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- Guest Blogger Sol Stern Weighs In on Social Justice Teaching - Education Week News
Guest Blogger Sol Stern Weighs In on Social Justice TeachingEducation Week News, MD - 2 hours ago... with no intended parody, Sing a Battle Song: The Revolutionary Poetry, Statements and Communiqués of the Weather Underground, 1970-1974. ...
- Hot-and-bothered Dingell slams 'bastard' Republicans (The Washington Examiner)
Maybe it's the summer heat that's making Washington politicians a tad grumpy.
- Dog-Eared Days - Wall Street Journal
Richard Ford's summer reading list includes Richard Price's "Lush Life," Tobias Wolff's "Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories" and Gustave Flaubert's "A Sentimental Education." Here's what's on the lists of some more authors -- along with some ...
- Cleveland's ambassador to the world adept at bridging cultures - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.comCleveland's ambassador to the world adept at bridging culturesThe Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - 20 minutes agoHe read poetry to crowds on the streets of Sancti Spiritus, a colonial city in central Cuba. At 16, he was identified as gifted in math. ...
- At Your library: 'We the People' now on shelves (The York Weekly)
Every year since 2002, the National Endowment for the Humanities has invited libraries across the country to apply for a "We the People" bookshelf grant. Recipients of the grant are given a collection of classic American books on a particular theme.
- Teens to get new space at club - Berkshire Eagle
Teens to get new space at clubBerkshire Eagle, MA - 50 minutes ago"And we're excited to get it back in play for high school-aged children who are looking for a place for daily recreation and leisure time. ...
- McGovern milestones to be celebrated (The Argus Leader)
MITCHELL - Dakota Wesleyan University's McGovern Center for Leadership and Public Service will mark George McGovern's birthday and the anniversary of his presidential nomination with a celebration Thursday in Mitchell. Area authors will give readings, including Donald Simmons reading from "George McGovern: A Political Life, a Political Legacy," at 5 p.m.; DWU English professor Joseph Ditta's ...
- Black lawmakers emotional about Obama's success (The Politico)
At least five African-Americans before Obama have mounted serious campaigns for president, and Obama's win has stirred emotions for black politicians.
- 'She's as good as it gets' - Roanoke Times
In her 20 years as a Roanoke Times writer Donna Alvis-Banks has never feared writing a corny story or flatfooting at an office party or even calling into question her high school principal-turned-Christiansburg-mayor when she caught town officials ...
- FOL Book and Author Luncheon Featured Professional Readings (Port Washington News)
A very special feature of this year's Friends of the Library Richard D. Whittemore book and author luncheon was the reading of selected letters to and from Noel Coward.
- Concerts this week - Memphis Commercial Appeal
Hog Head Saloon: Brian Johnson Band, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Fridays. At 2686 Kirby-Whitten. Call 362-8686. Alfred's On Beale: At 197 Beale. 525-3711. Tonight and Saturday: Matt Tudor, acoustic rock, on the patio 6:30-9:30 p.m.; deejay Casey Wilemon, hip-hop ...
- Seamus Heaney (Guardian Unlimited)
'Necessary poetry touches the base of our sympathetic nature while taking in at the same time the unsympathetic nature of the world to which that nature is constantly exposed.'
- Paul Batou Demands Audience and Respect for Iraq - AINA
A colorful book about Iraq's history and legends, people and traditions, religions and famous sites, war and disaster. While a pharmacy student at the University of Baghdad, Paul Batou and his buddies did not know that war awaited them at the turn of ...
- Sadly, what we have here is a failure to be happy (Independent)
A political discussion between Red State conservative Dave Simpson - a former reporter, editor, publisher and columnist - and Greg Bean, Blue Stater and executive editor of GreaterMedia Newspapers. Let us know what you think.
- Freelance Writer - Winnipeg Free Press
My mom used to tell me a story once in awhile, about how she considered giving me up for adoption. She was 17, unmarried and a small-town girl when she got pregnant with me. At the time, it was a major sin. You might as well have branded her or sewn ...
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