Building the Commons in Our Communities
Jay Walljasper argues for civic commons shared by all residents highlighting water air parks streets and digital networks. He lists 19 action ideas from neighborhood gatherings to defending public assets and community spaces with a planned Iowa City talk today at 3 30 and 5 30 local venues.
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Flint
Mich
Sheila Foster
Fordham University
Urban Law Center
Christian
Jay Walljasper
Iowa City
Old Capitol
Community Letters On Bikes Mirrors Pipelines And Cancer Aid
Readers advocate bike mirrors for safety on Cedar Rapids streets and critique the Bakken pipeline protests near Cannonball River. The letter also highlights cancer awareness among youths and promotes the Lymphoma Research Foundation EraseLymphoma program.
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Cedar Rapids
Leon Schindler
Iowa
Lymphoma Research Foundation
The Way We Never Were Reframes Family Values History
Mary Sanchez reviews Stephanie Coontz's The Way We Never Were, noting its revisionist history of American families from the 1950s to the 1990s. The piece argues current poverty links rely more on education, childcare access, and policy than on family structure, and cautions against politicized nostalgia.
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Stephanie Coontz
America
Coontz
Basic Books
Evergreen State College
Washington
Council On Contemporary Families
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