Monday, October 21, 1996 ACTIVISM: ‘Service learning’ benefits both students and communityBy Richard Riley The remnants of a Chicago crack house were transformed recently into a schoolhouse of sorts. Read more...

Friday, October 18, 1996 HISTORY: Humbled by disability, a segregationist changes, makes amendsBy Bob Ray Sanders New York Times Several people gathered around my desk that spring afternoon in 1972 to see what was in the package. Read more...

Friday, October 18, 1996 AWARENESS: Educating others about truth of Proposition 209 will result in its blowing defeatBy Roy S. Ramirez My partner knocks at the next door as I stumble through the mounds of literature, trying to get a handout ready. Read more...

Friday, October 18, 1996 DIVISION: Learning from other groups’ experiences may reveal similarities It all started with a conversation, like these things often do. I’d been talking to an African-American woman and once the conversation drifted to race and politics, she said, "you know, you can never really know what I experience on a daily basis as a black woman." That got me thinking. Read more...

Friday, October 18, 1996Horey delivers epiphany with wit Often when I’m driving in traffic and someone cuts me off, nearly killing us both for the sole reason of getting into a parking lot to buy bagels or something, I inevitably ask myself, "What is this asshole thinking?" Please allow me to express my appreciation to Justin Horey ("Skinny White Jackass Writes Unfunny Column," Oct. Read more...

Thursday, October 17, 1996INTERVIEW: Realizing the need for a conservation ethic at the heart of issueBy Scott Lunceford Since his appointment as secretary of the Department of the Interior in 1992, Bruce Babbitt has raised plenty of hackles on both sides of the environmental fence; on one side, ranchers and industrialists accuse him of denying them the natural products of the land; on the other, environmentalists, who initially hailed his appointment as secretary, note that he often appears too ready to take urban planning concerns into consideration. Read more...

Thursday, October 17, 1996 RIGHTS: Proposition 209 will give women equality long denied by ‘feminists’It is a common misconception that the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI) would have a detrimental impact on the women of California. Read more...