| 单词 | illiteracy |
| 例句 | Besides, all the energy has flowed out to the new developments, to the semi- rural supermarkets, the outdoor movies, new houses with wide lawns and stucco schools where children are confirmed in their illiteracy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z While millions across the world struggle with illiteracy, poverty, violence and war, let us remember that we have the power, determination and creative minds to help fight and eliminate those social problems. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It was possible that Grandpa’s southern accent and his illiteracy made him mispronounce his own name. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The only illiteracy with apostrophes that stirs any sympathy in me is the greengrocer’s variety. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “I could never have possibly read over the illiteracies and misconceptions burbling from the dark minds of these students. It will be the same wherever I work.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought you might be interested in knowing that I’ve just read in Social Revulsion that Louisiana has the highest illiteracy rate in the U.S. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As a former educator, Garfield decried the nation's high rate of illiteracy, particularly in the South, revealed by questions in the 1880 census asking if a person could read and write. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z If the machine were used deliberately for that end, hunger, overwork, dirt, illiteracy, and disease could be eliminated within a few generations. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He ran on a platform of improving the school system, fighting illiteracy, and trying to find innovative solutions to the metastasizing drug trade that was poisoning life in major areas of the city. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I have often reread my early progress reports and seen the illiteracy, the childish nai'vet^, the mind of low intelligence peering from a dark room, through the keyhole, at the dazzling light outside. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z When they were finally freed, after a series of slave rebellions, their new masters were poverty, illiteracy, and lack of economic opportunity. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z George Mason University There is enough mathematical illiteracy in this country, and we don’t need the world’s highest IQ propagating more. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Phelan, You certainly may hone your writing skills on such flat, passionless subjects as drunk driving and illiteracy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But what she wanted to do, in essence, was create a learning epidemic to counter the prevailing epidemics of poverty and illiteracy. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was handicapped by illiteracy and he offered me the job of accompanying him on trips into the delta plantation area to write and figure for him, at wages of five dollars a week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Then about Negroes, mulattoes, mestizos, whites, the illiteracy rate—over 50 percent—and malaria. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Desperation, deep poverty, and illiteracy drove women to take the risk of cohabiting with men such as truck drivers and soldiers, those with steady jobs or who wielded the power of intimidation. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But she was so witty and clever and warmhearted that she made of living a high joyous thing and in time he began to overlook her illiteracy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If you swear, or dress shabbily, do you think that people might say this is because of the bad morals or the poverty or the illiteracy of your race? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Jones was also attracted to the role because of Hoke's illiteracy. Jones, Lansbury still relish acting in their 80s 2013-01-07T18:46:06Z And this forced me to confront a form of illiteracy I don’t ordinarily acknowledge as such, raising, in turn, the question of whether this glazing over is acceptable. How to Understand Your Computer 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z The sophisticates will shrug it off, sighing at the cultural illiteracy of judges who do not understand the tradition of the readymade going back to Duchamp. Does Richard Prince's work reflect the creativity or cynicism of modern art? 2011-03-24T17:33:55Z So it was rather a surprise to be told that I have been the subject of a minor tweety storm, having upset a number of young Australians by allegedly accusing them of illiteracy. Not-so essential reading 2010-10-22T08:43:00Z Poverty is pervasive, health care nearly nonexistent, illiteracy rampant. Personal Journeys: Hiking Deep Into Dogon Country in Mali 2010-03-05T04:11:00Z There is no discernible reason why he should rule a gang unless it's because he's the exception to the rule of near-universal illiteracy. 2010-01-11T02:48:00Z Davis’s essay began: Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with them are relegated to cages . Angola Prison and the Shadow of Slavery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Burnett said he believes there's a growing "Biblical illiteracy" among young people. Husband and wife behind 'The Bible' miniseries 2013-03-01T16:17:08Z In later years, her prowess with language, despite her illiteracy, impresses some as rivaling that of her dead husband, the trained church poet. She Didn’t Know How to Read, but Her Stories Captured History 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z To credit Osborne merely with economic illiteracy, as Hutton and Blanchflower et al do, is too charitable. Newcastle arts cuts sabotage magnificence of a region 2012-12-16T00:06:08Z There is a self-conscious playfulness to a movement that inspires women to identify with she-wolves constructed from discarded bones or brand themselves witches on social media despite an illiteracy with spellcraft. The Wild Woman Awakens 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Clearly, these are extraordinary figures, but as with male writers of the time, nearly every example of literary achievement in that era of nearly universal illiteracy is extraordinary. Exhibition Review: ?Shakespeare?s Sisters? at the Folger Shakespeare Library 2012-02-23T23:43:59Z From 1500 storytelling continued to be popular in an era of widespread illiteracy, when books were still too expensive for the common man. Storytelling: how reading aloud is back in fashion 2013-01-06T00:08:26Z At the same time, the state tops the country in illiteracy and poverty rates. How Tasmania became the gothic muse of Australian film and TV 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z According to the Department of Education, “incarcerated adults have among the lowest academic skill levels and highest disability and illiteracy rates of any segment of our society.” Battling censorship behind bars 2013-05-07T13:00:00Z Echoing McCullough, who rails against American historical illiteracy, the self-deprecating goof in Hanks nevertheless makes light of his own campaign against historical ignorance. Tom Hanks on 'Pacific' HBO Series, World War II, History 2010-03-04T23:55:00Z But the loveliness and stylistic sophistication of such passages inadvertently mute the brutality of slavery with its concomitant conditions of illiteracy and intellectual starvation. ‘Free Men’ review: A dark mystery, a gruesome crime, a relentless chase 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z In a family that was a generation removed from illiteracy, Asturias’s books and his Nobel stood for our right as guatemaltecos to claim to be people of letters. Stories of Then That Still Hold Up Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z The high levels of scientific illiteracy in the U.S. should be as upsetting to liberals as high levels of reading illiteracy would be, and should be addressed just as seriously. ‘Girls’ still racist 2012-06-22T16:56:00Z In a country with 90 per cent illiteracy, the task was to develop a visual language that could coax public feeling into public opinion. Mexican modernism and the politics of painting 2013-06-29T07:59:01Z As is often the case, he exposed his own historical illiteracy by omitting that in conjunction with the deportation debacle, Eisenhower also authorized the broad and liberal issuance of guest worker visas for Mexicans. The case for open borders 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Eya focused on the music of Europe’s medieval centuries, when plagues and illiteracy reigned, along with hallow-sounding harmonies and old rhythmic systems. D.C. trio Eya presents a buffet of early music for lunchtime concert series 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Its class implications, too: the highest rates of poverty and illiteracy and obesity and teen pregnancy in the country. The all of “y’all”: On finally embracing my voice, country twang and everything 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z It is so pathetically wrong, in fact, that the dictionary suggests it might be used humorously, to illustrate illiteracy. Gene Weingarten: The latest weapon in his war on ‘terror’? 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z The benches will be auctioned at London's Southbank Centre on 7 October to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust to tackle illiteracy in deprived communities across the UK. Classic books become London benches 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Our leads are barred from this path — Lady Bai Wei-Ling on account of her gender, and Gao on account of his class and illiteracy. Sauce Makers and Scoundrels: Four Hot Romance Novels 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Librarians are at the forefront of the battle against illiteracy in the UK. Author, author: Kate Mosse 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z He warns that our scientific illiteracy hobbles our chances of finding economic recovery and policy-making that rises above the calamitous. The Geek Manifesto by Mark Henderson – review 2012-05-25T10:00:01Z Theirs was mostly a bitter tale, full of abandonments, early death, poverty, orphans and illiteracy. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: The First Lady's Family 2012-06-15T18:13:58Z Technology is low and illiteracy is high; most people consider themselves lucky to live in indentured servitude. ‘Into the Badlands’ has a kick but lacks bite 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Martin's emotional illiteracy is the handmaiden of delusion. The Friday Gospels by Jenn Ashworth – review 2013-01-18T08:30:01Z There is visual illiteracy with text-oriented films like bloody ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Lord of the Rings.’ “You have naked bodies and genitalia, don’t you? Why are you so adolescent?”: Director Peter Greenaway on “Puritan” Americans and the intense sex scenes in “Eisenstein in Guanajuato” 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Profits are injected right back into the community, where poverty and illiteracy are still heartbreakingly pervasive. Guatemalan textiles, straight from the weaver’s hands to yours 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Circles are widened, if only a bit, as Stanley and Tara clash and bond over subjects like his computer illiteracy, her love of junk food and their respective uses and abuses of the English language. Theater Review: ‘Adult’ by Christina Masciotti, at Abrons Arts Center 2014-02-03T22:00:42Z A popular television show depicting a presumably credible, respected journalist breaking rules and playing favorites with Coach Lasso almost certainly isn't going to help alleviate rampant media illiteracy. The many betrayals of "Ted Lasso" 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Fear, rumours and conspiracy theories have conspired with poverty and high illiteracy to allow the disease to flourish in two countries whose infrastructure is already weak. World leaders 'failing to help' over Ebola outbreak in Africa 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z When families can't earn enough to support themselves, they are more inclined to put their children to work, perpetuating problems including limited education access, illiteracy rates and other problems within the communities. 5 things you should know before buying a chocolate bar 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z This comes from a library public service announcement called The Day the Books Went Blank, which warned about the importance of library funding and the dangers of illiteracy. The Federal Government’s Latest Project: Squirrel GIFs 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z I am continually stunned at the Bible illiteracy I see in the general culture and even church goers. Graphic version of the entire Bible planned 2013-06-28T11:01:15Z Toxic masculinity is represented by qualities such as violence, dominance, emotional illiteracy, sexual entitlement, and hostility to femininity. "Toxic masculinity": what does it mean, where did it come from — and is the term useful or harmful? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z “I’ve been working my entire career to get kids reading because I believe that illiteracy is one of the biggest challenges our country faces,” he said in a statement. Patterson, Scholastic team up on new literacy initiative 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Today, China has one of the lowest rates of female illiteracy in the world — as well as the highest percentage of self-made female billionaires. First Comes Love, Then Comes What Exactly? 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Some of Michele's career decisions may have also fueled the illiteracy fire. "Funny Girl" gives Lea Michele a stage to poke fun at those literacy rumors 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z "Despite the high rates of illiteracy – 60% across the board – books about prison are very popular with prisoners, just as films about prison are," he said. Memoir reveals prisoners' book preferences 2010-10-27T13:57:00Z According to one study, the black student illiteracy rate in the county rose to 23 percent from 3 percent during that period. Review: Kristen Green’s ‘Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County’ 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Its final exhibition space featured video screens showing examples of world hunger, illiteracy, tyranny and racism, urging political action. Exhibition Review: An Unseen Evil Still Ensnaring Countless Souls 2010-10-08T22:54:00Z “This is the work of Fidel Castro,” Cruz says, alluding to the nation’s largely successful effort to banish illiteracy and make education free and universal. Can one man’s Cuban road trip fix 56 years of cultural disconnect? 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z The Rohingya, whose culture is based on oral tradition, have high illiteracy rates because of a lack of access to education in rural areas, especially for women. For Rohingya Survivors, Art Bears Witness 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Few errors of punctuation so succinctly reveal the utter illiteracy of the perpetrators. