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A Field of One’s Own
By Mary MannIn the new food culture, farming as an ethos is hip. Farming as an industry, however, is in need of some serious revitalization.
REPORT CARD
A Philadelphia Story
By Liza Featherstone
Mayoral control has its critics, and “Report Card” is among them, believing that the public deserves much more control over education policy. But there’s a chilling possibility that for the elites and the profiteers, the present-day structures are too democratic.
Footsteps into a New Life
By Eleanor J. BaderWhen Chana was in her teens, she told her mother that she wanted to go to college. Her mom’s response was immediate and vitriolic. “She told me she’d have me locked me up in a psych ward if I applied,” she recalls.
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