Jailhouse lawyer: Ellen Barry speaks out for women behind bars

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Lawyer Ellen Barry has dedicated her life to fighting for reforms in women's prisons. She learned of inhumane conditions in prisons through her younger siblings who often spent time in jail due to alcoholism. She believes prisons should rehabilitate people instead of being a tool for vengeance.

Author: Hermes, Will
Social aspects, Political activity, Prison reformers, Prisons for women, Women's prisons, Barry, Ellen

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Pop goes the planet: in today's world-beat music, "authenticity" is in the ear of the beholder

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The music genre known as world music can either take the form of authentic ethnic music or one that is modified by pop rhythms that take on an international, although, Western flavor. Fans of world music have varied tastes, which range from the exotic to the cosmopolitan.

Author: Hermes, Will
International aspects, National music

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Surfing to the Wailing Wall

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A man describes sending an e-mail prayer to a Web site called Virtual Jerusalem. He does not know if his prayer was delivered to the Western Wall, but the act of composing it inspired him to connect with the people he was praying for.

Author: Hermes, Will
Israel, Innovations, Personal narratives, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, Religious aspects, Prayer, Western Wall (Jerusalem, Israel)

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