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Pro-choice groups assail White House anti-abortion move
July 19, 2010Women's and reproductive rights groups are condemning the Obama administration's decision to exclude abortion coverage from a new high-risk insurance plan.
Read moreCuba caravans cover 130 cities
July 19, 2010When all the world has free and open relations with revolutionary Cuba, and when we can all go back and forth freely, we'll owe a debt to the Pastors for Peace "caravanistas" who, every year, defy...
Read moreGodBlock inspires controversy — among atheists
July 16, 2010One would expect that religious people would be offended by new "GodBlock" software that removes Biblical references from children's computer screens - but atheists don't like it either.
Read moreProgressive center machine-gunned
July 16, 2010SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Southwest Workers Union's living quarters was sprayed with semi-automatic rifle fire July 11, leaving a 23-year-old intern in critical condition.
Read moreChicago activists renew call for independent, progressive politics
July 15, 2010On Chicago's southwest side, a renewed call for independent and progressive politics takes hold, and a new teachers' union president challenges school closing policy.
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