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A recent episode of WBUR radio’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook discussed a major new policy debate: can big food be sued in the way big tobacco was? On the surface, many would say no, but others disagree. Ashbrook hosted guests on both sides of the d...

Thank You For Snacking

A recent episode of WBUR radio’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook discussed a major new policy debate: can big food be sued in the way big tobacco was? On the surface, many would say no, but others disagree. Ashbrook hosted guests on both sides of the d...

Hello, readers! Just a short update this week as we wait for the Supreme Court to hear more cases. First, in case you missed the breaking news, U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen “ruled Thursday [February 13] that Virginia’s ban on same-sex ...

February Round-Up: Marriage and Contraception

Hello, readers! Just a short update this week as we wait for the Supreme Court to hear more cases. First, in case you missed the breaking news, U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen “ruled Thursday [February 13] that Virginia’s ban on same-sex ...

Hello readers! I hope that, despite Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter, you’re keeping warm and reading up on Supreme Court news. I’m here this week to discuss a subject that is near and dear to my heart: women’s repro...

Holy Schnikes, Reproductive Health!

Hello readers! I hope that, despite Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter, you’re keeping warm and reading up on Supreme Court news. I’m here this week to discuss a subject that is near and dear to my heart: women’s repro...

In the years after the Vietnam War ended, Americans were said to have suffered “Vietnam syndrome,” a cultural condition that led to averseness to war. Today, the American public has been defined by the advent of terrorism, which has produced a si...

America Diagnosed

In the years after the Vietnam War ended, Americans were said to have suffered “Vietnam syndrome,” a cultural condition that led to averseness to war. Today, the American public has been defined by the advent of terrorism, which has produced a si...

The electronic cigarette, or the e-cigarette, is an old product revolutionized by a sleek, modern platform. Instead of burning tobacco, a small, battery-powered device converts liquid nicotine into vapor. Although e-cigarettes’ safety has not been ...

Thank You for Vaping

The electronic cigarette, or the e-cigarette, is an old product revolutionized by a sleek, modern platform. Instead of burning tobacco, a small, battery-powered device converts liquid nicotine into vapor. Although e-cigarettes’ safety has not been ...

In 1890, the United States Census Bureau announced the end of the Western frontier. Yet the frontier spirit has surfaced intermittently in America’s cultural history well beyond this concrete date. Today, amid the United States’ hard economic fal...

Fracking, Stripping, Speaking: The Politics of Sex Work

In 1890, the United States Census Bureau announced the end of the Western frontier. Yet the frontier spirit has surfaced intermittently in America’s cultural history well beyond this concrete date. Today, amid the United States’ hard economic fal...

In an astonishing display of contrition, last Thursday President Obama apologized to Americans who are losing their health insurance plans as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In recent weeks the president has been the subje...

Dems Break Ranks Anticipating 2014 Reelection Campaigns

In an astonishing display of contrition, last Thursday President Obama apologized to Americans who are losing their health insurance plans as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In recent weeks the president has been the subje...

It’s hard to get a straight answer on the Affordable Care Act. Conversation on every component of the law is hugely partisan; Democrats say it will reform the flawed American health insurance industry and provide long overdue universal health care...

How Affordable is the ACA?

It’s hard to get a straight answer on the Affordable Care Act. Conversation on every component of the law is hugely partisan; Democrats say it will reform the flawed American health insurance industry and provide long overdue universal health care...