Malaria was responsible for approximately 584,000 deaths in 2013, the majority of which were among children in Africa. Now, researchers from Michigan State University claim to have made a groundbreaking discovery about cerebral malaria, a deadly form of the disease: it is brain swelling that causes children to die from it – a finding that may pave the way for new treatments.
In Africa – where more than 90% of malaria deaths occur – a child dies from the disease every minute. It is estimated that in 2013, 437,000 African children died from the disease before they reached their fifth birthday.
David Edwards, - The Raw Story
Stephan: There are two reasons to pay attention to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback: First, based on objective measurement his Theocratic Rightist social policies have failed and done real damage to his state. A lesson that should be noted.
Second, because beneath his "Christian" family values, and Randian economics lies a deeper subtext, one that is a major and growing trend in the U.S. today, the evolution of the country into an all minority population. Kansas is an overwhelmingly White state, 87.1%, and Brownback wants to keep it that way by passing and enforcing social policies that will force today's White women to bear White babies so that a Caucasian majority continues for the foreseeable future.
K Kansas Governor Sam Brownback
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) suggested over the weekend that preventing women from having abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy was part of his state’s recipe for economic growth.
On Friday’s Washington Watch broadcast, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins ignored the economic disaster in Kansas, and praised Brownback for showing “Washington a thing or two” about improving the economy.
“It’s working,” Brownback agreed. “What we want Kansas to be is the best place in America to do two things: raise a family, grow a small business.”
“And we are moving that way,” he continued. “I’ve signed 10 pro-life bills, there’s another one moving through the legislature on ending dismemberment abortions, where you actually dismember the child to abort it. It’s passed the state Senate, it’s going to pass the House, and I’m going to sign it.”
Brownback said that he had also taken “all small business taxes off of small business income, and that’s seen a record number of small business filings, […]
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Robert Reich, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies - Robertreich.org
Stephan: Robert Reich is one of the most interesting public intellects in America today, in my opinion. In the world of punditry he has uncommon virtues. He thinks originally, understands and uses accurate data, and is wellness oriented. In this essay he raises issues that are hardly discussed, but which are having a powerful effect on our world.
Economist, professor, author and political commentator Robert Reich.
Credit: Richard Morgenstein
It’s now possible to sell a new product to hundreds of millions of people without needing many, if any, workers to produce or distribute it.
At its prime in 1988, Kodak, the iconic American photography company, had 145,000 employees. In 2012, Kodak filed for bankruptcy.
The same year Kodak went under, Instagram, the world’s newest photo company, had 13 employees serving 30 million customers.
The ratio of producers to customers continues to plummet. When Facebook purchased “WhatsApp” (the messaging app) for $19 billion last year, WhatsApp had 55 employees serving 450 million customers.
A friend, operating from his home in Tucson, recently invented a machine that can find particles of certain elements in the air.
He’s already sold hundreds of these machines over the Internet to customers all over the world. He’s manufacturing them in his garage with a 3D printer.
So far, his entire business depends on just one person — himself.
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Thursday, March 19th, 2015
Katherine Bagley, - Inside Climate New
Stephan: This is very good news although it has got virtually no coverage in corporate media. However, potentially it is a very big deal, as will become clear in those red value states that don't comply.
Beginning next year, governors that want the many millions in disaster preparedness funding from FEMA will have to sign off on plans acknowledging the climate change risks to their communities. The policy could put some Republicans governors who deny or question climate change, such as Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal (pictured), in a bind. Louisiana is the nation’s biggest recipient of FEMA funds, having received more than $1 billion between 2010 and 2014.
Credit: Gage Skidmore
Governors seeking billions of dollars in U.S. preparedness funds will have to sign off on plans to mitigate effects of climate change.
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