A few days ago, I wrote that we should not consider as heroes those companies that have dropped their advertising from the Rush Limbaugh shows. If they were really socially responsible, they would never have advertised with him at all. The number of companies dropping the advertising continues to grow. The Center for American Progress [...]
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According to reports, there are now more than 30 advertisers who have left the Rush Limbaugh show. That list includes Netflix, Sears, Capital One, and J.C. Penney. In addition, two radio stations have dropped his program. All of that is great, but I imagine that everything will eventually get back to normal for Limbaugh and [...]
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You’ve probably seen the news today that the Obama administration has (again) caved-in to the right (including, of course, the churches) by overruling its own Food and Drug Administration’s decision that emergency contraceptives be available over-the-counter to anyone, including teenagers 16 years old and younger. Thus, age restrictions will still be in place. Here is [...]
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Right wingers such as Republican Congress members , “patriots,” and tea partiers have learned that it helps them with their “base” to use the words like “killing” and “killers” and “death.” For instance, they used “baby killer” to refer to abortion providers and, in particular, Bill O’Reilly and many others used “Tiller the Baby Killer” [...]
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To coincide with the Thanksgiving holiday, the Southern Poverty Law Center has just released a paper titled Injustice on Our Plates: Immigrant Women in the U.S. Food Industry. The paper concerns the exploitation of mostly undocumented immigrant women who work in the U.S. food industry and is based upon interviews with 150 women. The women [...]
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Twenty-seven states have laws that require some level of prescription contraceptive coverage. Access to additional free or subsidized contraceptives may (or may not) occur in the fall, when the health care reform changes will require new health plans to begin providing a range of preventive health services at no cost to members. What that means [...]
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A steroid known as dexamethasone has been making headlines in its connection with prenatal usage and health risks. Yet one team of doctors remains committed to the drug, and is currently conducting studies to prove the effects of its use on reduction of homosexuality and ‘masculine life choices’ in girls. Yes, you read that right. [...]
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I was astounded by this statistic. The Immigrant Rights section of change.org writes that “[a]n estimated 6 out of 10 migrant women are raped” while attempting to journey illegally from Central America to the United States in order to try to lift their families out of poverty. Amnesty International details the violence, rape and kidnappings [...]
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