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It’s a McWorld after all
Ira Boudway
A writer and a photographer visit 30 families around the world to show us what the world eats -- and how industrial food is creeping into every corner of the globe.
The politics of injustice
Alan Berlow
The testimony of one bogus witness put Larry Fowlkes away on murder charges for 45 years. Will presidential hopeful Gov. Mark Warner set him free?
More fodder for “breast is best”
Lori Leibovich
A study finds that breast-feeding may lower the risk of diabetes in mothers.
Nanomedicine’s brave new world
Alan H. Goldstein
In just a few years, doctors will know everyone's genetic identity. This knowledge will be a blessing -- and a curse.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
ESPN's Len Elmore on race in sports: "We had this same conversation back in the '50s."
My father is sick, but I don’t want to see him
Cary Tennis
I feel so awful for him ... but he's been so awful to me!
No school nurses left behind
Laurie Udesky
Once a comforting presence in most public schools, full-time nurses are increasingly scarce. Now teaching assistants, secretaries and other nonmedical personnel are trying to care for sick children -- with often tragic results.
Let them eat cake — sometimes
Katharine Mieszkowski
Not everyone believes that fat kids should greatly restrict calories to slim down, or even that it's healthy for them to try.
Gut check
Katharine Mieszkowski
Wellspring, a camp for overweight teens, trains kids to have a "healthy obsession" with food and exercise. Sure, they shed pounds on the 1,200-calorie daily diet, but what happens when they get home?
A sick system
Ayelet Waldman
My mother is 65 and has always had health insurance. But since President Bush announced his plans to overhaul Medicare, she's worried she may never be able to retire.
The grisly cleanup begins
Allen G. Breed
As New Orleans turns its attention to counting the dead, no one knows how many they'll find. But the bodies are everywhere.
The new buzz
Garrison Keillor
Now that coffee is good for us, we can get on with our lives. And maybe someone should hand the president an extra cup or two?
What Kevin Trudeau doesn’t want you to know
Christopher Dreher
The author of the bestselling "Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About" claims to be a consumer advocate in the Ralph Nader mold. But the infomercial king just wants your cash.
Unveiling Iraq’s teenage prostitutes
Joshua E.S. Phillips
Fleeing their war-torn homes, Iraqi girls are selling their bodies in Syria to support their families.
Everything you always wanted to know about the stem cell debate
Farhad Manjoo
George Bush's opposition to stem cell research is intellectually and morally incoherent. Here's why.
Getting religion about health
Katharine Mieszkowski
Mike Huckabee, Arkansas' newly skinny governor, weighs in on the humilation of being fat, why government shouldn't police our grease, and whether he's planning to diet his way to the White House.
Letters
Salon Staff
Prozac: Artist's helper, or mortal enemy? Readers debate Laura Miller's review of Peter Kramer's new book, "Against Depression."
Van Gogh on Prozac
Laura Miller
Treating depression doesn't quell our humanity and creativity but restores them, argues "Listening to Prozac" author Peter Kramer. So, please, let's stop making a virtue out of despair.
Letters
Salon Staff
"A woman who has a history of abusive relationships is now living in the house of a rapist. And your advice is not to inform her?" Readers question Cary Tennis' response to the rape victim who gave her daughter up for adoption.
Drugstore cowboys
Katharine Mieszkowski
Sleazy doctors and drug dealers seeking a better scam are flooding America with counterfeit prescription meds.
Growing up too fat
Katharine Mieszkowski
Twenty percent of American children are overweight. An expert offers advice on how to talk to your kids about their weight, why diets don't work and what society needs to do.
Land of milk and money
Rebecca Clarren
Critics say Horizon and other mass-production dairies don't deserve the organic label -- and that the USDA needs to come up with a real definition.
Predictions of a tech titan
David Smith
Craig Barrett, stepping down as chief of Intel, is excited about the future of microchips.
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