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World Insights: Evil under the sun -- the U.S. history of unethical human experiments-

Recent election results don't bode well for those wanting Republicans to double down on outlawing abortion.

Science Misinformation: Journalism in the Age of Truth Decay. Join the Pulitzer Center for the launch of a new reporting initiative and a virtual conversation about journalistic approaches to addressing the scourge of scientific misinformation and disinformation. This 90-minute discussion will begin on Thursday, September 29, 2022, at 10:00am EDT. The Pulitzer Center and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Department of Science Education cordially invite you to a virtual conversation abo...

As a Wichita columnist writes, "In June, when the high court overturned Roe v. Wade and threw abortion to the states, pro-choice Kansans — who according to polls were always the majority — finally woke up."

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A new report exposes the drug trials and other medical experiments conducted without consent and with the backing of United States government intelligence agencies, reports Binoy Kampmark.

It has become common fare to read ghoulish stories of child abuse in institutions supposedly created to care for the vulnerable. Orphanages, homes, religious orders have tended to feature, along with their assortments of innumerable sadists and pederasts. But in December, another institution caused ripples for its alleged role in abusing children. A Danish Radio […]

Dont show me this message again✕ Joe Biden takes a Q&A session after his speech in London (AP) President Joe Biden has selected the daughter of a German-American Holocaust survivor to serve as the next ambassador to Germany. Amy Gutmann, who currently serves as the president of the University of Pennsylvania, was announced as the president’s nominee on Friday in a statement from the White House. If confirmed, she will be the first woman to represent the US to Germany, a top NATO ally. “I...

German news report: Penn President Amy Gutmann will be next U.S. ambassador to Germany Jeff Gammage, Jonathan Tamari, Susan Snyder, The Philadelphia Inquirer © DAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photogra Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, speaks during an event to announce the Schuylkill River Dredge Project in Philadelphia, PA on May 1, 2019. Speculation rose on Tuesday night that longtime University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann would be named the next U...

LibriVox Menu Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Iss The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) was created by Executive Order 13521 on November 24, 2009. The Bioethics Commission advised President Barack Obama on bioethical issues arising from advances in biomedicine and related areas of science and technology. It replaces The Presidents Council on Bioethics appointed by United States President George W. Bush to advise his adminis...