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When you hear the word intern, you probably don't think of people like Kristina Shands. For starters, she's 38. And she had notched 10 years of experience as a fundraiser at a nonprofit in Tennessee before she was laid off last year. But now that Shands is considering moving into sports management, she's interning with the Knoxville Ice Bears hockey team, writing game summaries and handing out stats on game day. She devotes about 10 hours a week to the Bears, and she does it for free. "I'm getting to see the inner workings...
...perceived value of that kind of experience helps explain why there's little organized resistance to unpaid internships in the U.S. These jobs have become such a widely acknowledged stepping stone to employment that in late March, the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank in Washington, proposed the creation of a federal program that would give stipends to low-income students who take unpaid internships in public service, which the government defines as work at nonprofits and government agencies. (See the best business deals...
...being on the edge of new green technologies is a great opportunity," says Eldrup. "It gives us an advantage in reducing CO[subscript 2], but it also gives us technological advantages as well as business opportunities. The U.S. has very high ambitions to increase its ethanol production, and we think this might be a great opportunity in years to come...
...part because, unlike some other news organizations, we were not working with an actual iPad. It is the beginning, not the end, of the process, and we hope to evolve and change every week. We'd like to do so with your help. So let us know what you think at feedback@timemagazine.com...
...acted on impulse. I think that's what gave his images a kind of truth: Johnny Cash at San Quentin State Prison in 1969, flipping the bird directly at Jim's lens, or the Beatles during their final concert performance, or Janis Joplin with her bottle of Southern Comfort, laughing at one of his jokes. There was no hair and makeup, no styling. At heart, he was a photojournalist. With a Leica camera or two hanging from his neck, Jim fought to get the best images he could, no matter whom or what he was shooting...