Fifty years of Civil Rights Movement in America features as a theme in this issue, with a Lead article and in the Guest column where Rob Corcoran describes his own family's experiences of 'intergration'. Other highlights include the FAC Essay on what it takes to bridge the world's differences and 'Reflections' starts a news series of five on 'Remaking the world'.
本期有 17 文章
A friendly child gives Tom Duncan the courage to climb China's contemporary Great Wall.
At various times in their lives some people revisit that longing to have a calling more than a job.
Ian Robertson and his colleagues have found a way to free staple crops from viruses, with dramatic results for their growers.
Tolerance is not enough to bridge the world's differences, writes Mike Lowe. We need to engage.
While African-Americans continue to bear the brunt of most discrimination and abuse, other minorities suffer too.
Downscaling（En）
The distance from Mexico City could be measured in centimetres.
In 1999, a local NGO in Andhra Pradesh (AP), India, suggested that the farmers try out ecological methods.
Brown v Board of Education became a watershed case. Mountains of hope rested on its bold, principled conclusion.
'Integration has not failed America; America has failed integration,' said social psychologist Thomas F Pettigrew.
The Micro Loan Foundation is working for long-term sustainable development in Malawi as opposed to providing temporary solutions
A few extremists are highjacking the agenda but the majority (whether Muslim, Christian, or Jewish) are desperate to talk.
No Soft Option（En）
A change of job gives you an opportunity to reflect on life - as does a New Year.
William Commanda, an aboriginal North American chief, had a vision of a 'Circle of All Nations'.
An ancient book about war gives Dalia Braverman practical hints on living today.
Phyllis Cameron-Johnson tells about paying a train fare, meeting Navajo visitors to her school and canoeing...
Can loss turn to gain? Three people's experiences.
A child's perspective is often unexpected, occasionally amusing, sometimes challenging.
