SHOULD STATES REQUIRE HIV TESTS? Among men who have sex with men in New York City, there has been a 33 percent increase in HIV infections over the past six years, the Department of Health announced this week. Ninety percent of the newly infected people are black and Latino. In Washington, D.C., 1 in 20 […]
Dana Goldstein
Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project.
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LATEST PRIMARY NUMBERS.
LATEST PRIMARY NUMBERS. Well, Ann, Rudy‘s gaffes may be catching up with him. According to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll released this afternoon, Giuliani trails Mitt Romney by 12 points, 16 to 28, among Iowa Republicans. He’s tied in Iowa with it-boy Fred Thompson. Romney also leads Giuliani in New Hampshire, 28-23. But this poll […]
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HAVE A PINT. BUT DON’T DRIVE A MILE AFTER.
HAVE A PINT. BUT DON’T DRIVE A MILE AFTER. The European Union, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to allow Great Britain to continue to sell some goods — including beer — under the imperial system. Road signs can continue to list mile measurements, as well. This leaves just three countries that continue to use […]
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MINDING THE GAP.
MINDING THE GAP. The Washington Post‘s front page this morning reports on the 300-point SAT score achievement gap between white and black students at the most prestigious high schools in the DC metro area. Daniel de Vise reports: The racial achievement gap at affluent schools goes mostly unnoticed by parents, who seldom look beyond the […]
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AND WHAT ABOUT THE IRAQIS?
AND WHAT ABOUT THE IRAQIS? We know that General Petraeus feels downright rosy about the surge. But what about the people the surge was supposed to help, the citizens of Iraq? Via Think Progress, a new ABC/BBC poll reports that 65 to 70 percent of Iraqis believe U.S. troop escalations made them less safe, 79 […]
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A NEW FRONT IN CONTROVERSY OVER GENETIC TESTING.
A NEW FRONT IN CONTROVERSY OVER GENETIC TESTING. If you happen to tune into Oprah, Dr. Phil, or the Today Show this week across the Northeast (popular shows with TAPPED readers, right?), you’ll see some of the first direct-to-consumer advertising for genetic testing in the United States. Myriad Genetics is targeting women 25 to 55 […]
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Newt’s New Spin on the Iraq War
Hindsight is 20-20, especially for Newt Gingrich. Amidst “movement building” visits to Iowa, the former speaker of the House touched down yesterday at the American Enterprise Institute here in Washington, D.C. His mission was to throw cold water on conservative excitement over General David Petraeus’ surge-enabling Iraq report. In the process, he cast himself as […]
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DYING IN PAIN.
DYING IN PAIN. After a very minor sinus surgery last spring, I was surprised to be sent home with a giant bottle of Tylenol with codeine, much more than I would need for the estimated 72-hour recovery period. After reading this important article in today’s New York Times, I wish I could donate the remainder. […]
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CONGRESSIONAL VICTORY ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
CONGRESSIONAL VICTORY ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM The Senate succeeded last night in passing, 53-41, a complete repeal of the Global Gag Rule, which bars American foreign aid from supporting organizations that provide contraceptives, abortion services, or teach a sexual ideology other than abstinence. This is the first time in the history of the so-called Mexico City […]
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EDWAMA SPLIT.
EDWAMA SPLIT. An office straw poll confirms that yes, it appears Jeff Cohen, founder of media watchdog FAIR, has coined a new term: Edwama. In this AlterNet column Cohen accuses the netroots of being ignorant of the centrist compromises of Bill Clinton‘s presidency and cowed by party loyalty. They haven’t united against Hillary, Cohen writes, […]
