Organizing Against Poverty

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:55:14 +0100

What can people in poverty do to improve their lives? Mary Gonzales takes an atypical approach; organizing disadvantaged communities to exercise political clout they didn’t know they had.

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Local Businesses

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:14:11 +0100

Small businesses have a disproportionately big impact on the local economy, especially when it comes to creating jobs. But public policy has been slow to recognize that. The need for changes was a central theme at Monday's Smart Growth Symposium, presented the Leadership Institute for Ecology and the Economy.

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Conservation Corps

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

What’s the antidote to gangs, unemployment and juvenile crime? In part, it’s the newly rechristened Conservation Corps North Bay.

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Mentoring New Teachers

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

For school teachers, as in many other professions, there’s no substitute for hands-on experience. But there are ways that experience can be shared, as new teachers in California are learning.

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Bruce Robinson — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:00:00 +0100

While the Disney animation studios were churning out hit films like Who Shot Roger Rabbit and Beauty and the Beast, there were backstage battles between artist and management, backbiting executives, and other industry intrigues playing out. Those stories are told in the new documentary, Waking Sleeping Beauty.

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Parenting Autism

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:00:00 +0100

The incidence of autism is growing, now around 1 in every 110 births, a burgeoning epidemic that also carries huge consequences for the parents of those children.

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Wal-Mart in Rohnert Park

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Critics of Wal-Mart who oppose the retail giant’s plans to expand in Rohnert Park are fighting an uphill battle, especially on labor issues, warns a University of California historian who has studied the company.

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Project GROW

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

It may take a lifetime to see the results, but students replanting a native oak forest near Glen Ellen are taking the long view.

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Foreclosures Part 2

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Foreclosure sales of homes where the loans are in default still represent a loss for the banks making the sales. Yet local agencies that work with overextended homeowners say few lenders seem willing to work toward other outcomes.

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