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Carole Joffe puts the closing of an abortion clinic in Philadelphia into perspective.

Stacy Mitchell (who posted here about Big-Box Greenwashing) is quoted in the NYTimes today in response to Wal-Mart's plans to green their supply chain.

Dana Sachs looks at Haiti, the possible airlift of at least a dozen "orphans" who actually have family back home, and how similar mistakes in Vietnam should make us wary of hasty action.

Andrew Sullivan nods to our graying world, a phenomenon outlined in Fred Pearce's Peoplequake, which Beacon will release in April as The Coming Population Crash. Meanwhile, the Schott's Vocab blog looks at "perforated cities."

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