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Salon.com
January 6, 2001
Jon Entine |
Young, gifted and under center The current bumper crop of black quarterbacks leading their teams to the playoffs doesn't mean racism is dead in the NFL...   |
Salon.com
August 11, 2000
Jackie Stevens |
Does capitalism make you sick? Gene studies are sexy and well funded, but they can buttress racial thinking and distract the public from the socioeconomic roots of disease. |
Bio-IT World
September 9, 2002
Kevin Davies |
The Debate Over Race Relations Are self-identified labels of race useful in large-scale population genetic studies? A provocative commentary from a leading Stanford University geneticist has fuelled controversy. |
Salon.com
April 26, 1999
Chris Colin |
Reading genes in black and white Last month Florida State University exploded when a soft-spoken psychology professor claimed he had evidence proving blacks intellectually inferior... |
AskMen.com
Simon Kuper |
Race and European Soccer International soccer has been a place of diversity from the start, and despite the wistful musing of some in France, it's becoming ever more so. |
AskMen.com
October 30, 2013
Michelle Magnan |
The Difference Between Usain Bolt And You: The point that David Epstein explores at length in The Sports Gene, is that no two people respond to sports training the same way, because no two genomes are the same. |
Sports Illustrated
April 20, 2001
Tim Layden |
More than just talent Kenyan runners dominate because of superb work ethic... |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2011 |
To Screen or Not to Screen? What do our genetics tell us about our predisposition to certain diseases? What does this mean for pharmaceutical companies? |
Scientific American
June 5, 2006
Sally Lehrman |
Trace Elements Even as population geneticists battle over the meaning of race and biogeographical ancestry, a small industry has emerged out of the quest to understand human migration and identity. One new firm helps African-Americans reconnect to their ancestral past. |
Bio-IT World
June 2005
Kevin Davies |
First Base: Genes, Geography, and History The National Genographic Project will collect blood samples from populations around the globe, then use genetic data to trace population origins and migration routes. Some groups are critical. |
Salon.com
September 25, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Night of the thoroughbreds On an evening of amazing feats, an Australian hero and an American legend shone the brightest. |
BusinessWeek
June 27, 2005
Amy Barrett |
Color-Blind Drug Research Is Myopic Researchers will sometimes have to use the blunt instrument of race to help match patients with the right drugs. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Emmett D. Carson |
The Black/Brown Divide There is much that foundations can do to improve relations between Mexican and African Americans. By creating a shared dialogue, foundations can assist African and Mexican Americas in finding and acting on their mutual self-interest. |
Managed Care
February 2001
Patrick Mullen |
A Conversation with Rodney G. Hood, M.D. Unintentional bias can be just as damaging as the overt brand, according to the president of the National Medical Association... |
Salon.com
September 23, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Speed thrills When the world's fastest humans, Marion Jones and Maurice Greene, won their races, they put us in touch with something buried deep in the human psyche... |
Salon.com
May 30, 2000
David Horowitz |
The latest civil rights disaster Ten reasons why reparations for slavery are a bad idea for black people -- and racist too. |
Sports Illustrated
May 5, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Olympic burnout factor Q&A on the Olympics: increasing surge of interest rising in the 2000 Games in the U.S. public and media?... How does the United States' shot put, discus and hammer throwers look this year?... Has the IOC ever considered offering "at large" berths to athletes... etc. |
Sports Central
August 14, 2012
Brad Oremland |
Thumbs Down For Olympic Coverage I mentioned last week that I didn't get into the Summer Olympics as much as usual this year. Much of the reason, I'm afraid, was NBC's television coverage of the London Games. |
BusinessWeek
May 13, 2010
Ken Wells |
South Africa: A Big Bounce from the World Cup The nation's economy has grown since the end of apartheid. On the eve of the World Cup, it measures how far it has come and how far it has to go |
AskMen.com
Geoffrey Lansdell |
Top 10: America Loving Countries The U.S. generally performs poorly on global goodwill surveys, but there are striking exceptions. |
Managed Care
May 2001
Michael D. Dalzell |
Powerful Opportunities For Good and Greed Genetic advances could spawn incredible improvements in health care. Given public demand, they also pose what may be unmanageable issues of resource use... |
Sports Central
August 25, 2008
Brian Cox |
Running With Heavy Burdens in Dark Shadows For the USA track and field athletes, these Olympics have been about missed opportunities and devastating losses. |
Salon.com
May 25, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Our shiny happy clone future Procreation without sex, smarter babies and the right to choose the sexual orientation of your kids -- it's all good, says scientist Gregory Stock... |
Reason
November 2008
Michael C. Moynihan |
A Transformation on Race Two new books, Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal, by Randall Kennedy, and Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness, by John L. Jackson, Jr., discuss America's quiet but radical shift in liberal ideas about race. |
Smithsonian
February 2007
Whitney Dangerfield |
Family Ties African Americans use scientific advances to trace their roots. |
Reason
April 2001
Cathy Young |
Monkeying Around with the Self Why support for biotech shouldn't foreclose the debate over its moral issues... |
Reason
September 2004
John Blundell |
Try, Beloved Country Rumors of South Africa's decline are greatly exaggerated. With a black majority that is stunning in its patience, understanding, and willingness to find a way, South Africa will not only survive but thrive. |
Sports Central
July 19, 2012
Kevin Beane |
The Other Nations of the Olympics Since the Olympics see fit to include as many nations as possible, they give out wild card entries to nations that do not have any athletes who qualified through competition. This makes the Olympic Opening Ceremonies a truly global event. |
Geotimes
September 2005
Nisbet & Nisbet |
Evolution & Intelligent Design: Understanding Public Opinion Tensions in American society over religious and scientific accounts of human origins are centuries old, and the divide between the two contending worldviews continues today as part of an escalating political conflict over science education. |
Nurse Practitioner
August 2009
Linda A. Howe |
Pharmacogenomics and management of cardiovascular disease Prior to the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, individual responses to medications were usually termed idiosyncrasies. Ethnic differences were not usually seen as genetic variants, as is the case today. |
Managed Care
November 2006
Maureen Glabman |
Genetic Testing: Major Opportunity, Major Problems Whether a person is likely to develop diabetes, cancer, schizophrenia, or stroke will be reasonably well predicted, and tests can also determine whether a patient will respond to a given therapy. That's the good part. |
Finance & Development
December 2011
Calestous Juma |
Africa's New Engine As Africa's middle class grows, policymakers should place a premium on regional economic integration and the associated investment in infrastructure, technical training, and support of entrepreneurs. |
Outside
December 2006
Joshua Hammer |
The Kenyan Cowboy Thomas Cholmondeley, the scion of Kenya's most famous white family, killed two black men on his vast Rift Valley ranch in the space of a year. The trial that could shatter the country's fragile peace. |
Sports Illustrated
January 29, 2002
Tim Layden & Kostya Kennedy |
Seasonal Debate Forget the Summer Games, the Winter Olympics are tops... Put the Winter Games in deep freeze, the Summer Olympics are hot... |
