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Unholy Alliance

▲ Strange bedfellows: Christian Right leader Tim LaHaye and Moonie official Bo Hi Pak (inset).

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Mother Jones magazine, January 1986 pages 14, 16-17 44, 46

by Carolyn Weaver

A bizarre marriage is now under way in the shadows of American politics. The coy but ambitious bride is the Christian Right. The mysterious bridegroom is the Reverend Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church, an international cult with apparently unlimited means and a well-developed taste for power. This peculiar alliance is blessed with Moonie money and fired by anticommunist zeal. Witnesses to the wedding may well wonder, however, what this unholy union holds for American politics.

I stumbled upon this secret liaison through an eye-opening letter that fell into my hands last summer. While interviewing a woman named Beverly LaHaye, head of a conservative women’s organization, I ran out of tape. LaHaye’s public relations director helpfully provided me with another cassette.

Searching for the end of my interview that evening (which I never found—the batteries had failed), I came upon some highly revealing correspondence that had been dictated by LaHaye’s husband, the Reverend Tim LaHaye[1], head of the largest network of Christian Right leaders. The Lord works in mysterious ways. With appalled delight I listened to the Reverend LaHaye’s chummy note to Colonel Bo Hi Pak, the number two man in the Unification Church.

The Reverend LaHaye, a former television evangelist, had dictated the letter in early 1985, a time when he was riding high on the success of his new American Coalition for Traditional Values (ACTV). ACTV, whose executives include television evangelists Jerry Falwell, Jim Bakker, and Jimmy Swaggart, claimed to have registered 2 million new Christian voters for the 1984 elections. Born-again Christians gave Ronald Reagan nearly one out of every five votes he received that year, or half his margin of victory.

The friend to whom LaHaye wrote is also a religious believer and political enthusiast, although his theological doctrines would make most fundamentalist Christians shudder. Bo Hi Pak has spent most of his life in the service of “Master,” South Korean evangelist Sun Myung Moon, who teaches that Jesus Christ failed in his mission and that God is now “throwing away” Christianity.

Hinting broadly that he himself is the second Messiah, the Reverend Moon has boasted that he will “conquer and subjugate the world,” establish an “automatic theocracy,” and make fornication a capital offense. “Many people will die —those who go against our movement,” Moon has predicted. But when it prevails, he says, God himself will acknowledge, “‘Reverend Moon is far better than me, the Heavenly Father.’”

To the average fundamentalist, Pak would fit the profile of altar boy to the Antichrist. Yet the Moon empire, which he administers, is a generous supporter of many conservative crusades, and it was this generosity that apparently prompted the Reverend LaHaye’s warm, confiding letter. “Dear Bo Hi,” began the Reverend LaHaye:

This letter is being written at 37,000 feet out of Chicago en route to San Francisco. Although I don’t like to face this fact, I will not be home for one month. Sometimes I think I must be mad to keep up this pace. In fact, God has convicted me about abusing my body even in a good cause like this. So I plan to turn down more speaking engagements that do not contribute to ACTV objectives and my FLS [Family Life Seminars] ministry of radio-TV specials and writing.

Bev and I are beginning to enjoy living in Washington, D.C., more every day, and to my amazement it is beginning to seem like home. As soon as we can get our radio time changed from 7:00 to 8:00 each night to 1:00 to 2:00p.m. daily, we want to have you and your wife over for dinner.

Bo Hi, I am encouraged! Amid the bad signs I see today, I also detect a lot of good signs. The secretary of education, Don Regan, Ed Meese, Pat Buchanan, and many others. Even physical ailments to three of our 76 [year-old] flaming liberal Supreme Court justices. Bev was invited to the White House yesterday and introduced to over 300 conservative leaders as “the president of the largest women’s organization in America—over twice as large as NOW”… and was extended thunderous applause. She is rather retiring by nature and was modestly embarrassed. I believe she is going to be given some unique opportunities in the future because of the growth of her organization. In fact, the conservatives at the White House are trying to get her appointed as a delegate along with Marcella [sic] Meese to the International Women’s Year Conference to be held in June in Africa. That would be a golden opportunity for Bev to get better acquainted with the new attorney general’s wife and also to learn what the radical Left out of Moscow is planning for the women of the world in the 1990s.

On this trip, I will be going to the Holy Land with Jerry Falwell and speaking for his three-day conference on prophecy. Confidentially, during that time I am going to talk to him about 1988 and my strategy for his winning the [Republican presidential] primary. I’m convinced he can beat Teddy in the general election if we could just get him through the primary. I hope Pat Robertson doesn’t make a play for the same thing and divide the Christian vote. I think Jerry will like my plan to recruit 435 activists, one in each congressional district, to work under our ACTV city chairman. I’ll let you know what he says.

Once again, my friend, I am in your debt for your generous help to our work. You don’t know how timely it was! This move and reorganization of the whole ministry to free me for more time in Washington and ACTV activities has been extremely expensive, much more so than I originally thought. But I see daylight down the road and feel it is all part of the Master’s plan. As soon as I can afford it, I plan to hire a PR firm to give more coverage for ACTV, get our message to the people.

God Bless you! Let’s plan to sit together at the first CBS shareholders’ meeting when Jesse Helms makes his move to take it over.

Your friend, Tim.

LaHaye’s letter is a striking example of the growing bond between Moon’s well-heeled cult and fundamentalists and other elements of the New Right. It is still a love that dare not speak its name, because New Right leaders realize this affair would dismay many of their followers. Recently, however, as the Far Right has grown increasingly indebted to Moon, the relationship has begun to emerge from the closet.

Some aspects of this affair are right out in the open. The Washington Times, headed by Pak, loses millions of dollars a year, but it has bought Moon gratitude and influence among the capital’s ruling rightists. Pak legally contributed $10,000 to the Republican National Committee last year and has been photographed in friendly meetings with the president.

But much of Moon and Pak’s work is covert, accomplished through a bewildering array of Unification Church entities and front groups. In 1984 Causa[2], Moon’s anticommunist organization, contributed $500,000 to a political action group headed by New Right leader Terry Dolan. Causa has also sponsored all-expenses paid trips to educational conferences for thousands of journalists, clergy, academics, political leaders, and anyone else who appears useful. One minister who attended a five-day Causa conference reported that he had been offered the staggering sum of $150,000 for his church. Causa is also spending millions of dollars to establish a political base for Moon in Latin America.

Money seems to be no object, as far as Moon is concerned. Between 1975 and 1984, he brought $800 million into the United States from Japan alone, two former high officials in the Japanese branch of the church told the Washington Post.[3] The full story behind Moon’s wealth remains unknown. But much of it is said to come from the sale of religious icons in Japan[4] and a worldwide network of holdings that include a South Korean weapons manufacturing company, fishing fleets[5], real estate, a titanium firm, and a string of newspapers in Uruguay[6], Cyprus, and Japan.

Moon has been blunt about the purpose of his spending spree. His mission is to “unify” the world under a theocracy headquartered in Korea, and the weak-willed, democratic United States is to be only a stepping-stone. According to the congressional testimony of Alan Tate Wood[7], a former high-ranking official in the Unification Church, Moon told followers in 1970: “Part of our strategy must be to make friends in the FBI, the CIA, and the police forces, the military and business community … as a means of entering the political arena, influencing foreign policy, and ultimately of establishing absolute dominion over the American people.” In the mid-1970s, Moon and Pak were implicated in the Koreagate bribery scandal as accomplices in the Korean government’s campaign to win influence over U.S. officials.[8]

The beaming, round-faced Moon still has exuberant political visions, but nowadays he tones down his rhetoric. In less grandiose moments, he merely talks of using the electoral process to gain control of the U.S. government. The Reverend Tim LaHaye and his clerical brothers on the Christian right are also filled with visions of political glory. And they have few qualms about embracing Moon, if that’s what it takes to create their holy state.

Last October, LaHaye’s American Coalition for Traditional Values held a conference in Washington’s Shoreham Hotel on “How to Win an Election.” Several hundred “pastor-leaders” representing ACTV’s network of over 100,000 fundamentalist churches listened appreciatively to the leading lights of the New Right: Jack Kemp, Jesse Helms; Paul Weyrich, Newt Gingrich[9], Jerry Falwell[10]. One by one, they came forth, offering congratulations to ACTV for its 1984 success and encouragement and advice for 1986 and 1988. “By the grace of God, we will raise up an army,” an enthusiastic LaHaye told the gathering.

Later, LaHaye introduced an honored guest, a middle-aged man who sat quietly at a reserved table just below the dais. LaHaye referred to his South Korean friend as “a great American” and head of the most conservative paper in the United States. LaHaye neglected to tell his fellow believers in “traditional values” that this special guest, Colonel Bo Hi Pak[11], also presided over a cult[12] notorious for its anonymous mass marriages and encouragement of family breakups[13]. Nor did LaHaye cite the “generous help” Pak had given him, as he had in his appreciative letter.

Pak returned to the conference for a banquet that evening: After dinner, LaHaye revealed the coalition’s plans for the 1986 elections: a $3 million drive to recruit 50,000 volunteers[14] to work for the election of conservative Christian candidates to the House and the Senate.Then LaHaye made his pitch. ACTV needed the ongoing support of its members. He invited the ministers to make a gift that night and to commit themselves to monthly donations as well. There were envelopes on every table. But first, he said, they should search their souls to see if they could make that commitment. The banquet room fell silent as the assembled pastors bent their heads in prayer. From the concentration on their faces, there seemed to be much fervent ransacking of family budgets. When they looked up, nearly everyone reached for an envelope.

I buttonholed Pak as he concluded his warm embraces of ACTV staffers. Pak, who had shaken my hand genially, grew ominously still when I asked him if he had made a contribution. Regarding me with a cold smile, he said: “Yes, I made a contribution tonight … a personal contribution. What did you say your name was? May I have your card?”

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An erect, balding man of 55, Pak has the knack of suggesting wordlessly that one has just committed an irrevocable offense, just stepped over some invisible but decisive line. I told him that I had it on good authority that he had made previous contributions to ACTV as well. “I have never made any other contribution to ACTV,” he said. He asked me to repeat my name again, as did his aide, and then bade me a polite farewell.

The Reverend Tim LaHaye is an itty-bitty man with wingy eyebrows and unnaturally brown hair, not the craggily virile pastor of his PR photographs. Communism, “secular humanism,” pornography, rape, and nuns dying of AIDS are all inseparably linked in his mind in a kind of moral domino theory. In conversation, however, LaHaye talks with most zeal about sex, or rather all the people he has helped to a fuller enjoyment of “the beautiful act of married love.” LaHaye co-wrote a Christian sex manual called The Act of Marriage with his wife, Beverly. Although the book offers some steamily detailed advice, the LaHayes don’t pretend to have all the answers. In response to a question on the permissibility of oral sex, for example, they report that the Bible is completely silent on the subject. The book also promotes a $29 mail-order device for strengthening vaginal muscles that its distributor cheerfully admits is medically useless.

