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If the wealthy paid Social Security taxes on their full salaries (and we aren't even talking stock options and other forms of bonuses that are not subject to Social Security taxation) the Social Security Trust Fund would likely be able to expand benefits.

Women's reproductive rights remain under assault, fueled by entrenched religious and right wing ideology.

Hitler on the e-book charts; A new contender in rightwing media; Bookless library; Mass culture for profit; Internet - not safe for women

A new wave of female labor leaders are winning by thinking big.

New database lets consumers see if product has ingredient known to cause cancer, reproductive harm

Driest conditions in 100 years could hit the nation’s food basket hard, affecting half of US fruits and vegetables.

Book Review: Hardhats, Hippies, and Hawks: The Vietnam Antiwar Movement as Myth and Memory. Author Penny Lewis demolishes the mythology, and shows that working-class people were at least as opposed to the war as the middle and upper classes and that they played an indispensable role in the movement to end it, and that the black and Chicano movements were among the most militant antiwar voices.

Portside is sorry for the error in the messages that went out with the title: "Clone of..." Here's what happened.

Fiorello La Guardia also took office in a time of crisis—and he was open to new ideas and bold reforms.

... To our friends near and far, if you believe that an injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, join us for the Moral March on Raleigh.