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From Jacki Lyden: Welcome to Magdalene

By Jacki Lyden

This week marks the premiere of an NPR series by Jacki Lyden about Magdalene, a program in Nashville, Tenn., that helps former prostitutes stay off the streets by addressing their drug addictions. Here is an inside look at how she and National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez got started on the story.

Politics

Senator Debbie Stabenow is Tough and Smart in the Face of Another Prostitute Scandal

By Womens Voices for Change

Despite a breaking story that her husband visited a prostitute, Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow took to the floor of the U.S. Senate this afternoon. Stabenow delivered a speech on the Senate floor on the need to help Michigan families fight foreclosure and lost jobs, and she repeated her call for an extension of unemployment benefits. "I have a job to…