Gladwell Debunks Conservative Pension Plan Myths

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2006 Conservative free-market gospel has it that government should butt out of the economy. To understand the devastation that philosophy has wrought in America?s private pension system, check out this Malcolm "Tipping Point" Gladwell article. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. OKs Nonprescription ‘Morning-After’ Pill Sales

Staff / Truthdig Aug 24, 2006 This is a home run for women's reproductive rights. However, over-the-counter sales are available only to women 18 and older. And that restriction isn't based on science. It's based on the paranoid and unfounded fear that the drug would encourage promiscuity among teens. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Supports Over-the-Counter Plan B Sales

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2006 The president said he favors the FDA's plan to OK sales of the so-called morning-after pill without a prescription -- but not for minors. We'll give Bush a golf clap for supporting Plan B at all. But behind his no-minors policy is an unfounded fear that emergency contraceptives encourage promiscuity. Don't bother the man with facts; his mind is made up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ellen Goodman: Popping the Cork Halfway on Plan B

Ellen Goodman / Truthdig Aug 10, 2006 With the FDA set to restrict over-the-counter sales of the "morning-after pill" to people over 18, right-wingers are sending the message to young girls that motherhood is their punishment for having sex. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

FDA to Consider Over-Counter Sale of Morning-After Pill

Staff / Truthdig Jul 31, 2006 The government agency will weigh whether to let the drug (Plan B) be sold over the counter -- a move that conservative forces, inside the government and out, have long objected to as part of their proxy battle on abortion. This may be happening only because two senators have been blocking the appointment of the FDA's new head until the agency makes a decision on the drug. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Ray of Hope From Iraqi Insurgents?

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2006 Several Sunni-led insurgent groups have begun talks with the Iraqi government in hopes of starting cease-fire negotiations. The talks began in the wake of the reconciliation plan that the Iraqi prime minister presented on Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraqi P.M. to Offer Olive Branch to Insurgents

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2006 The Iraqi prime minister is set to unveil a national reconciliation plan that includes amnesty for insurgents, a timetable for withdrawal of allied forces, release of security detainees from U.S. and Iraqi prisons and compensation for some victims of coalition military operations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Paper Publishes New Details of Insurgency Amnesty Deal

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2006 The Times (U) reports that the Iraqi government is ready to announce a sweeping peace plan that includes amnesty for legitimate resistance fighters Under the plan, there would be a UN-approved timeline for withdrawal of foreign troops; a halt to US operations against insurgents; and compensation for attack victims . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s Immigration Plan

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