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Forty Years Later, We’re Still Fighting ‘Eisenstadt v. Baird’

Forty Years Later, We’re Still Fighting ‘Eisenstadt v. Baird’ Forty Years Later, We’re Still Fighting ‘Eisenstadt v. Baird’

Rush Limbaugh's anti-contraception tirade targeted a single woman. Would he have had done the same if Sandra Fluke had been married?

Mar 20, 2012 / Jonathan D. Moreno and Frances Kissling

The Ryan Budget: Who It Helps and Who It Hurts

The Ryan Budget: Who It Helps and Who It Hurts The Ryan Budget: Who It Helps and Who It Hurts

The House GOP budget is extremely generous to the wealthy and corporations—and the middle class is asked to pay the tab. 

Mar 20, 2012 / George Zornick

90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like 90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

The last days of winter and the first days of spring have seen hundreds of record-breaking high temperatures. Worry.

Mar 20, 2012 / Bill McKibben

Romney Joins Gas Price Pander Romney Joins Gas Price Pander

Mitt says his opponents “don't understand the economy.” Neither does he. 

Mar 20, 2012 / Ben Adler

Trayvon Martin’s Killing and Our Deep Distrust of Government Trayvon Martin’s Killing and Our Deep Distrust of Government

Our police force is the only entity that can ensure protection and justice. We must reform it, not opt out of it.

Mar 20, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Throwing Money at the Pentagon Throwing Money at the Pentagon

A lesson in Republican math and military spending.

Mar 20, 2012 / William D. Hartung

The International Criminal Court’s First Verdict Provokes Renewed Scrutiny

The International Criminal Court’s First Verdict Provokes Renewed Scrutiny The International Criminal Court’s First Verdict Provokes Renewed Scrutiny

ICC judges found the Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo guilty of conscripting children. Will this conviction make a difference?

Mar 20, 2012 / Barbara Crossette

‘Dear G-d’: My Fervent Prayer That Tim Tebow Becomes a Miami Dolphin ‘Dear G-d’: My Fervent Prayer That Tim Tebow Becomes a Miami Dolphin

Please, oh please: may the soon-to-be ex–Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow land in Miami. It’s a match made in my own idea of Heaven.

Mar 20, 2012 / Dave Zirin

The Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi We Will Never Know

The Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi We Will Never Know The Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi We Will Never Know

Before one became a hate-monger and the other became his victim, both young men were groping towards adulthood.

Mar 19, 2012 / Richard Kim

How Will Voters Respond to the War on Women? How Will Voters Respond to the War on Women?

Has President Obama stood strong enough on women's issues?

Mar 19, 2012 / Press Room

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