If you're thinking of getting pregnant in Utah, I'd suggest moving immediately, since a miscarriage could land you in jail for 15 years to life. A storm of controversy against the original version of the law criminalizing miscarriages led lawmakers to...
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As part of an ongoing week of action around International Women's Day, Vital Voices and the Avon Foundation hosted an evening to recognize some of the men who have spoken up -- and more -- to put a stop to violence against women. Among those honored...
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They put their lives on the line in the service of the United States of America, and ended up being booted out of the country they fought for. They should be honored, not deported. Immigrant military veterans of wars from Vietnam to Iraq have returned...
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On the recurrent theme of "what the hell is wrong with college campuses," how can University of Massachusetts at Amherst think think that it's acceptable to let a confessed rapist keep attending classes and living on campus? Honestly, it's bad enough...
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Isn't it ironic, don't you think? Washington, D.C. is set to become the first city in the United States to distribute free female condoms to combat it's rampant HIV/AIDS epidemic; while many cities, including D.C., already have programs to give away...
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Mark Krikorian, an analyst for the rabidly anti-immigrant Center for Immigration Studies, is the last person I would expect to admit to the economic benefits of legalization. After all, he yells, no, No, NO! to any mention of any way to legalize undocumented...
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Dick Armey, the head of FreedomWorks and a key leader in the Tea Party movement, doesn't want to set out the good china for nativist forces. And he's particularly turned off by Tom Tancredo, who hankers for a "civics literacy test" out of the Jim Crow...
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In 2002, Mukhtar Mai was gang raped in Pakistan on the orders of a village tribunal. This was meant as punishment for her 12-year-old brother's alleged crime of holding hands with a girl of a higher caste, intended to shame and silence their family....
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Can I get some comprehensive sex ed in the house? It's disturbing that a quarter of young people aged 18-29 believe that doubling up on condoms -- which I just learned is called "double-bagging" -- works better, according to a new report by the National...
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Nobody enjoys being sick, but ongoing health problems can have a bigger impact on kids than going quickly through a box of Kleenex. A new study, "Healthier Students Are Better Learners," being released today by The Campaign for Educational Equity at...
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Jeff Schwilk, leader of the nativist extremist group the San Diego Minutemen (SDMM), just can't seem to keep his misogynistic, racist mouth in check. Schwilk was first hit with a defamation suit for circulating photos of Joanne Yoon, a 24-year-old student...
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