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Pickin’ up where the Apostrophe Protection Society left off 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Playing the protective one of the bunch, Cornish is still striking, even having dropped from the shining poetry of "Bright Star" to the near illiteracy of "Sucker Punch." 'Sucker Punch': Trapped in a bizarro Zack Snyder fantasy 2011-03-24T17:57:04Z "There is a high level of illiteracy in Nigeria, where some people don't understand what the commentator is saying in English," Adesola told Reuters. Nigerian radio host brings her native language to sports commentary 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Her case is far from unique in Somaliland, a place that has long struggled with illiteracy. The app teaching Somalis to read and write 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z She considers herself a migrant, having moved from the southern Mexico city of Oaxaca when she was 2 with her mother, who fled “the vicious cycle of poverty, physical abuse and illiteracy.” Berlin Wall relic gets a ‘second life’ on US-Mexico border as Biden adds barriers 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z For decades, fees have been kept low by the government to encourage enrolment in a country where many are poor and there is a high level of illiteracy. Nigeria offers students loans - they want jobs 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Riled-up “Jeopardy!” viewers flooded Twitter to remark on the TV moment, claiming that biblical illiteracy was symbolic of a nation in decline. 'Jeopardy!' fans appalled that a Lord's Prayer clue stumped all 3 contestants 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z He offered ringing endorsements of school prayer, implying it would ease the problems of illiteracy and drug use. Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who parlayed the success of his pioneering television ministry into the first serious bid by an evangelical leader for the U.S. presidency, has died 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z A federal judge ordered last week that the execution be halted while the claim of illiteracy was investigated, but on Friday, an appeals court overruled that decision. The Jurors Sentenced a Missouri Man to Death. Now Some Are Not So Sure. 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z “Voting - and receiving assistance with voting due to disability, blindness, or illiteracy - is a highly personal act,” the lawsuit said. Mississippi absentee ballot law harms voters with disabilities, lawsuit says 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z “Voting — and receiving assistance with voting due to disability, blindness, or illiteracy — is a highly personal act,” the lawsuit said. Mississippi absentee ballot law harms voters with disabilities, lawsuit says 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Human Development Index, scored on illiteracy, standard of living and health. In the Amazon region where pair was killed, neglect and allegations of harsh justice 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z From a definition from The Conversation, toxic masculinity is “represented by qualities such as violence, dominance, emotional illiteracy, sexual entitlement, and hostility to femininity.” To stop violence: Men, heal thyselves 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Mr Hope took the teenager under his wing after being "shocked at his illiteracy, how he knew nothing about Christianity and that he drank alcohol regularly". Forgotten diaries show how illiterate baker became pioneering herbalist 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z One Protestant pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Johnston of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, said the disparity illustrates the “rife biblical illiteracy in the church.” Higher Ground: If Jesus on the cross can forgive, so can we 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z “During the past 18 months we campaigned house-to-house in order to eliminate illiteracy and to end all our miseries.” Calls mount for Taliban to free girls’ education activist 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Even the deliberate grammatical mistakes Trump puts in his posts, so that they get spread further by liberals mocking his illiteracy, felt tired. Everyone knows Tucker Carlson lies about Jan. 6 — what matters is the GOP now blesses his narrative 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z She added that Kelly’s own abuse as a child and illiteracy throughout adulthood also justified leniency. Could R. Kelly essentially get a ‘life’ prison sentence? 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z "Duncan had a very tough upbringing and we hear how he went on to overcome illiteracy to help Edinburgh's poor," Mr Melvin said. Forgotten diaries show how illiterate baker became pioneering herbalist 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Bonjean argued that traumas throughout Kelly’s life, including abuse as a child and illiteracy throughout adulthood, justified leniency in sentencing the singer. US prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Jenny Mackenzie: “Is there a silver bullet to solving the illiteracy crisis?” 40 years after 'Reading Rainbow,' LeVar Burton is still fighting for literacy 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z This creates a sort of civic illiteracy that’s easily exploited, whether by politicians who say elections were rigged, or real-estate investors angling for a windfall. News industry’s collapse paves way for special interests 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z They also used theater to explain the project, ensuring that illiteracy would not be a barrier to understanding and decision-making. Gene Drives Could Fight Malaria and Other Global Killers but Might Have Unintended Consequences 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Because we can’t remember it, illiteracy can seem total, akin to the formless darkness many sighted people imagine blind people see. Learning to read, one TikTok at a time 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Those classes revealed a hidden problem: illiteracy, she said. Perspective | A gentle girl becomes a tough woman. But how much more killing can she take? 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z “When you start reading about the population in our facilities, the illiteracy rate is off the charts — like, what the heck?” he said. Column: How will L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna solve his department's many problems? 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Poverty forces people to live on floodplains, while illiteracy prohibits them from adapting to the effects of climate change, said Rafique. Insurgency, neglect hurt flood relief in Pakistani province 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z This is especially so in a remote community with high levels of illiteracy, where some still link Ebola to witchcraft and choose to address it at home rather than call an ambulance. Uganda’s Ebola responders fret as some people fight measures 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed the departure of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, saying she was a disgrace of a leader who would be remembered for her "catastrophic illiteracy". Kosovo seizes alpine holiday villas in permit corruption probe 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Black illiteracy was essential to white domination of the South. Why the book bans and censorship? Those who rule want to crush knowledge — and freedom 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The storm was among perennial problems education officials grappled with, along with classroom shortages, alarming illiteracy rate among children and lingering coronavirus threats after deciding to reopen schools nationwide. Storm leaves 3 injured, thousands displaced in Philippines 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z He provides a description of Mr. Auld, a slaveholder, who seeks to impose illiteracy as a means to oppress others. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z There is more at stake here, however, than the production of a toxic form of illiteracy celebrated as common sense, the normalization of fake news and the emerging discourse of white supremacy. Resisting fascism and winning the education wars: How we can meet the challenge 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Emelle County, Alabama had illiteracy and infant mortality rates that were among the highest in the nation. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, widespread scientific illiteracy allows these arguments to be used to suppress scientific knowledge and spread misinformation. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Republicans are swiftly reimagining illiteracy not as an embarrassing flaw, but as an aspiration. Banning math books and attacking libraries: Republicans ramp up their mission to spread ignorance 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z One major consequence of financial illiteracy is bad credit. Opinion | Marylanders would benefit from real economic education 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z The new forms of illiteracy do not simply constitute an absence of learning, ideas or knowledge. Resisting fascism and winning the education wars: How we can meet the challenge 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z If you think that all of this is one big contradictory mishmash of economic illiteracy, you are right. Midterm magic? Democrats go on the defensive against Republicans — and the media 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Because of widespread scientific illiteracy, these arguments are used by those who wish to suppress science and misinform the general public. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Betty Ford was known for her support of equal rights for women, while Barbara Bush launched a national effort to end illiteracy. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet so many Americans outside his community would insist race is the root of its poverty, illiteracy and violence. Dems' masks coming off? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z A survey in 2011 reported illiteracy rates among Black Iraqis at 80 percent, a figure more than twice as high as the national average, and believed to be largely unchanged since then. A Black Iraqi’s Sudden Career in TV News: ‘They Wanted to See All Colors’ 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Other targets include bringing local public transport closer to London’s standard, extending 5G and fibre broadband across the country and working to eliminate illiteracy and innumeracy in primary school leavers, it said. UK's Johnson tries to reset premiership with 'levelling up' policies 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Kirkwood doesn’t claim to be a central figure in these efforts or in reducing illiteracy, her current focus, but she writes movingly of being part of positive change. New books showcase women who were pioneers 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Now a global effort tackling the unique challenges of adult illiteracy, ProLiteracy hosts an annual “Great American Book Sale,” offering autographed books by best-selling authors. Perspective | Ask Amy: This year, those who have, should give 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Reasons for declining immunizations include religious exemptions, myths about vaccines and scientific illiteracy. Opinion | Advances in fighting the coronavirus 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z There are no paved roads, no clinics, no milling machines, and illiteracy is near total. The race to defuse Congo’s carbon bomb Years earlier, he started a charter school within his church to help reverse the illiteracy trend. Chicago rooftop revelations: Broken education system is perpetuating Chicago violence, pastor says 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z As with civic illiteracy, the monotonous groupthink on the nation’s campuses, and its frequent enforcement against dissidents, were long ago documented beyond debate. Opinion | How higher education can counter the dangerous weakening of American self-governance 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Other popular tactics included manufacturing misleading literature, suppressing incriminating information, host bad faith conferences and seminars, pretend to be defenders of health, abusing credentials and taking advantage of scientific illiteracy. How Big Tobacco used bad science to avoid accountability — and set the blueprint for Big Oil 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z The Gambia's unique marble voting system - introduced in 1965 because of the country's high illiteracy rate - is still being used. Gambia elections: Ex-President Yahya Jammeh's shadow looms over poll 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z The system was introduced in the 1960s to avoid spoilt ballots in a nation with a high illiteracy rate. Gambians cast votes with marbles in key test for stability 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z That is why he went to the roof with the hope of raising enough funds to build a massive community center that will scale up the fight against illiteracy. Chicago rooftop revelations: Broken education system is perpetuating Chicago violence, pastor says 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z However, she added, across the U.N.’s 46 least-developed countries, which include Afghanistan, Yemen, Niger and Mozambique, “almost three quarters of people have never connected,” facing obstacles such as poverty, illiteracy or limited electricity. 