Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story When did public health become about anthrax and smallpox? The climate of fear public officials have nurtured since 9/11 (when the weapons were knives, if you'll recall) has found its way to public health research and practice. Many health researchers are setting aside other lines of research to get a piece of the anti-terrorism funding. The American Public Health Association issued a statement following 9/11 (www.apha.org/united/action.htm) that reads like it could have come from the Pentagon (""funding for public health must be bolstered . . . .""). It is hard to blame researchers and officials, given chronic underfunding of public health and unending frustration about the health insurance crisis. It is exciting to be part of a war that promises victory, rather than a perpetual holding action against countless challenges. But before 9/11, it looked like underserved health concerns were finally recovering (""it's the insurance crisis, stupid!"") from the political debacle of the Clinton health plan. The preventable health threats from a few malevolent individuals certainly focus the mind. But do they deserve so much more attention than everyday hazards (deaths from auto accidents surpassed the 9/11 toll by 9/30), mental health (suicide passed 9/11 in mid-October), and natural infections (HIV did not catch up with the 9/11 toll until December, but simple influenza did so in September.) This is to say nothing of cardiovascular disease, which killed about as many Americans on 9/11 as the attacks. Years of peace and prosperity created a growing consensus that we should work harder to improve the health of all Americans. Even though West Nile Virus has returned natural health concerns to the headlines, we cannot help but wonder if our leaders are using hypothetical diabolical threats to our health to hide from the challenges of the things that really are killing us. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp87.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-02-28