Vol. 140 No. 2, September 2007
Index
- Game show.
- Greenhouse gases: by the numbers.
- An anthropologist excavates a mass grave recently discovered near Scharfenberg, Germany.
- Righteous rats.
- Pickled red.
- They're not buying it.
- You just can't win.
- 12%.
- 19 million.
- 4%.
- 66.
- 8 million.
- Forgiving a goddess.
- Hard Work U.
- Japan: why the jury is still out: can the jury system work in Japan, where speaking up and expressing opinions go against deeply held cultural values?
- Stolen futures: when they started college four years ago, Iraq's freshmen had big ambitions. By graduation day, their dreams of a successful life--at least in Iraq--had been shattered.
- Brother act: in the year since Fidel Castro fell ill, Cuba has been in limbo. His brother, Raul, is acting President, but Fidel is still making his presence felt.
- 10 Supreme Court cases every teen should know: more of the Court's most important rulings on freedom of speech and privacy at school, and other issues affecting teenagers: Part 2.
- Back in the game: with American Indians reasserting their heritage through lacrosse--a game invented by their ancestors--they're helping to make it one of the country's fastest-growing sports.
- Hot topic.
- 1957 Sputnik launches the space race: at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union sent the first satellite into space. A stunned America reacted by jump-starting its space program, leading to the historic moon landing 12 years later.
- Should the U.S. have a national health-care system? Health care is likely to be one of the key issues in next year's election.
- Minding their own business: why does the United States produce so many successful young entrepreneurs?
- A mother daughter culture clash: Chandra Touch has struggled to make her mother, a Cambodian immigrant, understand her American Lifestyle and ambitions.
- Cartoons.