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Congo rape victims estimate rises again- First it was 150, then it was 240 and now it's more than 500,

The rise of rape talk – by Kira Cochrane , The Guardian - Boxer David Haye is far from alone in his casual use of the word 'rape'. In all walks of life, rape jokes and rape analogies are becoming commonplace

Let's Make September 11 a Day of Peace - Amy Goodman / King Features Syndicate- The ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States should serve as a moment to reflect on tolerance. READ MORE

The Cosmetics Racket: Why the Beauty Industry Can Get Away with Charging a Fortune for Makeup- We're getting bamboozled by huge makeup markups say experts. READ MORE

Should We Worry That Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality? - Author Gail Dines argues that society's over-consumption of pornography have greatly undermined our ability to have meaningful sexual partnerships. READ MORE

How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child Traffickers and Other Abusive Scumbags- I believe that the current efforts to censor Craigslist's "adult services" achieves the absolute opposite of their intention. READ MORE

Crusade Against Craigslist Will Not Solve Violence Against Sex Trafficking Victims - AG Richard Blumenthal's obsession with Craigslist does nothing to end the exploitation of people trafficked for sex. READ MORE

Craigslist’s Sex Trafficking in END HUMAN TRAFFICKING - After years of increasing criticism for their facilitation of child sex trafficking, Craigslist unceremoniously blocked their adult services section this week. Is Craigslist finally listening to the nearly 17 states attorneys general and thousands of Change.org members who have asked for real and tangible reform? Or are they trying to gain political points by claiming they're being "censored" Read more »

Hypocritical Legal Crusade Against Craigslist Will Not Solve Violence Against Sex Trafficking Victims - AG Richard Blumenthal's obsession with Craigslist does nothing to end the exploitation of people trafficked for sex. READ MORE

On the wrong side of a Craigslist ad- When the website shut down its erotic services, I was relieved. I knew firsthand how dark that life could be

Homeless Mother Speaks in END HOMELESSNESS - Family homelessness is on the rise, especially among families headed by single mothers. One of these homeless moms recently wrote us to give a firsthand account of her life. She lives in an RV with her two school-age daughters. For a time, she worked a low-paying night job so she could keep an eye on the RV, and her sleeping children, out of her work window. She says her oldest daughter keeps her homelessness a secret to friends, but that it kills her inside. "This is how it's been for the last seven years," she writes, "and I have no idea when things will change." Read more

When blue-collar pride became identity politics- Remembering how the white working class got left out of the New Left, and why we're all paying for it today - The great political failure of the 1960s was the New Left's inability to bring the labor movement into its great liberationist tent. ...

Tea Party Candidate Against Masturbation? - Just another reminder that many Tea Partiers have less interest in "small government" than in a tyranny of the minority. READ MORE


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