Picture courtesy: oneindia.com It was some 12 years back, I read a shocking report in New York Times detailing how a small dairy farmer, distressed over falling milk prices, first shot each of his 51 cows and then shot himself. Severe agrarian...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Agriculture Bills: Why are farmers protesting?
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Medical Marijuana Administration And School Discipline
By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 In 2020, students were granted the right to have medical marijuana administered to them in school by their parent or guardian IF formally authorized by their...
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Media literacy seminar launches into sea of necessityAs American winds down the road toward the election, it's become abundantly clear, if it wasn't already, that social and traditional media are being weaponized by political operatives and malevolent...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
How People Are Impacted by Violent Media
How People Are Impacted by Violent MediaI was honored to speak at the +Peace “Peacebuilding Action Week” on Monday, 14 Sept. The +Peace team assigned me an interesting topic: How People are Impacted by Violent News.” I begin with a quick overview...
Friday, September 11, 2020
Events spotlight media-social justice, safely covering protestsWhile the world may have almost come to a stop, peace journalism hasn’t, as evidenced by the two events I spoke at this week. The first, on Wednesday, was a Zoom presentation to kick...
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Who is a Resident of a School District?
By Michelle Ball, California Education Attorney for Students since 1995 What district a student is a resident of is usually a simple matter isn't it? Where does one live and what does the online map say? Regardless, sometimes this...
Saturday, September 5, 2020
Post Covid-19, future belongs to reviving agriculture
In the midst of an economic slump, reflected through the tumbling of GDP figures for the first quarter of the financial year, agriculture has emerged as the only bright spot. Riding on the back of a bountiful rabi crop harvest, agriculture has in reality...
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