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Arizona governor vetoes anti-LGBT discrimination bill
Associated Press
Bill would have allowed Arizona businesses to refuse service to gay customers by citing "religious freedom"
Whitewashing reproductive rights: How black activists get erased
Renee Bracey Sherman
Many in the black community have fought for reproductive justice -- but we're often left out of the story
Virginia Republican says pregnant women are “hosts,” even if some people “refer to them as mothers”
Katie McDonough
State Sen. Steve Martin posted the comment on his Facebook page in response to a message about abortion care
How Christian conservatives blame victims and let rapists walk free
Amanda Marcotte
When you see sex as the problem, it becomes difficult to see rape as anything but another sexual sin
From Puritans to Ken Ham: The long history of creationism in America
Jarret Ruminski
Modern-day creationist rhetoric has its roots in the Puritan desire to make America into a "City of God"
Reagan’s Christian revolt: How conservatives hijacked American religion
George M. Marsden
Once upon a time, America's religious communities were politically moderate. Then along came the evangelicals
Rand Paul’s audacious new sham: A phony religious epiphany
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig
Paul's new strategy to lure backers involves a strange appeal to Christians. Here's why he's living in fantasy land
Why creationists can’t be scientists
Sean McElwee
Creationism is far from harmless -- it's a real threat to scientific inquiry
Scott Walker’s pathetic fall: Another one bites the dust!
Joan Walsh
A secret email system set up by his staff finally focuses the national media on the governor's ethics woes. Whoops
Texas lawmakers celebrate “achievements” in women’s health as thousands go without care
Katie McDonough
"If that’s what they call help for Texas women, we’ve had quite enough of it"
The 12 most sexually satisfied countries in the world
Jodie Gummow
Americans overall are not as sexually satisfied as our international brothers and sisters. Here's who beats us out
Why marijuana opposition will hurt the GOP for years to come
CJ Werleman
Republicans from Rick Perry to Chris Christie have voiced their opposition to legalization. That could mean trouble
The 5 most egregious antiabortion proposals of 2014 (so far)
Katie McDonough
It's barely two months into the new year, but lawmakers have already introduced a startling number of restrictions
The matter with Kansas now: The Tea Party, the 1 percent and delusional Democrats
Thomas Frank
Democrats believe demographics alone will defeat the Tea Party. It's a smug fantasy: Economic populism's the answer
The GOP’s huge 2014 problem: The religious right is still calling the shots
Amanda Marcotte
After the Tea Party insurgency, the war on women became the central tenet of Republican orthodoxy
TED talks think abortion has nothing to do with “justice, inequality and human rights”
Katie McDonough
An official TED talk policy has erased abortion rights from its conferences for close to 30 years
Wendy Davis: “I would have and could have voted” to support a 20-week abortion ban
Katie McDonough
Davis' latest comments reveal the tightrope pro-choice politicians must walk when running in deep red states
How Colorado’s proposed personhood amendment will put pregnant women in danger
Katie McDonough
"This measure would make every pregnant woman the potential perpetrator of a violent crime," says one expert
Ohio abortion law forces pregnant patients to carry dangerous, doomed pregnancies to term
Katie McDonough
"What if [the patient] gets a blood clot? What if she needs a cesarean section?" asks one Ohio doctor
British crisis pregnancy center: Abortion increases women’s “statistical likelihood of child abuse”
Katie McDonough
The London center was also found promoting a false link between abortion and breast cancer, among other lies
Thousands protest North Carolina GOP policies in “Moral March”
Prachi Gupta
An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 rallied for labor, immigration, LGBT and abortion rights
Why the Christian right’s persecution fantasies are so dangerous
Amanda Marcotte
Religious conservative groups invest an insane amount of energy in the myth that they're an oppressed minority
Rand Paul tries to sell social conservatives on libertarianism
Elias Isquith
"'Libertarian' ... doesn't mean 'libertine,'" the Kentucky senator says to the religious right
Inside Ken Ham’s mind: Why the creationist couldn’t sustain a scientific discussion
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig
While Bill Nye wanted a debate about knowledge, the creationist was fixated on something entirely different: ethics
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