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By Fran Hawthorne #487818109 / gettyimages.com Why are prescription drug prices so high in the U.S.? Pfizer’s attempt to acquire the giant British drug company AstraZeneca—which finally collapsed in late May—pinpoints several reasons in a nutshell. (Or should I say, in a once-a-day pill?) Not by coincidence, this would-be merger also reveals some of the…
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Author and activist David Chura investigates the mystery of prison recidivism and comes to a surprising—yet poignant—conclusion.
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Immigration activist Aviva Chomsky reveals quite a few surprising facts about immigration and “undocumentedness” in her compelling new book ‘Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal.’
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By Fran Hawthorne Mount Storm Coal-Fired Power Station in West Virginia (by user Raeky via Wikimedia Commons) “Even if Stanford [University] divested itself fully of all its stocks, both fossil fuel and nonfossil, it would probably take the market less than an hour to absorb all the shares. It would not lead the executives of…
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How should an ethical consumer respond to the Donald Sterling controversy? Fran Hawthorne, author of ‘Ethical Chic,’ investigates.
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Ginny Gilder, a former Olympian, shares the crushing disappointment that occurs when political disputes interfere with Olympic aspirations.
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Book-browsing turkeys in Harvard Square, SCOTUS and greenhouse gas regulations, doctor empathy, and more. This is what we’ve been reading about online this week.
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Advice from Susan Katz Miller on how interfaith Jewish/Christian families can find meaning during the Jewish High Holidays.
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When you have dreams of pro-sports stardom for your kid, it’s easy to drain your bank account.
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