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"Catherine Anderson's memoir of life with her brother Charlie explores the impact of his life on those around him. Born in an era that only gradually came to accept people with intellectual disabilities, Charlie's life and journey, including the eight years he spent in institutions, were not easy for him or for his family. With a sister's candid view, Anderson chronicles the barriers that made life difficult for him and for others like him. She also celebrates the mystery of the connection beyond language she felt with her brother, honestly confronting the limits of her understanding as well"--

AbstractMy introductory Linguistics course was for many years shaped by the field's distaste for social justice issues such as cisheterosexism, racism, colonialism and ableism. Like many other linguists, I concentrated my teaching on the core formal subfields. This essay considers how the colonial roots of Linguistics have shaped the field and my teaching, and reflects on my efforts to integrate social justice concerns into my teaching, using the changing grammar of non-binary pronouns as one entry point.

Constituent Harvey B. Anderson writes to Catherine May to complain about gun control laws which he claims classify gun owners as "dangerous criminals." He includes a newsletter titled, "The Armed Eagle," which is published by the Association to Preserve our Right To Keep and Bear Arms. May writes back to explain her stance on the issues and discuss the bill she has introduced relating to gun control, H.R. 8171

"Building and operating successful public institutions is a perennial and long-term challenge for governments, which is compounded by the volatile conditions found in fragile settings. Yet some government agencies do manage to take root and achieve success in delivering results earning legitimacy and forging resilience in otherwise challenging contexts. Drawing on mixed-method empirical research carried out on nine public agencies in Lao PDR, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Timor Leste, this volume identifies the shared causal mechanisms underpinning institutional success in fragile states by examining the inner workings of these institutions, along with the external operational environment and sociopolitical context in which they exist. Successful institutions share and deploy a common repertoire of internal and external operational strategies. In addition they connect this micro-institutional repertoire to the macro-sociopolitical context along three discernible pathways to institutional success. Institutional development is a heavily contextual, dynamic, and non-linear process but certain actionable lessons emerge for policy-makiers and development partners."