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What's up with all these arguments over feminism these days, anyway? ; The Daily Show and Gawker blog Jezebel have an argument over its representation of women; meanwhile, Sarah Palin is a feminist! Except when she's not! And the Atlantic has declared The End of Men . What's it all about?Who better to discuss all this than blogger and author Amanda Marcotte, who joins us in studio to talk about The Daily Show 's hiring Olivia Munn, Sarah Palin's fundraising skills (or lack thereof) and the latest battle over reproductive choice, as well as her new book, Get Opinionated: A Progressive's Guide to Finding Your Voice (and Taking a Little Action). In 2011 Arizona is set to host Major League Baseball's All-Star game, but as the stop-on-suspicion anti-immigrant law, SB 1070, goes into effect soon, artists, musicians, and people from all over the country are joining in a boycott of the state. What about baseball?GRITtv's staff checked out a protest this past week in Manhattan, calling on Commissioner Bud Selig to move the All-Star game out of Arizona. You can find out more about the movement--several players have pledged not to play in Arizona--at MoveTheGame.org .Thanks to our interns Isabel Braverman and Rebecca Coffman from Ithaca college for assistance with this piece.REFRAKA, a Creole acronym for Women’s Community Radio Network, was founded in Haiti in 2001 as a way to make women’s voices heard around the country. On January 12, it took on a new meaning as, like many other organizations in Haiti, it suffered from the earthquake. Nevertheless, REFRAKA has continued to not only restructure Haiti’s patriarchal society, but now integrates rural women’s opinions on this historical tragedy as well as the reconstruction process into the media.Pakistani militant extremism and American drones, which are the real terrorists? Is it one, the other, or an ironic joint effort of the two? Between suicide bombings and collateral damage from drones, thousands of militants and civilians alike have been killed by both.The Real News Network reports from Islamabad, Pakistan that while many students from tribal areas report that their communities oddly support the drone attacks, the majority of the country sees the predator drones as an encroachment on national sovereignty fostering bitter anti-American sentiment.Finally, six current and former New Orleans police officers were charged this week in two shootings of unarmed men in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A Justice Department investigation into the force was the cause. What about some Justice Department reform in other cities' police departments?
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