Opinion
Obama in Cairo a profound message for Americans
June 10, 2009“Americans have been constantly redefining their national identity from the moment of first contact on the Virginia shore,” historian Ronald Takaki wrote. When our first African American president addressed the Arab and Muslim peoples of the...
Read moreAn architects new challenge
June 9, 2009An architect’s new challenge By Javier Cambron Javier Cambron, 22, will begin his third year at the Southern California Institute of Architecture this fall. He included this article as his “manifesto,” although not required, in his...
Read moreBuy a judge? No problem according to Supreme Court’s right-wing gang of four
June 9, 2009When West Virginia coal overlord Don Blankenship’s company lost a $50 million verdict to one of its competitors, Blankenship set out to buy a judge. Rather than appeal his case to a fair tribunal, Blankenship spent...
Read morePublic option on health care: 119 million Americans must be wrong
June 8, 2009Original source: Consortium News As the health insurance industry and its defenders in Congress lay out their case against permitting a public option in a reform bill, perhaps their most curious argument is that some 119...
Read moreVietnam develops worlds best cholera vaccine
June 5, 2009Vietnam’s Vaccine and Biomedical Product Company No. 1 (VaBiotech) has developed a new cholera vaccine that is superior to others currently in use. “The new vaccine offers 90 to 100 percent protection after two oral doses...
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