- American Prospect: Decline and Rebirth | Solutions
To our great shame, among the 20 major advanced countries America now has
the highest poverty rate, both generally and for children;
the greatest inequality of incomes;
the lowest government spending as a percentage of GDP on social programs for the disadvantaged;
the lowest number of paid holiday, annual, and maternity leaves;
the lowest score on the United Nations’ index of “material well-being of children”;
the worst score on the United Nations’ gender inequality index;
the lowest social mobility;
the highest public and private expenditure on health care as a portion of GDP,
yet accompanied by the highestinfant mortality rate;
prevalence of mental health problems;
obesity rate;
portion of people going without health care due to cost;
low-birth-weight children per capita (except for Japan);
consumption of antidepressants per capita; - 30years.gif 550×500 pixels
- Living in SF Means… – The Bold Italic – San Francisco
- World War II: Internment of Japanese Americans – Alan Taylor – In Focus – The Atlantic
Grimly important photos from the U.S. internment of Japanese during WWII –
- It’s Almost
It’s Almost – brilliantly simple web app lets you create a countdown to anything
- Oldest well-preserved fossils found in Western Australia | COSMOS magazine
The oldest well-preserved fossils on Earth have been discovered in 3.4-billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia.
- Ahna O’Reilly Slips Into Fall’s Retro Looks :: Articles :: Los Angeles Confidential Magazine
My niece, actress Ahna O’Reilly from The Help, dresses up like Veronica Lake Amazing seeing someone you know like this
- The Interrupters reviewed: This documentary on Chicago gang violence is the most necessary film of the year. – By Dana Stevens – Slate Magazine
- ‘EBay for Science’ Could Enable Outsourcing of Experiments: Scientific American
An ebay for science? Another part of the big trend that @sharethemesh has been evangelizing
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