1 in 3 people around the world have never used the Internet, a U.N. report estimates 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z This way of voting was introduced after independence in 1965 because of The Gambia's high illiteracy rate. Why Gambians won't stop voting with marbles 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z There are many causes for this, including warped understandings of the nature of a written constitution, general civic illiteracy and the increasing influence of progressive and Marxist ideas in our educational system. Classical education critical for preserving Constitution 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z “Brazil has a very high illiteracy rate, so audio notes are very useful,” Grohmann explained. When WhatsApp went down, Brazilian workers’ jobs went with it 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Nor, he said, is the world meaningfully tackling problems that cross many national lines: climate change, hunger, poverty, illiteracy, air pollution, lack of access to drinking water, and more. Ukraine’s leader takes UN to task as ‘retired superhero’ 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The pontiff called for a joining of forces to “combat the religious illiteracy which permeates all cultures: it is a widespread ignorance that reduces the experience of belief to slogans.” Pope: Aim to counter fundamentalist violence with schooling 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z I agree with many things Baktash Ahadi said in his Sept. 1 Wednesday Opinion essay, “Cultural illiteracy led to U.S. failure in Afghanistan.” Opinion | The Afghanistan exit 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Systemic issues in the Afghan army include “a corrupt chain of command, significant rates of desertion and attrition, a lack of leadership, and widespread illiteracy,” the report said. U.S. spent $84 billion in military aid to equip, train Afghans, Defense Dept. says 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z When it comes to cultural illiteracy, America is a recidivist. Opinion | I was a combat interpreter in Afghanistan, where cultural illiteracy led to U.S. failure 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Clinton College was one of many schools established by the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church during Reconstruction years, to help eradicate illiteracy among freedmen. Historically Black college in S Carolina offers free tuition 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Others worry about religious illiteracy and the lack of supervision over everything from theological pronouncements to financial practices. A horn-wearing ‘shaman.’ A cowboy evangelist. For some, the Capitol attack was a kind of Christian revolt. 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Political illiteracy has moved from the margins to the center of power and is now a crucial project that the Republican Party wants to impose on the wider public. Fighting back against the age of manufactured ignorance: Resistance is still possible 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z He shares his concerns about how scientific illiteracy among the American people, along with hostility to expertise, collective narcissism and information echo chambers proved to be lethal during the pandemic. This plague next time: Public health scholar Nicholas Christakis on the pandemic's harsh lessons 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Grant was a TV analyst for Indians games in the 1970s, worked in their community relations department and supported groups fighting childhood illiteracy and drug use. Mudcat Grant, American League’s First Black 20-Game Winner, Dies at 85 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z “I think it speaks to a creator illiteracy.” The creator economy is running into the Apple Tax — this startup is fighting back 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Among contenders in the Democratic mayoral field, Mr. Stringer had already been losing ground to Andrew Yang, he of bodega illiteracy, when a woman came forward late last month with accusations of sexual impropriety. Why Sexual Misconduct Is Unforgivable but Corruption Is Overlooked 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Ignorance has become willful, in that it is now a right-wing political project in the service of a fascist politics, manufactured and conscious in its pursuit of creating new forms of mass illiteracy. Fighting back against the age of manufactured ignorance: Resistance is still possible 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Virchow documented hunger, illiteracy, poverty and depression among Silesians, and concluded that the root of the problem lay in their exploitation. Will COVID Force Public Health to Confront America’s Epic Inequality? 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z An estimated 1,300 Black students went without formal education, and the illiteracy rate among young Black people increased sevenfold. The new civil rights crisis in education 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z “I think it speaks to a creator illiteracy,” says Breadwitchery, a narrative games streamer who works part time as a community manager for Fanhouse. The creator economy is running into the Apple Tax — this startup is fighting back 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The region is marked by high illiteracy and unemployment rates. ‘They treated us like animals’: ISIS terrorist offshoot grows more brazen, brutal 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The illiteracy rate among Afghan women is 82% and most of the women in Afghan prisons are jailed for so-called “moral” crimes like seeking a divorce. As US mulls Afghan exit, activist sees long fight for women 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Digital illiteracy and other accessibility challenges are also taking a toll on high-risk groups like seniors. Perspective | Online vaccine sign-ups make Internet access a matter of life and death 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The show famously addressed the 1986 explosion of the Challenger space shuttle as well as childhood illiteracy, prescription pill addiction and bankruptcy. Soleil Moon Frye 'lost sight' of herself. Facing her darkest memories brought her back 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z The historical illiteracy, the narcissism, the lack of perspective, all of it. Yahoo News reporter misses ‘thrill’ of covering Trump: Like ‘storming Omaha Beach’ 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z For them, speech recognition technology could help bridge the gap between illiteracy and access to valuable information and services from agricultural information to medical care. Why AI Needs to Be Able to Understand All the World's Languages 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z The World Bank says an additional 72 million children may be pushed into illiteracy. Opinion | Starving Children Don’t Cry 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z In a country with a higher level of illiteracy than the US, no such long queues have been seen in previous elections. World reaction to long queues of voters in US 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Stewart’s state-mandated illiteracy left him powerless to mount a legal defense. Injustice in life and oppression in death: How systemic racism shaped George Floyd’s life and hobbled his ambition 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Donald Trump's lies about climate change, the pandemic, and other science-related matters are also sustained by America's deep problem with scientific illiteracy. Science editor H. Holden Thorp: Scientists "should have spoken out" against Trump "a long time ago" 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Because illiteracy tends to correlate with lack of schooling and thus the inability to speak a common world language, speech technology is not available to those who need it the most. Why AI Needs to Be Able to Understand All the World's Languages 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z The Sustainable Development Goals, 17 U.N. objectives aimed at eliminating inequities that include poverty, gender bias and illiteracy by 2030, are imperiled. As U.N. Turns 75, the Celebration Is Muted by Calamity and Conflict 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Bush's response was nothing more than a clumsy attempt to deflect attention away from his obvious ignorance and illiteracy. What are the true goals of QAnon? It's the 21st century's ultimate catfish scheme 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z The viral spread of the "6%" meme seems to speak to both a larger scientific illiteracy and the rapidity with which the conspiratorial right jumps on misinformation that appears convenient to their political narrative. The right has seized on a misunderstood CDC statement as "proof" that coronavirus isn't that deadly 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z But organizers faced considerable problems, such as the lack of broadband, computer illiteracy and the age and health of area residents. Opinion | How Virginians will move forward from the defunct Atlantic Coast Pipeline 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The recent cases — reaching into the Egyptian elite — have “refuted all previous arguments and justifications for harassment, from poverty to illiteracy and things like that,” Abuel-Komsan said. Accusations of serial assault spark new #MeToo wave in Egypt 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z The recent cases - reaching into the Egyptian elite - have “refuted all previous arguments and justifications for harassment, from poverty to illiteracy and things like that,” Abuel-Komsan said. Accusations of serial assault spark new #MeToo wave in Egypt 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z She said he undermined initiatives begun under previous governments to reduce illiteracy and expand access to higher education for historically marginalized communities, including Brazilians of African descent and Indigenous people. Brazilian Ex-Minister Makes Quick Exit to U.S. as Inquiries Rattle Government 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Establishment applause for anti-intellectualism is the equivalent of an English professor writing a book in defense of illiteracy. Anti-intellectualism is back — because it never went away. And it has killed 100,000 Americans 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z “There is a profound correlation between poverty and illiteracy,” said Haynes. Teen empowers kindergartners with virtual reading in underserved communities amid COVID-19 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z All you have to do is choke down another couple of Big Macs and gobble up more Adderall and keep the cruelty and incompetence and illiteracy coming. Fear and loathing in the Rose Garden 2020: A journey into the heart of the American nightmare 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z He said that the coronavirus was a punishment from God but also “a threat to all humankind. We will suffer badly if it spreads out of control here because of our poverty and illiteracy.” Afghans clamp down on Nowruz, the Persian New Year holiday, fearing virus spread 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The money would be better spent, he contended, combating hunger, illiteracy and disease. Freeman Dyson (1923–2020) 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z “Everything he did was to maintain the status quo, even without trying to improve it to any degree. His contribution toward the endemic problems that Egypt suffers from, like illiteracy, poverty and disease, was minimal.” Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian Leader Ousted in Arab Spring, Dies at 91 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Young people are not alone in their online illiteracy. These Students Are Learning About Fake News and How to Spot It 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The verbal sparring between the Houston Astros and others around the majors over the team’s sign-stealing scandal is reaching new levels of absurdity – from accusations of illiteracy to claims about a player’s partial tattoo. War of words over Astros cheating scandal now involves partial tattoo 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z That combination of jaw-dropping audacity and constitutional illiteracy now leaves a toxic residue: the impeachment clause neutered and the country in dangerous constitutional territory. Opinion | When the impeachment trial ends, the Senate’s reputation will be hopelessly in tatters 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The country is rich in oil and diamonds but hobbled by corruption, with grinding poverty, widespread illiteracy and a high infant mortality rate. How U.S. Firms Helped Africa’s Richest Woman Exploit Her Country’s Wealth 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The Ngabé Buglé, Panama's largest indigenous group, suffer from high rates of poverty and illiteracy. 7 bodies found in Panama burial pit as religious sect accused of carrying out exorcism rituals 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The Ngabé Buglé are Panama’s largest indigenous group, and suffer from high rates of poverty and illiteracy. 7 killed, 14 tortured in Panama exorcism terror rituals 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Zayed insisted on universal education for women at a time when female illiteracy was almost 100 percent. Mohammed bin Zayed’s Dark Vision of the Middle East’s Future 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z This is encouraging not because the nation should swap one form of economic illiteracy for another, replacing a florid, angry protectionist with a florid, angry socialist. Opinion | In 2020, will Democrats embrace vanilla? 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z By the time I die, illiteracy and extreme poverty may be almost eliminated — and it’s difficult to imagine a greater triumph for humanity on our watch. Opinion | This Has Been the Best Year Ever 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z I was intimidated, though, because my cultural illiteracy was dramatically exposed as I read the menu. 11 cookbooks that inspired us in 2019 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Will parents burdened by poverty, unemployment, minimum-wage jobs or illiteracy consistently fill out these new government forms? Editorial Roundup: Florida 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z It was this money that was invested to go after poverty, hunger, and illiteracy. The coup in Bolivia has everything to do with the screen you’re using to read this 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Informal name and address changes, a loose grip on documents like birth certificates, illiteracy, and intimidation by local politicians are among the reasons why so many legitimate residents were left off the register. ‘The clock is ticking’: race to save 2 million from statelessness in Assam 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Also, the dementia risk posed by illiteracy was the same for men and women, unlike in some earlier investigations that tilted toward a higher peril for women. Literacy Might Shield the Brain from Dementia 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z "We felt scared, but the hunger to help people who lived in illiteracy for decades was higher than the intimidation," he says. A refugee, a baby and a chance meeting in a pool 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Reasons for bioethics illiteracy are as numerous as the issues patients and family members are likely to confront. The Silent Crisis of Bioethics Illiteracy 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Differential Capital, an asset manager, agreed in a report published in August that irresponsible unsecured lending was far from the preserve of mashonisas, with formal providers “preying on financial illiteracy”. Debt relief a double-edged sword for South Africans living on loans 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z In her remarks, Ms. Owens called for Democrats to hold hearings on topics she said posed greater threats to the African American community, including absentee fatherhood, illiteracy and abortion. Candace Owens tears into Democrats for ‘faux concern’ over white nationalist terrorist threat 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Second, many families are unable to produce documents due to poor record-keeping, illiteracy or because they lack the money to file a legal claim. India declares 1.9m 'illegal foreigners' 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z In Germany and the Scandinavian countries, reading is taught later, which the authors note hasn’t led to rampant illiteracy there. Review: Two pros aim to make reading fun for kids in 'How to Raise a Reader' 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Such arguments, where Donald Trump and his defenders try to claim that Article Two says that Trump can do whatever he wants, are just an example of idiocy and illiteracy. Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe: Framers would tell us to impeach him right now 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Her illiteracy was a source of shame for my father, who kept the secret from me for four decades. The Assassin Next Door 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z And I also want to transform the education system so that we abolish illiteracy. In full: Jeremy Hunt interview 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Under such circumstances, civic illiteracy substitutes opinions for informed arguments; it works to erase collective memory, and becomes complicit with the militarization of individual lives, public spaces and society itself. Against the dictatorship of ignorance in the age of Trump, Part 2: We can still fight back 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z However, there is more at stake here than the production of a toxic form of illiteracy and the shrinking of political horizons. Against the dictatorship of ignorance in the age of Donald Trump: Part 1 of 2 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z “Well, then, if you’re without your glasses, I guess you didn’t plan to read anything today—this is illiteracy,” he writes. A Village Doctor’s Literary Calling 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z He will govern a deeply divided country, with unemployment and illiteracy higher than 50 percent among blacks. AP Was There: Black South Africans get the vote 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z The Afghan army is plagued by desertion, illiteracy, and a basic failure to obey orders. Taliban tries to change perception of its treatment of women ahead of peace talks 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z I want to return to the Trump administration because it is in the forefront of obstructing reason, producing endless lies and constructing a vast ecosphere of illiteracy and ignorance. Against the dictatorship of ignorance in the age of Trump, Part 2: We can still fight back 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z In this instance, manufactured illiteracy has become a form of political repression that discourages a culture of questioning, renders agency inoperable as an act of intervention, and restages power as a mode of domination. Against the dictatorship of ignorance in the age of Donald Trump: Part 1 of 2 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Patterson said in a statement Tuesday that illiteracy was a “daunting issue” and giving kids access to books was “an excellent place to start.” James Patterson donates $1.25 million to classroom libraries 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z “Everything was against him: his size, his upbringing, fragile health, the illiteracy,” she says. The Masters champion who couldn't read or write - Golf Digest 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Peddling a bouquet of grifts as varied as tax fraud and real estate scams, they prey on our suspicion of institutions, financial illiteracy, greed and despair. How Sovereign Citizens Helped Swindle $1 Billion From the Government They Disavow 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Wardak, the physician, said that in her area, entrenched poverty and illiteracy remain greater threats to women than Taliban rules or restrictions. In Taliban-controlled areas, Afghan women face restrictions, but some find ways to push back 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z I am pointing to a more lethal form of ignorance fueled by a manufactured type of illiteracy that is often ignored. Against the dictatorship of ignorance in the age of Donald Trump: Part 1 of 2 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z The communities developed strong ties, joining to fight hunger and illiteracy and raising money for one another in response to discrimination and threats of violence. In Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments cause pain and confusion 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Our digital illiteracy is letting our children down. Editorials from around New England 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z But in our Disneyfied world of intoxicating and endless images, cult of the self and willful illiteracy, we did not think. Michael Cohen's testimony: A dark spectacle, and a severe indictment of America's political culture 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Headteachers and educational experts questioned the logic and legality of the request, given the enormous problems the Brazilian education system faces, including a crumbling infrastructure, a shortage of teachers and high levels of illiteracy. Outrage after Brazil ministry asks students to recite Bolsonaro slogan 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z What I am referring to is a mode of illiteracy that is both a scourge and a political tool power designed primarily to make war on language, meaning, thinking, and the capacity for critical thought. Against the dictatorship of ignorance in the age of Donald Trump: Part 1 of 2 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Donald Trump’s ascendancy in American politics has made visible a plague of deep seated civic illiteracy, a corrupt political system, and a contempt for reason that has been decades in the making. How higher education has been weaponized in the age of Trump — and how it can be redeemed 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z While it may be unfair to judge Paltrow’s Netflix show before it launches, it’s unlikely that the series will depart from the scientific illiteracy embedded in the Goop brand. Goop's deal with Netflix is a dangerous win for pseudoscience | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z No one should be condemned to an earlier grave or a life of illiteracy simply because they were born poor. World's 26 richest people own as much as poorest 50%, says Oxfam 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Poverty around the world is plummeting; half the world is now middle class; and illiteracy, disease and deadly violence are receding. The World Is Getting Quietly, Relentlessly Better 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The new form of illiteracy does not simply constitute an absence of learning, ideas or knowledge. Against the dictatorship of ignorance in the age of Donald Trump: Part 1 of 2 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Democracy is now plagued by the acceleration of a toxic form of illiteracy, one that is more than an absence of learning, ideas or knowledge. How higher education has been weaponized in the age of Trump — and how it can be redeemed 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Toscano, 69, still remembers the high rates of illiteracy among his fellow factory workers 40 years ago. Spanish prime minister facing first test as Andalucía goes to polls 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z At the same time, the party invested in education, expanding access to schools and universities, and all but eliminating illiteracy. The Land That Failed to Fail 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z And OIC, which received a $50,000 grant, is dedicated to the elimination of poverty, unemployment, and illiteracy to ensure a meaningful quality of life for families and individuals within Philadelphia. Punt? Why bother for Morstead as Saints set scoring records? 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z More profoundly, illiteracy is about what it means not to be able to act from a position of thoughtfulness, informed judgment and critical agency. Against the dictatorship of ignorance in the age of Donald Trump: Part 1 of 2 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z It’s not just in violence that one sees progress, but in poverty, in illiteracy, in access to small luxuries like beer or televisions. Steven Pinker Thinks the Future Is Looking Bright 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The destruction of collective structures capable of resisting the discourse of fascist politics go hand in hand with a culture awash in civic illiteracy and a culture of cruelty. Donald Trump’s fascist politics and the language of disappearance 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Other reasons include high illiteracy rates among Afghans living in districts. A look at Afghanistan's parliamentary elections on Saturday 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Geologist Marcia Bjornerud describes how working with eras and eons allows geologists to see beyond the “pervasive, stubborn, and dangerous temporal illiteracy in our society”. Daily briefing: The ‘marshmallow test’ scientist’s advice for self-control 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z This mode of manufactured illiteracy and education has no language for relating the self to public life, social responsibility or the demands of citizenship. Against the dictatorship of ignorance in the age of Donald Trump: Part 1 of 2 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Fast-forward more than two centuries, and We the People’s civic illiteracy is staggering. Opinion | Happy Constitution Day, if You Can Keep It 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Yet another frustrated citizen described the parliament as a house of chauvinists and asked: "How can seeing a woman's arms distract you from dealing with important issues eg poverty, illiteracy, lack of important infrastructure etc?" Why MPs got hot under the collar over this blouse 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z But that is exactly why Driver thinks that Plyler was so significant: without it, states would have passed those laws, and millions of children would have been saddled with the disability of illiteracy. Is Education a Fundamental Right? 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z This is hardly the only time that politicians have flaunted their digital illiteracy. Opinion | Our politicians have no idea how the Internet works 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The truth is that the books ushered in the dumb kidult era we’re currently having to endure, with illiteracy rates significantly on the rise for the first time in a century! Will Self: ‘I read as many as 50 books at once’ 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z According to the Army Times, Category IV soldiers are less likely to complete their term of enlistment and are harder to train “due to cognitive skills and illiteracy.” Is the Army turning into Animal House? 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Treating social challenges such as poverty and illiteracy as a science experiment, Dajani initiated the We Love Reading project in Jordan, hypothesizing that getting children excited about books would stir social change beyond their communities. A Jordanian biologist redefines success for women in science 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z One of the two mothers from our happy-reunification stories faced the additional obstacle of illiteracy in her quest to find her child. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Poverty haunts indigenous communities in Peru, a nation of 32 million where malnutrition in children and illiteracy rates are higher among Quechua speakers, according to the World Bank. Broadcasts in a Native Language, Speaking to Every Corner of Peru 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z “It’s due to a lack of education, and the levels of illiteracy in these parts,” she says. How India is winning the fight to end child branding 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest illiteracy rates among women, but there are also an increasing number of women such as Musazai pursuing higher education despite security threats and social restrictions. ‘Afghanistan’s Malala’: College student shot by Taliban in 2016 graduates with honors 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z It was also one in which ordinary citizens’ names rarely appeared in government documents, when newspapers were few in number and when the illiteracy rate was high. Newly acquired letters illuminate the lives of Maryland’s ‘Old Line’ soldiers 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z I had such low confidence I found it easier to hide my illiteracy rather than pluck up the courage to ask for help, mainly through fear of being labelled "stupid" by other kids. The shame felt by people who can't read or write 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z A long-time campaigner for social justice, she spoke out against racial segregation and threw her weight behind the drive to eradicate illiteracy in America. Obituary: Barbara Bush - former US First Lady and literacy campaigner 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Her son Neil’s dyslexia led to her interest in fighting illiteracy. Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z It’s tempting to claim that technological illiteracy is the problem — that some older and tech-phobic lawmakers are fundamentally incapable of regulating Facebook properly. Facebook Is Complicated. That Shouldn’t Stop Lawmakers. 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z “I think they are in a very bad situation because they have long benefitted from the tech illiteracy of the political community,” said Hauser. 'A grand illusion': seven days that shattered Facebook's facade 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z The cultural illiteracy you describe is so sad. New Sentences: From Emily Wilson’s Translation of the ‘Odyssey’ 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Trade wars are not, in fact, “good,” and this president’s economic illiteracy remains a serious national threat. The two most dangerous words in Trump's vocabulary: 'It's easy' 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z She also championed one of my favorite causes, programs to eradicate adult illiteracy. Barbara Bush, Wife of 41st President and Mother of 43rd, Dies at 92 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Even before the exodus, education was poor among the Rohingya, with high levels of illiteracy. 