The Enduring Plague of Slavery and Modern Trafficking
Scott Key argues that slavery persists in modern forms including debt bondage and human trafficking across nations and borders. He cites estimates of 27 million enslaved people worldwide and calls for action, ethical choices, and fair trade to abolish slavery today.
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United States
Sudan
Mauritania
Bangladesh
India
Nepal
Pakistan
South East Asia
Europe
Frederick Douglass
Ivory Coast
Dominican Republic
Thanksgiving and DDT concerns cross borders in family life
Deanna Rodriguez notes shared cooking duties ease Thanksgiving and Christmas in diverse families while a Berkeley study links prenatal DDT exposure to developmental delays in children of farmworkers. The piece links immigration, health policy, and global pesticide use, warning ongoing DDT use abroad strains U.S. health and education systems as immigrant families integrate.
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Federal Environmental Protection Agency
University of California-Berkeley
California
Canada
Mexico
United Nations
America
Berkeley
Americans
Childrens Hospital
Los Angeles
Sonia Fierros
Federico Salinas
Fierros
Making a Difference President Bush’s polling challenge
An analysis notes President George W. Bush trails in polls due to policy disagreements and limited communications skills. It contrasts his style with Reagan and Clinton, arguing Bush struggles with tone cadence and sound bites in public forums.
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George W. Bush
Bush
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Texas
The Turkey Ate My Homework by Tanner Basley
North Kern Christian School second grader Tanner Basley tells how a curious turkey steals his homework, is captured by his dad, and later spared with a Thanksgiving fish dinner instead of the bird. The tale preserves a small-town safe ending.
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Tanner Basley
North Kern Christian School
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By Scott Key
Scott Key
Fresno Pacific University
University of Illinois
FPU
School of Humanities, Religion and Social Sciences
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Que Pasa
Deanna Rodriguez Root
Thomas
Hias
Uta
Reed Print Inc
California Newspaper Publishers Association
Shafter Press
East Lerdo Highway
Shafter
Reed Print, Inc
Aldrin Ct
Bakersfield
Congress
P.O. Box
Frank W. Reed
Donald L. Reed
Melissa Hill
Diane Givens
East
Lerdo Highway
Ger
Shafterpress
Earthlaiameta
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