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What Teachers Want
It is difficult to generalize about the opinions of any group as large and diverse as public school teachers, of which there are about 3.2 million. But it can’t …
Sex, Drugs and the Rocky Road of HPV Vaccination
As a sexual health researcher, I have followed the saga of HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination since the early 2000s. In the past few weeks, three news stories recently caught …
US-Afghan Pact Won’t End War – or Special Operations Forces Night Raids
President Barack Obama walks along the Colonnade of the White House on his way to the Oval Office, May 3, 2012. (Photo: Lawrence Jackson / White House)Washington - The …
May Day: From the Haymarket Massacre to the Occupy Movement
Many people might be surprised to learn that the May Day celebrations that occurred around the world this week were born more than a century ago out of a …
Texas Amnesia
Out of the Southwest in the second half of the 19th century would come half of the United States' total mineral wealth, including gold, copper and oil; the ranching …
Occupied Oakland’s May Daze
Protesters face officers during an Occupy movement march outside City Hall in Oakland, California, on May 1, 2012. (Photo: Jim Wilson / The New York Times) Occupy Oakland talks …
White House Counterterrorism Adviser Should Tell the Whole Truth About Drone Strikes
On Monday, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan publicly addressed the US use of drone strikes against suspected terrorists in countries with which the United States is not at …
Major Super PACs Spent Big on Deceptive Ads
According to a new report from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, four super PACs spent over half of their advertising budgets on deceptive ads in the Republican presidential primary. …
A Tale of Two Rules: Washington Bureaucracy and the Politics of Workplace Safety
Washington, D.C. - Many laws are proposed in this town, but only some are passed. The same is true of regulations—except the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), …
Not Explaining the Why of Terrorism
John Brennan, President Obama’s chief adviser on counter-terrorism, has again put on public display two unfortunate facts: (1) that the White House has no clue as to how to …