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Anabel Lee
Anabel Lee is an editorial intern at the Prospect.
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TEXAS LEADS THE NATION IN TEEN PREGNANCY.
Everything really is bigger in Texas. This month’s Texas Monthly reports that the state is the largest recipient of federal money for abstinence education — more than $4.5 million annually — but ranks first in the nation in teenage births. Almost a quarter of those births are not the girl’s first delivery. Failing to see […]
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THE PROBLEM OF CARROTS IN THE SUDAN.
During talks this week in Rome, the United States is dangling carrots in front of the Sudanese government: “The Bush administration could remove Sudan from an American list of state supporters of terrorism and normalize relations if the Sudanese government agreed, among other steps, to allow Thai and Nepalese peacekeepers in its Darfur region… Sudan […]
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THE RICH GET RICHER, POACH EMPLOYEES FROM EACHOTHER.
A light-hearted piece in The Economist details the culinary battles among Silicon Valley technology companies. Back in 1999, Google appointed Charlie Ayers, who has cooked for Bill Clinton and The Grateful Dead, as its first “chief food officer,” and during his reign he fed employees grass-fed beef, sautéed clams, and shots of wheat grass. The […]
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POLLUTING THE OLYMPICS.
The New York Times reports that China has just rolled out something of a last ditch effort to clear the notoriously grimy air that hangs over Beijing in preparation for the summer Olympics. The measures will “freeze construction projects, shutter chemical plants, and close down obsolete gas stations around Beijing…Even spray painting outdoors will be […]
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THE IRAQI JUDICIARY FINDS SOMEONE WE DON’T LIKE INNOCENT? NO PROBLEM, WE CAN JAIL THEM ANYWAY.
After two years and one day of being detained by the U.S. military, Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein was granted full amnesty by an Iraqi judicial panel yesterday. The panel unanimously decided to drop the last remaining criminal charge against the photographer, which concerned allegedly improper contacts he had with insurgents who murdered an Italian […]
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MORE HABEAS QUESTIONS FOR THE COURT.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments earlier today for two consolidated custody cases: Munaf v. Geren and Geren v. Omar. (I blogged about them last week.) In these cases, the Court will assess the Bush administration’s assertion that the U.S.’ participation in a multinational force — even one dominated and led by American forces — […]
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NOW THE U.N. MATTERS?
During a conference call late yesterday afternoon, lawyers at the Brennan Center for Justice briefed the press on the details of two upcoming Supreme Court cases, Geren v. Omar and Munaf v. Geren. These so-called “war on terror cases” are what Jonathan Hafetz of the Brennan Center called “yet another chapter in the story of […]
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES IN THE HOUSE.
Last Friday morning, Rep. Henry Waxman‘s House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held its second hearing on executive compensation, which featured the testimonies (and interrogation) of three American financial giants — CEO of Countrywide Financial Corporation Angelo Mozilo, former CEO of Merrill Lynch E. Stanley O’Neal, and former CEO of Citigroup Charles Prince. The […]
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Justice Denied for Battered Immigrant Women
The Department of Homeland Security is considering a policy change that would harm immigrant women who are abused by husbands who are U.S. citizens.