AltWeeklies Wire
Price Tags: The Elephant in the Room in Health Carenew
Selling stuff to patients is like supplying the Pentagon: Welcome to the wonderful land of the surreal markup. When you're sick or in pain, you do not shop for bargains -- which is the main reason that the free-market model is a catastrophe for health care.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
11-11-2009 |
Science
If You May One Day Need to Go to an ER, You Should Support Health-Care Reformnew
The health-care reform debate has stirred strong emotions, but all the attention has been paid to the fury and fear on the right. Take it from me: There's plenty of both on the other side.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
09-16-2009 |
Science
Cancer Warsnew
AltWeeklies Award - News Story -- In-Depth
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Incomplete Educationnew
Medical Students for Choice fear that abortion rights and access are slowly being chipped away.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
04-12-2007 |
Sex
Strange Timesnew
We're living in a weird world where democratic governments sit on their hands, yet terrorists rebuild.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
09-20-2006 |
Commentary
Stacks and Stacks of Lettersnew
Newspaper writers crave -- and dread -- what comes in the mail from readers.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
09-07-2006 |
Commentary
Liquid Principlesnew
Imagine a world in which science -- and the common good -- determine water policy.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
08-16-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Cactus in the Kitchennew
Ah, prickly pear: It's the perfect time of year to capture a chunk of summer.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
08-09-2006 |
Food+Drink
Experience Needednew
Unless you've been there, you can never really know.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
07-26-2006 |
Commentary
I'd Rather Be Puzzlingnew
This is your brain on sudoku -- any questions?
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
07-12-2006 |
Commentary
Land Loversnew
Radical environmentalists get together for a day of warnings and celebrations.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
06-15-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Media Mahemnew
You think conservatives don't trust the media? Ask a liberal how she feels.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
06-15-2006 |
Commentary
Cultural Bearingsnew
A trip to the bookstore reveals what's on society's collective mind.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
05-31-2006 |
Commentary
For the Kidsnew

Since government agencies often ignore or dismiss disease clusters, parents and scientists are taking matters into their own hands.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
05-17-2006 |
Science
Rational Discoursenew
There's hope: Democrats are finally showing more sense than Republicans.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
04-20-2006 |
Commentary