Beverly LaHaye leads Concerned Women for America (CWA), a group dedicated to stamping out feminism. Even if her claim of over 500,000 “kitchen table lobbyists” is stretching it by half, CWA would still be the largest women’s political organization in the country by far. CWA members meet to pray for and against specific pieces of legislation. They also write letters—hundreds of thousands of letters, as the occasion demands. Concerned Women for America and its much smaller ally, Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum, take credit for defeating the Equal Rights Amendment.

Between them, Tim and Beverly LaHaye reach a good many of the fundamentalists in the country, with CWA functioning as the ladies’ auxiliary under ACTVs all-male cadre of pastor-leaders. It’s an army, as Christian Right leaders would put it, that meets every Sunday.

“Who?” LaHaye said. “Who did you say?” when I asked him about his friendship with Bo Hi Pak. “Oh sure, he’s a very strong conservative,” he said offhandedly. “I’ve had lunch with him a couple of times, that’s all.”

LaHaye denied that Pak ever gave him or ACTV money except for the contribution he made at the conference. As for that particular envelope, said LaHaye, he hadn’t even opened it yet. He couldn’t remember ever writing to Pak; perhaps it was one of thousands of direct-mail letters he sends out? I refreshed his memory, telling him the letter was a very personal one written months ago, but the evangelical leader was still unable to recall it. Then I told him about exhibit A. “You have a what? A tape?” he exclaimed. “You can’t, it’s impossible.”

Later, I mentioned the incredible wealth of the Unification Church and its prodigious gifts to even casual acquaintances. “Yeah, and do you know where all that money comes from?” LaHaye demanded. “I’ll tell you one thing,” he said cryptically, “it doesn’t come from selling flowers.”

La Have says he was introduced to Pak by a man named Gary Jarmin[15], a former high-ranking Moonie who has long promoted the New Right’s friendship with the Unification Church. As consultant to Christian Voice, the religious Right’s political hit team, Jarmin is one of the most powerful strategists on the Christian right. He is best known for his authorship of Christian Voice’s report cards rating “Christian/moral” votes of political candidates.

Jarmin left the Unification Church in late 1973 to continue an affair started outside the sanctions of the church, and was denied Master’s blessing upon his subsequent marriage. The political strategist was nonetheless treated to a highly unusual dispensation, according to other ex-Moonies. Moon, who has a history of planting his followers among the powerful and a doctrine of “heavenly” deception, asked Jarmin to stay in touch.

Unlike most ex-Moonies, the born-again Jarmin has remained on excellent terms with the Unification Church. With LaHaye and other fundamentalist leaders, Jarmin has operated the Moon-financed Coalition for Religious Freedom. By claiming that Moon’s 1982 imprisonment for tax falsification and obstruction of justice amounted to religious persecution, this coalition has provided fundamentalist leaders with a handy explanation for their peculiar friendship with Moon. [The judge saw Moon’s document forgery as a serious crime, and jailed him.][16]

Yet there have been stresses and strains in this unusual marriage. Useful as they find the banner “religious freedom,” Christian rightists still tend to choke on Moon’s theology. Moon, for instance, clings to his own unique interpretation of the Fall: Eve, after consorting with Lucifer, so degraded the human lineage that all families except those ordained by Moon are wrong and false. Even Jesus, the resentful product of an adulterous liaison of Mary’s, failed in his one great mission, to marry and establish a “true” family. Enter the Reverend Moon, who has sired 13 children upon “Perfect Mother,” and his plan to regraft the human race. [He had 14 children with Hak Ja Han (Hae-jin died in infancy), three other known ones with other women, and there are credible rumors of others.][17]

Last year, Jerry Falwell pointedly disavowed any further connection with the Coalition for Religious Freedom. His top aide, Moral Majority vice president Ron Godwin, attacked another fundamentalist leader in the group, saying: “It strikes me as peculiar that [he] could accept financial support from a church whose founder believes he’s divine. They’re taking money from a cult whose doctrines are 180 degrees opposed. It’s a little like the Jewish National Fund accepting money from [Yasir] Arafat.”

But over the last year, a mysterious conversion appears to have taken place among Moral Majority leaders. Many of those who left the religious freedom coalition have again lined up in Moon’s defense. Falwell himself cut short his trip to South Africa last August to appear at a Washington press conference where he and Coalition for Religious Freedom leaders urged President Reagan to pardon Moon. Even Ron Godwin has apparently revised his opinions. He recently left the Moral Majority to take a job with Moon’s media company.

The Christian Right is laying big, expensive plans for 1988. The Christian Voice’s Texas chapter led a virtual takeover of the state’s Republican party in 1984. Now they want to do it to the country at large. “If we get organized,” Gary Jarmin recently told the Religious News Service, “we could very well determine the next presidential nominee. We certainly believe that.”

If they do, part of the reason will surely be the Reverend Moon’s inexplicably deep pockets. The Christian Right seems set on taking his money and deriding his religion, a profitable application of the principle of religious tolerance. “How can you be afraid of a dying church with fewer members now than it had ten years ago?” asks LaHaye. But it is not clear which of these strange bedfellows will have the last laugh.

Carolyn Weaver is a Washington-based freelance writer. Some research materials were provided by Fred Clarkson.

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Moon Speaks

My dream is to organize a Christian political party including the Protestant denominations, Catholics and all the religious sects. Then the communist power will be helpless before ours…. We have to purge the corrupted politicians, and the sons of God must rule the world. The separation between religion and politics is what Satan likes most…. Upon my command to the Europeans and others throughout the world to come live in the U.S., wouldn’t they obey me? Then what would happen? We can embrace the religious world in one arm and the political world in the other. With this great ideology, if you are not confident to do this, you had better die.

—from The Master Speaks, by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon

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5 Reasons to Register Your Children in Montessori Daycare

Before you know it, it will be summer with its warm temperatures and long days. Send your kids to Montessori San Jose when the long-awaited time arrives! The exciting program is planned to give kids something positive to do over the summer.

Here are five reasons why you should enroll your child in Montessori Schools San Jose right away if you have never considered it before:

Continuous Instruction Throughout the Summer

Children make progress in a variety of academic areas, including reading and mathematics, during a school year. Students risk "summer slide" if they do not keep up with skill development over the break. Children should maintain proficiency during the summer by continuing to practice throughout the season.

The Montessori Daycare San Francisco do just that! Kids enjoy time each day working with Montessori-trained staff to improve their academic abilities. What is even better? Through a variety of games, experiments, and projects, they ensure that learning remains exciting and enjoyable.

Water-Based Recreation

Kids enjoy to splash around in the water all summer long. This is why we ensure that all the Montessori Preschool San Jose incorporate exciting aquatic activities for kids. Kids can cool off in one of the beautiful swimming pools, or at one of other locations, where they have splash pads or sprinklers.

Kids at their facilities with pools can take swimming lessons from qualified lifeguards, where they can either learn to swim or improve their existing skills. They also provide private swimming lessons away from the pool at select locations.

Adaptable Timetables

Many families at Montessori Day Care Cupertino take advantage of the summer months to travel or participate in other enjoyable activities. So, they give kids a wide range of time slots to choose from. The duration of your participation in the program is flexible, ranging from 3 weeks to 7 weeks. Pick any weeks which work for you, regardless of whether they are consecutive.

In most of camps, you can choose between a part-time and full-time schedule during the summer. There are various services offered before and after the procedure.

Exciting Options for Recreational Participation

They provide themed weeks and organize fun, educational, and fascinating events for kids to participate in every day. Among most well-liked offerings are:

Crafts: Everyone loves participating in their arts and crafts, which range from constructing tote bags & sun visors to free-form expression via painting and coloring.

Kids are naturally curious about coding and other forms of technological education. Thekids not only get to take part in interesting program, but they also learn the fundamentals of coding. The skills of analysis, invention, teamwork, and conversation are all strengthened by this online curriculum.

Socializing and Physical Activity

Any child would benefit from regular physical activity and positive social interactions. At Nursery Montessori, they work hard to create a warm and friendly atmosphere where kids can make and keep friends. Also, kids get a lot of social and physical development benefits from unstructured playtime. The playgrounds are designed for children of various ages, making them the ideal places for physical activity, creative expression, and social interaction.

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Is the HBO Max Name Change Good News? 6+ Things to Know

HBO’s path to deliver its online streaming service has been anything but straight. If you were to map it out, it would look more like San Francisco’s iconic Lombard Street than the Interstate. And the HBO Max name change brings another turn in the road, thanks to a recent merger between HBO’s parent company, WarnerMedia, and Discovery, Inc.

A brief history of HBO’s streaming services

The long road to Max

First, there was HBO on Demand. And it launched way back on July 1, 2001. That a full 6 years before Netflix took to the information highway! However, it’s not a streaming service per se, but a companion service available to subscribers of HBO’s linear service through cable or satellite providers.

Then came HBO on Broadband in 2008, which was almost immediately replaced by HBO Go, which officially launched in February 2010. This attempt at online content was an on-demand streaming service, but it also required an HBO subscription through a traditional television provider. The service was slowly put out to pasture starting in the summer of 2020 (and will continue its slow death until mid-2024.)

While HBO Go was just entering mid-life, the big wigs at WarnerMedia saw fit to launch HBO Now in April 2015. Unlike all of the previously launched HBO streaming platforms, HBO Now was a standalone service that did not require a traditional TV subscription. This was HBO’s answer to emergent TV entertainment powerhouses Netflix and Hulu.

Finally… well, not finally, obviously… HBO Max launched in May 2020. But if you think that it replaced HBO Now outright, you’d be mistaken. It was a brand-new service, distinct from HBO’s existing on-demand streaming service. The 2 services existed concurrently for a time while HBO Now subscribers were slowly migrated over to HBO Max.

The HBO Max name change

Getting back on track, in the balmy summer of 2022, WarnerMedia merged with Discovery, Inc., which naturally had its own streaming service, discovery+. (Yes, it was all lowercase.) Abandoning its initial plan to scuttle the somewhat-educational streaming service, the bigwigs decided to roll some of its content into HBO Max. But seeing as the HBO brand doesn’t really gel with Discovery, they decided to drop the “HBO” and go with just Max.

When does Max launch?

The new Max streaming service, which we agree is better than HBO Discovery Max+ (or something like that), launches May 23, 2023.

On May 23, HBO Max is becoming Max — The One To Watch for all of HBO, hit series, movies, reality, and more. #StreamOnMax pic.twitter.com/GYJ4yJtkhG — HBO Max (@hbomax) April 12, 2023

What shows will be on Max?

You’ll find all of the same HBO and HBO Max originals (like Euphoria, Succession, and The White Lotus) on the new service, as well as all those Warner Bros. films, the DC Universe, Sesame Street, and all the other things you’re used to. On top of all that, there’ll be a whole new slate of reality and lifestyle content, from brands like HGTV, Food Network, Discovery Channel, TLC, and more.

Will Max cost more than HBO Max?

The good news is that the prices will remain the same (for now). The With Ads plan will continue to cost $9.99/month or $99.99/year, and the Ad-Free plan will stay at $15.99/month or $149.99/year.

The bad news — of course, there’s going to be bad news — is that Warner Bros. Discovery is taking a page out of the Netflix playbook and locking 4K quality behind a premier tier. Unlike Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, and Hulu, who don’t charge extra for 4K Quality, Max will move its 4K content into a new third tier called Max Ultimate Ad Free. (I guess nobody told them that Max and Ultimate are basically synonymous.) It’ll set you back $19.99/month (the same as Netflix Premium) or $199.99/year.

