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We need to talk: My abortion was the best decision I ever made

Briana FinneranFeatured OpinionsOctober 8, 2015October 16, 2015

I have a voice that refuses to be silenced by shame any longer. I am a woman who is standing up and saying “I had an abortion, and it was the best decision I ever made.”

Spirit of papal visit might not change millennial attitudes

Kate ValerioFeatured Opinions Top StorySeptember 23, 2015September 27, 2015

For those who haven’t been anywhere near a TV, Pope Francis is here.

A Pope with a paramount personality

Jager RobinsonFeatured OpinionsSeptember 16, 2015October 16, 2015

Pope Francis’ biggest message seems to be that of total acceptance, regardless of whether or not it conforms to the old Catholic traditions.

Letter to the editor: Creating a new reality—we are the next generation of activists

The StatesmanOpinions Top StoryFebruary 27, 2014March 6, 2014

Like most of my peers, I ca not remember a time when women were denied access to safe and legal abortion. I don’t take this right for granted and neither do 68 percent of young Americans who believe abortion should be available in their own community. Our grandmothers, our mothers, our communities fought for this right so that I would be able to make my own decisions about my body.

Impasses in Congress force states to take their own action

David O'ConnorOpinionsApril 22, 2013April 25, 2013

Despite close to 250 years of the federal government’s growing more influential relative to the states, it is remarkable how much control each U.S. state has over its local affairs. In the last couple of decades, state autonomy appears to have had a revival.