Monday, March 10, 2014

RSN: To End the Abuse, She Grabbed a Knife, et al



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Bernie Sanders | Save the Postal Service
Bernie Sanders. (photo: AP)
Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News
Sanders writes: "The U.S. Postal Service is one of our most popular and important government agencies. It provides universal service six days a week to every corner of America, no matter how small or remote."
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What's Inside CIA's 'Black Site' Database?
Eli Lake, The Daily Beast
Lake writes: "The rest of the world called it torture."
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For Crimea, Breaking Away Is Hard to Do
Michael Pizzi, Al Jazeera America
Pizzi writes: "Flouting the Ukrainian constitution, the autonomous republic of Crimea has its sights set on becoming the first breakaway region to be willingly annexed by another country since the dawn of international law."
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Ronald Reagan Meets Black Power: Stokely Carmichael
Peniel E. Joseph, Salon
Joseph writes: "Stokely’s antiwar speeches and draft status combined to make him a powerful symbol of defiance, for both radicals and conservatives, of the increasingly controversial Vietnam War."
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You Can't Change Society Without Addressing Racism
Alyssa Figueroa, AlterNet
Figueroa writes: "Growing up on the east side of St. Paul, Minnesota, Renee Zschokke was surrounded by racism, but didn’t even know it."
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Nicholas Kristof has done a masterful job portraying the complexity of abuse and our need to address it:

Nicholas Kristof | To End the Abuse, She Grabbed a Knife
Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
Kristof writes: "What strikes one American woman in four and claims a life in the United States every six hours?"
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No, Free Birth Control Doesn't Encourage Women to Have Risky Sex
Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress
Culp-Ressler writes: "Providing women with access to no-cost contraception doesn’t spur them to make riskier sexual choices, according to a large study published in the Obstetrics & Gynecology journal this week."
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