- Making News: Governors Address Border Troubles
Two Democratic Governors, Bill Richardson of New Mexico and Janet Napolitano of Arizona, have declared states of emergency along their borders with Mexico. That has embarrassed the Bush Department of Homeland Security, but California's Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says he might do the same thing. Claudine Lomonaco, who reports for the Tucson Citizen, has more on the situation. - Reporter's Notebook: Healthcare Disparities Still Exist for Black Americans
In the 1980's it was first reported that black Americans get fewer operations, tests, medications and other life-saving treatments than whites do. Decades later, with little progress in closing that gap, the latest New England Journal of Medicine says it's time to stop talking and figure out what can be done. Yale cardiologist Harlan Krumholtz is lead author of "Sex and Racial Differences in the Treatment and Outcome of Acute Myocardial Infarction."
Governor Bill Richardson declares state of emergency along New Mexico-Mexico border
Governor Janet Napolitano declares state of emergency along Arizona-Mexico border
Department of Homeland Security-s Border Management
Lomonaco-s article on search for state funds to pay for migrant-related costs
Clinton and fellow Senators on global climate change in Alaska
Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act (S 1151)
WP article on senators' confirmation of Alaskan climate change