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Nigeria: Oil, Poverty, and an ‘Ungodly Mess’
Darren Kew, associate professor of conflict resolution, human security, and global governance and executive director of the Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development, is quoted in this article on oil and politics in Nigeria. -
Study: Some Physicians Not Always Honest With Patients - The KHN Blog
Doctors report that they're not always completely honest with patients, especially when it comes to disclosing a medical mistake, or discussing a difficult prognosis, according to a new survey.
Despite wide acceptance of a professional code that endorses openness and honesty with patients, a 2009 survey of 1,891 doctors published in the February edition of Health Affairs found gaps between those standards and how they actually practice.
A vast majority of physicians said they embraced ... -
Deval Hits the Campaign Trail for Barack
By Kenneth J. Cooper President Obama has a potent proxy to undercut the political pitch of Mitt Romney, should the Republican frontrunner prevail and become his party’s nominee for president. Romney has based his campaign on the proposition that he was a great executive in private business who created jobs and therefore he will be an equally great chief executive in the White House. It’s a dubious argument, given that decision-making is centralized in business but spread around three branches ... -
Different Anti-Poverty Programs, Same Single-Mother Poverty
This article is from Dollars & Sense: Real World Economics, available at http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2012/0112albelda.html This article is from the of Dollars & Sense magazine. Subscribe Now
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By Randy Albelda
Four years into a period of deep recession and persistent economic crisis, only now has the p-wordpovertyfinally surfaced. The Census Bureaus September 13 announcement that the U.S. poverty rate had increased to 15.1% ... -
Historian Julie Winch Visits St. Louis County Library
Award-winning historian Julie Winch will discuss her book "The Clamorgans: One Family's History of Race in America" on Monday, March 5 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Louis County Library. The event is a join presentation by the library's Special Collections Department and the Black History Month committee. Historian Julie Winch will discuss her book “The Clamorgans: One Family’s History of Race in America” on March 5 at St. Louis County Library. The Special Collections Department and the 2012 Black ... -
Hope College lecture will explore poetry and pacifism
A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture Series
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Fred Marchant is this year’s A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture guest at Hope College
Holland —
The intersection between poetry and peace will be the focus of two events featuring award-winning poet Fred Marchant on Feb. 22-23, through the A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture Series at Hope College.
Marchant, who is a member of the faculty at Suffolk University, will present the address “Another World Instead: Some Pacifist Poets and Poetics, from ... -
UMass panel urges more black professionals at BPS
Boston public schools are looking to expand partnerships with black businesses in an effort to introduce professional role models, increase career awareness and promote academic achievement among black students.
The sessions have provided opportunities for students to shadow professionals during work days and enabled some students to work as interns for academic credit or pay.
Students get exposed to model professional behavior and learn solid work habits like showing up on time. They ... -
Talking to aging parents about changes
Associate Professor of Gerontology Elizabeth Dugan is quoted in this article on how children can effectively talk to their aging parents about lifestyle changes. -
Santorum: “Holy Owned Subsidiary”
THOMAS FERGUSON , thomas.ferguson at umb.edu
Ferguson is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and a senior fellow of the Roosevelt Institute. He said today: “Now it’s Missouri, Colorado, and Minnesota in the holy trinity. Rick Santorum’s victories there last night are a warning that Mitt Romney’s leveraged buyout of the Republican Party is still in deep trouble. When he faces just one major conservative challenger, Romney loses; nowhere has the ... -
Local roundup: Conn men rally to edge Mitchell in OT
New London - Matt Vadas scored 19 points and Connecticut College rallied from a nine-point second half deficit to beat Mitchell College in overtime, 80-77, in a men's basketball game on Tuesday night.
John Bullitt added 18 points, Rob Harrigan scored 12 on four 3-pointers and Mason Lopez had 11 points, six rebounds and four assist for the Camels (7-15).
Joshua Ford scored a game-high 30 points for the Mariners (5-15), making 12 of 16 field goals, while Terrance Fisher finished with 12 ...
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