Families in Flux Pressures on Schools and Society
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead argues divorce and out of wedlock births disrupt children, lowering well being and schooling outcomes. Studies show intact families boost achievement while disrupted ones raise dropout risk. Teachers report emotional distraction and curricula shifting to therapy. The piece warns against simple solutions and notes schools must adapt amid broader social change.
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Dan Quayle
David Broder
Broder
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
U.S
America
Whitehead
Avex Monthly
Cedar River floods test Cedar Rapids memory and progress
The piece recalls past Iowas floods from 1929 1961 and 1993 and notes Cedar Rapids mitigation through flood plain widening bridge work dikes and sandbag effort led by City Engineer Dick Ransom. It praises Iowa City flood protection from the Coralville Reservoir and offers sympathy to rural flood victims while urging continued vigilance against future high water.
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Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Dick Ransom
Iowa City
Iowa River
Coralville
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Iowa
Call for Christian contrition on Holy Week and anti Semitism
The piece criticizes Christian Holy Week readings for fueling anti Semitism, urges contrition and public repentance for two millennia of persecution of Jews, and argues for renouncing deicide accusations in the Gospels. It links medieval and modern prejudice to violence and calls Christian leaders to act now.
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Episcopalians
Christianity
Europe
Jesus
Sanhedrin
Max Dimont
U.S. Supreme Court
America
Ku Klux Klan
In Bosnia a call to Christian conscience
George Grose argues that the Bosnia crisis pits Christian civilization against itself in a war of religion. He warns of a blood bath amid Muslim Bosnians and Serb forces, urges Christians to befriend Muslims and Jews, and invokes St. Francis and historical memory to urge halt to atrocities.
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Bosnia
George B. Grose
Sarajevo
Auschwitz
Buchenwald
Christ
Jesus
Jerusalem
United States
America
St. Francis of Assisi
Abraham
St. Francis
Cartoon strip sparks debate over gay storyline in The Gazette
The Gazette defends continuing the For Better or For Worse plot as Lawrence Poirier comes out, noting the strip’s popularity and its handling of sensitive topics. Creator Lynn Johnston cites normal family life and aim to educate, while readers and papers differ on publishing the issue.
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The
Gazette
Cartoon
Lawrence Poirier
the Gazette
Iowa
Sioux City Journal
Storm Lake Times
Universal Press Syndicate
Lynn Johnston
Johnston
United States
Lawrence
National Dialogue
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Dale Larson
Kerry Elsen
Mark Bowden
Pilate
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Friedrich Heer
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George Grose
Academy For Judaic, Christian and Islamic Studies
Anaheim
Calif
Los Angeles Times
Mark
Eisce
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