'Lives will be lost': Bangladesh rains promise further misery for Rohingya 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z “If we could eliminate illiteracy it would reduce human suffering as well as $18 billion per year it costs to the U.S. economy.” What to do with a life’s work in literacy? Give it all away 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z With dismal schools, and illiteracy stuck at 24% , many Cairenes struggle to use formal Arabic. The rise and fall of Egyptian Arabic 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Contrary to the belief of most scientists that denial of climate change is an effect of scientific illiteracy, it is not at all correlated with scientific literacy. The Mind Meld of Bill Gates and Steven Pinker 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z The Bayeux tapestry was created in a world of bullying knights, near-universal illiteracy and tiny life expectancies, a remote time when a comet passing in the sky was a sign from God. Bayeux tapestry: a brag, a lament, an embodiment of history's complexity 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z In another 15 years, illiteracy and extreme poverty will be mostly gone. Opinion | Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z “Did you know that illiteracy in America is a leading cause of crime, violence and poverty?” What to do with a life’s work in literacy? Give it all away 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Most of us are oblivious to this winged panoply, even in our own backyards, because our perception is circumscribed by our ecological illiteracy. Letter of Recommendation: iNaturalist 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Both, in other words, teach historical illiteracy, in the name of history itself. Opinion | An Abomination. A Monster. That’s Me? 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z MMG, citing an “independent” study done prior to the relocation, said the community previously suffered from high rates of domestic violence, alcoholism, illiteracy and poverty. Displaced by mining, Peru villagers spurn shiny new town 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z As for humans, the assessment is based on things that are relatively easy to measure, such as poverty, illiteracy, and life expectancy. Opinion | Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z The Afghan army also suffers from deep structural problems, including high casualty rates, rampant illiteracy, corruption and a frequent lack of tribal ties to areas where they are sent to fight. U.S. general sets two-year goal for driving back Afghan Taliban 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z While the facts Gates has compiled seem to have been almost randomly selected and ordered, Rogers grouped his facts alphabetically by subject, including the arts, illiteracy, medicine, politics, race-mixing, slavery, sports and warfare. First black person to see Jesus, first black woman millionaire and other amazing facts 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z International goals to cut illiteracy and increase access to school places need to recognise that some of the most disadvantaged are not even part of the target. The 350 million people who don’t even exist 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z MMG, citing an “independent” study done prior to the relocation, said the community previously suffered from high rates of domestic violence, alcoholism, illiteracy and poverty. Displaced by mining, Peru villagers spurn shiny new town 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Are you a pettifogging pedant who thinks that the widespread use of the word “decimate” to mean “annihilate”, or “gay” to mean “homosexual”, is a sign of the barbarism and illiteracy of today’s youth? Don’t press send … The new rules for good writing in the 21st century 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z The Afghan army also suffers from deep structural problems, including high casualty rates, rampant illiteracy, corruption and a frequent lack of tribal ties to areas where they are sent to fight. U.S. general sets two-year goal for driving back Afghan Taliban 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z "Whether it is drug addiction, bullying, poverty, disease, trafficking, illiteracy, or hunger, it is the children who are hit first and hardest in any country," Trump said. Melania Trump Condemns Child Cyberbullying at U.N Speech 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z “The fatal combination we face is poverty and illiteracy,” Sukhun said. ‘A disaster in the making’: Pakistan’s population surges to 207.7 million 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z In fact, the president seemed lost trying to talk about this a month ago, and his economic illiteracy doesn’t seem to be getting any better. Trump's economic illiteracy isn't getting any better 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z To subscribe to the notion that Zionism is somehow abnormal, however, reflects a basic illiteracy in the history of the development of nationalism. Is Zionism “creepy”? The question at the heart of a social-media controversy deserves an answer 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Because given comments like the ones he made this morning, it’s hard not to get the impression that Trump’s policy illiteracy includes the basics of economic data. Trump's policy illiteracy includes the basics of economic data 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z It was sketched by Mr. Trump as part of a charity event benefiting the fight against illiteracy in September 2005. A Manhattan Skyline Sketch by Trump Sells at Auction for $29,000 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The illiteracy rate in U.S. prisons is 60 percent, according to National Assessment of Adult Literacy data. Activists are trying to open a D.C. bookstore in honor of a slain journalist 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z “It is the result of illiteracy,” he continued, adding that several decades of endemic corruption were also a factor. Pakistan’s Leader Orders Inquiry as Fuel Tanker Death Toll Reaches 157 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z As “teaching machines,” these apparatuses — as C. Wright Mills once predicted — have become the engines of manufactured illiteracy while producing identities, desires and values compatible with the crudest market ideologies. Manufactured illiteracy and miseducation: A long process of decline led to President Donald Trump 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z But even grading on a substantial curve, Bank of America and Delta Air Lines made an unfortunate contribution to the cause of cultural illiteracy this weekend. Opinion | When they cower before Trump outrage, corporations make us angrier and dumber 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Here’s why we all should care: The ripple effects of illiteracy spread wide and deep into areas reflective of the health and vitality of our community. Recent Kansas Editorials 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s clear that abusive child labor only perpetuates an endless cycle of illiteracy and poverty. Haiti fears deportations will mean surge of child servants 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z A second priority is to improve the effectiveness of regular army and police forces, which have struggled with a variety of problems from illiteracy to corruption, and whose members often fail to reenlist. A U.S. troop increase would aim to double the size of Afghanistan’s special operations unit 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z More profoundly, illiteracy is also about refusing to act from a position of thoughtfulness, informed judgment, and critical agency. Manufactured illiteracy and miseducation: A long process of decline led to President Donald Trump 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z The report said the Afghan armed forces are also plagued by illiteracy, an attrition rate of nearly 35 percent and overreliance on highly trained special forces for routine missions. U.S. watchdog finds major internal flaws hampering Afghanistan war effort 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Back then, Arabic lacked a strong written literary tradition, and, in the eyes of believers, the Prophet’s illiteracy is evidence of the divine nature of the Quran. Learning Arabic from Egypt’s Revolution 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z This signifies illiteracy: those who cannot sign their name use a thumbprint for official documents. On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The injured face a future as beggars on the street in Adamawa state, where poverty and illiteracy levels are among the highest in the country. The boy who lived: surviving the scars of Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgency 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z This updated form of illiteracy does not simply constitute an absence of learning, ideas or knowledge. Manufactured illiteracy and miseducation: A long process of decline led to President Donald Trump 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z And if exams can be watered down for potential teachers — especially English and reading teachers — you know who will fall victim to those teachers’ illiteracy. Get schooling ready for Generation Z 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Economic illiteracy leads to poor personal financial habits. Economics Shouldn’t Be an Elective 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z The bill is part of a series of reforms Muhammad Sanusi hopes to introduce as part of his mission to modernise the north, which has higher levels of poverty and illiteracy than the south. Why does a Nigerian Muslim leader want to restrict polygamy? - BBC News 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z As the teaching of American history became “one extended exercise in self-flagellation,” historical illiteracy grew, leading to today’s “War on Names.” Opinion | To understand today’s politics, look at Yale in the ’60s 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Donald Trump’s ascendancy in American politics has made visible a plague of deep-seated civic illiteracy, a corrupt political system and a contempt for reason that has been decades in the making. Manufactured illiteracy and miseducation: A long process of decline led to President Donald Trump 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z But even as late as 1979, illiteracy among black Americans was still four times higher than it was for white Americans. WEB Du Bois: retracing his attempt to challenge racism with data 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Carnegie went on to fight illiteracy by creating nearly three thousand public libraries. Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z As a result, the country’s illiteracy rate today is about 5 percent, according to Unicef. Zhou Youguang, Who Made Writing Chinese as Simple as ABC, Dies at 111 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z As a result, the country’s illiteracy rate today is about 5 percent, according to UNICEF. Zhou Youguang, father of China’s modern writing system, dies at age 111 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z I am pointing to a more lethal form of manufactured illiteracy that has become a scourge and a political tool designed primarily to make war on language, meaning, thinking and the capacity for critical thought. Manufactured illiteracy and miseducation: A long process of decline led to President Donald Trump 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Speaker after speaker lauded Castro for providing Cubans with free health care and education, and for bringing Cuba’s illiteracy and infant mortality rates to among the lowest in the world. Fidel Castro hailed at UN as iconic leader of 20th century 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Instead, savvy cultural leaders, businessmen, preachers and citizens built philanthropic groups that targeted everything from illiteracy to poverty to moral decay. A New ‘Benevolent Empire’ to Cure Social Maladies 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Teachers in northeastern Nigeria say many Boko Haram fighters are school dropouts or unemployed high school graduates rejected by universities. The region's dire illiteracy rate also left people vulnerable to the extremists’ appeals. In Nigeria, schoolboys turned killers, and came after their ex-teachers and students 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z In a personal film for the Daily Politics soapbox series, he says poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy and child mortality are falling faster than any time in human history, adding: "The golden age is now." Historian Johan Norberg on the pace of human progress - BBC News 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z At the same time, illiteracy bonds people: It offers the pretense of a community bound by a willful denial of facts and its celebration of ignorance. Manufactured illiteracy and miseducation: A long process of decline led to President Donald Trump 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Among Mr. Castro’s more successful efforts were universal health care and the near-eradication of illiteracy throughout Cuba. Fidel Castro, revolutionary leader who remade Cuba as a socialist state, dies at 90 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z They launched a gigantic programme of education to eliminate illiteracy. In our youth, before the dream soured, we fell for Castro’s vision | Will Hutton 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z It seems a far-fetched bet, given Mr. Sissi’s economic illiteracy, the vast corruption embedded in his regime and the military, and Egypt’s history of popular uprisings against austerity measures. A bad bet on Egypt’s strongman 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Unemployment and illiteracy are high in Minya, and government services are limited. In post-Arab Spring Egypt, Muslim attacks on Christians are rising 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Raw ego and proud illiteracy have won out, and a severely learning-disabled man with a real character problem will be president. Trump voters will not like what happens next 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The fact that she didn’t reveals a thickheaded cultural illiteracy, not just in Shurtz but in her social and academic milieu. Editorials from around Oregon 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Analysts say mobile money is widening financial inclusion by tapping into unbanked Africans, especially in rural areas where banking facilities are few and illiteracy tends to be high. Mobile money on the rise in Africa as millions get phones 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Defenders face challenges with addicted offenders, those afflicted with mental health issues and others struggling with illiteracy. Wayne County public defender L.R. Turner slows his pace 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Egypt's population faces high levels of unemployment, poverty, income disparity and illiteracy. Egypt in Photos 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z William Finkel, grand master of Michigan Masons, notes “too many Detroit children face the barriers of illiteracy and achieving their full potential.” Mitch Albom’s charity getting 10-year, $5M grant from Masons 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “Let’s see who wins. Let’s see who is able to defeat poverty and illiteracy first, Pakistan or India.” Indian claims of "strikes" heighten tensions with Pakistan 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Ancestral land is particularly challenging, experts say, because official records that exist are often incomplete, wills nonexistent and illiteracy a hampering factor. It’s not easy for women to own land in India. One woman died fighting for hers. 