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- Lessons from L.A. schools: some gleanings from the toils of the past that would make the work of the future easier if only someone would listen
- Public schools; Educational change; Education; Los Angeles Unified School District;
- The story of public education in Los Angeles is one of institutional decline and hollowing out mixed with daily heroism and self-sacrifice on the part of teachers and administrators who try to make an old institution do things it was not designed...
- 2007-11-11
- Mark Twain's other woman: the hidden story of his final years
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910; Lyon, Isabel, 1863-1958; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 - Relations with women; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 - Last years;
- In Mark Twain's last decade, his writings took a sharp turn in tone from colorful satire to outright bitterness. People point to the death of his wife and two of his daughters, but as another possible explanation, Pitzer President Laura Skandera...
- 2010-10-27
- Mothers, daughters, concubines, prostitutes: women in the Book of Genesis, how do we assess them?
- Women in the Bible; Matriarchs (Bible); Bible. O.T. Genesis; Bible. O.T. Genesis - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Eve or Lot's wife, Sarah or Hagar, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel - many of the women characters in the book of Genesis are used as archetypes for women until this day. Yet how well do these images, disseminated about these women from everything from...
- 2006-10-11
- Pineros: Latino labour and the changing face of forestry in the Pacific northwest
- Oregon; Forests and forestry; Illegal aliens; United States Politics and government; Racism; Logging
- While the exploitation of Latino workers in many industries is well known, "pineros," Latino forest workers, toil largely in obscurity. In her book Pineros: Latino Labor and the Changing Face of Forestry (published in 2012 by the University of...
- 2012-10-10
- Public lands - public debates: a century of controversy
- Public lands; United States. National Park Service; United States. Forest Service.
- The U. S. manages a vast system of national forests, grasslands, parks, and refuges, landscapes that contain some of the most beautiful and resource-rich terrain in the country. Since their establishment beginning in the late 19th-century, these...
- 2012-10-31
- Society without God: what the least religious nations can tell us about contentment
- Secularism; Religion and sociology; Denmark - Religion; Sweden - Religion;
- Many people assume that a society without a strong faith in God would be hell on earth: full of chaos and immorality. Many people also assume that religion is a universal phenomenon because it addresses two essential human needs: the need for...
- 2009-10-28