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Opinion: Planned Parenthood and the Stories We Tell Ourselves

The first time I visited New York City as a high-schooler, I saw a teenage boy carrying a rusty machete and chasing another through the street in a rough-looking part of the Bronx. A version of the story in which I witnessed "gang warfare" still circulates through my hometown. It was probably nothing of the sort, but it...

Lila Rose: 5 Facts on the Woman Behind the Planned Parenthood Hoax [VIDEOS]

Who orchestrated the latest Planned Parenthood hoax, in which people pretending to be sex traffickers sought advice from clinic staff? Her name is Lila Rose, and she's well known on both sides of the abortion debate. Although she's only 22 years old, she's been a high-profile member of anti-abortion circles for at least...

Planned Parenthood Hoax [VIDEO]

Last month a Planned Parenthood in New Jersey called the FBI to report its hunch that anti-abortion operatives were visiting the clinic and posing as sex traffickers in order to entrap clinic staff. Today that hunch was proved correct. An anti-abortion group called Live Action has posted video of its scam, in which group...

For Conservatives, Soros Is the New ACORN

(Nov. 12) -- With ACORN now officially out of business, conservative ire has found a new focal point: billionaire George Soros. As the one-man bank behind a plethora of liberal causes, seemingly lefty nonprofits, reviled media outlets like NPR, Democratic candidates and agitating websites like Media Matters, Soros has...

ACORN Filing for Bankruptcy

(Nov. 2) -- Talk about timing. As millions of Americans headed to the polls to vote today, the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, aka ACORN, announced that it was filing for bankruptcy. The news came in the form of a letter written by Bertha Lewis, ACORN's CEO, that was posted to the group's website. "We...