However, given that we’ve never really been wowed by the so-called Ultra-High Definition 4K streaming that we’ve watched on HBO Max, so we don’t see any reason to upgrade.

Do existing HBO Max subscribers need to do anything?

Not really. Your subscription will stay the same, so unless you want to upgrade to get 4K, you don’t need to do anything about your subscription.

If you’ve got HBO Max installed on any of the following devices, your app will automatically update to Max: Amazon Fire devices, Roku, Vizio TV, Xfinity, and Cox.

If you’ve got HBO Max installed on these devices, you’ll be prompted to download the Max app when you log in after May 23: Android, Apple, DirecTV, LG TV, Samsung TV, PlayStation, and Xbox.

Can you keep your HBO Max profiles and settings?

Yep. Everything stays the same. Your profiles, account settings, even your viewing history.

Can you keep your HBO Max downloads?

Nope. This is one of the only things that changes. You’ll have to redownload any movies and TV shows with the new Max app.

Is discovery+ going away?

Verdict: Is the new “Just Max” a good thing?

Unless you need 4K streaming (which we’ve never really been impressed with), the revamped Max is a good thing. What you lose in a spotty and limited 4K library is more than made up for with a bunch of new content that make HBO’s offering a more well-rounded streaming service. It will definitely be more appealing to families moving forward.

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About Lewis Nixon’s mother Doris Ryer Nixon (Mrs Stanhope Nixon)

Source: mostly from old newspapers and digitized documents (I can’t guarantee the accuracy because they are fragmented information. I will just put it out there for someone may find some interesting useful backstories).

Doris Ryer was born on Oct 1 1894.

Her father Fletcher Ryer was a wealthy pioneer agriculturalist in California. He owned 6,600-acre (27 km2) ranch on Ryer Island, which was named in their honor. Because Doris was his only heiress, this ranch all went to Doris and then to Lewis Nixon III and ultimately to Grace Nixon. It's an agricultural (instead of livestocks) ranch. They grew crops, fruits and vegetables such as wheat, milo, safflower, pears, apples, cherries, grapes, tomatoes and asparagus. They produced such large amount of asparagus that Doris's mother, Mrs Ryer was nicknamed Asparagus Queen back then. This farm is still up and running today, managed by Clarence Hester from 1950s to 1990s (Nix' war buddy, the regimental S3, the one who wrestled with Dick in that photo), after him by his son Thomas Hester.

Doris was educated at Madame Payen's school in Paris from 1906 to 1914 (her entire high school).

Fletcher Ryer died an early death in 1911 (when Doris was about 16). Doris was close to her mother Mrs Blanche Ryer. Mrs Blanche Ryer, though very charming, married very very young. As a pretty, attractive, wealthy widow she determined to ensure that her daughter Doris have a brilliant "bellehood" as a girl. She took Doris to tour around the world. For example, in Sep1913, they traveled to Russia to present Doris at the court of Tsar Nicholas II (Very inconvenient timing, I have to say).

Doris was very sweet and attractive, with pretty black eyes. Her mother has always been most ambitious for her handsome daughter. She aimed to marry Doris to British aristocracy. Doris was presented at Buckingham Palace in 1914, wearing "a white satin princess gown embroidered in pearls and brilliants". Mrs Ryer has had her eye on several members of the British aristocracy for Doris, "but this cruel war, of course, smashed all of her well-laid plans to smithereens." She has to stoop so low to choose from American heirs.

Doris married Stanhope in Jan 1917 in New York at Church of Heavenly Rest. Their wedding was the social event of the year. Guests from coast to coast attended Nixon-Ryer wedding.

The bride's costume was soft white satin, made in combination with pearl embroidered net. She worn a lovely veil, the same that had been worn by her grandmother at her wedding, which was held in place with a band of diamonds. Her only other ornament was a necklace of diamonds with a large pear-shaped diamond pendant, the gift of the bridegroom.

Because the father of bride has died, she was given away by governor of New York Charles S. Whitman. Among those in attendance were the Brazilian ambassador and Argentine ambassador.

After the wedding the new couple went to Bermuda for honeymoon and then they lived at 52 East Fifty-second Street NYC (but later moved to 46 East 65 Street). In 1920 census, the household of the new couple included Stanhope the head of the house, Doris the wife, Lewis the one and half yr old old baby son, and a butler and 3 maids. They also have a suburb house at 167 Grange Ave, New Jersey (a 20-room estate, equiped with oil burning hot water heat, a 4-car garage, servants quarters, a boat house and a stable).

After marrying off her daughter to the Nixons, Mrs Blanche Ryer re-married in 1920 to Clifford Erskine-Bolst, a British conservative party politician. Mr Erskine-Bolst was elected to the British House of Commons in 1923 and again in 1931. To help him win the election, she made generous donations to King George's Hospital in England. She campained hard for him, making speeches and appealing to the constituency in the South Hackney district. 

In 1920s, mama Doris bought a villa at Riviera France from the late Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia. She lived there until her death in 1939 (This villa went to Nix. But he didn't like living there, too much hassle to open the house. He prefered to stay at the hotel Cap Estel. In 1950s he leased it to the Kennedys).

Doris and Stanhope seemed to be ok in 1920s. They attended social events together and traveled to England together. After Lew, they had a baby boy in 1922 (who tragically died in 3 months. Doris' mother went to New York to be with her.) Then they had Blanche Nixon in Aug 1924 (also born in NYC). While living in NYC, it seems little Lew was often spending time with his grandfather. Grandpa often took him to play at central park. For example, he took Lew to that model yacht regatta in central park when he was 7, and to skate in central park in Jan 1927 when lew was 8. In 1927, Doris took 2 yr old Blanche to France to visit her mother, but she didn't take Lew (maybe he was too naughty?). Anyway, Doris took Blanche to see grandma almost every year but Lew was only with them on one visit when he was 10 yr old.

Doris appeared to be lonely and out of place in the social circle of New York. Here is a social note about her in 1929: "A remarkable girl with her embroidery frame, actually engaged in a simple, normal occupation in a land where the atmosphere is charged with hang-overs, gambling-losses and mistrust. Nobody around here looks twice at a woman with mauve hair like Madame de Roch, or at a man with ear-rings and a bracelet on his ankle. But let a girl take out a half-finished centerpiece and commence embroidering and every lorgnette in the crowd is whipped into place."

At the end of 1920s, Doris seemed to be so unhappy to live on the east coast anymore, and she still regarded CA to be her real home. Stanhope sold their house in New Jersey and bought a new house in Montecito (also a mansion with a large stable and everything). In the 1930 census they were living at 180 Cold Spring Road, montecito, CA (Stanhope, Doris, Lewis (11yr), Blanche(5yr), and a French governess, and 2 servants). Lew attended boarding school at Cate School in Santa Barbara.

In social notes in 1930s, Stanhope and Doris mainly attended social events in CA (Santa Barbara and San Francisco), they also travel to New York to visit Mr and Mrs Lewis Nixon Sr.. The family traveled a lot, not only back and forth between east-west coasts, but also trips abroad. Doris always took Blanche with her, but Lew traveled on his own even when he was as young as 15 yr old. It appears that Doris and Stanhope's relationship has gone sour in 1930s. For example, in this 1934 social note: "The Stanhope Nixons will spend the Christmas holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Nixon. Mr Nixon will return to California on Jan 1, and Mrs Nixon will sail for Europe to spend six months on the Riviera with her mother." (almost as if Doris was running away from Stanhope and hide in France after briefly met him on Xmas day. Meanwhile 15 yr old Lew was at boarding school in CA).

In 1940 census, Doris and Blanche were still living at 180 Cold Spring Road, montecito, CA (with a housekeeper, a cook and a maid). Stanhope was no longer in this household. Maybe they have separated. Lew was also not in this household for he has left for college.

Among the CA high society, Doris was a all-around likable person: "Doris is always bubbling over with enthusiasm, her joy of living and her wit making her a welcome guest at any affair". She was very enthusiastic about opera (and art events in general, such as oriental dance). She attended the openning of Opera Season at San Francisco every year (usually with Blanche, and she will grab Lew when she can catch him). In 1940, she offered a prize for the "Best one act play" to stimulate interest in the Lobero Theater of Santa Barbara. She also went to see excellent plays in New York when it's in season and made some witty comments about the remarkable fashion trends in New York: "The only lavender and old lace that you see today is on the individual--the lavender in the tinted hair, and the lace on the dainty unmentionables."

After the Pearl Harbor Attack, Doris turned from a socialite to a civic leader. In 1942 she became the national vice-president of the American Women's Voluntary Services (AWVS) (and during ww2). The AWVS recruited and trained women to harvest crops, do nurse works, driving trucks and sell war bonds. She encouraged women to show more interest in international affairs. She also founded Guide Dogs for the Blind in 1943 (primarily to help the blinded veterans) and she made generous donations. In addition, she was the state commander of the California Cancer Society.

The AWVS duties kept her so busy, she has to relinquish her box at the opera house. She only had long enough time to have a toasted chicken sandwich for lunch. She put generous amount of English mustard on her sandwich. When her friends cautioned her not to put too much, she said:"If it puts me out, I will be a most excellent subject for the first aid class I am about to attend, and we will all find out how much we know!"

In the summer of 1945, Doris and Stanhope finally divorced (Stanhope even filed counter-suits seeking divorce on the grounds of desertion). They divorced in August, and Stanhope married "the Blond" in September 1945.

In June 1948, Doris died at home (944 Chestnut Str San Francisco CA). She had a stroke (and she always had hypertention). It seems her death was an unexpected sudden death because one month before she was still traveling around France with her daughter Blanche. Her will dictated to split her legacy equally between Blanche and Lew. She also left generous amount of money to employees such as housekeeper, secretary. For a former maid, she gave her $225 monthly for life.

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Saturday, August 21, 2021

Landlords look for an exit amid federal eviction moratorium (AP) When Ryan David bought three rental properties back in 2017, he expected the $1,000-a-month he was pocketing after expenses would be regular sources of income well into his retirement years. But then the pandemic hit and federal and state authorities imposed moratoriums on evictions. The unpaid rent began to mount. Then, just when he thought the worst was over, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a new moratorium, lasting until Oct. 3. David, the father of a 2 1/2-year-old who is expecting another child, fears the $2,000 he’s owed in back rent will quickly climb to thousands more. The latest moratorium “was the final gut punch,” said the 39-year-old, adding that he now plans to sell the apartments. Most evictions for unpaid rent have been halted since the early days of the pandemic and there are now more than 15 million people living in households that owe as much as $20 billion in back rent, according to the Aspen Institute. A majority of single-family rental home owners have been impacted, according to a survey from the National Rental Home Council, and 50% say they have tenants who have missed rent during the pandemic. Landlords, big and small, are most angry about the moratoriums, which they consider illegal. Many believe some tenants could have paid rent, if not for the moratorium. And the $47 billion in federal rental assistance that was supposed to make landlords whole has been slow to materialize. By July, only $3 billion of the first tranche of $25 billion had been distributed.

