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...with the election of Barack Obama. It is an America whose values are not defined by the ignorance and sanctimonious arrogance of the Christian right. It is an America that has the courage to show the world that people of faith are compassionate, merciful and good stewards of the earth. We see in Barack Obama a rare combination of intelligence, integrity and humility - and hope he can get us out of the moral quagmire we've fallen into. Elizabeth Hooper, Atlanta...
...nonprofit called the New Teacher Project, which helps schools recruit good teachers. Most problematic of all, Rhee is not from Washington. She is from Ohio, and she is Korean American in a majority-African-American city. "I was," she says now, "the worst pick on the face of the earth...
...Scorched Earth...
...ferocity has alienated many people--even those who support her ideas and could be helpful to her. This summer the chair of the Washington city council called dealing with Rhee a "nightmare." There has been talk of passing legislation to rein her in. "Michelle Rhee believes in scorched earth," says Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, a national union that has become unusually involved in local matters in Washington. "I am not saying that D.C.'s school system doesn't need a lot of help. But I have been part of a lot of reforms...
...resolved to raise her on his own. It is with a similar determination that Lu now fights for an answer to why the school caved in, crushing his daughter. Lu had just had lunch with her in town an hour before the quake struck. He felt the earth move, and then rocks tumbled down from a nearby peak. As soon as the tremors eased, he ran to the school. "The five-story building was completely flattened, and young, broken bodies were everywhere," he says. "I cried and cried, dug and dug, until the police stopped...