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May  2013  Issue
 
 

 
SPECIAL REPORT - CRUSADE AGAINST CURABLE DISEASE
Introduction
Sarah Kuschner
Global Health Plan Aims to End a Third of Childhood Deaths
Carey L. Biron
Toward an Immunized World
Ban Ki-moon and Bill Gates
Pakistan's Winnable War on Polio
Suniya Qureshi

COMMUNICATIONS
No Zimbabwe Media Reforms, Just Intimidation
Jeffrey Moyo

DEVELOPMENT
Urbanization Helps Curb Poverty, Says World Bank
William Eagle

ECONOMIC WATCH
The Other Side of the Coin in Spain
Inés Benítez

ENVIRONMENT
Weaning From Fossil Fuels and Growing a Green Economy
Dennis Posadas
Wind Brings Light to Somaliland
Ed McKenna

HEALTH AND WELFARE
How to Beat Childhood Cancer
Peter C. Adamson
Laughter Heals in Cuban Hospitals
Inés Benítez

MIDDLE EAST IN FOCUS
Iraq Moves On, but Slowly
Scott Bobb

SECURITY SCENE
WMD Proliferation Threatens the World
Carol E.B. Choksy and Jamsheed K. Choksy

SOCIAL REPORT
DREAM World: Immigration Reform Gains Strength from Early Failures
Kate Woodsome

 

 
ADVENTURE
Wagons Ho! Crossing the Legendary Oregon Trail
Dave Bartruff

EDUCATION
Online Learning: It's Different
Peter Reuell

FOOD
Bagels in China
James Dorsey

SPORTS
These Kids Have Won Already
Zofeen Ebrahim

TRAVEL
A Small, Young Republic: Montenegro
Saim Orhan

 

 
BOOK REVIEW
Those Angry Days
Muriel Dobbin
THOSE ANGRY DAYS: ROOSEVELT, LINDBERGH, AND AMERICA’S FIGHT OVER WORLD WAR II, 1939-1941
Lynne Olson

My Berlin Kitchen
MY BERLIN KITCHEN: A LOVE STORY (WITH RECIPES)
Luisa Weiss

1775: A Good Year for a Revolution
James Srodes
1775: A GOOD YEAR FOR REVOLUTION
Kevin Phillips

Gasoline Alley
Michael Taube
GASOLINE ALLEY: DAILY COMICS 1964-1966
Frank King and Dick Moores

The Slaves' Gamble
James Srodes
THE SLAVES’ GAMBLE: CHOOSING SIDES IN THE WAR OF 1812
Gene Allen Smith

Amtrak: Past, Present, and Future
Wes Vernon
AMTRAK: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Frank N. Wilner

 

 
 
   
Immigration Rally in Washington
© Ryan Beiler | Dreamstime.com

 
ARCHITECTURE
Visionary Artist: César Manrique
Iris Brooks

EXHIBITION
Garry Winogrand: Compelled to Photograph
Darwin Marable

POETRY
The Wren's So Small and Other Spring Poems
Edwin Block

THEATER
Women Take the Stage against Taliban
Ashfaq Yusufzai

 

   
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
Scientists Use Islands to Gauge Rainfall's Effect on Landscapes
Jennifer Chu
Climate Change Drives Spread of Invasive Plants in Cuba
Ivet González
Cutting Specific Atmospheric Pollutants Would Slow Sea Level Rise
National Science Foundation

SCIENTISTS PAST AND PRESENT
Gender Bias Found in How Scholars Review Scientific Studies
Jeff Grabmeier

UNLOCKING THE COSMOS
Scientists to Io: Your Volcanoes Are in the Wrong Place
Nancy Neal-Jones ad Bill Steigerwald
Astronomers Discover Massive Star Factory in Early Universe
Marcus Woo

 

   
CROSSROADS
Culture is the New Resistance
Giuliana Sgrena

WORLD HERITAGE
Ecuador's Fiesta de San Juan
Harvey Hagman

 

   
ESSAY
The Rålamb Mission
Jonathan Stubbs
Maritime Partisans
Dmitry Shlapentokh

PERSPECTIVE
Why Focus on Babies?
Joy Lawn

 
   
BOOK REVIEW
A Town and Its Famous Citizen
Allen Mesch

CALENDAR
Civil War Sesquicentennial 1861-65 / 2011-15
Compiled by William S. Connery

REMEMBERING HISTORY
Irish Brigade’s St. Patrick’s Day Festivities

TALES OF FIRE AND STRIFE
Sesquicentennial of John Singleton Mosby’s Raid on Fairfax Court House: March 9, 1863 – March 9, 2013

VOICES FROM THE PAST
Reminiscences of a Mosby Guerrilla Part IV: Joining the Rangers
John W. Munson

 

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