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...Shanghai. "Cars are great for going long distances," Kamen says, "but it makes no sense at all for people in cities to use a 4,000-lb. piece of metal to haul their 150-lb. asses around town." In the future he envisions, cars will be banished from urban centers to make room for millions of "empowered pedestrians"--empowered, naturally, by Kamen's brainchild...
...lead video for her latest effort, the single “I’m a Slave 4 U,” has faltered even among TRL’s generous audience, recently finishing as number five. She swirls and gyrates in a sweaty, dirty urban setting—hardly the upbeat and bright finishes of most successful teen pop. Spears is also at the end of the line on the path of clothing-removal; after this video, she soon will have nothing left to take off. An adolescent market used to sexual tension and barely repressed desire, will...
...virtues require a religious component. Schools are caught in a political tug-of-war between church leaders and humanists, facing the daunting task of creating religious neutrality while teaching strong moral values. Those whose beliefs and opportunities are hurt most are poor families whose children are forced into failing urban schools and cannot afford an alternative...
...from private schools are much more tolerant overall, whereas those from public schools were significantly more likely to believe that gay activists should be denied political rights like running for office or holding demonstrations. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is infuriated with the state of urban public schools as islands of poverty and racial segregation. The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the California public school system for its failure to educate, from which poor minorities have suffered most...
...Despite decades of ostensible “reform” and ballooning budgets, urban schools, even more than other public schools, remain awash in moral and academic failure. They are perpetuating segregation, intolerance, inequality and religious discrimination, while poor parents plead for the opportunity to send their children elsewhere. Can we really tell them to “just wait” for another round of reforms, hoping the bureaucrats do it right this time? It is easy to say “wait” when one’s parents can afford private school and when the government...