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For those of us living in the United States, we know that our health care system is broken. We know it is broken in a thousand different ways. This is a recent and most telling example: Premature labor drug spikes from $10 to $1,500 Whether that price spike is caused by pure, unregulated money-grubbing greed, [...]
A post over at NPR’s health blog about girls and germs reminded me of an old family photo. In it, my older siblings are playing football in the yard while little Cristen is standing on the sidelines, stone-faced and sporting a frilly dress and matching hair bow. Adorable — and completely bored. That picture could perfectly illustrate the point Oregon State science philosopher Sharyn Clough made to NPR about something called the hygiene hypothesis.
Earlier this week, TechStuff’s Jonathan Strickland e-mailed Chanel and me with a link about Archie Comics’ decision to stop using the Comics Code Authority Seal of Approval beginning in February. The announcement followed one from DC Comics, which is moving to its own ratings system. (Marvel stopped using the seal about a decade ago.) Jonathan thought it looked like something for FanStuff — he’s helpful that way.
‘Why I Love the New York Times,’ by Josh Clark
by Josh Clark | November 30, 2010
I kind of like how the New York Times has recently more frequently adopted a first-person viewpoint lately. When it began publishing articles based on thousands of State Department cables released by Wikileaks this week, it also published editorials on its decision to accept and publish the sensitive information in the classified cables. Putting an even more human face on the paper, the Times’ executive editor went on All Things Considered yesterday.
Ay ay ay. NPR’s Laura Sullivan announced today on Morning Edition that reporters for the organization have spent the last few months following a lead that links private businesses that operate for-profit prisons and the controversial Arizona immigration bill.
You’ll remember that the law, which was passed by the state this spring and largely dismantled by a federal judge just before it went into effect, requires all cops in Arizona to demand to see the papers of anyone they suspect might be in the U.S. illegally. Those who can’t produce them are to be locked up.
As a journalism grad and blogger/podcaster on women’s issues, GOOD magazine’s list of 17 Female Reporters Who’ve Redefined a Formerly Male-Dominated Field doubled my nerd pleasure. The heavy hitters you’d expect made the list — Barbara Walters, Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer and Arianna Huffington.
Yet while clicking through the slideshow, I also noticed a disappointing pattern…
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