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2-28-10
Rachel Kimbro (Cohort 4) Houston Chronicle - June Cleaver. Samantha Stephens. Their days are over.
More women are attending and graduating from college than men. And more than 70 percent of mothers work out of the home each day…Read More

2-24-10
Allison Aiello (Cohort 1) - Germ Warefare / Slate.com
How To Sell Germ Warfare: Can hand sanitizers like Purell really stop people from getting the flu?…Read More

3-03-10
Alonzo Plough (National Advisory Committee) A Shot At Health
More than 50 people lined up for free H1N1 vaccinations Wednesday afternoon for one of the first swine flu clinics held by Los Angeles County in the Santa Clarita Valley in weeks.…Read More

3-03-10
Matt Wray (Cohort 4) The State - South Carolina's Homepage
Last month, S.C. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said that when the government helps the poor, it's like people feeding stray animals that continually "breed."…Read More

2-08-10
Sonya Grier (Cohort 1) Adweek.com - How Close Is Post-Racial America?
Suggests there's a generational aspect to how African-American consumers will react to such advertising.…Read More

Peter Bearman (Columbia University) The Wall Street Journal - L.A. Confidential: Seeking Reasons for Autism's Rise
Why is a child born in northwest Los Angeles four times as likely to be diagnosed with autism as a child born elsewhere in California?…Read More

1-29-10
Allison Aiello (Cohort 1) Times Live - Masks, hand sanitizer can help stop flu spreading
“We do think it probably would generalize to other settings in which you have people living in close quarters and eating in shared facilities,”…Read More

1-26-10
Natasha Schull (Cohort 1) "What keeps people glued to video poker and slot machines until they have lost all?"
For over 20 years, the Northwest Indiana delegation to the Indiana General Assembly -- led by Sen. Earline Rogers and Rep. Charlie Brown, Gary Democrats -- has sought to expand casinos as the solution to Gary's multiple problems.…Read More