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The Scourge of Skid Row
In Los Angeles' Skid Row, the lives of police, firefighters, social workers and homeless people are threatened by a staph infection outbreak. Yet the country health department has done little to assist, even as L.A. firefighters and police, as well as a doctor, chaplain and employees at local homeless Missions were infected.
Tags: Staph; LAPD; LAFD; Skid Row; staph outbreak; staph infection
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Religious Intolerance in the U.S. Air Force Academy
This story exposed incidents of religious bullying and an atmosphere of religious intolerance at the U.S. Air Force Academy. It includes the first television interview with Melinda Morton, the Air Force Academy Chaplain who blew the whistle about religious bigotry at the academy. Morton's charges spawned a Pentagon task force and generated interest from Congress. The academy's superintendent retired early after the charges became public.
Tags: religion; evangelical Christian; Air Force Academy; discrimination; Air Force
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Suspicion in the Ranks
This is the story of a young man in the army who served as an Islamic chaplain during the time of September 11th. He set out trying to answer questions about Islam, but eventually his superiors became suspicious of him and he got caught up in an international investigation accusing him of treason.
Tags: Muslim; Army; soldier; Guantanamo Bay; Islam; chaplain; treason; espionage; traitor; spy; military; 9/11; September 11th; wrongful charges