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Weekly Audit: The Shocking Truth About Taxes

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.19.2011 | Politics
Read More: Teachers, Tax, YASHA LEVINE, Texas, Progressive, Texas Observer, Campus Progress, Debt, RESOURCE GENERATION, Jamelle Bouie, Dave Gilson, Working in These Times, Layoffs, Tapped, PETE REDINGTON, ABBY RAPOPORT, Student Loan, JULIE MARGETTA MORGAN, KRISTY LEISSLE, The Nation, Farm, Mother Jones, YES! Magazine, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The super rich are different from you and me. For one thing, their tax rates are lower. According to I...

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Weekly Pulse: Paul Ryan's Medicare Swindle

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.13.2011 | Politics
Read More: Gop, Tom Laskawy, Poverty, Hiv, RH Reality Check, Budget, Wic, Mitt Romney, Addiction, Pregnancy, Lynn Paltrow, Opiate, Iowa Independent, Drug, Republican, Tapped, Robert Parry, Aswini Anburajan, Hunger, Lynda Waddington, Insurance, National Advocates for Pregnant Woman, Food, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Paul Ryan, In These Times, Aids, Grist, Adap, Politics News
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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: GOP Would Privatize Medicare, Gut Medicaid

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.06.2011 | Politics
Read More: Suzy Khimm, Lgbt, New York, Jamelle Bouie, Community Health Center, Hog, Medicaid, change.org, Gay, Barie Shortell, Pig, Alternet, Tapped, Antibiotic Resistance, Williamsburg, Insurance, Primary Care, Mother Jones, LGBT Youth, Bias, Dan Peterson, Health, Ralph Loglisci, Medicare, Joseph Huff-Hannon, Antibiotic, Denmark, Grist, Hate Crime, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger On Tuesday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled a draft budget resolution for 2012. Ryan's program would pr...

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Weekly Audit: Republicans' Budget Declares War on Medicare

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.05.2011 | Politics
Read More: Wisconsin, Poor, Steve Benen, Medicare, Jamelle Bouie, Working in These Times, 2012, Medicaid, Disabled, Cloward Piven, Elderly, Mother Jones, Roger Bybee, Collective Bargaining, Deficit, Insurance, Josh Harkinson, Cuts, Debt, Washington Monthly, Paul Ryan, Block Grant, Supreme Court, Tapped, Frances Fox Piven, Family Research Council, Twitter, The Nation, Election, State, James Dobson, Budget, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The Republicans are poised to unveil a model budget on Tuesday that would effectively end Medicare by ...

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Weekly Audit: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing--The Myth of Fiscal Conservatism

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.29.2011 | Politics
Read More: Obama, Gop, College, Pension, Tim Murphy, Tax, Tara Lohan, Steve Benen, Deficit, Union, Cuts, General Electric, Campus Progress, Debt, Washington Monthly, Congress, Fiscal Conservatism, ALIYA KARIM, Tapped, DEFINED CONTRIBUTION, Tax Cut, Higher Education, University, Unemployment, Iowa, Transparency, SARAH BABBAGE, Rich, Mother Jones, Defined Benefit, Alternet, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Fashionable pundits like to say that the Republican Party has shifted its focus from "social conservat...

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Weekly Pulse: Vermont Poised to Pass Single-Payer

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Family Planning, RH Reality Check, Model, Vermont, Kermit, Sarah Seltzer, South Dakota, Governor, Alternet, Anorexia, Body Image, Single Payer, Contraception, Fashion, Saul Elbein, In These Times, Waiting Period, Lon Newman, Lauren Else, Abortion, 72 Hours, Family Planning Health Services, Reality Stamp, Shumlin, Texas, Quack, Tapped, Photoshop, Birth Control, Wisconsin, Health, Health Insurance, Alternative Medicine, Rolondo Arafiles, Anti-Choice, Cam, Scott Lemieux, Politics News
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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 Audit: Hostile Takeover Threat Spurs Concessions from Michigan Unions

