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Goodbye “trickle-down” economics
March 6, 2009Fresh from winning passage of a $787 billion economic stimulus package, the Obama administration has outlined its $3.6 trillion budget for the coming year. Its priorities represent a sharp break with longstanding Republican “trickle down” economics,...
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Scientists use ‘piggyback’ technique for stem cells
March 3, 2009Pioneering work by Japanese stem-cell researchers two years ago has taken a major step forward, helping the quest for versatile, grow-in-a-dish transplant tissue, according to papers published yesterday.
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ICE-d! Dragnet raids, quotas stir outrage
February 27, 2009BALTIMORE—Six-year-old Tomas Guillen underwent chemotherapy at Johns Hopkins Hospital without the comforting presence of his father. His dad, Ernesto Guillen, a janitor, was on the way to his son’s bedside when he and 23 other Latino...
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Solis confirmed as labor secretary
February 25, 2009President Obama finally has a labor secretary, leaving his picks at commerce and health and human services still to go to complete his cabinet. The Senate late this afternoon voted 80-17 to confirm California congresswoman Hilda...
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Closing Guantanamo: many questions remain
February 25, 2009Two days after taking office, President Barack Obama announced that the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be closed by the end of this year at the latest. This step, which was acclaimed worldwide, is...
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