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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: The Sex-Ed Divide by Sharon Lerner The Sex-Ed Divide by Sharon Lerner Reprinted with permission of The American ProspectVolume 12, Issue 17. September 24 - October 8 2001 If Maple Grove Senior High chose a prom queen, Ashley Gort would have had a good shot at the crown. Ashley, a petite and popular junior with delicate features, wore deep-sea blue to the event, accessorizing her fully beaded gown with…

Medicine as a Luxury by Merrill Goozner Reprinted with permission of The American ProspectVolume 13, Issue 1. January 1 - 14 2002 It's generally recognized that people have the right to eat. When famine breaks out, relief agencies rush food to the hungry. Politics and war may get in the way (indeed, they are often the causes of the famine). Sometimes relief efforts are too small or come too late. But the advanced industrial world…

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2000 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program The 2000 Kaiser Media Fellows visited Cuba for a weeklong series of briefings on the Cuban healthcare system, please see below for detailed program schedule. For a reporter's perspective and video on the visit, click here to see Mason Essif's work--A Reporter's Notebook. The Cuban Healthcare System: Saturday, April 21- Wednesday, May 2, 2001 Havana accommodation (April 21-28, and April 30-May 2): Hotel Presidente, Avenue de los Presidentes y Calzada,…

2003 Kaiser Media Interns The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Greta Lorge The Boston Globe - Kathy Lutz The Detroit Free Press - Rasha Madkour The Los Angeles Times - Daffodil Altan The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Kimm Groshong The Orlando Sentinel/El Sentinel - Erin Ailworth The Oregonian - Ofelia Madrid The Plain Dealer, Cleveland - Sam Bresnahan The San Jose Mercury News - Jamie Francisco The Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale - Ana Valdes The Washington Post -…

The African Renaissance: Opportunities and Implications for the U.S. and the World The Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group of the Council on Foundations and the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus cordially invite you to participate in a high-level conference under the co-chairmanship of Ambassador Andrew Young, Representative Maxine Waters, the Hon. Sir Ketumile Masire and the Hon. Nic

The African Renaissance: Opportunities and Implications for the U.S. and the World The Southern Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group of the Council on Foundations and the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus cordially invite you to participate in a high-level conference under the co-chairmanship of Ambassador Andrew Young, Representative Maxine Waters, the Hon. Sir Ketumile Masire and the Hon. Nic