Student loans (WSJ) The Biden administration announced it will wipe out $5.8 billion in student loans held by 323,000 people who are permanently disabled. This means the Education Department will discharge loans for borrowers with total and permanent disabilities per Social Security Administration records. Currently there is $1.6 trillion held in student loan debt, much of which could be eliminated through executive action.

New England preps for 1st hurricane in 30 years with Henri (AP) New Englanders bracing for their first direct hit by a hurricane in 30 years began hauling boats out of the water and taking other precautions Friday as Tropical Storm Henri barreled toward the Northeast coast. Henri was expected to intensify into a hurricane by Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Impacts could be felt in New England states by Sunday, including on Cape Cod, which is teeming with tens of thousands of summer tourists. “This storm is extremely worrisome,” said Michael Finkelstein, police chief and emergency management director in East Lyme, Connecticut. “We haven’t been down this road in quite a while and there’s no doubt that we and the rest of New England would have some real difficulties with a direct hit from a hurricane.”

Booming Colo. town asks, ‘Where will water come from?’ (AP) “Go West, young man,″ Horace Greeley famously urged. The problem for the northern Colorado town that bears the 19th-century newspaper editor’s name: Too many people have heeded his advice. By the tens of thousands newcomers have been streaming into Greeley—so much so that the city and surrounding Weld County grew by more than 30% from 2010 to 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, making it one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. And it’s not just Greeley. Figures released this month show that population growth continues unabated in the South and West, even as temperatures rise and droughts become more common. That in turn has set off a scramble of growing intensity in places like Greeley to find water for the current population, let alone those expected to arrive in coming years. “Everybody looks at the population growth and says, ‘Where is the water going to come from?’” [one local professor] said.

Everything’s Getting Bigger In Texas (AP, CNBC, Forbes) Texas has long been a popular destination for newcomers, thanks to cheaper land and housing, more job opportunities, lower taxes, and fewer regulations. There’s also the great weather, food, schools, and medical facilities, the abundant resources and year-round recreation and outdoor activities, artistic and cultural events, fairs, festivals, music venues, and the diverse and friendly people—you know, just to name a few. Texas has always been a business-friendly environment, which has certainly not been lost on tech and financial companies headquartered in strictly-regulated and high-priced states like California and New York. There are 237 corporate relocation and expansion projects in the works in Texas just since the pandemic hit. Tech giant Oracle moved its headquarters to Austin in late 2020; Tesla is building its new Gigafactory there, and Apple will have its second-largest campus there as well. Both Google and Facebook have satellite offices in Austin, and the file hosting services company Dropbox will be leaving San Francisco for Austin. Recently, the global real estate services firm CBRE and multinational financial services behemoth Charles Schwab moved their headquarters from California to the Dallas area. Hewlett Packard’s cofounders were two of the original grandfathers of Silicon Valley, who started their company in a Palo Alto garage in 1939. Now, the corporation is moving its headquarters from San Jose to Houston. And the number of mega-wealthy individuals who’ve moved to Texas are too numerous to mention. It’s not just big cities like Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio that are seeing an influx of people—bedroom communities are growing by leaps and bounds as well—places like New Braunfels, located in the Texas Hill Country, Conroe, 40 miles north of Houston, and McKinney, just 30 minutes up U.S. 75 from Dallas.

‘Bracing for the worst’ in Florida’s COVID-19 hot zone (AP) As quickly as one COVID patient is discharged, another waits for a bed in northeast Florida, the hot zone of the state’s latest surge. But the patients at Baptist Health’s five hospitals across Jacksonville are younger and getting sick from the virus faster than people did last summer. Baptist has over 500 COVID patients, more than twice the number they had at the peak of Florida’s July 2020 surge, and the onslaught isn’t letting up. Hospital officials are anxiously monitoring 10 forecast models, converting empty spaces, adding over 100 beds and “bracing for the worst,” said Dr. Timothy Groover, the hospitals’ interim chief medical officer.

Grace heads for a second hurricane hit on Mexican coast (AP) Hurricane Grace—temporarily knocked back to tropical storm force—headed Friday for a second landfall in Mexico, this time taking aim at the mainland’s Gulf coast after crashing through the country’s main tourist strip. The storm lost punch as it zipped across the Yucatan Peninsula, but it emerged late Thursday over the relatively warm Gulf of Mexico and was gaining energy. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Grace’s winds were back up to 70 mph (110 kph) early Friday and were expected to soon regain hurricane force. It was centered about 265 miles (425 kilometers) east of Tuxpan and was heading west at 16 mph (26 kph). The forecast track would take it toward a coastal region of small fishing towns and beach resorts between Tuxpan and Veracruz, likely Friday night or early Saturday, then over a mountain range toward the heart of the country and the greater Mexico City region. Forecasters said it could drop 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 centimeters) of rain, with more in a few isolated areas—bringing the threat of flash floods, mudslide and urban flooding.

“Self-determination 1, Human Rights 0” (Foreign Policy) Most Latin American governments offered little official support to the U.S. War in Afghanistan when it began in 2001. At the time, Venezuela put forward a blistering critique of meeting “terror with more terror,” and then-Cuban leader Fidel Castro said U.S. opponents’ irregular warfare abilities could draw out the conflict for 20 years. Over the weekend, as the Afghan government collapsed and chaos engulfed Kabul’s airport, today’s leaders of Cuba and Venezuela echoed their critiques while foreign ministers of other Latin American countries diplomatically issued statements of concern about Afghanistan’s humanitarian needs. Chile and Mexico made plans to accept Afghan refugees, and several countries signed on to a joint international statement protecting Afghan women’s rights. To many in Latin America’s diplomatic and foreign-policy communities, the dark events in Afghanistan confirmed the importance of the principle of non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs. The extended U.S. presence in Afghanistan was “the same mistake as always: trying to build democratic states through the use of force,” Colombian political scientist Sandra Guzmán wrote in El Tiempo. Many Latin Americans stressed that methods other than military interventions should be used to work toward human rights, even as they acknowledged how challenging it can be to make progress. “Self-determination 1, human rights 0 #Afghanistan,” tweeted Uruguayan political scientist Andrés Malamud after Kabul fell.

Afghanistan war unpopular amid chaotic pullout (AP) A significant majority of Americans doubt that the war in Afghanistan was worthwhile, even as the United States is more divided over President Joe Biden’s handling of foreign policy and national security, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Roughly two-thirds said they did not think America’s longest war was worth fighting, the poll shows. Meanwhile, 47% approve of Biden’s management of international affairs, while 52% approve of Biden on national security. The poll was conducted Aug. 12-16 as the two-decade war in Afghanistan ended with the Taliban returning to power and capturing the capital of Kabul. Biden has faced bipartisan condemnation in Washington for sparking a humanitarian crisis by being ill-prepared for the speed of the Taliban’s advance.

The U.S. Blew Billions in Afghanistan (Bloomberg) The rapid collapse of Afghanistan’s government to the Taliban fueled fears of a humanitarian disaster, sparked a political crisis for President Joe Biden and caused scenes of desperation at Kabul’s airport. It’s also raised questions about what happened to more than $1 trillion the U.S. spent trying to bring peace and stability to a country wracked by decades of war. While most of that money went to the U.S. military, billions of dollars got wasted along the way, in some cases aggravating efforts to build ties with the Afghan people Americans meant to be helping. A special watchdog set up by Congress spent the past 13 years documenting the successes and failures of America’s efforts in Afghanistan. While wars are always wasteful, the misspent American funds stand out because the U.S. had 20 years to shift course.

Western groups desperate to save Afghan workers left behind (AP) The Italian charity Pangea helped tens of thousands of Afghan women become self-supporting in the last 20 years. Now, dozens of its staff in Afghanistan are in hiding with their families amid reports that Taliban are going door-to-door in search of citizens who worked with Westerners. Pangea founder Luca Lo Presti has asked that 30 Afghan charity workers and their families be included on Italian flights that have carried 500 people to safety this week, but the requests were flatly refused. On Thursday, the military coordinator told him: “Not today.” Dozens of flights already have brought hundreds of Western nationals and Afghan workers to safety in Europe since the Taliban captured the capital of Kabul. Those lucky enough to be rescued from feared reprisals have mostly been Afghans who worked directly with foreign missions, along with their families. European countries also have pledged to evacuate people at special risk from the Taliban—feminists, political activists and journalists—but it is unclear exactly where the line is being drawn and how many Afghan nationals Western nations will be able to evacuate.

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2021 and the Rise of Shopping BIPOC, LGBTQI+, Small, and Womxn-Owned

Now more than ever, a collective way of life has been prioritized: shopping from small businesses, particularly those owned by the marginalized. The reason? A mix of a few things, like that of the coronavirus pandemic putting small businesses in every industry in an increasingly vulnerable spot, the rising importance of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the collective awareness of how capitalism has contributed to the downfall of so many communities.

When the pandemic hit, a lot of folks were down on their luck financially. They needed whatever avenue of income they could find to help keep them on their feet, which resulted in them opening small businesses selling their art, jewelry, and more. Shopping small and dining locally was also one of the main efforts done by the collective to ensure community staples wouldn’t have to shut down due to the lack of revenue and financial support throughout the pandemic. 

During the height of BLM last summer, one of the ways that folks rallied together to give aid and support to different mutual aid funds, bail funds, and BLM funds was by selling homemade items and giving 100% of the proceeds to these different organizations. With this, there have been threads on Twitter and infographics on Instagram sharing different black-owned small businesses so that folks could directly support the black community.

It’s interesting to see how the rise of social media networks helped pave the way for this, too. Instagram and Facebook both have sections where anyone can sell their products - Facebook marketplace has everything from new and used cars, clothing, furniture, jewelry, and so much more. Instagram (though widely criticised) has updated their formatting so that anyone who uses their platform to sell items gets boosted in ads, and their shopping section is easier to find. Instagram is most accessible for businesses because they don’t charge a service fee like other sites (Etsy, Shopify, etc.) - 100% of the profits goes right back to the shop owner.

Social media sites like TikTok and Twitter have assisted this wave as well. “It costs $0 to retweet my art/business” tweets go viral almost daily, and TikTok itself is filled with trends small businesses love to use to help boost their brand on the algorithm. More recently, brands of all kinds started doing “pack an order with me” TikToks to add a more personalized feel to their business, where consumers get excited to see if their order is one of the ones that gets packaged on the ForYouPage.

Shopping small and from the folks who could use the support most is an incredible way of how community works. It directly supports the dreams and efforts of the folks who put their all into what they make. If it is possible for you, I encourage you to try to shop small and from BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), LGBTQI+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and more), and womxn-owned spots instead of larger corporations. Aiding in the journeys of the folks who took a chance on themselves and started their small business could change everything for them - every dollar could unlock a world of chance.

For those who are interested, here’s a list of a few small businesses (organized by business type) that you can check out and support!

