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Rock Center uncovers sexual abuse of foreign exchange students

By Chloe | Published: March 15, 2012
*Trigger warning* Last night on Rock Center with Brian Williams, reporter Kate Snow covered the disturbing problem of foreign exchange host parents who sexually abuse the teenagers who come to stay with them. The story was broken by Anna Schecter, the same woman who recently uncovered sexual assault and abuse cover-ups in the Peace Corps. [...]
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Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart dead at 43

By zerlina | Published: March 1, 2012
Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart died suddenly this morning at the age of 43. Mr. Breitbart’s political views and tactics are not in line with most progressive values, but the death of anyone at such a young age is very sad. Breitbart was married with 4 children. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. [...]
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Arizona GOP debate audience boos birth control

By zerlina | Published: February 23, 2012
The Republican debate booers are back! Earlier in this primary cycle, Republican debate audiences booed a gay soldier, former presidential hopeful Governor Rick Perry bragging about a high number of executions under his leadership in Texas, and cheered the idea of letting an uninsured man who couldn’t afford necessary medical treatment die. Last night, the [...]
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David Brooks’s New York Times sportswriter #Fail

By zerlina | Published: February 17, 2012
I woke up this morning and pulled up the New York Times to see that conservative columnist David Brooks had attempted to join #Linsanity and write about New York Knicks breakout NBA star Jeremy Lin. In “The Jeremy Lin Problem” Brooks opens with the following: “Jeremy Lin is anomalous in all sorts of ways. He’s [...]
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Undaunted, Republicans keep introducing anti-choice legislation

By Eesha Pandit | Published: February 15, 2012
On Monday, Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) on introduced legislation that would prohibit abortion after 20 weeks of gestation in Washington, D.C., as reported in the Salt Lake Tribune. Taking the law directly from the playbook of the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), Senator Lee based his proposed bill on model legislation directly from the anti-choice [...]
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