No Bars, No Chains, No Locks: How Finland Is Reimagining …
Nov 16, 2021 · No Bars, No Chains, No Locks: How Finland Is Reimagining Incarceration. Listen to audio here. I can’t remember when I first heard about open prisons in Finland, but I was immediately intrigued that a criminal justice system allowed …
What You Should Know About Book Bans: Frequently Asked …
Sep 25, 2023 · What You Should Know About Book Bans: Frequently Asked Questions. During the first six months of the 2022-2023 academic year, states across the country banned a total of 1,477 books. The continuous implementation of book bans nationwide leave many Americans wondering how their schools, libraries, and children will be affected. The following frequently asked questions, answers, and resources ...
Major Findings of Investigation Into Alleged Sex Abuse at Boys …
Nov 8, 2023 · OMAHA, Neb. — Shaelyn Nielsen remembers being required to take tests about Boys Town's rich history and its founder, Father Edward J. Flanagan, before she and other teens were allowed to work at its welcome center on Omaha's west side. The former Michigan truant, now 25, remembers being handpicked to attend Boys Town's annual Blue Water Bash fundraiser at Lake Okoboji in Iowa, where tickets ...
A World Without Men - Pulitzer Center
A World Without Men. The Women of South Korea’s 4B Movement Aren’t Fighting the Patriarchy — They’re Leaving it Behind Entirely Youngmi’s childhood was a difficult one. The 25-year-old nurse was born to a poor family in...
A Look Into Finland’s Housing First Initiative | Pulitzer Center
Aug 23, 2024 · Silta’s community space, where tenants go for gardening or group BBQs. Image by Lilly Dietz. Finland, 2024. Silta can house 75 tenants. Although tenants are assigned units based on their individual needs, they still enjoy living in a community with other residents.
Modern America’s Most Successful Secessionist Movement
Dec 23, 2021 · Modern America’s Most Successful Secessionist Movement. In the summer of 2015, a chimney sweep in Elgin, Oregon, redrew the map of the American West. “Imagine for a moment Idaho’s western border stretching to the Pacific Ocean,” Grant Darrow wrote in a...
The Rise of Importance of Personal Development Education in …
The Rise of Importance of Personal Development Education in Higher Education. It was January 18, 2019. I was supposed to be back at William & Mary, a middle-sized liberal arts college on the east coast of the United States, where the heavy winter storm was about to hit. But I...
The 1619 Project Curriculum - Pulitzer Center
Sep 29, 2021 · The 1619 Project Curriculum in Lesson Plan Grouping - The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as our nation's foundational date. Here you will find reading guides, activities, and other resources to bring The 1619 Project into your ...
For a Century, the American Way of War Has Meant Killing Civilians
Nov 13, 2023 · In each instance, Americans displayed clear signs of confirmation bias, in which people seek information that reinforces their preexisting beliefs.The same failings contributed to a 2018 drone strike in Somalia that killed at least three, and possibly five, civilians, including 22-year-old Luul Dahir Mohamed and her 4-year-old daughter Mariam Shilow Muse.
AP Road Trip: Racial Tensions in America's 'Sundown Towns'
Oct 15, 2020 · AP Road Trip: Racial Tensions in America's 'Sundown Towns'. VIENNA, Ill. (AP) — Ask around this time-battered Midwestern town, with its empty storefronts, dusty antique shops and businesses that have migrated toward the interstate, and nearly everyone will...