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Weekly Pulse: DCCC Ad Shows Grandpa Stripping for Extra Cash to Pay for Medicare

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.20.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z7FiBsR8OQ[/youtube] How will the next generation of seniors ...

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Weekly Pulse: Paul Ryan's Medicare Swindle

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.13.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Robert Parry in In These Times examines how Paul Ryan's budget test would turn healthcare for the elde...

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Weekly Pulse: Vermont Poised to Pass Single-Payer

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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Weekly Pulse: Vermont Poised to Pass Single-PayerBy Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Vermont is poised to abolish most forms of private he...

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Weekly Pulse: Japan's Nuclear Crisis Deepens

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger A second reactor unit at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan may have ruptured, authorities...

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Weekly Pulse: The Republicans' War On Women

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Bobbie Franklin, RH Reality Check, Gold Coins, Shutdown, South Dakota, Republican, Life, Government, Mother Jones, Scott Walker, Andy Kroll, Contraception, Tea Party, Title X, Daniel Tencer, Abortion, Women, Miscarriage, House, Medicaid, Care2, Robin Marty, Choice, Julianne Hing, Tapped, Birth Control, Nick Baumann, Wisconsin, Georgia, Lindsay Beyerstein, Raw Story, Home News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The entire federal government might shut down over birth control. Yes, birth control. This special e...

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Weekly Pulse: South Dakota's Legislative Attack on Abortion Providers

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Provider, Abortion, RH Reality Check, Brie Cadman, Kill, Jodi Jacobson, Feministing, South Dakota, Miriam Perez, Diet, Choice, H.R. 358, Nutritiion, Fruit, Insurance, Mother Jones, Health, Phil Jensen, Health Insurance, Food, Kate Sheppard, Fruitwashing, Grist, Bill, Home News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The South Dakota House of Representatives will soon vote on a bill that would expand the definition ...

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Weekly Pulse: New Anti-Choice Bill Suggests More #DearJohn Letters Needed

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Health advocate Eesha Pandit and blogger Sady Doyle join GRITtv host Laura Flanders for a discussion...

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Weekly Pulse: #DearJohn, Does Banning Abortion Trump Job Growth?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Law, Delivery, RH Reality Check, Reform, Alternet, Insurance, Affordable Care Act, Cancer, In These Times, Roger Vinson, Medicine, Health Care, Abortion, Human Rights, Women, Florida, Twitter, Rape, Interstate Commerce, #DearJohn, Medicaid, Maternal Health, Terry J. Allen, Amanda Marcotte, Mandate, Tapped, Labor, Profit, Prostate, Health, Urology, Medicare, Sudan, Obstetric Fistula, Scott Lemieux, Kenya, Home News
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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger With millions of Americans out of work, House Republicans are focusing in on real priorities: decimat...

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Weekly Pulse: Don't Snort Bath Salts, Kids

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Aclu, Tort Reform, RH Reality Check, James O'keefe, Hot Coffee, Jill Stanek, Movie, Mary Landrieu, Lawsuit, Drug, Amphetamine, Mcdonalds, Clinic, Sundance, Abortion, Sting, Sex Ed, Sundance Film Festival, Jodi Jacobson, Bath Salt, Care2, Film, Planned Parenthood, Robin Marty, Choice, Plant Food, Radio, Documentary, Sex Traffic, Amy Goodman, Fbi, Home News
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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger According to Robin Marty of Care2.org, today's young whippersnappers are snorting bath salts and pl...

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Weekly Pulse: DADT, Vampire Bees, and Other Hazards to Your Health

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Bachmann, Lgbt, Honey, RH Reality Check, San Diego, Brooklyn, Hyde Amendment, Monica Potts, Kenneth Katz, Crackpot, Military, Dadt, Sti, Bee, Affordable Care Act, Grist, Abortion, Stupak, Beekeeping, New York, Food Stamps, Red Hook, Gay, Planned Parenthood, Choice, Recession, Sarah Goodyear, Tapped, Campus Progress, Hunger, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Health Care Reform, Std, Doctor, Home News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Dr. Kenneth Katz recently published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine titled "Health...

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The Weekly Pulse: Michael Pollan's Rules for Thanksgiving, Plus Whole Foods' Healthcare Lies

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Mackey, Whole Foods, Flight Attendant, RH Reality Check, Rules, Thanksgiving, Weight, Pollution, Pilot, Obesity, Tsa, Birth Control Pill, X-Ray, Estrogen, Michael Pollan, Mother Jones, Scanner, Health Insurance, Food, Ee2, Contraception, Affordable Care Act, Working in These Times, Grist, Union, Home News
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Editor's Note: Happy Thanksgiving from the Media Consortium! This week, we aren't stopping The Audit, The Pulse, The Diaspora, or The Mulch, but we ar...

