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A Navajo student had eagle feathers on her graduation cap. Her Utah school told her to take them off — or she couldn’t walk across the stage.
Most of what Tasheena Savala wore to honor her Navajo heritage was covered by the billowy folds of her graduation gown.
The chilling story of three women haunted by the same rapist—and how the law failed them
Darrell Rea is about to be sentenced for the murder he committed 36 years ago. But the rape cases that helped bring him to justice will never be charged.
The Most Post-Christian Cities in America: 2019
Based on data compiled from FaithView, Barna examines the changing religious makeup of American cities using the post-Christian metric.
How Bad Is It to Let Your Cat Outside?
"Just opening the door and letting the cat out—there is no excuse for that."
Japan is trying really hard to persuade women to start having babies again — Quartz
Japan's population is aging at an unprecedented speed, bringing the country to the brink of a demographic crisis that will have long-term implications for its economy and society. At the heart of the problem is that young Japanese are having fewer...
A Solution to the Abortion War: The Celibacy Amendment
It would be honorable for the Republican platform to consider the following plank—a heavy piece of wood indeed. In their frequent suggestions for constitutional amendments, as if they were a corner stoplight, they might propose, on behalf of the...
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Eliz Hardwick: A Solution to the Abortion War: The Celibacy Amendment nybooks.com/daily/2019/06/… via @nybooks How quaint that she assumes married pols don't get single women pregnant!
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16 Women and Donald Trump
16 women have come forward to report being sexually harassed or assaulted by Donald Trump. Seeing their stories together is incredibly powerful, and damning....
Diabetics taking desperate measures as cost of insulin skyrockets
A precipitous rise in the price of insulin is forcing many Americans to ration the drug or go without.
Archive on 4 - Remembering Christopher Hitchens - BBC Sounds
The life and times of Christopher Hitchens told through archive and interview.
This animated video shows 125,000 years of human migration
This animated map shows how early migrants from Africa populated the planet.
The Case for Staying on Earth—With or Without Musk and Bezos
Why should we listen to zillionaires who want to abandon ship?
When You’re Told You’re Too Fat to Get Pregnant
Does it make sense, medically or ethically, when fertility clinics refuse to treat prospective mothers they consider too large?
Abortion and Long-Term Maternal Health
Women who gave birth from unwanted pregnancy reported fair or poor health 5 years later
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Women denied abortion report worse health five years later than women who succeeded in getting abortion.
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Anti-Abortion Hypocrisy Has Never Been Clearer
If every fertilized egg is life, why don’t Republicans legislate IVF?
Texas pastor who backed bill making all abortions illegal accused of molesting teenage relative
Stephen Bratton has been excommunicated from the Grace Family Baptist Church after allegedly admitting the abuse.
Measles alert issued after sick infant transits through Vancouver airport | CBC News
Travellers at Vancouver International Airport have been alerted about potential exposure to measles after an infected infant passed through the airport June 9.
Katha Pollitt: Abortion and Men
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Abortion is a hot topic in public, and an uncomfortable one in private. While politicians pontificate and citizens express entrenched opinions in polls and the voting booth, honest abortion conversations between family, friends, colleagues, and...
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This strip is from 13 years ago. The stat was based on an old survey which has subsequently had doubt cast upon it.