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Weekly Pulse: The New Hunger Epidemic, Making CPCs Come Clean, and Smoking Hipsters
Sadly enough, hunger and food insecurity are rampant in America today.
Posted Wednesday, November 17, 2010 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein
On Veterans Day, Remember the Women
Though women make up just 11 percent of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder at much higher rates than their male peers.
Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2010 in Opinions by Catherine Traywick
Weekly Pulse: The Coming War on Health Reform and CPCs How Incubate Anti-Choice Violence
Several incoming congressmen are promising to use their newfound power to work on repealing or otherwise damaging the health care reform bill that passed earlier this year.
Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2010 by Lindsay Beyerstein
Weekly Pulse: What Do GOP Gains Mean for Health Care? Abortion Rights?
Running on a radical, anti-choice agenda produces mixed results for candidates.
Posted Wednesday, November 3, 2010 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein
The Silver Lining for Pro-Choice Advocates: Colorado Defeats Anti-Choice Measure
A little-discussed ballot imitative that would have indicated “the beginning of biological development” was defeated in Colorado by a three-to-one margin.
Posted Wednesday, November 3, 2010 by Kay Steiger
Weekly Pulse: Fear-mongering and Fetal Separatism in Today's Anti-Choice Movement
The anti-choice movement has been fear-mongering for decades, harassing abortion providers and women who seek abortion care.
Posted Wednesday, October 27, 2010 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein
Documentary Blames Anti-Abortion Sentiment for Tiller’s Murder
The documentary on msnbc last night called “The Assassination of Dr. Tiller” said that anti-choice sentiment is at least partially to blame for harassment and violence against abortion providers.
Posted Tuesday, October 26, 2010 by Kay Steiger
Tyra Shouldn’t Have Had 15-Year-Old ‘Sex Addict’ Treated by Dr. Drew
Posted Thursday, October 21, 2010 by Andrew Bluebond
Weekly Pulse: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Condoms, and Concussions
Proposed legislation in New York would prevent Crisis Pregnancy Centers, which often try to dissuade women from having abortions through misinformation, from billing themselves as health care centers.
Posted Wednesday, October 20, 2010 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein
Washington Group Highlights Street Harassment Problem on University of Maryland Campus
Read more at The Diamondback
Sexual Assault and Abuse Rampant in America’s Immigration Detention Centers
The Obama administration outlined a philosophy of truly “civil detention reform,” but reports of sexual abuse and other rights violations are an ugly reminder that immigration detention is anything but civil.
Posted Monday, October 18, 2010 in Reporting by Catherine Traywick
Yale Fraternity Pledges Chant About Rape
Read more at Salon
Five Minutes With HIV/AIDS Activist Paula Akugizibwe
Posted Thursday, October 14, 2010 in Five Minutes With by Kayvan Farchadi
Weekly Pulse: Palin Revives Death Panels; Boobs Against Breast Cancer
Just when you thought they had gone away, Sarah Palin is bringing the death panel lie back to fight some of the best components of health care reform.
Posted Wednesday, October 13, 2010 in Reprints by Lindsay Beyerstein
Sarah Palin Will Save Your Fetus, If You Pay Her
Read more at Wonkette
What’s Wrong with Dating ‘White’
Read more at Ms. Magazine
What Letting MSU’s Basketball Players Off the Hook for Sexual Assault Tells Us About Campus Rape
Despite compelling evidence, a state prosecutor is denying rape charges against two Michigan State University basketball players. Unfortunately, given campus track records with sexual assault, no one should be surprised by this.
Posted Monday, October 4, 2010 by Catherine Traywick
Helping Women and Girls in Developing Nations: UN Cookstove Resolution Could Have a Huge Impact
Traditional cookstoves often used in developing countries produce dangerous fumes responsible for over 2 million deaths annually.
Posted Friday, October 1, 2010 in Reporting by Sara Rubin
Branding Women’s Backsides Less Innovative than KFC Thought
Fast food giant KFC claimed it had “established yet another advertising first” when it announced its new advertising scheme for the Double Down. By the end of the Tuesday, though, the company was singing a different tune.
Posted Thursday, September 23, 2010 by Andrew Bluebond