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Sexism, EARTHA JANE MELZER, Sally Kohn, Chris Hayes, Pension, Union, Detroit, Laura Flanders, YES! MAGAZINES, Jamelle Bouie, Supreme Court, Paul Abowd, Dean Baker, Shock Doctrine, Grittv, EMERGENCY MANAGER, Tapped, Wal-Mart, Wage, American Prospect, In These Times, Scott Lemieux, Michigan Messenger, Discrimination, Michigan, Class Action, JENNY LEE, Police, Farm, Labor, Fire, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Michigan's new Emergency Manager Law is already forcing major concessions from unions. The law gives t...

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Weekly Pulse: Japan's Nuclear Crisis Deepens

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Democracy Now!, Woo, Nuclear Waste, Kirsten Powers, Fuel Rod, RH Reality Check, The Nation, Quack, Injection, Diet, Radiation, Amanda Marcotte, Daily Beast, Tapped, Hcg, Birth Control, Fukushima Daiichi, Grittv, Kristen Chew, Tsunami, Reactor, RNN, Disaster, Contraception, Lindsay Beyerstein, Japan, Real News Network, Home News
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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 Audit: Massive Protest In Wisconsin Shows Walker's Overreach

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Rights, Collective Bargaining, Tractorcade, Poll, The Nation, Firefighter, Republican, Alternet, Steve Benen, Senator, Broke, Scott Walker, Protest, E.J. Dionne, Bank, M&I, Union, Jamelle Bouie, Budget, Washington Monthly, Wisconsin Democratic Party, Election, Enthusiasm Gap, Tapped, Campus Progress, Wisconsin, Koch, JoAnne Kloppenburg, SIMEON TALLEY, Madison, Roger Bybee, Farmer, Working in These Times, Recall, John Nichols, Inequality, Senate, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger About 100,000 people gathered in Madison, Wisconsin to protest Gov. Scott Walker's new anti-collective...

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Weekly Pulse: The Republicans' War On Women

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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 Diaspora: Justice for Brisenia as Minutemen Leader Convicted of Murders

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: The American Prospect, Robert Krentz, Minutemen, Tom Horne, Feet in Two Worlds, Roger Barnett, Immigration, Arizona, Fair, Alternet, Tapped, Campus Progress, Colorlines, Anti-Latino Hate Crime, Jan Brewer, Shawna Forde, Nativist, New America Media, Raul Flores, Brisenia Flores, Hate Crime, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Politics News
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By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Days after Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne filed suit against the federa...

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

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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 Audit: Crashing the Koch's Billionaire Caucus

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Andrew Breitbart, David Koch, Nancy Goldstein, Van Jones, Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, Jobs, David Dayen, Monica Potts, George Warner, The Nation, Enviornment, Rancho Las Palmas, Iowa Independent, Alternet, Tapped, Recycling, Steve Benen, Palm Spring, Minimum Wage, Campus Progress, Unemployment, Koch, Charles Koch, Jim Hightower, Tyler Kingkade, Common Cause, Plastic, Poor, Billionaire, Bruce Hunter, Economy, Politics News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Oil barons Charles and David Koch held their annual billionaires' summit in Palm Springs on Sunday, Na...

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Weekly Pulse: White House Takes Offensive Against Health Care Repeal

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Mmr, Abortion, Gop, Preexisting Condition, Adam Serwer, Telemedicine, House, Robert Kennedy Jr., Retract, Repeal, End-of-Life, Rfk, Ann Neumann, Care2, Salon, Iowa Independent, Republican, Alternet, Tapped, White House, Vote, Insurance, Health, Iowa, Affordable Care Act, Vaccine, Autism, Aca, Medicare, Health Care, Risk, Home News
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger This week, House Republicans will hold a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The bill is expecte...