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The huge financial illiteracy of the average american is dwarfed by the magnitude larger economic illiteracy of the average american. How Much Do We Really Know About Global Trade’s Impacts? 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Egypt's population faces high levels of unemployment, poverty, income disparity and illiteracy. Egypt in Photos 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z “My country needs educated people because there is so much illiteracy. I worry every day when my children leave home, but my daughter is a talented student and she wants to help her country.” Students, police recount harrowing scenes in Afghan university attack 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Now viewed with nostalgia by critics who lament the scientific illiteracy of much of contemporary politics, it receives only qualified admiration from Jasanoff. Ethics: Taming our technologies : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Young refugees from the Middle East and South Asia often suffer from language issues, illiteracy and trauma. New School Year Brings Test for Integrating Refugees in Germany 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z “A part of the world that pioneered science and mathematics during Europe’s Dark Ages is now lost in a dark age of illiteracy and knowledge deficiency,” he wrote. Ahmed H. Zewail, Nobel-Prize-Winning Chemist, Dies at 70 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Because of poverty, illiteracy, structural inequality and disability, they struggle each day with their sense of self-worth and identity. The Internet Restored My Voice When Doctors Couldn’t 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Many obstacles remain, not least of which are widespread illiteracy and innumeracy. Opportunities galore 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The real problems that the Roma neighbourhood faced were high illiteracy and unemployment, he added. Why is Bulgaria making a big fuss about the niqab? - BBC News 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z In a speech on prison reform in February, the prime minister said the justice system should better address prisoners' illiteracy, addiction and mental health problems. Prison numbers 'must fall' for reforms to work says Ramsbotham - BBC News 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z There are too many problems right here on Earth to be resolved, end poverty or illiteracy, abolish religion or even make the people of this planet get along. A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 Light-Years Away 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The Post quotes University of Chicago professor Anil Kashyap saying that “love of the gold standard implies macroeconomic illiteracy.” Ted Cruz’s terrifying reinvention: How America’s most detestable senator is repackaging himself for November 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z But if alright is a dismal illiteracy, what about dismal, a merged form of dies mali or “evil days”? Does anyone object to this? From alright to zap: an A-Z of horrible words 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z His affection for illiteracy and ignorance did not extend to himself or any of his children, all of whom have degrees from some of the best universities in the world. Who are these idiot Donald Trump supporters? Trump loves the poorly educated — and they love him right back 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z “It said the biggest security threat to the country is not our neighbors but illiteracy and education.” Meet The MMA Fighter Hoping to Heal Pakistan 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z A U.N. report in 2012 called this a "quantum leap," but said illiteracy and low Internet penetration, among other things, still limit Arabic online content. Website created by 2 young Jordanians in a coffee shop 6 years ago becomes most popular in Arabic 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z “There appears to be a sort of scientific illiteracy within the ministry that has led them to mix up association with causality,” said Correia. Some experts contend Brazil is exaggerating Zika crisis 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Model and actress Lily Cole is spearheading a campaign calling for a global drive to tackle illiteracy. Lily Cole challenges MPs on illiteracy - BBC News 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z He led a successful campaign against illiteracy in Nicaragua. Nicaragua priest who defied Vatican to champion literacy dies aged 82 - BBC News 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Not because promising bonkers growth suggests economic illiteracy, necessarily, though it might. Bernie Sanders’s statistical shenanigans 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Nasser wanted to modernise Egypt, lifting it out of poverty and illiteracy. Six decades of Egyptian history in six movies - BBC News 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z The Marshall Heights group also rightly cited illiteracy as a chief reason for that woeful statistic. DEBORAH SIMMONS: D.C. news flash: ‘Nothing’s going to change’ 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The success of health campaigns and drives against poverty would be undermined by illiteracy, she said. Lily Cole challenges MPs on illiteracy - BBC News 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Titled “Our Post-Literate Politics,” the article is a lamentation on America’s growing illiteracy. The GOP and the dumbing down of the U.S.: Conservatives need to accept that Trump, Palin and anti-intellectualism is their fault 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z "Ignorance and illiteracy are one aspect of the problem," Singh, the religion professor, says. Sikhs Become a Casualty of Anti-Muslim Actions 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z In the country where her parents were born, book sales are extremely low on account of high illiteracy, war and a paucity of shops selling books. How books are booming in the Middle East - BBC News 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Now the smartphone industry is bumping up against barriers such as illiteracy, poverty and the availability of high-speed networks in regions like Africa. China Hangs Up Global Smartphone Growth 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z But she said illiteracy was of fundamental importance to jobs, health and political engagement. Lily Cole challenges MPs on illiteracy - BBC News 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z In his Spending Review response, Mr McDonnell accused George Osborne of "sheer economic illiteracy". John McDonnell: Chairman Mao quotes were 'a joke' - BBC News 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z He quoted Chairman Mao to Mr Osborne and accused him of "sheer economic illiteracy" in a Spending Review speech on Wednesday. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell branded a 'clown' by party colleague - BBC News 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z This type of illiteracy was highly predictive of mistakes like overpaying for a lower deductible. Why Consumers Often Err in Choosing Health Plans 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z “We are fighting this huge battle against digital illiteracy.” Facebook’s Internet for All Is a Tough Sell in India 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Project Literacy is trying to raise the profile of the damage caused by illiteracy, which affects more than 750 million people around the world. Lily Cole challenges MPs on illiteracy - BBC News 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The politics of contemporary America accompany the illiteracy and ignorance of contemporary Americans with the symbiosis of flies and excrement. In defense of American elitism: The alarming truth about the rise of Donald Trump 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z The charity, which works to eradicate child illiteracy and gender inequality in education, builds libraries and stocks them with books. Library builder's monument of books - BBC News 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z "I excelled in mathematics and then just felt the need to encourage girls in countries where there is a high illiteracy and where girls are not really encouraged to excel." Expand Career Options With a Graduate Degree in Math 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z In any of these books, there is some metaphor for the degradation of illiteracy and dipping wells and ignorance and dirt floors. Discovering the Deep South’s cliches all over again 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The Rhythm Nation album opens with a triptych of songs calling for action against poverty, racism and illiteracy. Janet Jackson: The stories behind the songs - BBC News 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The impact of illiteracy was "inequality, poverty and disease", said Ms James. Campaign warns 11% of world illiterate - BBC News 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z A lack of agreement between the central and state governments does not help, and compounding the mix are illiteracy, poverty and a shortage of skilled manpower. 'Digital India' lags behind in world internet race - BBC News 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Following the ratification of the American Constitution in 1789, a plethora of legislation was enacted across the United States promoting slave illiteracy and curtailing slave mobility. How Learning to Read Led Slaves to Freedom 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z One of the announced candidates, Donald Trump, even takes an evident pride in his deep historical illiteracy. How Far We Have Fallen 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Because my book is many things: It’s a story of race and medicine, bioethics, science illiteracy, the importance of education and equality and science and so much more. Henrietta Lacks biographer Rebecca Skloot responds to US parent over 'porn' allegation 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z "The curse of illiteracy is global and devastating," said campaign spokeswoman Kate James. Campaign warns 11% of world illiterate - BBC News 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z With over a quarter of the population plagued by illiteracy, Egypt's talk show hosts play a major role in leading public opinion. Outcry in Egypt after cleric accused of mentioning Facebook in traditional call to prayer 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Time and again, through a mix of media folklore, religious illiteracy, and political peddling, an incorrect portrait of Pope Francis appears. The Top 4 Misconceptions About Pope Francis 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z What, like with a cloth or something?” she said, her self-professed digital illiteracy absolving her of any responsibility. The 2016 field is full of deadbeats — and maybe it’s just what America deserves 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z "Their miseries multiply due to poor shelter, illiteracy, poverty and, above all, a lack of access to information." Fishermen's messaging service saves lives, boosts income in east India 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z He added it was deeply disappointing to leave the assembly at a time of such uncertainty caused by "the economic illiteracy of Sinn Fein and the SDLP". Sammy Wilson to step down as assembly member - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Despite the staggering problem of prison illiteracy, only 9% of all inmates with low literacy skills receive literacy training while they are incarcerated. Yes, prisoners need college education. But they need to get their GEDs first | Chandra Bozelko 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z The northeast is the poorest part of the country with some of the world’s highest illiteracy rates. Boko Haram tops agenda for Nigerian leader meet with Obama 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z The northeast is the poorest part of the country with some of the world's highest illiteracy rates. New Nigerian president's meeting with Obama to focus on Boko Haram, corruption, investment 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z In my previous post, I discussed the pervasiveness of financial illiteracy. How Financial Ignorance Can Ruin Retirement 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The first half of the Clinton campaign’s claim, however—the claim, directed at those nonsupervisory personnel, that “you’re working harder”—is either a demagogic lie or a falsehood born of shocking economic illiteracy. Mrs. Clinton’s Deceptive ‘Bargain’ 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z "There the Gospel was the soul and the life of communities which did not know hunger, unemployment, illiteracy or oppression," he said. Pope balances apology to indigenous for colonial abuse with praise for Jesuit missions 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Nonparticipation is at least partially attributable to employee financial illiteracy and a lack of familiarity with stocks. The Employee Perk With A Guaranteed 15% Return 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Nationally, Mr Deng is "worried that we are losing a good number of students to illiteracy, because of the violence". From 'Lost Boy' to education minister in South Sudan - BBC News 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z So it’s not as though Florida is doing nothing about financial illiteracy; it just isn’t doing enough. Why Virginia Teens Have a Big Edge Over Teens in Florida 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Certain drug addictions were on the decline and illiteracy was disappearing. Ben J. Wattenberg, writer and television commentator, dies at 81 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Young mothers face a gut-wrenching decision—what to do when their children are starving and they face barriers to formal employment, including illiteracy and being part of a discriminated ethnic minority group. How Obama's trade deal could be changed to stop slavery 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z In the Bethel Census Area in Alaska, for example, illiteracy is 17 times the national average. Why should some Native Americans have to drive 163 miles to vote? | Natalie Landreth 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Indeed, the opportunities for wealth creation are enormous, as is the potential to solve global issues like poverty, disease, illiteracy, and resource scarcity. SAPVoice: Digital Technology's Exponential Growth Curve Foretells Avalanche Of Business Disruption 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z In the