War, toxic media culture underscore need for peace journalism in YemenImagine a highly polarized media environment where media focus exclusively on the alleged misdeeds and even atrocities committed by the other side. Media stoke hatred by dehumanizing...

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Why can't banks take 'haircut' of petty dues of farmers?

Lakshminarayan is a farmer from Shimoga in Karnataka. He had taken a loan of Rs 35,000 from a local branch of Canara Bank. About a month ago, he received a threatening call from the bank asking him to pay back the pending dues or they will be forced...

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Is peace journalism possible during a war?Is peace journalism possible in the middle of a war?This will be the first of many questions I’ll be asking reporters from Mukalla, Yemen tomorrow and Friday during our Introduction to Peace Journalism seminar,...

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A Rethinking in Economics is Urgently Needed.

This biased economic thinking has to change. While farm loan waiver is despised at, corporate bad debt write-off is believed to lead to economic growth ! Former US Labour Secretary Robert Reich tweeted the other day: “America’s richest 1 per cent...

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School Suspension Or Expulsion For Bullying

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995Do you remember the school bully?  Or, maybe you have seen movie depictions such as the red haired youth with his raccoon fur hat who terrorizes the main character, Ralphie,...

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Virtual PJ seminars to serve Yemen, Sudan, and KCAs it became clear that Covid-19 was pretty much going to cancel or postpone everything, I was seized with the awful thought that, at least until the end of the pandemic, I would be unable to continue...

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Do You Want Your Kids To Go Back To In-Person Education This Fall? Call, Write, Email, Contact Your District And School To Express Your Opinion

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 Have you been on edge not knowing if your kids will actually get an in-person education this fall due to the Coronavirus fears?  The not knowing is difficult.  Parents...

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Special Education After Coronavirus- Steps To Take To Try To Recoup Services And Regain Lost Skills

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 As the months of Coronavirus destruction of life as we know it roll on, it is clear that not only have lives  been destroyed, but also that the educational lives of...

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