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All The News That’s Fit To Print? All The News That’s Fit To Print?

 Non-news led the news at the Times when Petraeus met the Armed Services Committee.

Mar 19, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Immigrants to Obama: It’s Time Immigrants to Obama: It’s Time

Around the country, the temperature in immigrant communities is rising--and on Sunday,  Washington, DC, felt the heat.

Mar 18, 2010 / Gabriel Thompson

National Catholic Reporter Joins Nuns in Backing Health Reform National Catholic Reporter Joins Nuns in Backing Health Reform

"Congress, and its Catholics, should say yes to health care reform," argues key Catholic paper, as representatives of 59,000 nuns back reform.

Mar 18, 2010 / John Nichols

Slacker Thursday Slacker Thursday

Healthcare reform, political novels, and the mail.

Mar 18, 2010 / Eric Alterman

Who Speaks for Human Rights? Who Speaks for Human Rights?

A clash between a feminist activist and a former Guantánamo detainee divides the left.

Mar 18, 2010 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan and Maria Margaronis

A Right to Life for the Living A Right to Life for the Living

African-American children face threats to their survival, and African-American women are confronted with challenges to their capacity to parent healthy children. But shaming misinf...

Mar 18, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Payback for Prochoicers Payback for Prochoicers

It's our turn now--and here's our list.

Mar 18, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Hey, Sailor… Hey, Sailor…

The closet persists, for Eric Massa and for countless others.

Mar 18, 2010 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Twisting History in Texas Twisting History in Texas

Texas's new curriculum teaches students about: women who adhere to traditional gender roles, the Confederacy, some parts of the Constitution, capitalism, the military and religion.

Mar 18, 2010 / Eric Foner

Privacy Degree Zero Privacy Degree Zero

For all its defenders, privacy remains hard to understand.

Mar 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Paul Duguid

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