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...incumbents. "Chris Cannon has long had a lower favorability rating among his constituents than his fellow officeholders," said Quin Monson, a political science professor at Brigham Young University. "He never connected all that well with his constituents." Though Cannon was re-elected five times, his support for a guest-worker immigration program, and for a measure permitting states to charge in-state tuition to the children of illegal immigrants, hurt his standing among anti-immigration groups. Partly as a result, he faced primary tests in both...
...repeatedly requested pregnancy tests at the school clinic and that some had reacted to positive test results with high fives and plans for baby showers. Pathways for Children CEO Sue Todd, whose organization runs the school's on-site daycare center, told TIME on June 13 that its social worker had heard of the girls' plan to get pregnant as early as last fall. She noted that some of the girls involved had been identified as being at risk of becoming a teen mother as early as sixth grade, when they began to request pregnancy tests in middle school. "What...
...sharply reduced for as little as $60 million a year, by supplying basic micronutrients for 112 million kids who lack essential vitamins. According to the Copenhagen Consensus's figures, that $60 million would pay back more than $1 billion in benefits - better health, fewer deaths, more worker productivity. "It's a matter of cost and benefit," says Lomborg. "These are the best problems with the best solutions." (Hear Lomborg talk about the Copenhagen Consensus and climate change on this week's Greencast...
...Press, when he refused to socialize on Saturday nights. "He's become a monk," Maureen would say. And yet, even at the top of his profession, he never lost track of his roots--in part because he never lost track of his dad, Big Russ, a Buffalo, N.Y., sanitation worker, who survives him. Tim would review his Sunday questions with Big Russ in mind, always asking himself, What would Dad want to know? About 10 years ago, he decided to buy his father a car. "Buy anything you want, Dad," Tim offered. Big Russ picked a Ford. "So I said...
...dirt road. The reason for the delay: the weekend's diesel delivery never arrived from Kampala. "We spent most of the morning getting the little bit of fuel out of the other trucks so we could fill two to drive here," says Simon Okiseng, a senior field worker. "If the fuel doesn't arrive today, there will be no distribution tomorrow...