June 19, 2013

The Socialist’s Journal: The Implosion of the Republican Party

Trevor Brookins

*In the beginning of The Princess Bride after Vizzini repeatedly uses the word “inconceivable” another character tells him: “I do not think it means what you think it means.” That basic disagreement about a word is used for a laugh in the movie but the idea that people can hear a word, see a scene, [...]




Kim Kardashian Tells Oprah She Went on Birth Control at 14 (Video)

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*In her famous interviewing style, Oprah Winfrey dug deep to uncover some interesting details about the lives of the Kardashians during “Oprah’s Next Chapter.” While Oprah of course covered all the topics in the tabloids, the surprising interview revealed that Kim started her adulthood quite early when she began to take birth control at 14 [...]




Black Eugenics via Religious Institutions?

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*Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr., senior pastor at Hope Christian Church: The debate over the new Health and Human Services regulations, which require all employers to pay 100 percent of the cost of contraception including abortion-inducing chemicals, has been rightly cast as an intrusion on religious liberty. Opponents of such regulations are no more advocating a [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: Birth Control Coverage

Trevor Brookins

*In the latest battle pitting democracy against theocracy, Obama’s healthcare program has taken center stage. At issue is the prospect of religious institutions contributing to the costs of birth control for people affiliated with them. The critical piece of this debate is about whether schools and hospitals, and other institutions supported and founded by the [...]




President Obama Under Fire with Catholics Opposed to Birth Control

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*Throughout the world, women have always had to fight for equal rights. This country is not excluded in that struggle. In a bold move made by the President Obama administration, he has come to the defense of women to make birth control and other contraceptives available to those who work for Catholic employers. (more…)  




Religion and Politics Collide: Obama Makes Birth Control Free

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*Most healthcare plans will be required to cover birth control without charging co-pays or deductibles starting Aug. 1, the Obama administration announced Friday, says TheHill.com. The final regulation retains the approach federal health officials proposed last summer, despite the deluge of complaints from religious groups and congressional Republicans that has poured in since then. Churches, [...]




Ask Tamara: My Girlfriend Wants Me to Get Fixed!

Man and Child Having fun in the park.

*Dear Tamara: My girlfriend and I have been having a revolving argument. She wants me to get a vasectomy! We have been together for seven years and have two children together (two daughters). She doesn’t want any more children and thinks I should be the one to get fixed. I, on the other hand, do [...]




Video: MTV’s ‘No Easy Decision’ Follows Teen’s Abortion Plans

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Markai Durham from MTV’s “No Easy Decision’ *One of the moms featured on MTV’s hit show “16 and Pregnant” took to Facebook in advance of one of the most controversial episodes in the history of the series, reports the New York Daily News. The controversial broadcast showed Markai Durham, whose first pregnancy was chronicled in [...]