Young people in protected rural areas in Brazil see positive things in both contemporary and traditional lifestyles. What if choosing one didn’t preclude holding on to the other? Prosperity manifests differently for different people. In the United States, some might say living well requires wealth. In the Brazilian Amazon, some […]
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The West Virginia teachers’ strike ended on Tuesday in its second week. What began as a wildcat strike, it was sparked by a handful of fed-up teachers, supported by school service personnel, and catalyzed by a few populist politicians. This strike was not a piece of traditional labor organizing, nor […]
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The Mississippi Delta is often labeled as a region with “the highest rates of everything bad and lowest of everything good.” But young leaders who are returning home to the Delta — or relocating from beyond the region — have a different vision. And education is the way to achieve it, they say. […]
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