For responsible election coverage, local news can lead the wayAs the smoke clears from the political conventions and the nation lurches toward Nov. 3, all eyes will be on the media and the way it covers the race for the White House and congress.Some...

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Indian agriculture can't be sacrificed at the altar of global trade

India is the world's largest milk producerFor decades, American dairy farms have been hit by low prices. While the small dairy farms have increasingly pulled down shutter, the continued expansion of corporate farming resulted in surplus milk production...

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School Suspension And Expulsion For Fighting Or Threats of Harm

By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995There are a multitude of bases for student discipline.  One of those bases involves fighting (aka "mutual combat"), threats, and/or physical violence to another.  Such conduct...

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Zoom seminar reaches, energizes 255 Sudanese journalistsI’ve given perhaps a hundred peace journalism seminars and workshops in 27 countries around the world. The seminar I presented for Sudanese journalists last week, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy and...

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 Sudan peace journalism seminarThe world's largest PJ seminar--255 participants--is being held on Zoom this week (Monday, Thursday, Friday). So far, so great--a very active, vibrant group; no technical glitches; reasonably coherent presentations...

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How To Get Speech, Occupational Therapy and Other Related Services Delivered To Our Kids During Coronavirus

 By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 The end of the 2019-2020 school year was a nightmare for kids, and hardest hit were special needs students.  Now that fall 2020 is starting mainly at home, students are...

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Why resurrect a failed policy? -- My interview

Q: The ordinances passed by the Centre regarding amendments in APMC and Essential Commodities Act have been hailed as path-breaking reforms in the legal framework. On the contrary, you have called these amendments a threat to Indian agriculture.  ...

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Call for Papers-The Peace JournalistI hope this message finds you and your loved ones safe and healthy.The Peace Journalist magazine is seeking submissions for our October, 2020 edition. The Peace Journalist is a semi-annual publication (print and...

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A new battery of middlemen in agriculture

Pic courtesy: Indian ExpressThere is excitement in the air. Soon after the three ordinances were announced in what the Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar termed as a “historic day for agriculture” a section of the mainline media was filled with...

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