Vol. 139 No. 13, April - April 2007
Index
- Health literacy and drug abuse.
- Letter from the editor.
- What do you know about the health effects of drug abuse?
- Sinkholes.
- Trial by fire.
- Drawing lines in the sand.
- Follow the money.
- Numbers in the news.
- Helping the homeless.
- Navy seals get backup.
- Noted & quoted.
- Byzantine Podcasts.
- Pass the dictionary.
- Space junk.
- DNA hits a nerve: scientists are trying to trace humanity's earliest migrations from Africa by collecting DNA from indigenous people around the world. But they've hit a snag in North America, where many tribes are refusing to participate.
- Smuggled to America: Deng Chen's parents sent him from China to the U.S. when he was 14, in the hope of giving him a better life. He spent years paying for their decision.
- Get the facts: drug abuse puts your whole body at risk.
- Detroit's bumpy ride: America's 'Big Three' carmakers are in trouble. But as GM, Ford, and Chrysler close factories and cut jobs, foreign carmakers--building their U.S. plants far from Detroit--are flourishing.
- Applying to college: a survival guide: if you're all stressed out about getting into college, here are some tips from the experts on how to maximize your chances without overdoing it.
- 1967 the six-day war: much of today's conflict between Israel and the Palestinians stems from a war 40 years ago that lasted less than a week.
- Unsisterly conduct: a sorority's attempt at a makeover backfires.
- Should illegal immigrants be eligible for in-state tuition? Whether they should get the same benefits as their high school classmates has become part of the national debate on immigration.
- On his own in America: Amadou Ly and his mother came to the U.S. illegally. When his mother returned to Senegal, Amadou was left to find his own way.
- Are today's guest workers really indentured servants?
- The 'sacrifice' of watching TV.
- To get a spot on this list, show us the money.
- Cartoons.