Vol. 142 No. 3, October 2009
Index
- 2010 hot spots: North America.
- Civil rights milestones 1960.
- Back-to-school supplies ...
- Teacher's edition.
- A solo sail around the world.
- It's hard enough finding art 26 fetters in a bowl of alphabet soup.
- America's caught napping.
- Smarter than your average bear.
- Who owns the rain?
- $291,570.
- $9 trillion.
- 13%.
- 18,516.
- 2,272.
- A new land of opportunity?
- The Internet turns 40.
- Fashion police: a number of communities around the country have banned sagging pants. Can clothes and how you wear them really be illegal?
- G.I. Jane: women are still officially barred from combat, but realities on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq mean they're fighting--and dying--alongside men.
- $7.25 an hour: is it all good news? this summer's minimum-wage hike means more money in the pockets of working teens. But is there a downside?
- Tweeting their way to freedom? How Youtube, Twitter, and cellphones are helping people challenge repressive governments around the world.
- 1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall: the wall not only divided Berlin, it was a powerful symbol of the cold war. When it came crashing down 20 years ago, it literally changed the map of the world.
- Is 2 much txtng bad 4 u? Staying connected can take a tort--on your thumbs and on your mind.
- Should public schools offer single-sex education? The number of single-sex classrooms in public schools is growing; there are now more than 400.
- Bogus blogging.
- [Cartoon].