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Of Patients and Prices
On the threshold of entering medical practice, A.W. Gaffney contemplates becoming unavoidably entangled in the health care business and its inevitable conflicts - as currently financed - with best …
New York’s Teen Pregnancy Campaign Quietly Gets Made Over, Still Misses the Mark
When the Bloomberg administration unveiled its teen pregnancy prevention campaign last March, it was met with immediate backlash. Critics called for officials to cancel the campaign and issue a …
Honduras: Who Should Really Be On Trial For the Rio Blanco Dam?
An indigenous activist in Honduras is attacked for campaigning against the Agua Zarca Hydroelectric Dam.
Selective Prosecution Claims in John Doe Filings Fall Flat
Wisconsin Club for Growth's allegations that prosecutors in a finance probe have engaged in politically-motivated “selective prosecution” don't stand up to even limited scrutiny.
Invasion of the Data Snatchers
A future Internet of Things does have the potential to offer real benefits, but the dark side of that seemingly shiny coin is this: companies will increasingly know all …
Australia Is Again Stealing Its Indigenous Children
Echoing the infamous Stolen Generation of the last century, Australia is once again “removing” Aboriginal children from their families.
Campaign Financing: Can the US Follow Europe’s Example?
The US compares unfavorably to the many European countries that succeed in limiting the influence of corporate and other money in elections.
IMF’s Involvement Fuels Sudan’s Continued Unrest
IMF austerity policies, as well as policies that have supported foreign acquisition of Sudanese agricultural land, have increased poverty and civil unrest in Sudan.
What Media Should Know About Hobby Lobby and the Fight for Contraceptive Access
Hobby Lobby, a secular, for-profit corporation, plans to wrongly argue before the Supreme Court today that emergency contraception, a form of preventive service like birth control that all health …
Bells Toll in Temple Town as India Braces for 2014 Elections
The world's most populous democracy will go to the polls from April 7 to May 12 to elect the lower House of parliament and ultimately determine the - at …