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Katha Pollitt: Sex, the Pope, and Sarah Palin
December 2, 2010Sarah Palin is busily trying to sell "conservative feminism" to the masses, but her idea of feminism certainly doesn't include reproductive choice or sexual freedom. Meanwhile, even the Pope has decided that it's better for sex workers to use condoms than to risk getting HIV or other sexually transmitted infections. So why does the new Congress include more new members opposed to women's right to control their bodies?Danny Schechter, Katha Pollitt, and WikiLeaks
December 1, 2010"I don't think democracy has anything to do with it," says Danny Schechter of continued U.S. obsession with Iran. Instead, he notes, we have a long history of interfering in democratic processes in that country. Meanwhile, Iran is a country preparing for military strikes and dealing in its own way with the revelations of the latest WikiLeaks information dump.Farai Chideya, Dr. Joycelyn Elders, Jane Hamsher & Nathan Newman
October 20, 2010It's nearly the homestretch for the 2010 midterm elections, and unsurprisingly, race remains a hot topic. From a new ad in Nevada urging Latinos not to vote to Sharron Angle's latest comments about Latino youth looking Asian, and ongoing concern that black voters will not turn out in numbers like they did in 2008, it's clear that no matter how much candidates deny it, race is this season's hot button.Dr. Joycelyn Elders: Marijuana, Masturbation and Medicine
October 20, 2010Dr. Joycelyn Elders is no stranger to making controversial statements in public, so her support of California's Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization ballot initiative, shouldn't be surprising. After all, years ago she was ousted as Bill Clinton's Surgeon General after noting that a discussion of masturbation should be part of educating young people on avoiding HIV infection.Lynn Harris & Dr. Elizabeth Miller: Reproductive Coercion
July 27, 2010Bristol Palin's infamous pregnancy has gone from being an example of conservative values hypocrisy to a reality TV show. Though we hear about many women who aren't educated on contraception or mysteriously "forget" to take their birthcontrol, we rarely hear the otherside: men who hoard birthcontrol to deliberately impregnate their sexual partners.Katrina vanden Heuvel, Reproductive Coercion, and Afghanistan
July 26, 2010New documents released by the site WikiLeaks provide an increasingly clear--and chilling--picture of the war in Afghanistan. Katrina vanden Heuvel notes that the documents, released simultaneously by The Guardian, the New York Times, and Germany's Der Spiegel, as well as in full by WikiLeaks, are an example of "asymmetrical media," allowing the public to access the raw documents as well as the parts filtered by the traditional press.The Census, Marie St. Cyr on Haiti, and Kate Clinton
March 30, 2010Rep. Michelle Bachmann has publicly stated that she will not fill out her census form completely, expressing concerns about the census being part of a larger effort at voter fraud led by, you guessed it, ACORN. Of course, there are other communities who have long had reasons to distrust government officials asking for their information.The F Word: RNC Stripper Stimulus
March 30, 2010So maybe they're not so against stimulus after all. In fact, the Republican National Committee has been giving a little stimulus of their own to an overlooked demographic group: strippers.Scandal in Albany Again: David Paterson's Troubles
March 11, 2010It wasn't that long ago that New York had a governor embroiled in scandal. Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace in 2008 and was replaced by David Paterson, who became New York's first African-American governor--and the second legally blind governor of any state.Militarizing Haiti, Simon Kashama, and David Paterson's Troubles
March 10, 2010Arun Gupta joins guest host Esther Armah in the studio, along with Reverend Osagyefo Sekou, who just returned from Haiti, to talk about the rebuilding effort underway and how people in the U.S. can help make sure Haiti is rebuilt for the Haitian people.
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