Lifestyle:

Nguyen Coffee Supply - This Vietnamese coffee company was founded by Sahra Nguyen, a first-generation Vietnamese-American who set out to teach about the true quality and production of coffee beans in Vietnam. Partnering with a fourth-generation farmer in Central Valley back in Vietnam, they provide ethically sourced coffee beans to folks worldwide. To purchase Nguyen Coffee or learn more about their efforts, you can shop at https://nguyencoffeesupply.com/ and visit their social media sites @nguyencoffeesupply.

Hungry Bunny - A black, womxn-owned business, this virtual donut shop started in March 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic by Khloe Hines. All products are vegan and cruelty free, not using any dairy, eggs, or yeast! To place orders visit their website https://www.hungrybunnyict.com/ and support their social media @hungrybunny.

Hood Herbalism - A center for learning, this community herbal education project is perfect for BIPOC folks wanting to learn about the benefits of herbalism and how to incorporate it into their lives. Courses range from the basics of herbalism to herbal medicine works for birth support. They offer online courses with payment plans, accommodations, and scholarship funds to support those in need! This project space is intended for BIPOC folks, as herbal schools are predominantly white. To donate to their project or enroll in classes, visit https://hoodherbalism.com/ and follow their social media at @hoodherbalism.

Indigescuela - This BIPOC-led space is dedicated to teaching womxn and folks about intentional healing through the avenues of holistic sexual health, womb health, and traditional healing. Using the knowledge and practices of herbalism, Mexican folk healing, and Mesoamerican medicine, Panquetzani (also the foundress of Indigemama: Ancestral Healing) leads students to finding the healing answers they need to lead as their best selves. The courses range in topics from lifelong self-womb care and womb wellness. To enroll in the online distance courses, head to https://indigescuela.com/ and support their social media at @indigescuela.

Bookstores:

Nā Mea Hawai’i - Meaning all things to do with Hawai’i, Native Books is a space created to share Hawaiian culture through education. If you are based in Hawai’i, or have the opportunity to visit post-pandemic, this is definitely a place to stop by! They support local artisans of all kinds in efforts to uplift their community and all that the Islands have to offer. They have dedicated their space to sharing this knowledge, education, and experiences to all who stop by, virtually and in-person. Shop their website https://www.nativebookshawaii.org/ and follow them @na_mea_hawaii.

Raven Reads - This bookstore is indigenous and womxn-owned, which began as an effort to share history and inspire folks as a result of what residential schools did to the indegnous communities in Canada, where languages and ways of life were washed away over the years. They offer collection boxes for children and adults, where each season a curated box will be sent to you filled with Indegenous works. To shop, support, and learn more, their website is https://ravenreads.org/ and their social media is @raven_reads.

Strong Nations - The online retailer is centered around idigenous literature and art, where their products range from children’s toys to classroom materials and, of course, literature. They are also a publishing house, offering a range of services for those interested. They also offer a wide variety of bundles in different categories! Each item on their shop has a badge on it to signify if it is indegnous art, a Canadian product, or indegnous text. If you are looking for indenous literature or works of different kinds, materials for your classroom, and more, stop by https://www.strongnations.com/ or @strong_nations.

Marcus Books - The first black-owned bookstore in the nation, Marcus Books is filled with history and the desire to educate and make space for black folks and all allies. Their goals of using literature to educate and unite communities has served folks in and around the San Francisco Bay Area (based in Oakland, CA) and nationwide through their online store. They have books for all ages in every genre by an array of black and latinx authors. To support, their website is https://bookshop.org/shop/marcusbooks or visit their social media @marcus.books.

Loving Me Books - A black and womxn-owned shop, Angela Nesbitt created this online bookstore to promote self-love amongst children of all races and backgrounds. Books are available for all age ranges and in a variety of languages! They also sell children’s clothing and accessories. There is a section for adult books, as well! Check out https://www.lovingmebooks.com/ and @lovemebooks for your next book.

Skincare:

Alma Bella - Meaning “beautiful soul” in Spanish, this womxn-owned skincare business is the epitome of self care with a cause. Creator Hannah Bahls, based in Washington state, handmakes this heavenly coco cream and redistributes 100% of the net profit to different BIPOC-led social justice funds. With more products coming soon, they prioritize organic, ethically sourced and traded, and natural ingredients. Each month, she chooses a new organization to give the proceeds to. To learn more about Alma Bella, their product and mission, head over to https://alma-bella.square.site/ or their Instagram @almabellanourish to learn more about how they emphasize self and community care.

HanaHana Beauty - Sustainable, clean beauty that uplifts womxn of color. All products are made with natural ingredients and oils, like fair-trade shea butter. They source their shea butter from the Katariga Women’s Shea Cooperative in Ghana. The black and womxn-owned shop includes body butters, bars, lip balms, and exfoliating cleansers. To buy, head to their site https://hanahanabeauty.com/ and follow at @hanahana_beauty.

BrownSugga Beauty - Black owned, vegan beauty for all skin types. Offering a variety of products from sugar scrubs to oil serums, body butters and soap bars, the New Orleans based online business is your one-stop-shop for healing and maintaining beautiful, healthy skin. Shop now at https://brownsuggabeautycompany.com/ and follow them at @brownsuggabeauty_.

Haípažaža pĥežúta - Meaning “medicine soap” in Lakota, this indegnous-owned skin care from Lakota folks sells soaps and herbal products nationwide. They utilize organic ingredients harvested from the homelands as well as fair-trade ingredients from across the world to create healthy, intentional products. The products range from soaps, shampoos, rubs, perfumes, bath bombs, scrubs, and more. (They even offer refills of some of these products)! To purchase, find them at https://www.haipazazaphezuta.com/ and @haipazaza.

Beauty:

Live Tinted - Founded by Deepica Mutlaya, Live Tinted is a brand dedicated to inclusion and diversity within the beauty industry. They use their platform to highlight multicultural beauty - giving space to voices and stories of those often underrepresented in the industry. Their products range from ethically sourced merchandise, huesticks, and gorgeous illuminators. Take a peek for yourself at https://www.livetinted.com/ and @livetinted on their different social media platforms.

Sahi Cosmetics - This small, family-owned cosmetics company has been taking the beauty industry by storm. Founder Shelly Sahi started Sahi cosmetics as a way to change the beauty standards we have become accustomed to after growing up feeling like her Indian skin wasn’t beautiful enough and always had trouble finding products that matched her complexion. Committed to their clean beauty promise, all of their products are cruelty and paraben free, with vegan friendly ingredients. An array of makeup and innovative products and ideas that will surely leave you obsessed! They also offer some clothing merchandise as well. Check them out at select retailers, their website https://sahicosmetics.com/ and their social media @sahicosmetics.

Queltzin Cosmetics - An indegenous-owned beauty brand specializing in fake lashes, all of their products are named after Aztec gods and goddesses as well as Nahuatl words to honor and educate folks about their indegenous heritage. Aside from lashes and lash tools, they offer some apparel and makeup accessories and tools, as well. Shop at https://queltzincosmetics.com/ and visit them at @queltzincosmetics.

Sweet Street Cosmetics - A Latina/womxn-owned cosmetics company that honors the around-the-way aesthetic. This brand was built by Natalia Durazo and LaLa Romero, who also co-founded the clothing company Bella Doña. their brand honors the beauty strides made by womxn of color and celebrates all the uniqueness and individuality that comes with it. Their products include a highly praised liquid liner, lip duos, eyeshadows, and lashes. Shop now at https://www.sweetstreetcosmetics.com/ and follow them @sweetstreetcosmetics.

Clothing: 

Wasi Clothing - A Quechuan word meaning “hope,” Wasi is a brown-owned Bolivian-American clothing company founded and run completely by Vanessa Acosta. This business is dedicated to ethical and sustainable products and processes, as well as diverse representation in the fashion world. Their products are unique and there truly is something for everyone here, as their shop includes everything from clothing to accessories to accessories and prints! You can shop their website at https://wasiclothing.com/ and follow at @wasiclothing.

OXDX Clothing - Diné owned label, this indegnous brand offers merchandise to represent Native peoples and honor their experiences. Their mission includes preserving culture to art, clothing, creative content and storytelling. Their shop has unique pieces of clothing, art, and stickers. Shop at https://www.oxdxclothing.com/ and support them at @oxdxclothing.

Ginew - That Native-owned denim line honors the founders’ Ojibwe, Oneida, & Mohican heritage through the materials and concepts utilized to create their products. Their shop ranges from denim products (jackets, jeans, etc.) as well as unique jewelry, bandanas, and more. Shop all things Ginew on their website https://ginewusa.com/ and follow at @ginew_usa.

Art: 

Hafandhaf - This Pakistani-born and Detroit raised artist uses her South Asian and Muslim roots to create art that reflexts her experinces and the life around her. She uses her background studying the Quran and Arabic and incorporates it into her work. She offers commissions, as well as prints. Many of her pieces were turned into other merchandise, like clothing, mugs, stickers, and accessories. To shop, visit https://hafandhaf.com/ and follow their social media @hafandhaf.

Adinas Doodles - Kichwa artist Adina Farinango creates Kichwa diasporic art. In hopes to heal and reclaim her Kichwa roots and her identity as an idigenous womxn, her art is a form of resistance. Her one of a kind art is available in prints, stickers, and on totes! Shop https://www.adinafarinango.com/ and follow @adinasdoodles.

Accessories: 

BRWNGRLZ - The Pinay-owned jewelry company specializes in laser cut pieces that represent and honor Pilipinx heritage and brown pride. These unique, astounding pieces are only found at BRWNGRLZ. This space honors the stories of Pilpinx-identify folks while uplifting the voices of BIPOC folks everywhere. To support and shop, visit www.brwngrlz.com/ and follow at @brwngrlz.

Customized by Angelisa - Polynesian-owned customizable shop that does everything from trays to accessories! This shop is perfect for customized gifts and pieces for your space! Angelisa’s shop has rolling and coffee trays, resin jewelry, keychains, tumblers, and music player plaques. To shop and customize your own pieces, head to https://www.etsy.com/shop/customizedbyangelisa/ and @cbangelisa.

Spirituality:

Stari Agency - Run by Yakari Gabriel, Stari Agency is an Afro-Latina business regarding all things astrology. Yakari offers birth chart readings, transit readings, and follow ups. She aims to help you heal and learn more about you as you navigate your life’s journey. To book and learn more about these services, you can visit https://stariagency.com/ and @stariagency.

The Woke Mystix - Podcasters and authors Ellen and Imani create space for folks to find themselves in astrology, spirituality, and divinity. This WOC-owned business co-wrote Astrology SOS: An astrological survival guide to life, which releases on March 2, 2021. To listen to their podcast and learn more about their work, check out https://www.thewokemystix.com/ and @thewokemystix.

Dian Tala Crystals - This Filipinx-womxn owned crystal shop was created in hopes of offering affordable and accessible means of crystals and their healing properties. In efforts to offer exploration into intuition and personal guidance, this shop holds a variety uniquely cut crystals while teaching followers the properties of each. All funds go directly to the owner’s tuition, as well as direct relief funds to their family’s provinces when the recent typhoon hit the Philippines. To shop and support, follow their Instagram shops @diantalacrystals and @diantalasales.

Farial Eliza (she/her) is a twenty-one year old Bay Area native, occupying unceded Chochenyo Ohlone land. She is a writer, poet, creator, storyteller, self-proclaimed healer and educator to the communities she serves.

