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Clean tech or public health: we shouldn’t have to choose
On January 28, 2011, the UK agreed to develop formal partnerships with China to accelerate the development of low-carbon technologies in both countries. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by...
View ArticleAre international AIDS programs ignoring the rights of LGBT people and...
Headlines in late August 2011 were quick to announce the results of a UN Report declaring a 20% decrease in the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the Asia and Pacific Region. While the decrease is no doubt a...
View ArticleIndia introduces new law to stem organ “tourist” trafficking
“I have often heard [patients say] ‘why should I put someone I love at risk when I can just buy a kidney?” — Lawrence Cohen, Where It Hurts: Indian Material for an Ethics of Organ Transplantation...
View ArticleIs the U.S. contributing to human rights violations by importing shrimp?
Shrimp farming, an industry that supplies the world with over 5 million metric tons of shrimp each year, is known throughout the environmental community as one of the world’s most destructive coastal...
View ArticleWill smoking bans make smoking habits worse?
According to the American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation, almost 80% of Americans currently live in a municipality that bans smoking in the workplace, local bars, restaurants, and other public and...
View ArticleThe Meat and Potatoes of American Health
As I write this, a single piece of legislation with the greatest potential to improve America’s health sits in limbo in our nation’s capital. As soon as a few weeks from today, the government will...
View ArticleSupreme Court and Affordability of Care
Few foresaw the direction that the Supreme Court would take the decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as PPACA or Obamacare. Immediately after the decision, public...
View ArticleWhy We Need a National Doctor Training Program
By Paul Tae Yang In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been helping my friend on some search engine optimization (SEO) work for WiserEarth, a non-profit dedicated to fostering collaboration among...
View ArticleBeyond the Second
Prior to his dropout from the University of Colorado, Aurora theater-shooter James Holmes had been seeing a mental health specialist at the University. However, school specialists, trained mostly to...
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Keeping it cool: In NYC, volunteers promote urban sustainability
“It’s not every day we get to paint a roof in Midtown,” said Special Projects Manager for the New York City Service Wendy Dessy to a group of volunteers assembled in the basement of the David H. Koch...
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