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...forensic engineers have not yet determined why the bridge collapsed in Minneapolis, but the congressional porkers have made their diagnosis: Lack of money. Republican Congressman Don Young of Alaska complained that if President Bush hadn't forced deep cuts in his $375 billion transportation bill, America's infrastructure wouldn't be rotting so rapidly. "I don't do this often when I say I told you so," he said...
Someday, historians will find in the saga of New Orleans a 21st century morality tale about wealth and poverty, black and white, man and nature. We chose to focus on the woeful lack of preparedness for the future as a symbol of the same dearth of responsibility that gave us Katrina in the first place. Our special report is built around a powerful cover story written and reported by senior correspondent Michael Grunwald, who has been obsessed with New Orleans since Katrina. Michael, who is the author of The Swamp, a well-received book on the Everglades, explores...
...study aimed to investigate whether the well-known racial disparities in heart attack treatments were the result of bias or some other factor—a lack of treatment options for hospitals frequented by blacks or individual patient preference, for example...
...recent articles for the Boston Globe and San Francisco Chronicle, Sewall highlighted the lack of instruction given to U.S. troops when dealing with civilians...
...Still, despite the lack of attraction between Kam and me, it is hard to not fall into patterns of domesticity. During our first month in the city, we live in a West Village apartment ten minutes from work. Every morning, I cook breakfast for us and rouse him from his slumber. I remind him over the course of the day about grocery errands, bills, and dinner plans. On the way home in the evening, I call him to ask after his whereabouts. We are roommates and coworkers, but also, partners...