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Live like a Rockefeller — The Rivals by Diego Rivera

At first glance, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and the Mexican artist Diego Rivera couldn’t have been more different. She was the daughter of a prominent Republican senator and had married into one of America’s most famous capitalist families; he was a devoted member of Mexico’s Communist party, who had visited Moscow before his first U.S. mural commission in San Francisco.

Abby, however, was a huge admirer of Rivera’s art. He’d developed a reputation as one of his generation’s leading modern artists, and she knew all about his triumphs as a muralist in his homeland (in buildings such as the Ministry of Education in Mexico City), not to mention his mural for the Pacific Stock Exchange Tower in San Francisco. She purchased a number of Rivera’s oil paintings, sketches and watercolours. Her first purchase in 1929 was May Day Parade, a Rivera sketchbook (now in the collection at MoMA), which he had completed on a trip to Moscow.

In 1931, in her capacity as co-founder and trustee of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Abby invited Rivera for a solo exhibition at the institution, making him only the second artist, after Matisse, to receive that honour. It is likely that Mexico had been on her mind for decades, ever since her first trip to the country in 1903. Rivera embodied everything that Abby and Alfred Barr, MoMA’s first Director, were looking for in terms of the museum’s programming: he was both a modernist genius with a towering body of work and as Mexico’s leading muralist, he was the foremost proponent of a genuine art movement from the Americas to the world.

On arrival in New York, Rivera paid a visit to the Rockefellers’ Manhattan home with his wife, the artist Frida Kahlo. ‘He was a very imposing and charismatic figure: tall and weighing three hundred pounds,’ Abby’s son, David Rockefeller, recalled in later life.

Rivera brought with him a new canvas, titled The Rivals, which Abby had commissioned and which he had painted in a makeshift studio aboard the steamship, the SS Morro Castle, en route from Mexico. The painting depicts a traditional festival from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca known as Las Velas, a colourful celebration in observance of local patron saints and of the natural bounties of spring.

‘It’s undoubtedly one of Rivera’s masterpieces,’ says Virgilio Garza, Head of Latin American Paintings at Christie’s. ‘Compared with his murals — which are epic in scale and content, with sweeping vistas and narratives that are often ideologically or historically driven — this easel painting is equally monumental in presence, yet devoid of Rivera’s politics. It’s a much more intimate scene focused on regional traditions, and the brushwork is deliberately looser.’

Others have praised the rich combination of bright colours, reminiscent of Matisse (whom Rivera knew from the decade he’d spent in Paris, between 1911 and 1921) but also, more pertinently, reflecting the vivid hues evident across Mexico: from its flora to its architecture. ‘And then there’s his modern conception of space through the use of multiple planes of colour that recall the formal effects of synthetic Cubism,’ says Garza. ‘Forms and figures are synthesised and reduced to their essential elements. The viewer’s gaze recedes in stages, from the men in the foreground, to the brightly dressed women under the hanging papel picado. Rivera’s brilliant composition of intersecting planes creates a cinematic narrative.’

The Rivals  was as popular with Abby as Rivera’s sell-out MoMA retrospective proved to be with New York’s public. In 1932, she approached the artist about another project: completing a mural for the lobby of the RCA Building, the centrepiece of the Rockefeller Center, her husband, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.’s new complex in Midtown Manhattan.

Rivera’s idea was a fresco on the twin themes of human cooperation and scientific development, and he sent Abby a planned sketch of it along with a letter saying, ‘I assure you that… I shall try to do for the Rockefeller Center — and especially for you, Madame — the best of all the work I have done up to this time.’

In the process of painting the mural Man at the Crossroads, Rivera made several changes to his original sketch that would have fateful consequences. Chief among these was the addition of Lenin’s features into the face of a labourer. When news of this change in the mural reached  Nelson Rockefeller, David’s older brother, he asked Rivera to substitute the late Soviet leader for another figure.

The painter, despite many attempts to persuade him, refused. Equally vexing to the Rockefeller family was the depiction of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. on the left side of the mural drinking among a group of men and cavorting with women of questionable repute. The latter was a striking image given the family’s devout religious views and their abstinence from drinking and smoking, as well as the Rockefellers’ firm support of U.S. Prohibition-era laws. With no compromise reached, Rivera was dismissed, and although he was paid in full the mural was destroyed. ‘The mural was quite brilliantly executed,’ wrote David Rockefeller in Memoirs in 2002, ‘but not appropriate’.

Rivera would go on to recreate Man at the Crossroads, in modified form as Man, Controller of the Universe, on the walls of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. Here again, Rivera depicted John D. Rockefeller, Jr. clutching a martini amid scenes of gambling and excess, while the other side featured workers and various Communist leaders.

Despite all these events, Abby and her sons Nelson and David remained admirers until the end. She would donate many of the Rivera works she owned to MoMA, although The Rivals  was one piece she held on to. As a sign of how highly she valued it, Abby gave it to David and his wife Peggy McGrath as a wedding present in 1940. They, in turn, would give the painting pride of place, for decades, in the living room of their summer residence, Ringing Point, in Maine.

David Rockefeller’s interest in Latin America and its art and culture spanned many decades. In January 1946, after completing his military service in the Second World War and before he started work at Chase Bank, he and Peggy decided to take ‘a second honeymoon’. They settled on Mexico as the destination for their six-week holiday.

‘This was our first direct exposure to Latin America, and we were very much taken with what we saw,’ David wrote years later. ‘We were especially fascinated by the remarkable pre-Columbian monuments and artefacts, as well as by the charm of much contemporary Mexican painting and folk art.’ He recounted how keen they were to see the famous Mexican frescoes of Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and Rufino Tamayo in Mexico City and Cuernavaca. ‘We especially wanted to see Rivera’s murals, since I had met Rivera with my mother when he first came to New York in 1931,’ he recalled. ‘I had always found him to be a very sympathetic person, and I liked his painting.’

The couple had travelled to Mexico armed with letters of introduction from Nelson Rockefeller, who had been appointed Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs by President Roosevelt and had subsequently visited virtually all the Latin American nations. One letter was addressed to Roberto Montenegro, an artist friend of Nelson’s, who introduced David and Peggy to other contemporary Mexican artists.

At the beginning of his long career with Chase, one of David’s first assignments was in the bank’s Latin American division. In 1965 he assumed the chairmanship of both the Council of the Americas and its new cultural adjunct, the Center for Inter-American Relations (CIAR). The latter was responsible for introducing Americans to the cultures and artists of Latin America, including staging the first one-man show in New York for Fernando Botero.

In 1991, he endowed the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard, which continues to explore Latin American politics, society, and culture, and after his retirement from the bank David was made chairman of The Americas Society, which afforded him, he said, ‘many new opportunities to visit the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean, and to appreciate their diverse art and culture.’

~ ROCKEFELLER COLLECTION | AUCTION PREVIEW · 9 May 2018.

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On December 8, 1941—the day after “a date which will live in infamy”—then-president Aurelia Henry Reinhardt wrote a letter to all Mills families. With the hindsight of nearly 80 years, it’s a surreal read; the main point of the letter was not to offer solace or organize war efforts, but to reassure parents that the Mills campus was unlikely to face any danger from a Japanese attack. “The English Channel is 26 miles wide; New York is 3,500 miles from Europe; California is 5,500 miles from Japan and 2,500 miles from our nearest possession in the Hawaiian group,” she wrote. “May I assure you that there exists no reason to change in any way the schedule and curriculum of this college in the spring term which begins Monday, January 5.”

At that point, no one knew that many students of Japanese descent would soon opt to leave Mills, hoping to avoid separation from their families as they were forced into internment camps across the United States. In the years leading up to World War II, President Reinhardt had approached a number of European artists and intellectuals to offer them a place at Mills as the Third Reich marched across the continent and sent to concentration camps anyone it deemed a threat, including Darius Milhaud and other notable figures in the College’s history, but that welcoming spirit couldn’t protect some of her own students.

When it comes to political and cultural forces outside the campus gates, the College has historically been limited in what it can do to protect its students. But as an institution, Mills has long welcomed members of marginalized communities, and outside restrictions have not altered the campus culture of acceptance.

In recent years, the term “sanctuary” has become a buzzword in our charged political environment. But in a historical sense, the concept originated with the sacred. In ancient Greece, spaces that honored the gods provided some measure of immunity to individuals escaping laws of the state (with limited success), and in Rome, Romulus established a zone on Capitoline Hill where asylum seekers from other places could find refuge. For centuries, places of worship have operated as spaces where people could take shelter, and it’s still happening today—churches around the world house migrants seeking to avoid deportation back to war-torn homelands.

The idea of sanctuary gained popularity in the United States in the 1980s when Central Americans began to flee their home countries in the wake of civil unrest, but Mills took on the responsibility of offering it 60 years earlier in the early days of World War II. In the 1961 book Aurelia Henry Reinhardt: Portrait of a Whole Woman, Chaplain George Hedley wrote that President Reinhardt contacted the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars (later Foreign Scholars) to invite intellectuals to Mills as soon as Hitler took power in Germany in 1933. Hedley noted that legends were told of Reinhardt physically transporting those scholars to campus herself.

A number of professors soon made their way to Oakland, including Alfred Neumeyer, who taught art history and directed what was then the Art Gallery, and the married couple Bernhard Blume and Carlotta Rosenberg. A German playwright, Bernhard headed up the German Department at Mills until 1945, and Rosenberg was a proponent of educating workers and women.

Of course, the most well-known Mills expats were the musician Darius Milhaud and his wife, Madeleine. In speaking with the author Roger Nichols in 1991, Madeleine detailed her family’s reaction when the Nazis entered Paris in June 1940: “We knew… that Milhaud was among the first on a list of intellectuals to be arrested because he was well known in Germany as a Jewish composer, and also because he did not share their right-wing ideals.”

The Milhauds made their way to Lisbon with plans to fly to New York, using an invitation from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to obtain visas. But upon arrival in Portugal, their plane tickets were declared invalid because they had been bought with French francs. The three—Darius, Madeleine, and their son—were just about to board an American freighter to cross the Atlantic when a telegram arrived with an offer to teach at Mills. The San Francisco-based French conductor Pierre Monteux had contacted President Reinhardt after learning that Milhaud was fleeing to America and connected the two.

Milhaud cabled his acceptance of the position and, a few months after arriving on campus, Dean of Faculty Dean Rusk (later US Secretary of State during the Vietnam War) wrote to the State Department to plead his case for Milhaud’s continued residency in the United States, which hinged on his history of contribution to the arts. Milhaud taught on and off at Mills from 1940 until 1971.

Milhaud’s influence on the Music Department (and the rest of the College) is well known, though he was not the only academic who molded Mills in indelible ways during this time. Helene Mayer, a champion German fencer at the 1928 Olympics, was studying at Scripps College when Hitler rose to power in her home country. She then enrolled at Mills for a master’s in French. While on campus studying for her MA and, later, teaching German literature, she founded the Mills College Fencing Club, jump-starting an organization that lasted for decades. And it’s to the credit of these scholars that the German Department at Mills built a strong enough foundation to eventually send many of its students abroad as Fulbright scholars.

