For farmers, another depressing year passes by.

Another year passes by. While there were a lot of expectations for a better future for farmers, but as 2019 fades into history, the farming community is still grappling to recover the cost of cultivation. With prices dropping across the spectrum, barring...

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2019 Peace Journalism Year in ReviewPart One: January-June2019 was another busy and productive year for the Center for Global Peace Journalism at Park University. Here’s a quick look back, organized by month:NYT photo of terrorist victims in Kenya. I...

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Impeachment: A great time to break out of your news bubbleAs you watch and listen to impeachment news and commentary, how much thought are you giving to the information you're consuming? Does it present the impeachment as a sham and a hoax, engineered...

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Agriculture is in need of an economic stimulus

The writing was on the wall, a clear pointer to the deep agrarian distress that continues to prevail over the decades. Before a ‘leaked’ 2017-18 National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) report on consumption expenditure — which the government decided to...

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Peeling the layers of Onion crisis

Pic courtesy: Economic TimesWith a significant shortfall in onion production this year, the onion price rise has left consumers teary-eyed. For over two months now, onion prices have been on the boil. While prices crossed the benchmark Rs 100/kg in several...

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Suicide Warnings, School Legal Requirements in California- Is Parent Notification Included In Your District Policy?

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995California public schools can be places of great joy, and terrible sorrow.  We all know that kids really can have it rough, and sometimes they don't talk to their parents to...

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Northern Ireland Journalists:Do yourself a favor-Don't call yourself a peace journalistAnyone engaging in peace work anywhere in the world has learned the discouraging, ironic truth about the word “peace.”The word “peace” is incendiary, and provides...

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