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The Parent Trap

Caught between the War on Drugs and federal adoption law, growing numbers of women prisoners are facing the permanent loss of their children.

Tue Apr. 10, 2001 11:00 PM PDT

Society for prevention of breast humor

Execs at the über-SUV-maker Land Rover had to pull a print ad in South Africa after the computer-manipulated photo managed to evoke charges of not only racism and sexism, but cultural and environmental insensitivity as well.

Sat Feb. 3, 2001 12:00 AM PST

Feds massively overstate anti-drug spending
Sat Jan. 27, 2001 12:00 AM PST

Zimbabwe schools suddenly empty
Sat Jan. 20, 2001 12:00 AM PST

History's homegrown plague
Sat Jan. 13, 2001 12:00 AM PST

Censorship U.
Sat Jan. 6, 2001 12:00 AM PST

British family values
Wed Dec. 20, 2000 12:00 AM PST

This is your sperm on drugs
Sat Dec. 16, 2000 12:00 AM PST

Biodiversity buys the farm
Sat Dec. 9, 2000 12:00 AM PST

Stock options for the poor?
Sat Dec. 2, 2000 12:00 AM PST

Safe sex for plants
Tue Nov. 28, 2000 12:00 AM PST

Depleted uranium suit possible
Thu Nov. 23, 2000 12:00 AM PST

Pro-Life International

Sidelined for decades, right-wing religious groups are now more active than ever in lobbying the United Nations against contraception, sex education, and other 'anti-family' programs. They're building international coalitions which could cripple future UN efforts on women's rights, population control, gay rights, and other global policy issues.

Tue Nov. 21, 2000 12:00 AM PST

Moral turpitude, with fries
Sat Nov. 11, 2000 12:00 AM PST

English, yes -- Navajo, no
Thu Nov. 9, 2000 12:00 AM PST

Death by lawyer
Sat Nov. 4, 2000 12:00 AM PST

Vote ponies and ice cream
Fri Oct. 27, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Russian church rides the rails
Fri Oct. 20, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

African tradition may fuel AIDS
Fri Oct. 13, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Apartheid cops' change of heart
Mon Oct. 2, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Perrier trumps local activists
Mon Sep. 25, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Tokyo gets toasty
Fri Sep. 22, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

That sinking feeling
Fri Sep. 15, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Cat burglars beware
Fri Sep. 8, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Lone Star lockdown
Mon Aug. 28, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Black rhinos buy the farm
Fri Aug. 25, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Rickets rebound
Fri Aug. 18, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Jurassic tiger to return?
Mon Aug. 14, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Coffee, tea, or DDT?
Fri Aug. 4, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Maybe Ken's a Libertarian
Fri Jul. 28, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Global warming: live on video
Mon Jul. 17, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Killer power poles
Fri Jul. 14, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Losing Ground

Three decades after the peak of the civil-rights movement, the number of African-American elected officials in the nation's most populous state is shrinking dramatically. Is California an anomaly, or an early warning of a growing trend?

Tue Jul. 11, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Condoms, yes; foreskins, no

Male circumcision may lower HIV infection risk. How that effects the circumcision debate.

Sun Jul. 2, 2000 11:00 PM PDT

Is there a doctor in the country?
Thu Jun. 29, 2000 11:00 PM PDT