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Is your shampoo safe? We simply don't know
Dianne FeinsteinEveryday personal care products are not independently tested, despite many being linked to health concerns. The US Senate can – and must – change that -
Jill Stein and Gary Johnson are not good enough to take part in these television shouting matches? That is absurd
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Did Anthony Weiner want to get caught sexting?
Jamieson WebsterIt’s hard to explain why he would commit the same mistake again and again. Maybe he wanted to be stopped – and this was the only way how
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Many are arguing that the football player’s refusal to stand is inappropriate, but it’s what US values look like when all are included
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With debt collectors calling me nonstop, I used to wake up fearful of the future. Then I decided that was no way to live
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Courteney Cox is right. None of us can run from ageing
Michele HansonThe actor’s decision to stop ‘trying to keep up with getting older’ is a great one – the sooner we stop being repulsed by old age, the better -
Ditch the Plan B? Go ahead, so long as you're rich
Arwa MahdawiA recent study says that if you really want to achieve your dreams, don’t worry about a safety net. Fine advice for those for whom failure wouldn’t spell disaster -
Pharmaceutical companies can push up prices dramatically because they are allowed to. Let’s change that
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As 50s heartthrob Tab Hunter points out, Tinseltown’s rejection of gay men in leading roles isn’t a thing of the past. Who is the industry afraid of offending?
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I swung from one fright to another shortly after my college graduation. A friend said it was ‘adulthood crashing in’, but it was an episode
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I own guns, drive an ice-cream truck and live with the love of my life: a redhead with steel-grey eyes. What more could I want?
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what would a feminist do?
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Coming up, Jessica Valenti’s What would a feminist do? podcast is talking about the choice not to have children. We want to hear your experiences and questions
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This week, Jessica Valenti is joined by Feminist Fight Club author Jessica Bennett to discuss how to navigate difficult employers and “bropropriator” colleagues
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How do you feel about the word ‘feminist’? On this week’s episode, we dissect our reactions to the F-word
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How we can better engage men and boys to prevent gender-based violence? Jessica Valenti talks with Jamil Smith of MTV News and Dr Dorothy Edwards
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Editorial: President Assad’s regime has forced agencies to make painful choices. What have they got to show for them?
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Editorial: Ireland’s illegal aid to the world’s richest firm is a sad story – and a warning to Brexit Britain
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Editorial: The power of smartphones is too easily turned against their users. Governments, companies and users must all work together to keep themselves safe
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Jill AbramsonJill AbramsonThere’s a lot to like about the alternatives to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. But sticking to your Green principles could, like in 2000, deliver a nightmare
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Lucia GravesLucia GravesWeiner’s now-estranged wife, Huma Abedin, is a close confidante of Clinton’s. But his personal conduct has nothing to do with the presidential campaign
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Steven W ThrasherSteven W ThrasherBurning Man's 'godfather' of the Black Rock Roller Disco keeps the party goingSince 2000, David Miles Jr has been running the popular 24-hour – and inclusive – roller rink. ‘We’ve always had the most black people of any camp’
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Thomas FrankThomas FrankCome November, Clinton will have won her great victory – not as a champion of working people’s concerns, but as the greatest moderate of them all
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America's problems aren't Obama's fault. They're George W Bush's