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Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin
History & The Arts

Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin

...children’s writer. In 2017 she was voted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters after having won numerous awards, including the Hugo (voted by fans) and Nebula (voted by writers) awards for a single science fiction book twice. She submitted her first short story for publication at the age of 11, and continued writing prolifically until recently. Her latest book,...
Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?
Education & Development

Why do transgender students need safe bathrooms?

...children are identifying as transgender, public schools have become “ground zero” for fights over bathroom safety. Miraloma Elementary School, in San Francisco, for instance, removed gendered signs from many of their bathrooms. In fact, about two years ago, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the School Success and Opportunity Act, requiring that all students be able...
Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Astronomical Unit and watch the Transit Of Venus

...children from New Zealand to Tarleton just up the road. What are you guys up to? Female speaker We're just getting ready to measure the third contact. Female speaker How are you going to do that? Male speaker We’re going to be using stop watches. Female speaker Well we’re coiled springs here in Much Hoole. Back to you in Greenwich. Adam Thanks very much, now, what do...
How is Italy reinventing the co-op?
Money & Business

How is Italy reinventing the co-op?

...children, elders, the poor, the disabled and other vulnerable people are now provided by what are called social or multi-stakeholder cooperatives. A multi-stakeholder cooperative, explains P2P Foundation president Michel Bauwens in an interview with Shareable magazine, can include workers, producers, consumers, owners, volunteers and community activists. “Coops should...
Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement

...children, their partners, their friends and their families. This is what Mo tapped into when she took on the role of Northern Ireland Secretary. She met people on a human level and she spoke to them on a human level. She listened and she heard and she wasn’t afraid to talk about the pain and the suffering whilst also focusing always on the need to compromise and to...
What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?
Society, Politics & Law

What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?

...children, giving them the same benefits awarded to heterosexual couples. Prince Zeid is acting on behalf of the international community rather than Jordan, of course, but it remains to be seen what effects, if any, his recommendations and policies on ending violence towards LGBT people will have in his home nation. *Names have been changed to protect the privacy of...
Remembering Peter and John
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Peter and John

...children Kate, Tessa and Adam, and his granddaughter Anna. On 20th February John Bennett died after a short illness. John started working for the Open University, Social Sciences faculty in June 1987 and after 24 years' service he retired from the OU in September 2011. John was active in the University and College Union and served as Branch President from 2005 to 2007....
Is America better than this?
Society, Politics & Law

Is America better than this?

...children who took part in peaceful protest. Last August, DC police had no difficulty arresting 41 participants in a Black Lives Matter protest march. You might come to the conclusion that the police know perfectly well how to arrest peaceful Black and Brown people in the street, but seem at a loss when it comes to arresting white far-right insurrectionists attacking the...