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Entries by Paul Stoller from 02/2012

The Politics of Cancer

| Posted 02.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Abortion, Cancer, Planned Parenthood, Women's Health, Health, Cancer Screening, Susan G. Komen Foundation, Politics News

Having long been a beacon for women's health and for cancer advocacy, the Komen foundation seems to have shamefully succumbed to the ignorance of zealotry, which has no place in the world of cancer.

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Light Tea In Pennsylvania

| Posted 02.08.2012 | College
Read More: Tea Party Movement, Pennsylvania Budget Cuts, Pennsylvania Budget, Pennsylvania, Budget Cuts, College News, Governor Rick Scott, Governorn Scott Walker, Governor Tom Corbett, Tom Corbett, Educaation, Higher Education, College News

In Governor Corbett's 2011-12 budget and his budget freeze, Pennsylvania's state-owned universities lost more than $112 million in Harrisburg funding. Put together, his proposed budget would mean that the state university system will have lost $175 million in funds 2010.

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Arizona Airheads

| Posted 02.15.2012 | Politics
Read More: Literature, Education News, Culture Wars, Arizona Profanity Bill, Rick Santorum, Science, Contracenption Debate, Tom Corbett, Public Education, Free Speech, Sb 1467, Arizona, Politics News

Now that the campaign surge of Pennsylvania's "favorite son," Rick Santorum, keeper of public "morality," has turned media attention to the culture wars, it behooves us to consider what kind of social devastation small-minded culture warriors can precipitate in America.

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The Face of Poverty in America

| Posted 02.21.2012 | Impact
Read More: Latinos, Unemployment, Poverty, Atlanta, Food Stamps, Homelessness, Police, US Poverty, Multilngualism, Asheville-North Carolina, Greyhound Bus Service, African Americans, Multiculturalism, Impact News

When you take a Greyhound Bus it is difficult to close your eyes to the face of poverty in America.

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