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Millions of poor mothers are soon going to be faced with the same worry. Under the new federal welfare law, even recipients with very young children are required to find work (although states may exempt a single parent caring for a child under one year old). According to the Children...
Fairweather Johnson faces a huge challenge in trying to follow up the success of Cracked Rear View. History has not always been kind to pop-culture sequels--just look at The Two Jakes and everything Michael Jackson has done after Thriller. Still, Fairweather Johnson is a more complex, more nuanced...
One of the paradoxes of Japan right now, reminiscent in some ways of the U.S., is that while some companies are doing well, their workers are not. Thousands of industrial jobs have been lost because of kudoka, which translates as "hollowing out." Giants like Sony and Toyota are investing in...
"This is really an enormous task," Ozawa says. "This is more than reform. What we need is close to a revolution. What's demanded is a change of Japanese consciousness, and whether or not we succeed is up to the people." But what would bring about revolution? It is the...
Underlying the University's decision is a superficial, check-list notion of diversity. As opposed to looking at the individual person and his or her personal qualities and interests, the University has reverted to a group-identity form of diversity where two people from the same area and the same...