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

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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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Weekly Audit: Curbing the Deficit, Cat Food, and You

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Epi, Calpers, Pension, American Prospect, Commision, Green Jobs, Gawker, Trumka, Colorado Independent, Afl-Cio, Jobs, Cat Food Commission, Bush, California, Tapped, Deficit, Campus Progress, Unemployment, Insurance, Mother Jones, Tax Cuts, Catfoodcommission, Politics News
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Weekly Audit: Curbing the Deficit, Cat Food, and Youby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The deficit commission released its much anticipat...

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Weekly Audit: Your Vote, Your Economy--Why Today's Election Matters to Your Pocketbook

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Taxes, Tapped, Women, Abuse, Vote, Midterm, Spending, Social Security, Social Services, Democrat, YES! Magazine, Domestic Violence, Election, Alternet, Economy, Republican, Politics News
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Weekly Audit: Your Vote, Your Economy--Why Today's Election Matters to Your Pocketbookby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Election Day is ...

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Weekly Pulse: Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Christine O'Donnell, Condoms, and Concussions

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: WMC, Sex Ed, Hiv, Choice, Cpc, Michelle Chen, Concussion, Nfl, Osha, Football, Tapped, Health, New York City, CAL-OSHA, Porn, Abortion, Christine O'donnell, Shelby Knox, Sports, Condoms, Health Care, The Nation, Crisis Pregnancy Center, Ms., Women's Media Center, Pharmaceutical, Abstinence, Delaware, Home News
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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) in New York City may soon have to level with the public about their ...

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Weekly Pulse: Sharron Angle Mocks Insurance for Autism; The Fight to Save Food Stamps

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Ms. Blog, The American Prospect, Food Stamps, Tpm, Sharron Angle, Food Stamp Benefits, The Progressive, Care2, E!, The Swan, Ectopic Pregnancy, School Lunch, Tapped, Reality TV, Nevada, Harry Reid, Plastic Surgery, Bridalplasty, Mother Jones, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Health Insurance, Ms Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Autism, Health Care, Senate, The Washington Independent, Politics News
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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger The woman gunning for Sen. Harry Reid's (D-NV) job doesn't believe that autism exists. Yes, you hea...

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I'm Done With Celebrity Endorsements

Stephanie Soechtig | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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You can't turn around these days without seeing a Hollywood A-lister endorsing a product, but often they are endorsing products that aren't good for us and aren't good for the environment.

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Weekly Pulse: The Religious Right vs. Birth Control

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Abortion, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Heritage Foundation, General Services Administration, The American Prospect, Department of Health and Human Services, RH Reality Check, Usccb, Pregnancy, Obama Administration, Kathleen Sebelius, Fema, Religious Right, Tapped, Birth Control, Colorlines, Conscience Clause, Mother Jones, Reproductive Health, Health Care Reform, Contraception, National Abstinence Education Association, Working in These Times, Anti-Choice, Pro-Choice, Health Care, Home News
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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: Where Are the Anti-Choicers at the Kagan Hearings?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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As Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan begins her second week of confirmation hearings, Mother Jones' Stephanie Mencimer wonders why the anti-abortion protesters have been uncharacteristically subdued this time around.

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The Story Behind Cosmetics

Stephanie Soechtig | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Your cosmetics contain ingredients that the European Union has banned. And believe it or not, the cosmetic manufacturers themselves are responsible for their own regulation. Not a good idea.

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

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Tapped, Supreme Court, Abortion, Mental Health, Dr George Tiller, RH Reality Check, Nebraska, The Progressive, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Ableist, Feministing, Pro-Choice, Dan Heineman, Health Care, Justice John Paul Stevens, Politics News
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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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How A Cupcake Ruined My Day (And No, I'm Not On A Diet)

Stephanie Soechtig | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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We're all in this together. While it may be annoying to go back to your car to grab your reusable bag, or bring your own mug with you to Starbucks, think about what our world could be like if EVERYONE did it.

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