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Sorry GOP, My Cancer Screenings Are More Important Than Your Religious Beliefs

An anti-choice Texas Representative bent on defunding Planned Parenthood scoffed when I told him that I have high risk HPV and rely on Planned Parenthood for cancer screenings.

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Media Warn AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Could Hurt Ethnic Communities

Low-income populations could be confronted by reduced service access and higher costs.

Jehangir Khattak / New America Media

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10 Industries That Pay Women the Least

Major companies like AIG, Citigroup, First American Corp and GAMC all have zero female officers, underscoring their reps as male-dominated businesses.

By Charles B. Stockdale, Douglas A. McIntyre / 24/7 Wall St.

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House Passes Paul Ryan’s Disastrous Medicare Plan

http://act.alternet.org/go/6476?akid=6845.231355.lQF251&t=33

By Joshua Holland | AlterNet

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Prosser, David Walker’s Enabler on Wisconsin Supreme Court, Wins Close Race

http://act.alternet.org/go/6477?akid=6845.231355.lQF251&t=34

By Staff | AlterNet

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Progressive Media Suffer Losses In the Fight Against the Right-Wing Media Machine

Major progressive media stars have recently lost their platforms, while the Huffington Post eschews progressivism — both worrying developments in the media war with the right.

Don Hazen / AlterNet

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How an Advertiser Boycott Campaign Helped Push Glenn Beck Off the Air

How much sooner would Fox have been forced to drop Beck if the media had done its job and forced News Corp to explain why it was propping up someone who’s bad for business?

James Rucker / Color of Change

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Oliver Stone: Don’t Betray Us, Barack — End the Empire

By Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick, The New Statesman

Let’s face facts: The US can no longer dictate to the rest of the world. READ MORE »

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“They Are Afraid Their House Could Blow Up”: Meet the Families Whose Lives Have Been Ruined by Gas Drilling [Photos By Award-Winning Photographer Nina Berman]By Nina Berman, AlterNet”We’re not asking for a lot and now they’re taking it all away. In a million years, I never would have thought that people could do this and get away with it.” READ MORE »