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The Gardeneers: Two Chicago teachers on a missionMay Tsupros and Adam Zmick provide expertise, creative lesson聽plans, and help throughout the growing season to keep school gardens thrive as learning opportunities.- Readers RespondReaders Write: A day Japan and South Korea can share; Palestinians' daily strugglesLetters to the Editor for the May 19, 2014 weekly magazine:I suggest Oct. 23, 1950 as the day South Korea and Japan can jointly commemorate as equals. On that day, a South Korean warship, overhauled by Japanese shipbuilders, was commissioned.The 'big-ticket questions, such as Palestinian sovereignty, claims to Jerusalem, and the "right of return" ' are very relevant to the day-to-day lives of Palestinians.
From deployed to employed: Nick Swaggert guides vets to civilian jobsGenesis10, a consulting firm, acts as a 'translator' between veterans and corporations, showing how military experience is great training for a wide variety of positions.
Brown at 60: a civil rights landmarkThe Supreme Court's 1954 ruling Brown v. Board of Education overturned the idea of 'separate but equal' and became 'the opening salvo' of the civil rights movement, says African-American legal scholar Sherrilyn Ifill.
Difference MakerThomas H. Culhane teaches people to build fuel sources 鈥� powered by garbageHomemade biodigesters turn human and food waste into biogas, which can be used to heat water, cook food, or produce electricity.
Rani Hong was a victim of child trafficking. Now she鈥檚 a leader in the fight to end it.Kidnapped from India to Canada, she was beaten, starved, and caged until a kind foster mother saved her. Now she's a UN special adviser on human rights.
This fifth-grader raised $200,000 to clean up the Gulf oil spillThree young activists have found creative ways to tackle issues from climate change to voting rights.
10 (mostly still-to-be invented) jobs that can power Africa's futureFrom founding free universities to advocating for small farmers to training rats to detect land mines Africa's future entrepreneurs will boost the continent.- Readers RespondReaders Write: The ongoing debate over e-cigarettesLetters to the Editor for the May 12, 2014 weekly magazine:Some studies have shown that electronic cigarettes deliver 'little if any' nicotine to the bloodstream and that聽nicotine, absent tobacco, is a relatively weak drug, similar to caffeine.With e-cigarettes, high-profile cigarette use is back on TV.聽What does that say about their acceptability, especially when the world is still debating whether they are safe?
The music didn't die 鈥� it's solar poweredIn Firebaugh, Calif., a small school district has become a model for the nation by switching to solar power and investing the money it saves in arts programs.
Good government: the happiness factorOver the centuries governments have been feared, revered, and made the butt of jokes. The best governments do one thing right: they add to the balance of human happiness.
Europe's brush with its pastHowever the crisis in Ukraine plays out, it has had a profound affect on the thinking of European leaders. Overnight, a continent that seemed to be on a holiday from history has had to grapple with the question of what it stands for.
Partners in war, and in ending itThe inclusion of women in front-line combat operations is a belated recognition of their already-substantial role in the US military.聽
Teaching that's tailored to learnersA classroom revolution is under way that harnesses technology to allow students to learn at the pace best suited to them -- and changes the role of teacher from "sage on the stage" to mentor and coach.
When the Big Apple went sour, two men found a simple solutionThe Citizens Committee for New York City has become one of America鈥檚 oldest and most successful micro-funding organizations, backing citizen-led projects from urban gardens to recycling efforts.
Difference MakerGeraldine Cox excels as a 'loud and pushy' advocate for orphansHer Sunrise Children's Village in Cambodia helps children who are 'abused, discarded, neglected, unloved, unwanted'聽 to grow up to be whatever they want to be.
Jose Corona goes 'all in' for his communityHis Inner City Advisors in the Bay Area shows that social businesses can create good jobs, even in the heart of a recession.- Readers RespondReaders Write: Heroin and America's spiritual void; Hypocrisy on Putin's Ukraine moveLetters to the Editor for the May 5, 2014 weekly magazine:Consumerism and technology are constantly trying to convince us of the self-evident absurdity that we can 'have it all'. In truth,聽we not only can't have it all, we really don't want it!The look at heroin addiction in American suburbia brings attention to the paucity of spiritual control in our YOLO ('you only live once') society.If, to protect itself from potential threats, the US can justify invading countries near the Russian sphere of influence, how can the US deny Russia the same justification with Crimea?
David Fischer designed a clean, safe way to transport waterIn much of the developing world people must carry water on their backs for use in their homes. PackH2O makes the job easier while keeping the water clean.
Howard Buffett: a billionaire's son battles to end hungerHe's barreled headfirst into his task, visiting more than 100 countries; met world leaders and African warlords; had an Uzi pointed at his chest 鈥� and challenged the status quo.
