The average American produces sixteen hundred pounds of trash each year, but not many people know where it goes. Writer and filmmaker Heather Rogers looks at the hidden life of garbage and its impact on the planet. Plus: Alito and whether the right to abortion is settled law.
Alito and Abortion Debate
Jennifer Brown, president and legal director of Legal Momentum, a women's advocacy and legal rights organization in New York City
and
Cathy Cleaver Ruse senior fellow for legal studies at the Family Research Council
- on Samuel Alito's views on abortion
» Legal Momentum ...
and
Cathy Cleaver Ruse senior fellow for legal studies at the Family Research Council
- on Samuel Alito's views on abortion
» Legal Momentum ...
Garbage, Garbage Everywhere
Heather Rogers, New York-based journalist, filmmaker and author,Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage (The New Press, 2005)
- on why Americans spit out so much garbage and where it goes
- on why Americans spit out so much garbage and where it goes
Bitter Sweet
Ian Urbina, national correspondent in the Washington bureau of the New York Times
- on the problems New York City hospitals face with widespread diabetes
» "In the Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay" by Ian Urbina in the New York Times
- on the problems New York City hospitals face with widespread diabetes
» "In the Treatment of Diabetes, Success Often Does Not Pay" by Ian Urbina in the New York Times
Mrs. Merkel Goes To Washington
Richard Wolffe, senior White House correspondent for Newsweek and coauthor, Tapas : A Taste of Spain in America with Jose Andreas (Clarkson Potter, 2005)
- offers analysis of the president's press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel
» Newsweek Magazine
- offers analysis of the president's press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel
» Newsweek Magazine
Live Coverage
President Bush and Chancellor Merkel speak at the White House
» President Welcomes German Chancellor Merkel to the White House (The White House)
» Chancellor Angela Merkel
» President Welcomes German Chancellor Merkel to the White House (The White House)
» Chancellor Angela Merkel
From the Desk of Congressman Anthony Weiner
Look what came in the mail today!
A final 2005 mayoral race vote tally....OK, so Anthony got almost eight times as many votes as Brian...but he also spent, like thousands of dollars. You're a 'thousandaire', right, Anthony?
Photo File: Heather Rogers
Hates trash, loves the history of garbage: filmmaker and author Heather Rogers
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