May 2012
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April 2012
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ER Visits After Drinking May Not Be Covered →
Up to half of the people who are treated at hospital emergency departments and trauma centers are under the influence of alcohol — a sobering statistic emergency departments can capitalize on to discourage problem drinking.
Apr 30th
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This One Time at Transparency Camp... →
Highlights from the Sunlight Foundation’s annual Transparency Camp
Apr 30th
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Who Is Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng? And Why... →
“The public doesn’t know much about Chen Guangcheng because of censorship, but Bo Xilai had a great many followers until his criminality and corruption were revealed. The two crises together open up the possibility that the reform element in the CCP can make a case that political reform is long overdue and is now the best way to preserve support for the party. It could even lead to a...
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Why Aren't There More Female Scientists,... →
“Frequently, you see women relegated to very traditional roles - I’ll build the robot, and you can be secretary for the group. Unless you’re very assertive, men can take over the group.” - Angela Bielefeldt, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Colorado Bounder Join us for a live chat tomorrow at noon as we make sense of some of these...
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“‘How much education do you need?’ More. Always more. That’s because in...”
–  Ray Suarez, “An American Graduate in New Mexico” (via newshouramgrad)
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“You know, the saying in France is that in the first round you vote for your...”
– Justin Vaisse, Brookings Institution, on President Nicolas Sarkozy taking second place to socialist candidate Francois Hollande in France’s first-round elections Sunday.
Apr 24th
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Your Tweets Can Be Held Against You in a Court of... →
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ListenI lost my pen, I lost my keys, and my hat...
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Will Social Conservatives Come Around to Romney? →
“I’m a conservative. I don’t consider myself a Republican. It’s just the party that I have to vote in to be at play in the primary. But I think that people who believe the way that we do are tired of voting for the lesser of two evils. And that’s how I see a vote for Romney. So he’s going to have to attract social conservatives to win in November,” Lee Ann...
Apr 24th
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Restoration Calls: "When I read about how we used... →
restorationcalls: Okay, look. I don’t even know what recession means, because I’m only 13 years old. What I do know is that we need to make some sort of change. I feel like the U.S. isn’t even united anymore. You may say “How would you know anything about this stuff?” But I’ve been in social studies class for 7 years now, and I know how we used to be. When I read about how we used to be, I feel...
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Listen“There are a lot of problems in the book...
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