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Unsurprisingly, it's immigrant Muslim communities that are pushing the biggest changes. "The Western mosque is fast becoming the site of contestation between the kind of Muslims who espouse the traditional mosque, and those who want to win proportionate space for women," says MIT's Khalidi. "The second generation are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Updating the Mosque for the 21st Century | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

A book for working mothers explaining why an egalitarian marriage is optimal seems obvious. Each spouse shouldering half the work is already the fantasy of most wives, particularly those with demanding careers. Who would argue with the proposition that a husband should lift a hand to do some housework or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

And yet in many cases, vaccines have effectively eliminated diseases. Measles is among the top five killers in the world of children under 5 years old, yet it kills virtually no one in the U.S. thanks to vaccines. People have the misconception that we want to eliminate vaccines. Please understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jenny McCarthy on Autism and Vaccines | 4/1/2009 | See Source »

Recognizing that their bill was just an opening gambit, the two House Democrats notably left open one of the most controversial questions: whether, under a carbon cap-and-trade system, to auction off pollution credits to companies, as Obama's plan would do with 100% of them, or to give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress Launches Opening Gambits on Global Warming | 4/1/2009 | See Source »

Here's where things start to get interesting: A lower price translates into a high potential return for an investor. When the loans were made, an investor who bought them at "par," or the dollar value of the loan, could expect a return of around 7%. That's a more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geithner's Toxic-Loan Plan Could Be Toxic for Banks | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

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