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Author: Nicole Lopez

Nicole Lopez is a recent graduate of Washington University, with a degree in Arabic language and literature. She currently works in Chicago, shaking her head at the outrageous state of politics in the nation.

Lesson learned: My Catholic hospital can limit my medical choices

February 12, 2014 Nicole Lopez Health, Health care, Illinois/Midwest, Religion in Politics, Reproductive rights, Women 3 comments

What’s in a choice? Options. In order to make a choice, you must have options. As descendants of those who fled religious persecution, many

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Chelsea Manning is a patriot

August 30, 2013 Nicole Lopez Civil Rights, Courts, Crime/Violence, Foreign Policy, Military, Uncategorized One comment

Chelsea Manning is a patriot. She will go down in history as one of the great Americans of our time. If you have not

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Tax dollars at work: American foreign aid to Israel

January 2, 2013 Nicole Lopez Foreign Policy, History, Human Rights, Ideas, International 2 comments

While waiting for a connecting flight in the Dallas, Texas, airport, I witnessed a woman turn to a man and ask him to watch

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Romney’s Project ORCA: Technology fails, shoe leather wins

November 13, 2012 Nicole Lopez 2012 Election, Campaigns, Romney, Technology, Voting/Elections 2 comments

When my friend who worked in the Obama campaign’s analytics department told me about Project ORCA, I thought he was talking about an environmental

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No apologies in the so-called “apology tour”

October 25, 2012 Nicole Lopez 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Foreign Policy, Ideas, International, Obama, War Leave a comment

In tonight’s third 2012 Presidential debate, Governor Romney once again referred to President Obama’s diplomatic tour in Spring 2009 as an “apology tour.” He

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Best of #bindersfullofwomen

October 22, 2012 Nicole Lopez 2012 Election, Humor, Media, Politics, Romney, Women Leave a comment

Tensions are running high this election season. Partisan politics have become more divisive and onslaughts of TV campaign ads have become more incisive. Thankfully,

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The truth about sex and pregnancy, as told to Todd Akin

August 24, 2012 Nicole Lopez 2012 Election, Education, Health care, Politics, Reproductive rights, Uncategorized, Women 2 comments

Dear Congressman Akin: When a man and a woman love each other and decide that the time is right, they call the stork. Nine

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  • Back in the USSR
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