Glenn Beck

Dear Mr. Beck: We Are All Hookers

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

April 11, 2011 - 7:59pm (Print)

Dear Mr. Beck: I understand it is your contention that "only hookers go to Planned Parenthood." There must be a lot of hookers out here.  I am one of them.

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The Anti-Choice Full Court Press

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by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 6, 2011 - 5:19pm (Print)

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Sarah Jaffe tells the harrowing tale behind the anti-choice Democrats in Congress. Right wing media has been coming down hard on reproductive rights: a two-part report.

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Divergent Responses to Giffords Shooting Underscore Difficulty of Changing Political Discourse

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

January 12, 2011 - 11:09am (Print)

Calls by some for collective reflection and responsibility for a political climate riven with violent language and analogies have been met with scorn by those who've rejected suggestions the issue should even be on the table.

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Dear Sarah Palin: A Giffords Cousin Speaks Out

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by Lynn Paltrow, National Advocates for Pregnant Women

January 11, 2011 - 3:51pm (Print)

Ms. Palin, if you are among those who believe that political change can come about non-violently, without hate, violence, or the threat of violence, now would be an excellent time to say so.

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Alveda King's Dangerous PayDay Loan

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by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

September 1, 2010 - 8:00am (Print)

This past weekend the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the stage and tried to sell this nation a payday loan as the payment solution on that check her uncle spoke of 47 years ago.

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Glenn Beck, Alveda King, and Reproductive Rights

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by Marjorie B. Signer

August 30, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

Even if you just wanted Glenn Beck and his over-publicized rally to go away, please take a minute to read what African American clergy, and civil rights and women's health leaders have to say. It's important.

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The Palin Pregnancy Circus And Better Sex Ed For Kids

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by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

April 19, 2009 - 10:20pm (Print)

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The Palin teenage pregnancy circus continues. Also, women get hurt worse by health care premiums, and Robie Harris talks about age-appropriate sex education for children.

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Health Care Reform And Other Attempts To Revisit The 90s (Without Failing)

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by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

February 21, 2010 - 11:09pm (Print)

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Health care reform, round two. Can it happen this time? Also, 90s rock music and feminism, and an old and new pop star join forces to fight HIV.

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Health Care Reform Is Worse Than Terrorism? You Could Not Make This Stuff Up

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

November 3, 2009 - 2:07pm (Print)

Far, far right television and radio talk show hosts provide an echo chamber for a very far out statement by Republican Congresswoman Virginia Foxx that health reform is more dangerous than terrorism.

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Huckabee is Back

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by Joe Veix, RH Reality Check

September 22, 2009 - 10:48am (Print)

The Values Voters Summit weighs in: Mike Huckabee is the preferred GOP candidate for 2012 presidential run.

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