Harvard event spotlights vital role of narrativesThe vital role of narratives was highlighted yesterday by an august panel in a Zoom conference titled, “Grassroots Advocacy and Media Portrayals of Race, Gender, and Protests,” sponsored by several Harvard...

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Make MSP a legal right for farmers -- My interview

Pic courtesy: Gorakhpur NewsLineThis is the English version of an interview I gave to the web portal hindi.newsclick.in The link of the Hindi interview is at the end. Please scroll. According to you what exactly is the biggest problem confronting...

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College Discipline: Initial Contact And Investigation Meeting

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995   College discipline hearings can be difficult matters, and they all start with the allegation and investigation.  Due to the potential for severe punishment, it is important...

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Dumping by rich countries destroys farm livelihoods in developing countries

Pic courtesy: internetIt was in 2003 that the Heads of State of four West and Central African countries – Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali – wrote a joint proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) asking for scrapping the massive cotton subsidy...

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A letter to Fox News on their George Floyd coverageDear Fox News:Your coverage of the unrest following the murder of George Floyd has crossed the line from your usual polemical, partisan, irresponsible “journalism” into inflammatory disinformation that...

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New grant will fund media literacy and PJ projectI'm thrilled to announce that I have won a Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund Rapid Response award from the U.S. Department of State. The $9300 award will fund a project titled, “Media Literacy for Students:...

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Best reforms would be if the APMC mandi network is expanded

Pic courtesy: Indian ExpressThe year was 2006. There was excitement in the air. Throwing out the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act, Bihar had undertaken futuristic agricultural market reforms. With no mandis coming in the way, sarkarieconomists...

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I want to better educate myself about race, Black Lives Matter Received from a Park University student of mine several days ago... Dear Professor Youngblood:  There is a lot of information floating around on social media about the Black Lives Matters...

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Markets have failed US/EU farmers

Writing in the Conservative American, Austin Frerick, a director at the Open Markets Institute, had said: “In the 1980s, 37 cents out of every dollar went back to farmer. Today, farmers take home less than 15 cents on every dollar.” Pointing to the increasing...

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Responsible coverage highlights the peaceful 99%During a press conference Sunday night, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas bristled when asked if the sporadic violence seen during KC’s anti-police brutality, pro social justice protests was a “distraction.”...

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