0831| Aug 31

De Voe-tion

Marcia De Voe remembers her beloved Peninsula as a magical place.

Arts endowment chairman Bill Ivey says the NEA is trying to gather evidence to establish artists as "a unique class of citizens and workers, a class of citizens that make an indispensable contribution to the lives of America''s communities and families."

A Short History Of Migrant Labor

The current tide of labor-driven border crossings from Mexico has very real roots in the laws of supply and demand. Seasonal laborers, mostly single men, have been crossing the border for over a century now, pushed out by lack of jobs at home and pulled north by labor shortages and promises of high monetary rewards. When it has suited U.S. interests, we have opened our gates wide, and when the tides have changed, we''ve tried fruitlessly to seal the 3,000-mile-wide border we share with our southern neighbor.

Revamping The Camp

Farmworker advocacy groups say it's time to overhaul the way labor camps are managed.

Trout Fishing In America's Daughter

Richard Brautigan left his daughter a sad, confusing legacy.

Into The Future

American master Gunther Schuller contemplates the state of contemporary classical.

Porn-a-graph

Last week the Herald pasted an article about "teen porn" on its cover. Since the reality of a subject like pornography can get lost in the depths of the PC generation mindset, we decided to hit the streets to see what you, the average citizen, really think about pornography. So hold on to your straps and listen to some folks brave enough to come clean.

A Hard Day's Night

Six days a week they go to work in the fields at 3am for low wages and no job security. Rebecca Crocker reports on the immigrant workers who put food on our tables.

Issues / 2000 / 0831| Aug 31