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...parent survey indicated that autism is more commonly diagnosed among white non-Hispanics than other groups. African-American children were 57% less likely to be diagnosed with an ASD than whites; they were also more likely to be in the group that "lost" the diagnosis. Mild autism was the most common type reported by parents. Half of parents said their child had a mild form of ASD, one-third described the child's condition as "moderate" and the remaining 17% said their child was severely affected. Parents also indicated that nearly 9 out of 10 (87%) children with ASD also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Studies See a Higher Rate of Autism: Is the Jump Real? | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

ASHA ABDALLA, a member of Somalia's parliament, on how long the country's government would last if the 5,000 African Union troops deployed in Mogadishu, the capital, were withdrawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...African American Studies 121: Please, Wake Up! - Race, Gender, Class and Ethnicity in the Early Films of Spike Lee—Q Rating...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner | Title: Kiss That Class Goodbye | 10/4/2009 | See Source »

Opposition to the bid for the games was virtually nonexistent. The Rev. C. Jay Matthews, leader of Mount Sinai Baptist Church and a prominent voice in Cleveland's African-American community, led an unsuccessful campaign last winter challenging the city's domestic-partnership registry. But he took no public stand regarding the games. "Ohio has a reputation that is more conservative than the reality," says Sue Doerfer, executive director of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland. "This effort will change Ohio forever," says Joe Cimperman, a Cleveland city council member, who expects the council to vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forget Chicago: Cleveland Gets the Gay Games | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

...since the days of President Daniel arap Moi, a classic African "Big Man," has the U.S. been so tough on Kenya. The latest salvo came on Sept. 24, when Washington threatened to ban 15 senior officials from the U.S. for their failure to push through reforms after bloody post-election violence in early 2008. Even worse for a cash-strapped Kenya, the U.S. promised to scrutinize the government's requests to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. This is not the close friendship that Kenya had in mind when Barack Obama, a man whose father was born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Talk of Kenya: What Does Obama Have Against Us? | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

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