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Weekly Pulse: The New Hunger Epidemic, Making CPCs Come Clean, and Smoking Hipsters

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger As some Americans obsess over whether to brine or deep-fry their Thanksgiving turkeys, others are goi...

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Weekly Pulse: Palin Revives Death Panels; Boobs Against Breast Cancer; and the Anti-Gay Bullying Crisis

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Corn, Pink, Minnesota Independent, Lgbt, RH Reality Check, Bullying, Suicide, Gay, Palin, Death Panel, Chicken, Breast Cancer, Mother Jones, Health, Kfc, Health Care, Ilikeitonthe, Impact News
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This post features links to the best independent, progressive reporting about health care by members of The Media Consortium.

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Weekly Pulse: Anti-Masturbation Crusader Christine O'Donnell is Master of Her Domain

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Christine O'Donnell is master of her domain. The deeply conservative Tea Party darling won the Repu...

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Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions on the Border, Pawlenty Screws MN on Sex Ed

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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Weekly Pulse: DIY Abortions on the Border, Pawlenty Screws MN on SexEd by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Women on along U.S.-Mexico bord...

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Weekly Pulse: Uncovered Abortions, Toxic Mani-Pedis, and Kagan's a Go

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Health Care Reform Bill, Senate Judiciary Committee, RH Reality Check, High Risk, Washington Monthly, Elena Kagan, Pedicure, Nelson Ammendment, High-Risk Insurance Pools, Colorlines, Nail Polish, Manicure, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Brave New Films, Health Care, Home News
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Weekly Pulse: Uncovered Abortions, Toxic Mani-Pedis, and Kagan's a Goby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Last week, the Obama administrati...

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Weekly Pulse: Uncovered Abortions, Toxic Mani-Pedis, and Kagan's a Go

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Health Care Reform Bill, Senate Judiciary Committee, RH Reality Check, High Risk, Washington Monthly, Elena Kagan, Pedicure, Nelson Ammendment, High-Risk Insurance Pools, Colorlines, Nail Polish, Manicure, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Brave New Films, Health Care, Home News
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Weekly Pulse: Uncovered Abortions, Toxic Mani-Pedis, and Kagan's a Goby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Last week, the Obama administrati...

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Weekly Pulse: The Religious Right vs. Birth Control

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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Weekly Pulse: The Religious Right vs. Birth Controlby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Does health care reform's promise of preventive car...

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Weekly Pulse: FACE the Facts

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger In 1993, anti-choice extremists murdered a doctor, burned 12 buildings, set off a bomb, and blockaded ...

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Weekly Pulse: Kagan Hearings: Gags, God, Guns, and Gays

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Elena Kagan's Supreme Court confirmation hearings kicked off on Monday. Her nomination has been met by...

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Weekly Pulse: The Pill at 50 and Oklahoma's Extreme Ultrasound Law

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Fifty years ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill. Needless to...

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Weekly Pulse: U.S. Social Forum Tackles Health Issues

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Social Forum, Social Justice, Paul Abowd, Jamelle Bouie, Bayer Aspirin, RH Reality Check, Corporate Toxics Information Project, Exxonmobil, The Climate Desk, Ussf, Michael Ash, Birth Control Pill, The Real News Network, Oil Spill, Mother Jones, Gulf, Sustainability, Kathleen Reeves, Paul Jay, Dr. Donald Berwick, Washtenaw Reds, Healthcare Reform, In These Times, The Washington Independent, Detroit, Politics News
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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Tens of thousands of progressive activists are converging on Detroit this week for the U.S. Social For...

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Weekly Pulse: Rand Paul, DIY Ophthalmologist

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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Instead of getting some fancy board-certification as an ophthalmologist, Paul decided to "go Galt" and make up his own credentials.

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Weekly Pulse: Nebraska's Sweeping Abortion Ban on Colision Course with Supreme Court

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Yesterday, Nebraska's Republican governor Dave Heineman signed a sweeping new law that criminalizes al...

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Got Breast Milk? First We Need Equity

Amie Newman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Breastfeeding, Reproductive Rights, RH Reality Check, Health Care Reform, Pregnancy, Parenting, Feminism, Pumping, Childbirth, Baby Health, Babies, Healthy Living News
Amie Newman

A study that finds that breastfeeding saves money and lives is not earth-shattering. Society must expand its notion of what women need to feed their babies from birth and beyond.

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