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Bush-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Washington Law Protecting Access to Birth Control
Thursday, a George W. Bush appointed judge declared unconstitutional a Washington state law that, among other things, requires pharmacies to dispense birth control and emergency contraception. While it’s not …
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Corporate Margins and Profits are Increasing, But Workers’ Wages Aren’t
As we’ve been noting, corporate profits have made it back to their pre-recession heights (even if corporate tax revenue hasn’t followed suit). In fact, in 2011, corporate profits hit …
Capitalism Makes Us Crazy: Dr. Gabor Maté on Illness and Addiction
Humans have always used drugs, but current level of drug abuse could indicate a bigger problem that we’re driving people into addiction. What’s the connection between the increase in …
Police Chief Timoney, Meet Bahraini Mothers
Family members of Ahmed Farhan, who was killed on Tuesday by security forces, mourn over his body in village of Sitra, Bahrain, March 18, 2011. (Photo: Andrea Bruce …
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BP Exits California
As political maneuvering continues over the fate of the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline, one of the world's largest energy companies — BP — is already signaling the direction …
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Loose Border Between ‘Super PACs’ and Campaigns
Employees listen as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at a campaign event at Meridian Bioscience in Cincinnati, Feb. 20, 2012. Weeks …
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How the New Mexico Anti–Nuclear Campaign Achieved a Major Victory
A sign in the grounds of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, on Sept. 12, 2009. (Photo: Mark Holm / The New York Times) …
Forgetting the Past, One Military Movie at a Time
Movie poster for “Act of Valor”. (Image: Relativity Media) Since 1986's “Top Gun” rekindled the Pentagon-Hollywood relationship from its post-Vietnam doldrums, the collusion between the military and …
A History of Violence: the BP Oil Spill Trial
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier decided that in the civil trial against BP for their oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil company’s history of accidents and …
The Gang That Couldn’t Bomb Straight
From left: Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich before taking part in a Republican presidential …