professor and advocate Sheila Bedi learns how ‘having a child is like letting your heart walk around outside your body.’
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Obama in Plunderland: Down the Corporate Rabbit Hole
Norman Solomon: We need to ask ourselves how the forces of corporate capitalism have gained so much power over government, to the extreme detriment of people who aren't rich.
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Celebrating Mother’s Day and World Fair Trade Day on the Same Weekend
Celebrating Mother's Day and World Fair Trade Day on the same weekend has never felt better, nor been more appropriate.
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Pregnancy, Politics and the Policing of Women’s Bodies
The laws and policies that act to limit and legislate women's lives are intrusive, but they are also insulting and dangerous. They punish women and push an agenda that …
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Permission to Speak: Political Prisoners in Burma
As Burma transitions from dictatorship to democracy, hundreds of political prisoners have been freed after decades behind bars.
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Sexual Assaults and Nuclear Missiles: What’s the Matter With the Military?
Robert Reich: Why has it been so difficult for the military to remedy its sexual assault problem?
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Economic Weapons of Mass Destruction: Mortgages in the Era of Mass Terror
Laura Gottesdiener: Almost no one openly discusses the ongoing foreclosure crisis in terms of domestic terrorism, but that's exactly what it is.
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Don’t Shoot – Organize!
There is an alternative to force, blood, and suffering. It's called democracy.