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...time of his birth, in 1962, his father was a law student in London. When Shonibare was 3, his family moved back to Nigeria, but they returned to London in the summers. In Lagos, the future artist spoke English at school but Yoruba at home. At the end of the workday, his father changed from Western dress into African robes. "Being bicultural for a Nigerian is completely normal," Shonibare says. "There's nothing strange about...
...1930s, doctors touted methamphetamine as a miracle drug "that would end the need for all others." Today it's one of the most addictive and dangerous substances in the world. In this case study, journalist Nick Reding examines how the meth epidemic decimated Oelwein, Iowa (pop. 6,159), where police at one point were dismantling two crank labs a week. For Reding, who spent four years reporting among Oelwein's addicts, officials and residents, the drug is more than just a small-town scourge. Meth, he writes, is a metaphor for the "cataclysmic fault lines formed by globalization." After agribusiness...
...what happens in 5 years? In 10? In 50? As Ha’aretz’s projection of 50 new settlement homes potentially turning into 1,450 suggests, Barak’s use of the nebulous term “where required” is a dangerous loose end, one that only serves to complicate the issue rather than coming anywhere close to solving...
...hospitals and doctors at five sites for 37 common surgical procedures. The idea is that if hospitals and doctors are paid out of the same pot, they'll coordinate services to be more efficient and cost-effective. The results could help determine how aggressively the Federal Government will end up pushing the bundled-payment model onto the entire Medicare system...
...preventive care - two essential factors for the reduction of overall health-care costs - but providers have been discussing the same factors as long as the idea of health reform has existed. Meanwhile, health-care costs, fueled by the "fee for service" model, are growing some 10% annually. In the end, the only way to get change may be to get real about the fact that, no matter how uncomfortable it makes us, health care and money are inseparable...