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Where the Reality of Abortion Resides: Intimate Wars
When I first opened a clinic for women's abortion care in Flushing, New York in 1971, women finally had access to safe, legal abortions – even before Roe v. …
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Clearing Up the Confusion Over “Made in China“
Women at work in the Jinchan textile factory in Shaoxing, China, a major center of textile manufacturing. (Photo: Ryan Pyle / The New York Times). On his …
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Four Reasons to Watch the Super Bowl: Joe Hill, Joe Pa, Tebow, Wee Brains
Most Americans won’t need a justification to watch Sunday’s game, but if you’re a TomDispatch.com reader you might think, even in passing, that celebrating the holiest day of violence, …
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Newt Gingrich: The Spawn of Citizens United
Wow, January's gone already — time really flies when you're having Republican presidential primaries! And what better time than Groundhog Day to poke into that warren of feral Republican …
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This Is What I Know
Truthout Columnist William Rivers Pitt. (Photo: Michael Nashawaty) A bottle of whiskey, a shot glass, and an article to write. I'm not going to lie …
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The Biggest Risk to the Economy in 2012, and What’s the Economy for Anyway?
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos a few days ago, said the “critical risks” facing the American economy this year were a worsening …
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How Romney Won, and Lost
Washington - Mitt Romney can argue that winning ugly is still winning, especially in a contest he could not afford to lose. But Romney's decisive victory in Florida came …
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Thomas Friedman Wants to Take Away the Weekend
The labor movement brought you the weekend. Thomas Friedman wants to take it away. Even as he serves as a leading champion of corporate globalization, the New …
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Josh Fox Responds to His Arrest on Capitol Hill: “The Truth That Fracking Contaminates Groundwater Is Out“
Washington, DC - I was arrested today for exercising my First Amendment rights to freedom of the press on Capitol Hill. I was not expecting to be arrested for …
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Kafka at the Pentagon
When it comes to U.S. policy toward Iran, irony is the name of the game. Where to begin? The increasingly fierce sanctions that the Obama administration is …