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Is our global food system too big and overworked? Find out how the industrial food economy may be leading to serious health problems, from obesity to starvation, for people all over the world. Also, hear about something else that may be causing health problems: prescription meds! Plus: a report card for the No Child Left Behind Act. And a look at the paintings of English romantic J. M. W. Turner.
Tune in tomorrow, Tuesday, July 1, for the latest in our Political Projections film series! We'll talk about how Hollywood has depicted the President in the role of Commander in Chief.
The End of Food
Is our global food system too big and overworked? Journalist Paul Roberts’s research leads him to believe that our hyper-efficient, industrial food economy is leading to serious problems for people all over the world. new book is The End of Food.
Weigh in: Which aspect of our global food ...
A Report Card for No Child Left Behind
Find out how the No Child Left Behind Act has affected a troubled high school in Baltimore. Academy Award-winning filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond’s new HBO documentary is "Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card."
The Paintings of J. M. W. Turner
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting the first U.S. retrospective of English romantic painter J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) in more than forty years. It’s on display from July 1 –September 21. Kathryn Galitz is curator.
Give Us This Day, Our Daily Meds
Prescription medications may actually be causing health problems for many Americans. Former New York Times reporter Melody Petersen is the author of Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs.
Weigh in: Has a prescription drug ever ...
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