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When Johnny Comes Marching Home: Caring for Veterans
Moderated by Jia-Rui Chong, Los Angeles Times Veterans Affairs Reporter
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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Tens of thousands of American soldiers have suffered injuries in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, including debilitating head and spine damage, chronic pain, and mental health problems. They return home to a devastatingly overburdened veterans' healthcare system, plagued by months-long waits for doctors and several times more disability claims than estimated. As the war on terror continues, and as emergency medical care at the front thankfully saves many lives, the country's young veterans will need better care for years to come. Zócalo hosts a panel of medical and military experts -- including Jennifer Sinclair, sister of an Army captain who served in Iraq, Army Major Gen. (Retired) Paul E. Mock, and David Webb, chief of environmental and military medicine at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Long Beach -- to discuss how to heal the minds and bodies of returning soldiers.
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After a long and bruising legislative battle, President Barack Obama signed national healthcare reform into law. The plan promises coverage to the uninsured, lower healthcare costs for small businesses, and tighter regulation of insurance companies, preventing them from denying care to the sick. The reform comes at a crucial time for ... WATCH FULL VIDEO
Ego, Destruction, and Facebook
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Salomón Huerta is known for revealing identity by obscuring it. He has painted collections of finely detailed portraits of the backs of heads, florid but unemotional masked lucha libre wrestlers, and unassuming suburban homes stripped of individuality. Huerta, who was born in Tijuana and raised in Boyle Heights, has exhibited at ... WATCH FULL VIDEO
Will Seafood Soon Be a Delicacy?
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From translucent slivers of sushi to simple weeknight salmon dinners, seafood is a staple of the American diet, considered both healthy and luxurious. But what if there really aren’t more fish in the sea? Our craving for high-on-the-food-chain tuna, salmon bred nearly as big and thick as torpedoes, and rare, slow-reproducing orange roughy ... WATCH FULL VIDEO
Is Good Architecture a Luxury?
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After launching his architecture career in Los Angeles over 20 years ago, Michael Maltzan quickly distinguished himself with socially conscious buildings that depart from the hulking luxury structures of celebrity architects. His housing projects for the homeless – including the Rainbow Apartments on San Pedro, the recently ... WATCH FULL VIDEO
