Posted: September 14, 2004

Stock share or medicare? - Linda McQuaig
  US for-profit health care a grim model, despite PR.
 

Prisons as panacea - Kim Pate, CAEFS
  Prisons are inadequate responses to poverty, homelessness and mental illness.
 
 

The great land rustle - Andrew Nikiforuk
  Alberta government quietly prepares to sell off public lands.
 
 

World beat

Direct from Baghad - Penney Kome
  Baghdad diaries, blogs, winning Western fans and imitators.
 

Workplaces

Block this import - Mike Martin
  Two-tiered bargaining creates sub-class of workers.
 
 

The tiny giant - Rory O'Neill, Hazards Magazine
  Nanotechnology field huge and growing, despite health and safety concerns.

The other 364 days - John Jacobs, CCPA
  Labour deserves support more than one day a year.

Consumers
Stopping spam at the source - Marguerite Reardon, CNET News.com
  New authentication methods help ISPs block wholesale spammers.

Spoofing caller ID - Ken Belson, The New York Times
  Software service aims to outfox caller ID.

Media files
First principles
  Michael Moore wants to put Fahrenheit 9/11 on TV, not in Oscar race for best doc.
 

US election watch
From Death Row
  Mumia Abu Jamal on how Islam, Vietnam, will affect the presidential election.

Hedging their bets - Alex Knott and Agustín Armendariz, Center for Public Integrity
  Same millionaires contribute to Bush and Kerry's campaigns.

Hot headlines
Medi-dare - Chantal Hebert, Toronto Star
  Premiers Doer, Lord, key players at health summit.

US healthcare: F+ - Rand Corporation
  First national report card on US health care finds patients got only about 50% of the care they needed.

Carry-through - Allison Stevens, WeNews
  Women across globe see impact of Cairo pact.

Lies, damn lies, and - ignoring statistics - Marco Procaccini, TheTyee.ca
  BC's Liberal government ignores Statistics Canada's numbers to claim its economy is growing.

Caution: toxic to women - Melissa Knopper, emagazine.com
  Modern life includes environmental threats specifically for women.

Stupid pet tricks - Andy Coghlan, New Scientist
  Pollution triggers bizarre behaviour in animals.

The other 9/11 - Hamid Golpira
  Tehran Times editorial commemorates the other deaths on 9/11 - and every day of the year.

Take action!
No to BMD!
  Canadian Peace Alliance calls for Oct 2 Day of Action against missile defence plan.

Urban renewal
  Montreal Citizen's Summit: a forum for citizens that want a truly democratic, open, just, fair and inclusive city.

Feedback from our readers
Dark days in Darfur - Moe Freedman
  Student paper provides resources for understanding the dire situation in Sudan.

Required reading - Jennifer Brayton, PhD
  Straight Goods goes to school.