The situation with students of Japanese descent was not nearly as easy to solve, however, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishing internment camps less than three months after the Pearl Harbor attack.

Alumnae who were at Mills during the attack remember that day as a sunny one, with word of the incident filtering in as they arrived back in their residence halls after Sunday chapel service. Japanese American students soon found their freedoms curtailed bit by bit, starting with an Army-ordered curfew that restricted their movement even on the Mills campus.

May Ohmura Watanabe ’44, who was born in California to American citizens, wrote about her experiences in multiple issues of the Quarterly. “I remember Dr. Hedley, the chaplain, was very upset and angry. I can still feel his hand tightly holding mine, his body slightly bent forward as he hurried to look at the curfew proclamation posted on the telephone pole just outside the campus,” she wrote in 1985. “He even took me to the Army’s headquarters in San Francisco to protest and to state his disbelief. All in vain.”

Watanabe soon left Mills and returned home to Chico so that she wouldn’t be sent to a different internment camp than her parents and brother. She spent a year at the Tule Lake Relocation Center near the Oregon border, then was released as part of a program allowing some detainees to work or attend school in special approved zones. Watanabe was allowed to transfer her credits to Syracuse University, where she studied nursing. “I remember the special arrangements Mills made for me before evacuation to take my exams in Chico supervised by my high school dean,” she wrote.

The late Grace Fujii Kikuchi ’42 made a similar choice to leave Mills to avoid separation from her family. As a senior, she was more easily able to bring her time at Mills to a close, though it wasn’t a happy time. “My professors at Mills had arranged for me to take my [exam] at a nearby high school,” she wrote in the same Quarterly issue. “All I know is that I was graduated in absentia with my class. Not to be able to attend my commencement after four hard years of work was a bitter disappointment to me.”

The frustrations of the Mills administration during this era were captured in a play by Catherine Ladnier ’70, which she based on actual letters President Reinhardt received from students who left the College due to World War II, including Japanese American students in internment camps. Titled A Future Day of Radiant Peace, the play details the personal turmoil these students experienced as they abandoned their bustling lives at Mills for the uncertainty of the camps. It also demonstrates what little power anyone on campus had to prevent the exodus.

In the aftermath of the war, however, Mills was able to provide sanctuary to several students whose home countries were suffering. Catherine Cambessedes Colburn ’47 and Noramah Sumakno Peksopoetranto ’56 traveled to the College from France and Indonesia, respectively. In the spring 1997 issue of the Quarterly, Colburn wrote about the strangeness of going from a country recovering from war to a land of plenty.

“Mills had sent a list of what I would need, and I owned next to none of the items, nor could I get them. Coupons, given out rarely, were required to buy anything. Besides, the stores were next to empty,” she wrote. “I exchanged my wine ration with a friend for her fabric coupon and my cigarette ration with another for hers, and got enough material for two clothing items.”

Peksopoetranto earned her opportunity to attend Mills through a one-year scholarship from the Edward H. Hazen Foundation. At the end of the year, Dean Anna Hawkes offered her room and board for a bachelor’s degree in education; she spent that summer staying in the home of Librarian Elizabeth Reynolds.

On October 29, 2018—two days after 11 were killed in a shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—President Elizabeth L. Hillman sent an email to the Mills community. In it, she harkened back to the College’s history of providing sanctuary to Jewish scholars during World War II and the inspiration they provided to generations of students. “Higher education institutions like Mills have a special role to play in creating and sharing knowledge across boundaries of faith, race, gender, and background,” she wrote. “We can only fulfill our mission when everyone in our community is safe, respected, and able to grow and learn.”

In the last few years, President Hillman has sent a number of similar emails to the campus community after attacks, in the United States and abroad, that have targeted historically marginalized groups. According to Dean of Students Chicora Martin, the typical campus response finds its roots in Mills history. “Whenever an incident happens, we’re among a community where people may not always know what to do, but they are prepared to do something,” they said. “It’s part of our culture.”

“In times of immense crisis and identity-based violence, there is this depth of emotion and despair, but also a desire to be in community,” says Dara Olandt, campus chaplain and director of spiritual and religious life. “It has been very moving for me to see the ways in which students have offered leadership and shown up for each other.”

Olandt attributes the campus-wide attitude of acceptance and protection to the College’s past religiosity—in particular, President Reinhardt was the first woman moderator of the American Unitarian Association. (Olandt herself was ordained by the Unitarian Universalist church.) The chapel “is a refuge, and a place of deep hospitality. That’s what the forebears [who created] this chapel were really about,” Olandt says. “There’s power in this symbolic place where people are welcome in the fullness of their lives, no matter their identities.”

She also counsels those who travel to Mills from outside the country and hail from distinctly different societal and religious backgrounds than their US-born peers. That demographic has naturally been part of the student body for decades, but provides a different set of challenges due to the requirements of F-1 and J-1 student entry visas. Dean Martin serves as the principal designated school official on the Mills campus, so they are the first point of contact for the US government. “Every year, we have someone who can’t make it here because they can’t get a visa,” they say. “There are lots of restrictions with international students, and there’s a lot of documentation that you have to provide just for them to do normal-ish things, like getting a Social Security card or a driver’s license.”

Over the last four years, the legal status of undocumented students has been called into question across the country, and as a Hispanic Serving Institution, Mills has been prompted to respond. Under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which began in 2012, undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US before they turned 18 could be granted renewable two-year periods where they would not be deported. When Donald Trump was elected to the presidency, he pledged to end the program—and set off a chain reaction at colleges and universities across the country, which became known as the “sanctuary campus” movement.

On November 16, 2016, President Hillman was one of hundreds of signatories to the Statement in Support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program, which underscored the contributions that its recipients have made to college communities across the country. “America needs talent—and these students, who have been raised and educated in the United States, are already part of our national community,” the statement reads. “They represent what is best about America, and as scholars and leaders they are essential to the future.”

Hillman also joined with more than two dozen college leaders in December 2017 as founding members of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, which advocates for fair treatment of DACA and international students, and she continues to contribute to amicus briefs compiled by the alliance on behalf of DACA students.

In practical terms, Martin says that Mills provides grants to affected DACA students to cover the legal paperwork required to renew their statuses, and the College will provide financial assistance to any undocumented student in the same amount the student would have received from a Pell Grant, which is a federal program and therefore off-limits to non-citizens.

But in terms of sanctuary? If immigration officials asked Mills to turn over student records, the College is theoretically protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which prohibits the disclosure of student information, including immigration status, to parties beyond those that need to know for the purposes of that student’s education. Nothing like that has happened yet, but administrators say that it’s really not the point. The last few years have, in the end, cemented the kind of institution Mills wants to be.

“We were asking questions about our own values. The government’s now actively not supporting [these] students, so we have to come out very strongly with concrete statements and actions that clarify for our community where our values lie,” Martin says.

“Aurelia Reinhardt was deeply motivated by her values, which had roots in her religious and spiritual background,” Olandt adds. “She was very much anchored in a spirit of service and what we call today solidarity with marginalized folks. How can we uphold the best of humanity and live a moral and ethical life in the face of challenge?”

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Hurricane Laura cleanup starts (AP) The angry storm surge has receded and the clean up has begun from Hurricane Laura, but officials along this shattered stretch of Louisiana coast are warning returning residents they will face weeks without power or water amid the hot, stifling days of late summer. The U.S. toll from the Category 4 hurricane stood at 14 deaths, with more than half of those killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators. Across southwestern Louisiana, people were cleaning up from the destructive hurricane that roared ashore early Thursday, packing 150-mph (240-kph) winds. Many were deciding whether they wanted to stay in miserable conditions or wait until basic services are finally restored. Simply driving was a feat in Lake Charles, a city of 80,000 residents hit head on by the hurricane’s eye. Power lines and trees blocked paths or created one-lane roads that drivers had to navigate with oncoming traffic. Street signs were snapped off their posts or dangling. No stoplights worked, making it an exercise in trust with other motorists sharing the roads.

Weather slows California wildfires; thousands allowed home (AP) California wildfires were slowly being corralled Friday as cooler, humid weather and reinforcements aided firefighters and tens of thousands of people were allowed back home after days of death and destruction. In the past two days, evacuation orders were lifted for at least 50,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area and wine country, officials with the state fire agency, Cal Fire, said. Around the state, hundreds of wildfires—coming months earlier in the season than expected—have killed at least seven people, burned more than 2,000 square miles (5,200 square kilometers) and pushed firefighter resources to the breaking point. Two are among the largest wildfires in recent state history.

1 killed as Trump supporters, protesters clash in Portland (AP) One person was shot and killed late Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of President Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets, police said. It wasn’t clear if the shooting was linked to fights that broke out as a caravan of about 600 vehicles was confronted by protesters in the city’s downtown. An Associated Press freelance photographer heard three gunshots and then observed police medics working on the body of the victim, who appeared to be a white man. The freelancer said the man was wearing a hat bearing the insignia of Patriot Prayer, a right-wing group whose members have frequently clashed with protesters in Portland in the past.

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Dreading the School Year? Some Parents Are Taking It On The Road (Bloomberg) When the novel coronavirus began spreading across the globe early this year, Bridy and Kurt Oreshack were so concerned that they pulled their children out of school three days before it officially closed. Their anxiety quickly gave way to other emotions. “We thought, there’s never going to be an opportunity like this in our careers,” says Bridy, a wealth advisor in San Diego. She and her husband, an attorney, had hoped to someday spend a year traveling with their kids, who are now 5, 9, and 10. When Covid-19 disrupted schooling and made it not merely acceptable but desirable for the Oreshacks to work remotely, they decided to make the leap. Instead of attending their normal bilingual private school, the three Oreshack children will “roadschool” for the 2020-21 academic year, stringing together a series of road trips to national parks and the Pacific Northwest, with a stretch in Hawaii in the mix. “We’re only on Day 2 of homeschooling,” Oreshack says from her home in San Diego, where the family is temporarily recovering from summer explorations. “But so far, it’s been rad and wonderful.” Combining homeschooling and travel—an approach often known as “worldschooling”—isn’t new. But it has been a very rare phenomenon, limited to families willing to trade stability, structure, and conventional education for adventure. Now, “roadschooling” is emerging as a Covid-19-era alternative for Americans who are limited by border closures but not by commutes.

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Estrellas: Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ana de Armas, Ben Whishaw

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Definition and definition of film / film While the players who play a role in the film are referred to as actors (men) or actresses (women). There is also the term extras that are used as minor characters with few roles in the film. This differs from the main actors, who have larger and more roles. As an actor and actress, good acting talent must be required that corresponds to the subject of the film in which he plays the leading role. In certain scenes, the role of the actor can be replaced by a stunt man or a stunt man. The existence of a stuntman is important to replace the actors who play difficult and extreme scenes that are usually found in action-action films. Movies can also be used to deliver certain messages from the filmmaker. Some industries also use film to convey and represent their symbols and culture. Filmmaking is also a form of expression, thoughts, ideas, concepts, feelings and moods of a person that are visualized in the film. The film itself is mostly fictional, though some are based on actual stories or on a true story. There are also documentaries with original and real images or biographical films that tell the story of a character. There are many other popular genre films, from action films, horror films, comedy films, romantic films, fantasy films, thriller films, drama films, science fiction films, crime films, documentaries and others. This is some information about the definition of film or film. The information has been cited from various sources and references. Hope it can be useful.

