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  • Sojourners has organized a conference of church and political leaders to address issues of poverty, and the three major Democratic candidates will be attending. (The Republicans are supposed to have something similar in …

  • I am partway through chapter two, and am already completely floored by this book. I shouldn't have been surprised, considering that Dreams from My Father floored me already. But here I go, swooning again, unable to rea…

  • Two weeks ago..."He called you a Nazi!", I heard Stephanie laugh as Rosey and I walked up the steps to the church.I walked on by, ignoring the rantings of the eighth-grader. But Rose questioned me, "Wasn't she talking t…

  • Yo everybody - you know I care about this sort of stuff a lot. If you can help in any way at all, please do. I know that a lot of you got to do the walk a couple years ago - sorry so much for the late notice this time …

  • School Violence Escalates(that is, the violence between teachers, teacher unions, LA Unified, and Green Dot Schools)Tension has been brewing for some time because the hacks that run the LA Unified teachers' union hate ch…

  • At St. Margaret's Center they have three free weekly classes for people trying to pass the citizenship exam. Since everything's in one big office, I've been able to get a great idea of what the citizenship exam is actua…

  • I drove back from Krista's house with a sense of excitement and expectation. The going-away party brought a close to the great times I had experienced with all of the new friends I had made during my senior year, and my…

  • "Come over here grasshopper. Let me show you how it's done."And so Masaki beckoned me into my first real game of dominos. The invitation was a huge boost - getting a nickname, even one denoting a pupil, made me feel l…

  • [An overcast midmorning in October 1996. My dad and I are hiking through open forest.]Watching the meadow over dawn had failed to pan out, but we knew the area well and there were many other favorable places to look. O…

  • The dispute between Eric and I started near the swing set. Since Eric was permanently disabled due to a genetic condition, he was unable to use the swings, and so I do not in the least remember what could have precipita…

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