next century, it began opening its doors for Frederick Douglass, the former slave who read the Bible to overcome illiteracy. D.C. Memorial Day activities include visits to history, religion, nature 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “Many are suffering from drug abuse. There is rampant illiteracy among them and high desertion rates.” Iraq, Afghanistan forces struggling despite years of U.S. investment, training 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Schools affiliated with the congregation she founded “have a prominent and influential presence in Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, the gulf states and Rome,” he said, and have reduced illiteracy among girls and women in the region. Two Arab Nuns From Palestine Are Canonized by Pope Francis 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The second camp of critics, much more vituperative than the first, was basically composed of people who lambasted me for my descriptions of poverty, injustice, inequality and illiteracy in India. The Very Serious Implications of India's Education Crisis 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Recent studies suggest that the digital illiteracy is not insignificant in scope. Libraries help close the digital divide 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Instead of spending trillions on war, what would be wiser would be for the developed world to spend that money eradicating hunger, poverty, disease, pollution, unemployment and illiteracy. Libya Only A Small Part Of The World's Refugee Problem 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The report urges trustees, alumni, donors and administrators to stop “a vicious circle of cultural illiteracy” by reviewing curriculums and re-evaluating what students need to learn. Report finds few colleges have a Shakespeare requirement 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The good news is that the real problem, that of financial unawareness, should be relatively simple to fix because most people are not starting at the baseline of financial illiteracy. A Misleading Moniker: Financial Literacy Month 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Fighting female illiteracy should be a greater priority than buying French fighter jets. India's Wrong Priorities: As Children Go Hungry PM Modi Buys Fighter Jets In France 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Those goals included enrolling all children in primary schools, halving adult illiteracy and ensuring that girls had equal access to schooling. World Digest: April 9, 2015 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z To pretend otherwise is either dishonest or economic illiteracy. The Rumpus Over Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage And Restaurant Closures 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Similar to combatting traditional illiteracy, overcoming technological illiteracy starts with education, advocates say. The Growing Need for Technical and Digital Literacy 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z It is part of it, but there are other parts, such as eradicating poverty, ignorance, illiteracy, promoting cultural awareness and ensuring a quality education. Egypt’s president says he talks to Netanyahu ‘a lot’ 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Officials said they had made sure that participants fully understood the consent forms — a critical issue in places with high illiteracy and low education levels, as in Liberia. Ebola Vaccine Researchers Fight to Overcome Public Skepticism in West Africa 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Female illiteracy levels in India are high; indeed it is estimated that there are more female illiterates in India than in the rest of the world combined. Asia's Drama: The Condition And Status Of Women 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Other people were released for reasons such as illness, work, childcare and illiteracy. Judge: Seeing 'American Sniper' may not disqualify potential jurors 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Paul proved that a medical degree provides no inoculation against scientific illiteracy, suggesting that vaccines could cause “profound mental disorders.” A GOP outbreak of scientific illiteracy 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z With goals of breaking the harmful cycles of illiteracy and poverty, Girl Rising is a cause closely aligned with the sentiment of the Bobbi Brown brand. Makeup Mogul Bobbi Brown Tackles Global Girl Power With Her Latest Partnership 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The Liberal Democrats are pledging to eliminate child illiteracy in England by 2025 if they remain in power after May's general election. No child illiteracy by 2025 - Clegg 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z This isn’t down to illiteracy either—these students are in high school. To Beat the Taliban, Pakistan Needs Schools Reform Afghanistan, though, is still one of the world’s poorest countries, with rampant unemployment and illiteracy. Afghan refugees face pressure at home, in Pakistan 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z With politicians, social leaders and even some clergy invoking a book they seem to have never read and whose phrases they don’t understand, America is being besieged by Biblical illiteracy. The Bible: So Misunderstood It's a Sin The callow ignorance and communism illiteracy in this country today is staggering, especially among young people. CHARLES HURT: Obama, with nothing to lose, embraces Cuba 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z He said the Liberal Democrat manifesto would contain a pledge to eliminate child illiteracy in 10 years. No child illiteracy by 2025 - Clegg 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z At home or abroad, buildOn’s goal is to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education. Nonprofit Explains How To Partner With Corporations For Fundraising 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z High levels of illiteracy could be a concern insofar as they preclude highly specialized training. Infectious disease: Mobilizing Ebola survivors to curb the epidemic 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Not understanding coding may be akin to illiteracy in the future. The no-judgment, no-grades way one middle school is teaching girls to code 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z That finding, which is less a function of historical illiteracy than of the mysterious ways the human brain works, reveals a lot about the perishability of memory. Memory: What the Presidents, Ferguson and Bill Cosby Share 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z The other items on the list are alcoholism, with a $1.4 trillion annual global economic impact, followed by illiteracy, climate change, air pollution, drug use and road accidents. Which takes the biggest economic toll on the world: smoking, war or obesity? 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z At home or abroad, Jim’s goal is to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education. Nonprofit Explains How To Partner With Corporations For Fundraising 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Calling for a patriotic education to enshroud such events while presenting America in only a positive light is a call to social illiteracy. Colorado Students Were Right to Walk Out of 'Patriotic' History Class 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Given their illiteracy, he surmised that the only practical medium would be radio, but also realized that standard radio technology was inadequate for people lacking even in electricity. New York Exhibit Shows How Victor Papanek Pioneered Sustainable Design In The '60s -- And Why Contemporary Designers Are Still Lagging 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Imagine instead the power of a credit enhancement designed to pool the impact of foundations and investors in tackling major social issues like poverty, illiteracy, and disease. Living Will: Roadmap for a Better Future 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z And many will continue to suffer from high illiteracy rates. Facebook And Alibaba Will Turn The World's Poor Into Entrepreneurs. Xiaomi Will Sell Them Smartphones 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Annamaria Lusardi, a professor of economics at George Washington University and academic director of its Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center, has worked with Mitchell to research financial literacy—or as Mitchell says, “financial illiteracy.” Film Series Explaining Economy Makes Cotton Candy Out of Spinach Kids who self-injure tend to be particularly emotionally sensitive and vulnerable and suffer from what Dr. Hollander calls “emotional illiteracy.” Why Teenagers Cut, and How to Help 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z For those of us who get fed a daily diet of militancy, poverty and illiteracy, there was one extraordinary aspect to Saad Haroon getting second place. The second funniest person in the world is Pakistani 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z These dynastic regimes neglect the populace, resulting in illiteracy, joblessness, poverty, extreme inequality and denial of human rights, especially minority rights. Some ways not to defeat the Islamic State In traditional Pakistani tribal society, female illiteracy is shockingly high — even Malala’s mother is only now learning to read. Inspiration from Malala Yousafzai’s father 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Here’s how kids in some of the toughest places on earth describe their heroes, the aid workers who bring relief from hunger, disease and illiteracy: This Touching PSA Reveals the Identity of Children's True Superheroes 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z She fears that the mixture of widespread access to credit and widespread financial illiteracy will doom the nation. The Millennial Retirement Plan 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Levels of poverty and illiteracy are far above the national average. Illegal loggers remain hidden in Peru’s forest but timber finds global buyers 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Q: You mentioned the academic and financial illiteracy in the U.S. There seems to be a reluctance to begin teaching these principals in the education system. Charlie Munger and the 2014 Daily Journal Annual Meeting - Part Four 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z While in office the self-proclaimed "President For Life," became a portly poster-child for wanton misrule, failing to address the poverty and illiteracy of Haitians, while his family and friends indulged in a luxurious lifestyle. Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier dies at 63 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Silva's remarkable rise from illness and illiteracy in the rainforest to the Senate and beyond is already political lore. An environmentalist's calculated push toward Brazil's presidency 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The argument says that societies with high illiteracy, little democratic history or infrastructure, and tribal culture shot through with radical Islamic influences are simply not ready for the responsibility of majority rule. Mideast complexities confound US coalition effort 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z The Sun's "Get Kids Reading" campaign is part of a wider "Read On, Get On" campaign with Save the Children that calls on the government, local organisations and parents to tackle illiteracy. The Sun's Page 3 topless pictures appear to be on their way out... 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z For one thing, there is a lot of statistical illiteracy among journalists, feminist academics and political leaders. 5 Feminist Myths that Will Not Die 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z “We cannot afford to lose generations of children to illiteracy,” Burton wrote in his appeal. Can Kickstarter save arts education? The departure will leave Afghanistan's forces - built from scratch since 2001 and still struggling with problems of incomplete training, illiteracy and desertion - in charge of the bulk of the fight with the Taliban. U.S. general dead, German general wounded in Afghan attack 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z He will say a "world class education" system would include more pupils taking core subjects at GCSE, collaboration between schools and a "drastic reduction in levels of illiteracy and innumeracy". Gove urges teachers to call off strike 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z "Eradicating illiteracy and innumeracy is central to our plan for education," she said. The Sun's Page 3 topless pictures appear to be on their way out... 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Africa confronts rapid population growth, extreme poverty, high illiteracy rates, malnutrition, inadequate water supply, poor sanitation, and bad health. Electrify Africa and Save Hundreds of Millions of Lives 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Political illiteracy is the manure for the flourishing of political appeals based on sheer ignorance. The shocking numbers: Americans are dangerously ignorant on politics 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z In a painful display of its economic illiteracy the IMF also said that Ukraine should push for “domestic price stability,” as if Ukraine were in a separate universe from the rest of the world. How NOT To Rescue Ukraine From Collapse 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z As Gorski notes, Hari’s strategy is to “name a bunch of chemicals and count on the chemical illiteracy of your audience to result in fear at hearing their very names.” Quackmail: Why You Shouldn't Fall For The Internet's Newest Fool, The Food Babe. 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z Institute of Peace states, for example, that Boko Haram’s growth is fueled by “poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, and weak family structures” as enabling elements for youth recruitment. How U.S. Counterterrorism Goes Wrong From Nigeria to Pakistan to Iraq 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z He criticized Nigeria's high illiteracy rate and lack of opportunity, particularly in the Muslim north which is much less developed than the south, where the commercial center of Lagos lays. progressive banker now Islamic monarch in Nigeria 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z It’s hard to exaggerate how much soccer’s incursion into American life threatens to erode American exceptionalism, not to mention our traditional geographic illiteracy. How Soccer's Growing Popularity Undermines America 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Because of education inequality, many rural African women suffer the highest illiteracy rates, preventing them from benefitting from agronomic education. Supporting Women Farmers Is The Key To Africa's Continued Progress 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Actor and host LeVar Burton will join the show to discuss the success of his Kickstarter campaign, and why he’s working again to address illiteracy among children. The June 8 'MHP' Syllabus 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z There’s more than wishful thinking and economic illiteracy operating here. The Real Reason Seattle Is Wounding Itself With That Minimum Wage 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Not only do they continue to lack warfighting capacities, but they also suffer from more fundamental deficiencies such as illiteracy, drug abuse and desertions. The U.S.