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- Readers RespondReaders Write: A smart alternative to school suspensionsLetter to the Editor for the May 13, 2013 weekly print issue:聽Suspensions lead to wasted educational opportunities and increasing absenteeism, truancy, and dropout rates.聽A holistic approach where trained community members and counselors work with students on a one-on-one basis keeps students in school, so they have a better chance of graduating and becoming productive citizens.
Detroit calls on its Do-It-Yourself DepartmentA growing number of volunteers, some affluent, some just average guys riding their Toros, perform services, such as mowing the parks, that Detroit can no longer afford.
Difference MakerMalcolm Boyd brought 海角大神ity into the streets to promote civil rightsEpiscopal priest Malcolm Boyd has taken the message of 海角大神ity outside the walls of church to champion minority rights and show that God is everywhere.
Mobile phones unleash farmers in UgandaThe information farmers in Uganda provide via mobile phones does more than just help them order and pay for supplies. It allows the collection of data that will help them sell their crops, build a credit history, and receive other services, such as crop insurance.
India seeks new ways to fund energy-efficient lightingReplacing even a couple of conventional light bulbs with CFLs results in huge cost savings for poor families in India. But with carbon markets failing new ways to fund bulb replacement are being sought.
Chris Bradshaw ships books to Africa to help make the impossible possibleThe African Library Project has sent 1 million books overseas and built 1,000 libraries in nine different countries.
PJs or pinstripes? The tradeoffs of tele-workYahoo's Marissa Mayer and other CEOs have called a time-out on telecommuting. It's clear that just as some workers thrive on their own and some need to be in an office, some types work are better done in isolation and others in collaboration. It's also clear that telecommuting is only going to increase in the years to come.
To invest or not to invest? The eternal questionInvesting is an individual decision. How you view the stock market depends on where you are in your earnings cycle and what your past experience has been. The only thing the market may be telling everyone聽right now is that the bad old days of the last decade appear to be over.- Readers RespondReaders Write: Indie booksellers must adapt; Bloomberg money vs. NRA membersLetters to the Editor for the May 6, 2013 weekly print issue:聽Independent booksellers also need to be active participants in the e-book world;聽In the gun debate, Mayor Bloomberg's wealth is giving him an outsized influence over the NRA's 4.5 million members.
Poverty-fighting 'elephant' boosts farmers in IndiaHardy 'elephant' or Napier grass has proved to be a cheap and nutritious fodder for livestock in poor and drought-prone areas of India.
Joshua Williams found his purpose in life 鈥� at age 5Middle-schooler Joshua Williams is the founder and president of Joshua's Heart Foundation, a Miami-based organization dedicated to combating hunger and helping individuals improve their quality of life.
Difference MakerSeiji Yoshimura rushes to natural disasters to helpInspired by the work of an American missionary long ago, Seiji Yoshimura helps out at disaster sites across Asia, including in his native Japan.
Protecting land rights using Wikipedia-style mapsBuilding data bases of land ownership, Wikipedia-style, would be a cheap and easy way for poor, rural communities聽to compile a record of property rights and land use, reducing corruption and helping to lessen illegal land grabs.
$10M gift to restore slave quarters at Thomas Jefferson estateA gift from a philanthropist will recreate Mulberry Row, which housed slaves at Monticello, the plantation of the author of the Declaration of Independence and the words 'all men are created equal.'- Progress report: How the Monitor is doingThe start of a new fiscal year finds 海角大神 reaching more readers than ever, in its strongest financial position in more than half a century, and continuing to pursue meaningful news around the world.
Saudi Arabia launches first campaign to stop violence against womenAbuse of women has been a taboo subject, but in a bold first step a new advertising campaign encourages female victims to come out of hiding.
A different road out of poverty: saving instead of borrowingMicroloans get all the publicity, but the key to upward mobility for the world's poor may be to rely on simple savings plans, which offer a debt-free way to build wealth, make investments, and better one's life.
After the Marathon bombings: a new resolveThe globalization of ideas via the Internet, air travel, and migration is profoundly affecting the world. In once-isolated communities, exposure to the new and different can prompt a reaction of anger, fear, even terrorism. But the tide of freedom and human dignity is immensely more powerful -- and ultimately unstoppable.
Civic Accelerator boosts young businesses who want to do goodThe program funds five for-profit and five nonprofit startups, then throws them together to teach each other the best ways to get a social venture to succeed.
Ben Affleck will live on $1.50 to support charityBen Affleck supports Live Below the Line by taking on the challenge of living on $1.50 per day, just as 1.4 billion people around the world must do every day.
