Real characters highlight this challenging story of head-spinning dysfunction. There are times when talking is highly overrated. In "Eavesdropping", J. C. Weil creates a character who tires of all the inane chatter in the world,... Read More

Disenfranchised communities under attack and struggling for survival, using barely literate teachers, were foundational components of the phenomenal and highly successful schools in the rainforest of Acre, Brazil. Loyola University of... Read More

“The empire of facts will have its say,” Mark Slouka says. “Although Octavio Paz may have been right when he suggested that Americans have always preferred to use reality rather than to know it, we may yet have that acquaintance... Read More

“The ultimate question that stayed with me was how I could have contentment and a peaceful state of mind while not giving up my search for excellence and desires for a better future,” Abdullah Telmesani writes. In "The Balanced Way",... Read More