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If Women Are In Combat, Men May Try To Protect Them, Santorum Says

On CNN last evening, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was asked about the Pentagon’s plan to open up more jobs to women in the military — and to bring them closer to, but not right into, combat roles. The former senator from Pennsylvania, while lauding the roles that women are playing in the U.S. military, [...]

‘Situation Could Not Be More Dire,’ Syrians In Besieged City Say

From inside the Syrian city of Homs, where activists say several hundred people have been killed by government forces in the past week and troops are preparing for what could be a “ground offensive” in coming days, residents say the “situation could not be more dire,” NPR’s Kelly McEvers reports. Speaking to Morning Edition co-host [...]

Halos Can Turn To Horns, Corporate Donors Find

Energizer makes batteries. But in recent days, company executives have spent a considerable amount of time responding to complaints about abortion. The reason, of course, is that Energizer got caught up in the controversy surrounding last week’s decision by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation to cut off its funding for Planned Parenthood. [...]

Santorum’s Support Goes Beyond Social Conservatives, Strategist Says

Rick Santorum surprised the Republican presidential field again this week, chalking up victories against front-runner Mitt Romney in Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri. Very few pundits would have predicted six months ago that the former Pennsylvania senator would still be a contender this late into the primary season. So what’s his secret and can he keep [...]

Former Senator Santorum Comes to Oklahoma

The Republican presidential candidate is greeted by raucous and enthusiastic crowds in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Rules Requiring Contraceptive Coverage Have Been In Force For Years

There’s been no let-up in the debate about the Obama administration’s rule requiring most employers to provide prescription birth control to their workers without additional cost. Here’s the rub: The only truly novel part of the plan is the “no cost” bit. The rule would mean, for the first time, that women won’t have to [...]

Colonial History, Through The Eyes Of The Colonized

Actor and writer Danai Gurira sometimes refers to herself as a “Zimerican”: She was born in Iowa, but spent most of her childhood in Harare, Zimbabwe — where her new play, The Convert, is set. “I grew up there from age 5 to 19,” Gurira says. “I’m back there every year, but I feel like [...]

Nuclear Safety, Costs Loom Over OK’d Reactors

The nuclear industry is celebrating the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to give the go-ahead for a utility company to build two new nuclear reactors in Georgia, the first license to be granted for a new reactor in the U.S. since 1978. But last year’s accident at reactors in Fukushima, Japan, still clouds the future [...]

Catholics Split Over Obama Contraceptive Order

The conflict between the Catholic Bishops and the White House over contraceptive coverage has American Catholics choosing sides. Catholics narrowly support the White House position in polls. There are potential political consequences: In presidential elections, Catholics are swing voters. They supported Al Gore in 2000, President George W. Bush in ’04 and President Obama in [...]

How Two Bitter Adversaries Hatched A Plan To Change The Egg Business

Gene Gregory and Wayne Pacelle are the odd couple of American agriculture. “We were adversaries. Some might say, bitter adversaries,” says Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States. Pacelle’s organization says it wants to end factory farming. So Gene Gregory, president of the United Egg Producers, which represents most of the country’s [...]