Miller-McCune - Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. » Profile http://www.miller-mccune.com Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:00:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Miller-McCune - Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. no Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Miller-McCune - Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. » Profile http://www.miller-mccune.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpghttp://www.miller-mccune.com Santa Barbara, CA Kisaalita Engineers Solutions for Africa’s Rural Poorhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/science/kisaalita-engineers-solutions-for-africas-rural-poor-24895/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/science/kisaalita-engineers-solutions-for-africas-rural-poor-24895/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00:16 +0000 Megan Scudellari http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=24895 University of Georgia professor William Kisaalita engineers simple, practical solutions — a milk chiller, a nutcracker and an egg incubator — for Africa's rural poor.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/environment/the-value-of-dead-bird-watching-16756/feed/ 0 The U.N.’s Death Squad Watchdoghttp://www.miller-mccune.com/legal-affairs/the-u-n-s-death-squad-watchdog-11440/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/legal-affairs/the-u-n-s-death-squad-watchdog-11440/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:30:23 +0000 Paul Tullis http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=11440 With few resources but the force of his title — U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions — Philip Alston holds governments accountable for the politically motivated killings they commit, or ignore.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/legal-affairs/the-u-n-s-death-squad-watchdog-11440/feed/ 5 John Gwynne: Bronx Zoo Designer, Conservationisthttp://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/john-gwynne-bronx-zoo-designer-conservationist-8576/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/john-gwynne-bronx-zoo-designer-conservationist-8576/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:47 +0000 Robert Whitcomb http://www.miller-mccune.com/?p=8576 A Wonking Class Hero profile of a global environmental innovator.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/john-gwynne-bronx-zoo-designer-conservationist-8576/feed/ 2 The Exoneratorhttp://www.miller-mccune.com/uncategorized/the-exonerator-7090/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/uncategorized/the-exonerator-7090/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:00:59 +0000 Steve Weinberg http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=7090 Self-taught private investigator Jim McCloskey has helped free more than three dozen people who were imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/uncategorized/the-exonerator-7090/feed/ 2 A Home Remedy For Day Carehttp://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/a-home-remedy-for-day-care-3376/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/a-home-remedy-for-day-care-3376/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:55:00 +0000 Colleen Shaddox http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/10/28/a-home-remedy-for-day-care/ Jessica Sager and Janna Wagner train home-based child care providers for the poor neighborhoods that need them most.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/science/an-iodine-chaser-3523/feed/ 0 A History in the Makinghttp://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/a-history-in-the-making-3785/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/a-history-in-the-making-3785/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:30:00 +0000 Joan Melcher http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/04/22/a-history-in-the-making/ Julie Cajune leads a groundbreaking Montana initiative to compile American-Indian history and include it in public education.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/the-ecologist-and-the-prisoners-3928/feed/ 0 The Man Who Bridges Troubled Watershttp://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-man-who-bridges-troubled-waters-4031/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-man-who-bridges-troubled-waters-4031/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0000 Tom Jacobs http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/12/29/the-man-who-bridges-troubled-waters/ Aaron Wolf mediates disputes, helping enemies realize that no one deserves to have the water shut off.

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]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/the-man-who-bridges-troubled-waters-4031/feed/ 2 Inventing for Peanutshttp://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/inventing-for-peanuts-4134/ http://www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/inventing-for-peanuts-4134/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:40:00 +0000 Bob Burtman http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/11/04/inventing-for-peanuts/ Jock Brandis invented a low-cost, people-powered peanut sheller that could raise millions out of poverty around the world. Now, if someone would just come up with the money to distribute it.

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