As I have noted, the reactionary response to the horrors of the Gosnell clinic was to propose laws...that would make Gosnells more likely and safe first trimester abortions much harder to obtain. As Irin Carmon reports, California is responding to the lessons of Gosnell in...
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Shorter Erik Erikson: "Although most every legitimate poll on the planet shows us getting hammered over this shutdown thing, and everybody hates us, if we squint hard enough and focus.
The 1892 Republican platform declared the principle "that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot in all public elections, and that.
Being an unpaid intern is great! On the one hand, you're not compensated for your work, often in blatant defiance of federal labor law. On the other hand, unless you're in Oregon you're not protected by laws against sexual harassment.
On October 10, 1917, the red light district of New Orleans, known as Storyville, closed due to the efforts of reformers seeking to eliminate vice from the city. During the.
Alice Munro wins the Nobel Prize for Literature. This is a choice with which no one with decent taste in books could disagree. She's deserved it for years. It's also.
Some quality journamalism: The Associated Press previously cited an indictment stated McAuliffe had lied to a federal investigator regarding the death benefits scheme. The AP has since retracted those reports, saying McAuliffe was not the "T.M." that had lied to investigators. The fact that the...
AN admiral ranked as second-in-command of the United States' nuclear forces has been stood down after he was caught with fake gambling chips at a casino. The US Navy says.
Well, it's nice to see that war criminals and their most servile apologists can still enjoy a good chuckle: Dick Cheney is ready to laugh about waterboarding. Conservatives gathered at.
Stanley Kauffmann, the dean of American film criticism and one of the greatest film critics in history, has passed. He worked for decades at The New Republic, including in the 90s when he was pretty much the only thing worth reading over there. He was...
Whoops. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With the Republican-controlled House of Representatives engaged in a tense, government-shuttering budgetary standoff against a Democratic president and Senate, the Republican Party is now viewed favorably.
You thought the government shutdown wasn't really affecting you? Well, no new beers can come on the market while the government is shut down. Mike Brenner is trying to open.