-Afghanistan Prisoner Swap Doesn't Signal Peace on the Horizon 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z "We are all aware that there is certainly a correlation between illiteracy, poverty and conflict," he says. How Nigeria schools fight Boko Haram 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z There is also massive unemployment, with an illiteracy rate of 80 percent in some areas. Diplomacy through small gestures But high desertion rates, drug use and illiteracy continue to beset the force, and many basic parts, including an air force, medical care and logistics, are still in their infancy. U.S. to have only 9,800 troops in Afghanistan by year's end 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z “What we really need to be focusing on is the root causes of the problem — poverty, illiteracy and lack of employment.” Also at stake in the abduction of the Nigerian schoolgirls? Political power. Fewer women than men are literate, and in rural areas illiteracy is most prevalent, helping to perpetuate poverty and the gender gap. Egypt in numbers 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z The same is true of illiteracy - the more illiterate people in a constituency, the higher the Nota vote tended to be. How will None Of The Above affect India poll result? 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z A national campaign to tackle illiteracy was boosted by the series. How Bob Hoskins helped adults learn to read 2014-05-02T23:32:09Z Many of the uninsured were also deterred from participating by cultural factors: unfamiliarity with insurance, computer illiteracy, Appalachian isolation and, most of all, cost. In Poorest States, Political Stigma Is Depressing Participation in Health Law 2014-04-27T00:49:09Z The book was released in Nigeria but with the country's high rates of illiteracy, a film is likely to get more attention. Nigeria delays Biafran war film 2014-04-25T15:27:24Z Mind: reading alone does not save people from illiteracy. Could Mobile Phones Save Millions From Illiteracy? 2014-04-23T17:00:00Z "The U.S. and other concerned nations should address all the drivers of terrorism including poverty, illiteracy, political marginalization and lack of opportunity for young people." Drone strikes alone won't stamp out al Qaeda in Yemen: analysts 2014-04-21T16:02:18Z But the slow, insidious corrosion of illiteracy, ignorance and exclusion persists decade after decade. Why is education never an emergency? 2014-04-10T07:32:25Z "We need to ensure that in our lifetime we eliminate illiteracy and innumeracy in Britain," he said. Gove: End illiteracy in our lifetime 2014-04-01T12:58:55Z Participants tackle issues such as poverty, illiteracy, HIV/AIDS, homelessness, and gang and gun violence by providing pro bono legal aid, mentorship, tutoring and advocacy. For Howard University students, a spring break for an altruistic purpose 2014-03-15T00:46:28Z In a country with 70% illiteracy, scribes are required to help the public fill in forms and send letters - but this week, Maiga and his colleagues are focused on a different kind of communication. The scribe of Bamako 2014-02-13T00:31:02Z But Best’s functional illiteracy masks an even rarer ability: making money–and lots of it. No College Left Behind: Randy Best's Money-Making Mission To Save Higher Education 2014-02-12T15:30:00Z Mr Gove says that commentators had associated state schools with "poor discipline, low standards, entrenched illiteracy, widespread innumeracy", but he says that this "pessimistic view is no longer tenable". Gove 'state schools like private' 2014-02-03T11:56:18Z As a business school student, it’s going to be hard to claim financial illiteracy. is a reporter for covering small business and entrepreneurship. The IRS Just Won a Tuition-Deduction Case Against an MBA. Are You Next? 2013-12-31T16:14:40Z Tackling illiteracy was the starting point for much wider changes, such as stopping people being used as suicide bombers, he said. Afghan school growth 'irreversible' 2014-01-27T15:00:29Z The area around the battlefield is a remote region of poverty, with high levels of unemployment and illiteracy. The defeat that stunned Victorian Britain 2014-01-25T01:32:24Z As a business school student, it’s going to be hard to claim financial illiteracy. The IRS Just Won a Tuition-Deduction Case Against an MBA. Are You Next? 2013-12-31T16:14:40Z “Our biggest problem is illiteracy,” says one farmer. The journey of an Indian onion: Lords of the rings 2013-12-12T16:01:18Z Their battles with illiteracy, unemployment and mental illness aren’t played out on “Girls.” Millennial, hardworking, homeless 2013-12-08T11:59:00Z Under the scheme, anyone with illiteracy or drug problems will be given "intensive" support. Welfare cap to start in 2015 2013-12-05T13:27:47Z This looks to me a rather sensible position, and not a result of economic illiteracy. Economic history: Germany's hyperinflation-phobia 2013-11-15T16:23:08Z The tutoring center is one of eight 826 locations across the country honored this month with the Library of Congress’ first-ever Literacy Award, meant to recognize organizations working to address illiteracy in America. 826DC teaches young readers and writers that ‘the world is as amazing as you imagine it’ 2013-11-11T02:47:37Z And for those with underlying problems, like drug addiction and illiteracy, there will be an intensive regime of support. Osborne in 'work for benefits' plan 2013-09-30T14:09:44Z And for those with underlying problems, like drug addiction and illiteracy, there will be an intensive regime of help. Osborne in 'work for benefits' plan 2013-09-30T03:36:31Z And yet, what I mostly heard about this was about the audacity and the economic illiteracy of the strikers. Economix Blog: The Audacity of the Fight for Higher Wages 2013-08-30T19:04:41Z This looks to me a rather sensible position, and not a result of economic illiteracy. Economic history: Germany's hyperinflation-phobia 2013-11-15T16:23:08Z The illiteracy rate is fast decreasing, including for women. Afghans Share Their Views on the West’s Influence 2013-08-23T22:07:20Z The majority of Europe's Roma live in the Balkans, and there are about 2 million in Romania where many of them struggle with prejudice, poverty and high illiteracy rates. Thousands gather in Romania for Roma king's funeral 2013-08-23T16:30:45Z Victorian costume drama nostalgia doesn't really extend to education, where there were such traditions as illiteracy and child labour. The unofficial exam season phrase book 2013-08-22T00:10:16Z On Monday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who made better ties with India a theme of his election campaign, said Pakistan and India should be fighting poverty and illiteracy instead of each other. Pakistan, India trade blame for Kashmir firing; one dead 2013-08-21T10:47:58Z This looks to me a rather sensible position, and not a result of economic illiteracy. Economic history: Germany's hyperinflation-phobia 2013-11-15T16:23:08Z Many Roma live in desperate poverty and suffer higher rates of sickness and illiteracy than the national average. Slovakia 'anti-Roma' wall riles EU 2013-08-20T10:26:37Z I mean huge segments of our population who demonstrated how illiteracy and stupidity prevail. The British Twitter Insults Rumpus: Sadly, Yes, This Is What Some People Are Like 2013-08-05T15:48:00Z Electronic media were especially important, given Afghanistan’s high illiteracy rates. An Afghan Media Mogul, Pushing Boundaries 2013-07-27T20:37:20Z Crime, unemployment, illiteracy – all are at near third world proportions. Bankrupt Detroit is still rich in other ways 2013-07-20T19:00:02Z Schools are a devastating target for an impoverished region suffering a high rate of illiteracy, but Lamin says he is determined that Yobe's children get educated. Insight: Nigeria Islamists hit schools to destroy Western ideas 2013-07-14T08:47:32Z Speaking to youth leaders from more than 100 countries, she called for “a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism.” Malala Celebrates 16th Birthday With U.N. Speech 2013-07-12T18:05:23Z “Some things are just difficult to deal with, like solving illiteracy in a community.” Wealth Matters: Charitable Giving From Head or Heart 2013-06-28T13:14:21Z Most importantly, the root cause needs to be addressed — the poverty, illiteracy, corruption. IHT Rendezvous: From Nepal, a Push to End Human Trafficking 2013-06-18T07:03:12Z The female illiteracy rate still touches 35 percent and the dropout rate from Ladli is close to 50 percent, thanks to poor execution. India's Feminist Disconnect: Progressive Laws, Dire Reality 2013-06-07T08:45:00Z "Despite illiteracy and ongoing conflict, this evidence-based treatment can be appropriately implemented and effective," the researchers concluded. Group therapy helps rape victims in poor countries 2013-06-05T21:08:18Z “There is a devious combination of financial illiteracy and political protection in West Bengal,” he said. India Ink: Collapse of Ponzi Scheme Spreads Panic in West Bengal 2013-05-23T09:05:22Z This is especially true in Mali, where high rates of illiteracy mean that music — rather than newspapers or books — is a prime means of sharing information. Op-Ed Contributor: The Day the Music Died in Mali 2013-05-20T01:03:19Z Terrorism is just a byproduct of financial impoverishment, which in turn is a product of illiteracy.” — The Lede: Pakistanis Share Their Views on Election Day 2013-05-11T12:59:49Z In all these places, they outpace all other groups in unemployment, illiteracy and other indicators of deprivation and as targets for abuse and sometimes violent attack. In Slovakia, Integration of Roma Mirrors Early Struggles in U.S 2013-05-10T01:08:32Z Seventy-two percent of Mali’s population can’t read; the high illiteracy rate makes music a potent transmitter of information, Chandler says. Mali's Legendary Musicians Struggle To Be Heard 2013-05-08T07:05:22Z Austerity in recession is the nadir of economic illiteracy. If Abenomics works, Britain's leaders will look like monkeys 2013-04-24T06:00:12Z But it does little to address our nation’s overall financial illiteracy. Big Brother: How the Obama Budget Helps Ordinary Savers (at Some Risk) 2013-04-12T14:00:55Z Education is the most important problem because by educating the masses, we can solve all our problems like poverty, extremism, all sorts of corruption, economy, illiteracy, unemployment etc.” — The Lede: Pakistanis Share Their Views on Election Day 2013-05-11T12:59:49Z Historians in the 1800s referred to the Dark Ages as a time of illiteracy and barbarianism, generally pinpointing the time period as between the fall of the Roman Empire and somewhere in the Middle Ages. Grotesque Mummy Head Reveals Advanced Medieval Science 2013-03-05T18:45:01.233Z Labour Party leader Joseph Muscat told a news conference: "Tablets are key to fighting IT illiteracy." Malta parties fight "tablet war" as election nears 2013-01-24T14:14:42Z The state is one of the with one of the highest rates of illiteracy, child mortality and malnourishment. How football is changing lives of Indian slum girls 2013-01-23T00:29:15Z "It is from these Ideal Churches that Scientologists extend their humanitarian programs to mitigate intolerance, illiteracy, immorality and drug abuse," the ad said. Atlantic Scientology post leads to apology and debate over advertising 2013-01-15T17:41:08Z The biggest is education, in particular illiteracy which is what we're trying to tackle. Haiti three years on: Your stories 2013-01-13T09:55:33Z Poverty and illiteracy are fertile grounds for trading with religion. Egypt's Islamists aim to build on constitution vote 2012-12-17T06:49:55Z “In reality, the antivaccine activists demonstrate both medical illiteracy and an appalling ignorance of history,” he wrote in a column in 2000. Leon Jaroff, Editor at Time and Discover Magazines, Dies at 85 2012-10-22T00:26:38Z The Yale/GMU survey then goes on to demonstrate our national scientific illiteracy. Public Misperception of Climate Change Is a Function of Too Much TV 2012-10-16T23:14:15Z “She’s limited in the number of people she can work with” in a country beset by poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment, she says. A Nobel Smackdown in Liberia 2012-10-10T08:45:00Z Why, for example, are poverty and corruption, poor health and illiteracy, so stubbornly endemic? Sonia Gandhi’s Absurd Charges 2012-10-05T08:45:00Z I was irked, though, by Obama’s illiteracy on the matter of business deductions for corporate jets, oil companies, and firms that “ship jobs overseas.” Post-Debate Analysis: Debunking Obama's Flawed Assertions on Tax Deductions and Corporate Welfare 2012-10-04T13:44:27Z All those conditions--economic dysfunction, illiteracy, female subjugation--still exist. A Moment for Moderates in the Muslim World 2012-09-20T13:20:24Z It is not poverty, illiteracy, or the lack of democratic institutions. We Should Have Known 2012-09-17T18:41:00Z Will women be consigned to abuse and illiteracy? Lens Blog: Robert Nickelsberg's Photographs of Wars in Afghanistan 2012-09-13T17:23:19Z The social scientists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett have correlated a high Gini index with other ills, including imprisonment, illiteracy, infant mortality, obesity, cancer, heart disease, mental illness and substance abuse. My Two &*%$#!!! Questions for Romney and Obama 2012-09-07T14:45:06.483Z It is tempting to dismiss these as manifestations of ignorance or scientific illiteracy. Sometimes science must give way to religion 2012-08-22T17:20:11.767Z Karen Add a Reply Cancel Bill Madden August 14, 2012, 10:33 PM Thank goodness our culture still considers illiteracy something of an embarrassment; we sure don't feel that way about innumeracy. SchoolBook: Never Mind Algebra. Is Literature Necessary? 2012-08-15T14:30:48Z Math education needs to improve, but if illiteracy were on the rise, I don’t think we’d be talking about eliminating reading from the curriculum. Abandoning Algebra Is Not the Answer 2012-07-30T23:45:00.247Z The workplace is a key battleground in the fight against finanical illiteracy. Why Workers Refuse to Save More for Retirement 2012-07-20T23:35:15Z It argued illiteracy, truancy and youth unemployment all played their part in causing the riots, saying these issues were not an excuse for what happened but were problems which need addressing. Riot areas 'need more investment' 2012-07-20T00:42:52Z He is especially popular among the poor of Oujda because of his charity work in a country that has widespread poverty and illiteracy. Moroccan cleric indicted for editor's death edict 2012-07-17T18:56:22Z The response to this was merciless, as social media circulated joke after joke about the candidate's illiteracy. Mexico voters unswayed by campaign 2012-06-26T09:42:05Z |
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