NPR’s Interactive History of U.S. Campaign Finance Reform (and impairment)
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Why America Stopped Making Its Own Clothes
Try this on for size: In 1960, an average American household spent over 10 percent of its income on clothing and shoes – equivalent to roughly $4,000 today. The average person bought fewer than 25 garments each year. And about … Read More
- Who Made Your T-Shirt? The Hidden Cost of Cheap Fashion
- Lesson Plan: An Educator's Guide to Teaching Gun Control Issues
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Why America Stopped Making Its Own Clothes
Try this on for size: In 1960, an average American household spent over 10 percent of its income on clothing and shoes – equivalent to roughly $4,000 today. The average person bought fewer than 25 garments each year. And about … Read More
- Lesson Plan: An Educator's Guide to Teaching Gun Control Issues
- U.S. Gun Homicides: Visualizing the Numbers
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Lesson Plan: An Educator's Guide to Teaching Gun Control Issues
As part of a collaboration with the National Writing Project, this is the first in a series of teacher-created educator guides on key topical issues. Written by two NWP-affiliated high school English and media arts teachers – Kirsten Spall of … Read More
- History of Immigration in America: A Turbulent Timeline
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Who Made Your T-Shirt? The Hidden Cost of Cheap Fashion
Everyone likes a good deal. And for that reason, most of us have flocked to clothing stores like H&M and Old Navy for the unbelievably cheap and expansive selection they offer. T-shirts for five bucks; jeans and dresses for … Read More
- How Does the Government Spend Your Tax Dollars?
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Affirmative Action On The Rocks: Another Chapter In A Long Contested History
(Click here to view the timeline in full screen mode) n an effort to have greater campus diversity, is it fair for universities to give admissions preference to minority applicants? Abigail Fisher, a white honor student, certainly didn’t think so … Read More
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Following the Money: Who's Paying for the Propositions?
ndividuals and organizations are spending millions in this election to win support for, or to defeat, a variety of propositions on California’s ballot. Anyone who’s watched even a smidgen of TV in the last two months can attest to the … Read More
- Redistricting, California Style: Letting the "People" Draw the Maps
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