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Letter About Palin Goes Viral
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:00 -0400
This week in Wasilla, Alaska, a woman named Anne Kilkenny sent a letter to some college friends about her former mayor, Sarah Palin. By week's end, the letter was pinging around the country and Kilkenny's phone was ringing off the hook.
Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:00 -0400
Gov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools.
Examining Palin's Pentecostal Background
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:00 -0400
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has electrified religious conservatives who see her as one of their own. The Republican vice presidential candidate brings evangelical credentials to the ticket and has a Pentecostal background.

The Talk of the Town

Dorothy Wickenden: An old-style, Los Angeles feminist on Obama.
Dorothy Wickenden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Rosalind Wyman--seventy-seven years old; doughty feminist; political fund-raiser and philanthropist; hostess to J.F.K., Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and Hollywood types too numerous to count; youngest elected member of the Los Angeles City Council (at the age of twenty-two); first woman to run a national political . . .
Lauren Collins: The Brooklyn painter Kehinde Wiley.
Lauren Collins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The painter Kehinde Wiley first travelled to Nigeria in 1997. He was trying to find his father, whom he had never met, or, more crucially for a portraitist, seen. (His mother didn’t have any photographs.) After several weeks in Lagos, he found his dad, who welcomed him. But--like any . . .
James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility?
James Surowiecki Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000
American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market’s “ascent,” in particular . . .

 

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Does Sex Education Work? - Article reviews research and argues that a comprehensive risk prevention strategy should use multiple elements to protect as many of those at risk of pregnancy and STD/HIV infection as possible.
Meta Description: [ Sex education is sometimes called sexuality education or sex and relationships education, and is the process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and beliefs about sex, sexual identity, relationships and intimacy. ]

Fight AIDS Now: Standardized Mandatory Sex Education - Research report concludes the sexual education standards in Maryland's public schools are inadequate for preventing HIV transmission and provides recommendations for a more effective curriculum.
Meta Description: [ A policy proposal that would reform current HIV/AIDS curriculum requirements and implement a standardized mandatory HIV/AIDS curriculum in Maryland's Public School's. ]

Kaiser Daily Health Reports: Reproductive Health - Daily reports on reproductive issues; includes sex-education topics.

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (NCPTP) - US non-profit organization provides statistics on adolescent pregnancy, poll results and analyses of factors affecting teenage sexual behavior, sex education materials, advice on what prevention measures work, and other resources.
Meta Description: [ The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy seeks to improve the lives and future prospects of children and families and, in particular, to help ensure that children are born into stable, two-parent families who are committed to and ready for the demanding task of raising the ne... ]

Parents' Rights Coalition - Conservative group providing information and criticism on gay-related education materials and programs.

Rethinking Schools Online - Let's Talk About Sex - Large collection of articles and editorials describing and supporting comprehensive sexuality education and criticizing abstinence-only curricula that leave teens without the facts they need to protect themselves

Sexuality Education in the Schools: Issues and Answers - Arguments supporting the position that school-based sex education programs conducted by specially-trained educators add an important dimension to children's ongoing sexual learning.

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the US (SIECUS) - Promotes comprehensive education about sexuality, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices.