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How Drug Companies Keep Medicine Out of Reach

For almost a decade, the United States has been standing in the way of an idea that could lead to cures for some of the world's most devastating illnesses. The class of maladies is known as neglected…
AUTHOR:Brian Till
PUBLISHED: May 15, 2013
LENGTH: 26 minutes (6632 words)

Bob Marley's Reggae Legacy: Sects, Drugs and Rock Roll

Bob Marley on the cover of Rolling Stone. Adrian Boot Memory pic
PUBLISHED: Feb. 24, 1994
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1009 words)

Welcome to Ireland, where mortgage payments are apparently optional

Among the many nasty side-effects of the European debt crisis, bigotry’s return to pleasant conversation may be the least-commented upon, and the nastiest. Granted, few actually say Germans are…
SOURCE:qz.com
PUBLISHED: April 2, 2013
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2155 words)

Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique

In an afterword to the fiftieth anniversary edition of The Feminine Mystique, the novelist Anna Quindlen recalls seeing her mother, a housewife, sitting at the kitchen table engrossed in the book. I…
PUBLISHED: March 20, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (863 words)

Am I a Torturer?

Photo: Sarah WilsonListen to an interview with the author here. The prisons in Iraq stink. Ask any guard or interrogator and they'll tell you it's a smell they'll never forget: sweat, fear, and rot.…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2065 words)

Pearl Jam: Five Against the World

Pearl Jams perform in London, England. Peter Still/Redferns There are two Eddie Vedders. One is quiet, shy, barely audible when he speaks. Loving and loved in re
PUBLISHED: Oct. 28, 1993
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1516 words)

Growing Up In The World's Deadliest City

Image by Dominic Bracco II/PrimeJumping the Camino Real, near the border of El Paso, Texas. The interior of the school bus is awash in blue light, lumberin
SOURCE:BuzzFeed
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4850 words)

How Mike White Turned "Enlightened" Into The Best And Most Original Show On TV

Mike White as Tyler; Laura Dern as Amy Jellicoe. Image by Lacey Terrell/HBO You may be tired of hearing that HBO's Enlightened is the best show on TV; you also still may not hav
SOURCE:BuzzFeed
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4830 words)

How to Stop the Bullies

In the annals of middle-school mischief, the Facebook page Let’s Start Drama deserves an entry. The creator of the page—no one knew her name, but everyone was sure she was a girl—had a diabolical…
PUBLISHED: March 23, 2013
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6030 words)
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