United States Studies - Wilson Center

08/01/2011

Continued coverage on a US Studies Topic related to "Fatal Invention": http://t.co/CLpLSgx

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/race-reemerges-in-debate-over-personalized-medicine/2011/07/18/gIQAzHqMmI_story.html?hpid=z3

Patent examiners use race as criteria for rejecting “personalized medicine” applications, sparking controversy.

07/27/2011

Click the link to watch the LIVE webcast at 3pm. This is sure to be a fascinating event! http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/book-discussion-ireckless-endangermenti #

What caused the home mortgage crisis? Who—if anyone—is to blame? In this important new book, co-authors Gretchen Morgenson (a journalist with long experience covering business) and Joshua Rosner (a financial analyst who raised early warnings in the mortgage market) provide some answers. Their analys

07/22/2011

As part of our continuous coverage of sustainable and healthy food: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/us/21food.html

As part of Michelle Obama’s campaign to reduce childhood obesity, the grocers vow to serve areas where affordable healthy foods are hard to find.

07/22/2011

11:30 a.m. event at the Wilson Center. Can't be there in person? Watch it live!
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/book-discussion-ifatal-invention-how-science-politics-and-big-business-recreate-race-the #

Just over a decade ago, the Human Genome Project decisively proved that there is no genetic basis for racial classifications. Yet with the emergence of new reproductive technologies, genetic ancestry testing, and race‐specific drugs, the second decade of the twenty‐first century is seeing a resurgen

07/18/2011

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07/18/2011

Event tomorrow: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=events.event_summary&event_id=705618

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07/07/2011

New World Bank figures from 2010 show remittances to developing countries have returned to pre-recession 2008 levels, and they are growing.

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTDECPROSPECTS/Resources/476882-1157133580628/MigrationandDevelopmentBrief16.pdf

07/07/2011

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/jobs-market-men-hit-hardest-in-recession-are-getting-work-faster-than-women/2011/07/06/gIQAbGxH1H_story.html

And they’re doing it partly by taking work in fields long dominated by females.

07/07/2011

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/07/06/world/americas/immigration.html?ref=todayspaper

Economic, demographic and social changes in Mexico are suppressing illegal immigration as much as the poor economy or legal crackdowns in the United States.

07/07/2011

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-mexico-forests-fall-prey-to-crime-mafias/2011/07/03/gIQAUApL0H_story.html

Logging is the latest frontier in Mexico’s struggle to beat back rapacious criminal organizations.

05/24/2011

The new Lee Hamilton Lecture Series at the Woodrow Wilson Center launches with Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Watch the live webcast tomorrow at 1:15.

The Lee Hamilton Lecture Series on Civil Discourse and Democracy: Inaugural Lecture With Admiral Michael G. Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

05/12/2011

Live webcast for tomorrow's event: "Temporary Migrant Careworker Programs in Canada and the European Union: Models for the United States?" 9 am-1 pm http://bit.ly/klwWHg

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