Culture

Every institution that claims to protect us courts government hospitals the police seems to be failing

Powerful men accused by women and girls of terrible crimes can still rise still get promoted still get protected

Violence that was there when author started still exists

Safety is not only about physical strength

Author teaches from curriculum created over years grounded in shotokan karate taekwondo and muay Thai

Author turned public school classrooms church basements community centers and small businesses into dojos

The population of Switzerland currently stands at roughly 9 million

Lara Jakes has been a journalist for more than 30 years

Lara Jakes reports on conflict and diplomacy with focus on weapons and wars in Ukraine and Middle East

Students at Partnership Academy were expected back from Thanksgiving break on the same day ICE began Operation Metro Surge in Twin Cities

Free hot breakfasts and lunches are essential to Partnership's approach

After Renee Good was shot and killed by ICE agents on Jan 7 more than 60 percent of Partnership students started staying home prompting school to switch to remote learning

Attendance is markedly down at several schools in the area

Partnership's student body is more than 90 percent Hispanic

Matthew Goldstein reporter for The New York Times looks at a new executive order on housing by President Trump

Esmeralda is a modern reinvention of the Chautauqua community

Families with kids are welcome childcare is available and activities for families are available throughout the month

Edge Esmeralda was one of the weirdest wildest most ambitious most unexpected and most fun things Simone Wilson has ever watched unfold in Healdsburg

Mayor Todd Lands has never had a developer work with the city and him the way they have with this project

The goal is to create a multigenerational community that is walkable bikeable and includes open space