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Earth Day is truly a cause for celebration
Environment Op-Ed
By: Erin Schiller
4.22.1999
Most Americans regard the environment with both pessimism and anxiety. A 1999 U.S. poll on environmental issues by the Wirthlin Group confirms this sentiment: three-quarters of those polled believe that environmental problems will get worse during their lifetime. Such fears are largely unfounded, however, because any way one looks at it, U.S. environmental quality has improved dramatically since the first Earth Day in 1970.
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Earth Day 1999 Cause for Celebration
Press Release
4.21.1999
San Francisco, CA – A new study by the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (PRI), a San Francisco-based think tank, provides an annual "check-up" on the state of the environment and shows how technological innovation and economic growth throughout the 20th century have led to the continuous improvement of environmental trends in the United States.
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Unionizing Charter Sites a Leap Back
Education Op-Ed
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
4.18.1999
Just as they begin to make progress in an otherwise dismal scene, California’s keenest education reformers find their most revolutionary tool for change threatened by reactionary forces that place political power above the interests of children.
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Gov. Davis' Education Reform Package
KQED Commentary
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
4.9.1999
Although it's only a few months into his governorship, Gray Davis is already showing signs of being thin-skinned when it comes to criticism of his administration's policies. For example, Davis recently labeled critics of his just passed education reforms as "whiners and moaners."
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Free Markets, Free Choices II: Smashing the Wage Gap and Glass Ceiling Myths
PRI Study
By: Naomi Lopez
4.1.1999
Despite women’s rapid gains in the working world, gender preference advocates and the media often portray working women as victims of rampant discrimination. This discrimination, such advocates argue, results in a wage gap and renders women powerless in the face of an impenetrable glass ceiling. While discrimination does exist in the workplace, levels of education attainment, field of education, and time spent in the workforce play a far greater role in determining women’s pay and promotion.
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For Consumers, the Justice Department Should Settle With Microsoft
Technology Op-Ed
By: Justin Matlick
4.1.1999
Settlement negotiations are underway in the Microsoft antitrust case, and the company has offered to concede several contentious issues. The Department of Justice, however, remains focused on handicapping the software giant. If the DOJ succeeds, it would harm consumers and set a dangerous precedent.
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