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Sprechen Zie Deutsch?: Did European Immigrants Really Learn English Quickly?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Latinos, Wisconsin, Immigration, Hispanics, English-Only, European Ancestors, Learning English, Latin American Immigrants, Heritage, English, Community, Immigrants, Assimilation, Immigrant Community, Immigration Debate, Family, Living News
Daniel Cubias

Right wingers claim their ancestors needed to learn English quickly to survive, and that modern immigrants have been coddled and refuse to adapt. However, the reverse may actually be true.

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Bad News Vaclav Klaus

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 12.29.2008 | World

Read More: Community, Communitarianism, European Union, Communism, Eu President, Vaclav Klaus, Eu, World News
Amitai Etzioni

Vaclav Klaus, the president of the Czech Republic, is about to take the helm of the EU. This is not necessarily good news for Europeans, Americans, or any one else.

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In the Spirit of the Season

Paula Gordon | Posted 12.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Religion, Military, Handmaidens of Kleptocracy, War, Homeless, Community, Caring, Chaplains, Global Warming, Season, Living News
Paula Gordon

Troubled by the bitter ironies and profound contradictions military chaplains embody, I took a long walk. The inescapable facts are that the military...

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Pitcher Park: In Honor Of My Two Sons

Mary Pitcher | Posted 12.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Community Service, Relationships, Pitcher Park, Holidays, Mothers and Sons, Community, Grieving, Loss, Skateboarding, Living News
Mary Pitcher

On one of the most beautiful days of this past summer, July 15, 2008, I received the phone call that every Mother prays she never gets. I was told t...

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I Have A Dream

Susan Madrak | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Food, Community, Hunger, Poverty, Recession, Karma, Community Pot Lucks, Living News
Susan Madrak

For a couple of years now, I've been thinking about how to ground people in community through hard times (because I always knew hard times were coming.) One of the ideas I have is to have weekly community pot lucks.

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Why Orthodox Youth Are Leaving the Fold

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Rabbi, Heritage, Chabad Shliach, Rosh Hashanah, Jewish People, Community, Hassidic Communities, Orthodox Community, Parenting, Hassidic Youth, Jewish Future, Being Better Parents, Observant Parents, Rabbis, Judaism, Yeshiva, Shluchim, Living News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

For the branch of Judaism that has long advocated - and rightly so - that education is the key to observance, it is simply unacceptable to see so many youth lost.

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Cue REM: It's the End of the World As We Know It

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Politics, John McCain, Military, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Community, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Robyn O'Brien

We realized that we can no longer expect one person, one party, to be able to return our country to its former greatness, giving our children what they so rightly deserve.

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Coming Together For A Three Day Sleepover Music Festival To Help Multi-Culture Agriculture In The Northwest

Patricia Amaya | Posted 08.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Chelalis River, Green Living, Northwest, Csa, Agriculture, Community, Local Music Festival, Food Coop, Multi-Culture Farming, Oganic Food, Benefit Concert, Sleepover, Green News
Patricia Amaya

The three day Sleepover will feature homemade organic foods with the proceeds being donated to Thurston County Gleaners Coalition.

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Ladies Who Launch: The Key to Finding a Work-Life Balance

Amy Swift | Posted 08.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Community, Work-Life Balance, Career, Children, Family, Living News
Amy Swift

Women, more than ever before, have a full plate of family commitments, business challenges, professional goals, and personal aspirations. The question...

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Is Our Long National Obsession With Cars Finally Ebbing?

Sean-Paul Kelley | Posted 07.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Infrastructure, Gas Prices, War, Detroit, Community, Cars, Middle East, Iraq, Suvs, Sean Paul Kelley, Green News
Sean-Paul Kelley

One thing I have never understood about Americans is their love of cars, and I am from Texas. To me, a car is like a prison sentence.

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Obama: the Second Half

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Community, United States, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Communitarianism, Audacity of Hope, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

The nation is upon hard times, and being straight with the American people is to engage in risky politics. Obama is up to the challenge.

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Anyone Want a Few Million More Votes?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Singled Out, Friends, Economy, Community, Children and Families, Single Women Voters, Marriage, Images, Singlism, Pennsylvania Primary, Anthropologists, 2008 Presidential Race, Demographics, Single Women, Parents, Family, Democratic Primaries, Soccer Moms, Fmla, John McCain, Exit Polls, Michelle Obama, Chelsea Clinton, Openleft, Single Voters, Npr, Singles, Great Moments in Presidential Speeches, Barack Obama, Wrong Track, Daily Kos, Cnn, Stereotypes, Advertising, Siblings, Interest in Politics, Iraq War, Hillary Clinton, Transportation Problems, NASCAR Dads, Healthcare, David Letterman, Wvwv, Politics News
Bella DePaulo

Single voters play favorites, their favorites are Democrats, and there are about 92 million of them eligible to vote.

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The Power of Community

Deborah Fine | Posted 03.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Community, Women's History Month, Deborah Fine, Ivillage, Living News
Deborah Fine

Supermom is no more. What has taken her place is the Momtourage -- that village of teachers, nannies, friends, neighbors and caretakers who support and enrich each mother's life.

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We've Been Going to Movies About Going it Alone

Sally Kohn | Posted 02.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: There Will Be Blood, Juno, Loneliness, Individualism, Social Isolation, Community, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Movies, Sad Movies, No Country for Old Men, Entertainment News
Sally Kohn

As the ideology of hyper-individualism runs its dangerous course through our politics and culture, the American public may be drawn to entertainment that depicts the future we're desperate to avoid.

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Change That Really Matters

Derek Shearer | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton New Hampshire, John McCain, Community, Nordic Countries, Labor Unions, New Hampshire Primary, Change, Obama Change, Civic Participation, Voter Turnout, New Hampshire, Egalitarianism, John Kenneth Galbraith, Finland, Hillary Clinton, Unions, Politics News
Derek Shearer

If elected in November, it will be important for Hillary's supporters, and for the country not to forget the larger possibilities of change.

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Ladies Who Launch: Put Your Actions Where Your Heart Is

Amy Swift | Posted 11.14.2007 | Living

Read More: Community, Work-Life Balance, Balance Integration, Activism, Social Responsibility, Tevis Gale, Ladies Who Launch, Living News
Amy Swift

Without backing up our scrutiny of institutions with greater awareness of our own actions, hollow posturing allows us to persist in a state of denial about how our choices impact those around us day in, day out.

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Children of Fundamentalism: Why I Hate Caring Communities!

Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.09.2007 | Living

Read More: Winnie the Pooh, John Fohner, Morocco, Community, Beat, Power, Amish, Conservative Mennonites, Control, France, Ethnic Mennonite, Hartville, Muslim, Love Story, Children of Fundamentalism, Hasidic Jew, United Methodist, Romance, Ohio, Virginity, North Carolina, Catholic, Asheville, Pasadena, Eeyore, Korean, Living News
Steven Denlinger

The mind needs freedom to question, which is impossible if constrained by the black and white mindset of fundamentalism. In any religion, excessive control clamps down the pipeline of creativity that feeds the soul.

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