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Immigration Reform & Climate Change: Two Hot-Button Issues Intersect

Michele Wucker
Mar 19, 2010

Editor's note: Public Agenda occasionally posts guest blogs to offer different perspectives on difficult problems. Readers of this blog know that immigration and the choices we face on energy and climate change are two of the public policy issues we monitor closely here at Public Agenda. Today, we have a guest posting on our blog, from Michele Wucker of the World Policy Institute, who talks about the way that these two issues may intersect – which makes it all the more important that citizens grapple with the options we have in crafting public policy solutions.

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Sorry, it’s Malignant: Why Scientists Need a New Approach on Climate Change

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson
Mar 15, 2010

The world's scientists are struggling with the unsettling feeling that the more they talk about climate change, the less progress they make. In fact, in some opinion surveys they're losing ground. But before we start dumping on the public for its scientific illiteracy or unwillingness to take the long view, consider this scenario:

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Anti-Defamation League: Making Diversity Count

Making Diversity Count is a self-paced, online course for middle and secondary school teachers to explore issues of bias and prejudice, as they learn from education and civil rights experts. Developed by the Anti-Defamation League's "A World of Difference" Institute, MDC provides educators with resources and lesson plans to create inclusive classrooms, prevent bias and manage name-calling and bullying. They receive interdisciplinary classroom curricula and a certificate for use in applying for CEU credit.

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