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The first television shows were experimental, sporadic programs that from the 1930s could only be seen at a very short distance from the mast. TV events such as the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany, the crowning of King George VI. In Britain in 19340 and the famous launch of David Sarnoff at the 1939 New York World’s Fair in the United States, the medium grew, but World War II brought development to a halt after the war. The 19440 World MOVIE inspired many Americans to buy their first television, and in 1948 the popular Texaco Star Theater radio moved to become the first weekly television variety show that hosted Milton Berle and earned the name “Mr Television” demonstrated The medium was a stable, modern form of entertainment that could attract advertisers. The first national live television broadcast in the United States took place on September 4, 1951, when President Harry Truman’s speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco on AT & T’s transcontinental cable and microwave relay system was broadcasting to broadcasters in local markets has been. The first national color show (the 1954 Rose Parade tournament) in the United States took place on January 1, 1954. For the next ten years, most network broadcasts and almost all local broadcasts continued to be broadcast in black and white. A color transition was announced for autumn 1965, in which more than half of all network prime time programs were broadcast in color. The first all-color peak season came just a year later. In 19402, the last holdout of daytime network shows was converted to the first full color network season.

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See also: List of genres § Film and television formats and genres TV shows are more diverse than most other media due to the variety of formats and genres that can be presented. A show can be fictional (as in comedies and dramas) or non-fictional (as in documentary, news, and reality television). It can be current (as in the case of a local news program and some television films) or historical (as in the case of many documentaries and fictional films). They can be educational or educational in the first place, or entertaining, as is the case with situation comedies and game shows. [Citation required] A drama program usually consists of a series of actors who play characters in a historical or contemporary setting. The program follows their lives and adventures. Before the 1980s, shows (with the exception of soap opera series) generally remained static without storylines, and the main characters and premise barely changed. [Citation required] If the characters’ lives changed a bit during the episode, it was usually reversed in the end. For this reason, the episodes can be broadcast in any order. [Citation required] Since the 1980s, many FILMS have had a progressive change in the plot, characters, or both. For example, Hill Street Blues and St. Elsewhere were two of the first American prime time drama television films to have this kind of dramatic structure [4] [better source required], while the later MOVIE Babylon 5 further illustrated such a structure had a predetermined story about the planned five season run. [Citation required] In 2020, it was reported that television became a larger part of the revenue of large media companies than the film. Some also noticed the quality improvement of some television programs. In 2020, Oscar-winning film director Steven Soderbergh declared the ambiguity and complexity of character and narrative: “I think these qualities are now being seen on television and people who want to see stories with such qualities are watching TV.

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ONE : MEET CHLOÉ

FULL NAME: chloé isabeau blackwood. PREFERRED NAME: chloé. NICKNAME(S): clo. DATE OF BIRTH: july 7th, 1998. GENDER: cis female. PREFERRED PRONOUNS: she/her/hers. ORIENTATION: heterosexual. RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single in main verse. RELIGION: she doesn’t have a settled religion, she takes from various religions and has her own beliefs. OCCUPATION: full time university student. CURRENT RESIDENCE: new york city, new york ; she resides in a penthouse in tribeca.

TWO : CHLOÉ'S BACKGROUND

HOMETOWN: los altos hills, california. NATIONALITY: american. ETHNIC BACKGROUND: american. LINGUISTICS: english is her native languages and she speaks french fluently. she has a passion for asian languages and is currently learning korean. EDUCATION: she studies english literature with a special concentration in creative writing at nyu. CRIMINAL RECORD: clean. BIRTH ORDER: second. FATHER: john blackwood was born on february 2nd, 1973 in washington d.c.. he is a tech entrepeneur and investor, who helps launching companies and works within sillicon valley. he resides in los altos hills, california. MOTHER: ariadne richards-blackwood was born on june 10th, 1975 in san francisco, california. she is the owner of one of the most sucessful marketing and public relations companies in the world, a television personality and author. she resides in los altos hills, california. SISTER(S): mabel blackwood was born on august 11th, 2003 in los altos hills, california. BROTHER(S): laurens blackwood was born on september 25th, 1994 in los altos hills, california ; seven blackwood was born on april 14th, 2001 in los altos hills, california. OTHER RELEVANT FAMILY: elodie blackwood, niece. SIGNIFICANT OTHER: chloé is single. CHILDREN: none so far. FRIENDS: lillian atkinson, gérard lorente, thomas knight. EXES: bradley anderson and colin turner. PETS: kobe, a persian cat.

THREE : GET UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

HEIGHT: 5′8″ ( 177 cm ). WEIGHT: her weight oscillates between 138 lbs ( 62.5 kg ) 143 lbs ( 65 kg ). BODY TYPE AND BUILD: she’s slim, has what some would deem as the classic model shape, if you will. she’s not particularly curvy, doesn’t have the most accentuated waist or a big bust (she’s shy of a 32B) but it was never something that bothered her — even if, yes, she did suffer from a bit of bullying for being to tall and too skinny in her high school years — and she’s fine with the body she has. she still holds a feminine shape and she’s in good shape because she’s very passionate about fitness and wellness. EYE COLOR: brown, tend to shift to dark brown during the winter and hazel during the summer. EYESIGHT: she has perfect eyesight, though you’ll catch her wearing glasses every now and again, when the work load is increasing and she needs to give her eyes a little break. HAIR COLOR: brown. HAIR STYLE: she likes to keep her hair long, it’s sort of her safety-blanket and even when she needs to chop it, she won’t ever cut it shorter than perhaps past-shoulder length ( when she goes that extreme is when her hair has grown a lot and she can donate it to cancer institutions ). it’s also naturally straight so it’s not very high-maintenance. for the most part, chloé will wear it down and tousled, straight but with loads of volume and texture because that’s how she likes it. on the rare, she’ll curl it or leave it in beach-y waves.  DOMINANT HAND: right. NOTABLE PHYSICAL TRAITS: her round eyes, almost deer-like, her plump lips and thick eyebrows. SCARS AND MARKS: she has a tiny, little mole above the right corner of her upper lip which is the most notable. besides it, she has a few scars and marks here and there but none is particularly remarkable.  TATTOOS: none so far.  PIERCINGS: regular lobes. VOICECLAIM: elizabeth sawatzky. ACCENT AND INTENSITY: you can take the girl out of the west coast, but you can’t take the west coast out of her. her accent gives away she’s not from new york, even if it’s not as intense as it used to be. ALLERGIES: roses, bees and pollen. PHOBIAS AND FEARS: extreme heights, complete darkness and snakes. MENTAL ILLNESSES: none so far. PHYSICAL ILLNESSES: none so far. SCENT THEY WEAR: replica flower market by maison martin margiela and replica beach walk also by maison martin margiela. ALCOHOL USE: socially, she does. SMOKING: in situations of extreme stress, she will reach out for a cigarette. however, it’s rare it happens and if it does, generally, it means bad news. OTHER NARCOTICS USE: no. INDULGENT FOOD: soul food, as she calls it, happens every now and again when she’s going home to visit her parents or when she needs a little ‘pick me up’. SPLURGE SPENDING: sometimes, she’s not denying it happens once or twice a year. GAMBLING: no. ADDICTIONS AND VICES: none.

FOUR : DIG DEEPER

CAN THEY DRIVE? yes, she can drive. CAN THEY COOK AND BAKE? yes and yes. CAN THEY CHANGE A FLAT TIRE? yes. CAN THEY TIE A TIE? yes. CAN THEY SWIM? yes. CAN THEY RIDE A BICYCLE? yes. CAN THEY JUMP START A CAR? no. CAN THEY BRAID HAIR? yes. CAN THEY PICK A LOCK? no. EXTROVERTED OR INTROVERTED? extroverted through and through. DISORGANIZED OR ORGANIZED? extremely organized when it comes to her stuff, tends to be ridiculously messy when studying or doing school work. CLOSE OR OPEN MINDED? open minded. CALM OR ANXIOUS? calm. PATIENT OR IMPATIENT? patient. OUTSPOKEN OR RESERVED? outspoken, sometimes too much. LEADER OR FOLLOWER? she doesn’t like to lead but she also doesn’t like to follow. OPTIMISTIC OR PESSIMISTIC? optimistic but above all, realistic. TRADITIONAL OR MODERN? modern with a love for some traditions. HARD-WORKING OR LAZY? hard-working. CULTURED OR UNCULTURED? cultured. LOYAL OR DISLOYAL? loyal. FAITHFUL OR UNFAITHFUL? faithful. NIGHT OWL OR EARLY BIRD? early bird. she can go to bed at 4 am or at 10 pm that she will still rise up and early with the brightest smile on her face. HEAVY OR LIGHT SLEEPER? light sleeper. COFFEE OR TEA? both. DAY OR NIGHT? day. TAKING BATHS OR SHOWERS? baths. COCA COLA OR PEPSI? coca cola. CATS OR DOGS? dogs. NETFLIX OR CINEMA? both. SHOWS OR MOVIES? both. LAPTOP OR GAMING CONSOLE? laptop. HEALTHY OR JUNK FOOD? healthy. ICE CREAM OR FROZEN YOGURT? ice cream. PIZZA OR HAMBURGER? hamburger. LOLLIPOPS OR GUMMY WORMS? lollipops. BEACH OR POOL? beach. SNOWBALLS FIGHTING OR ICESKATING? snowballs fighting. LITERATURE OR SCIENCE? literature. HISTORY OR ART? both. CHOCOLATE BARS OR COTTON CANDY? chocolate bars. XBOX OR PLAYSTATION? playstation. FACE-TO-FACE OR PHONE INTERACTIONS? face-to-face interactions. DRAMA OR SCI-FI? drama. HORROR OR COMEDY? comedy.

FIVE : CHLOÉ’S LIKES & DISLIKES

FAVORITE ACTIVITY: boxing. FAVORITE ANIMAL: jelly fish. FAVORITE BOOK: the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid. FAVORITE QUOTE: ❝ when i dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether i am afraid. ❞ — audre lorde. FAVORITE COLOR(S): grey, pale mint and soft lavender. FAVORITE DESIGNER: oscar de la renta and, as a brand, chloé. FAVORITE CUISINE: she doesn’t have a favorite cuisine, she likes to try various things from different cultures. FAVORITE DISH(ES): anything with avocado, caesar salad, tacos and californian sushi in general. FAVORITE DRINK: yuzu tea and hibiscus tea.  FAVORITE FLOWER(S): hibiscus. FAVORITE GEM: amethyst. FAVORITE HOLIDAY: a battle in between 4th of july and christmas. FAVORITE MOVIE: kill bill, probably. FAVORITE MUSIC GENRE: she listens to a little bit of everything — from mainstream bubblegum to cheer her up and have a laugh to hip-hop and hardcore rap to train and slow r&b and soul songs to wind down. FAVORITE SONG(S): games by SONIA. GO TO KARAOKE SONG: wannabe by spice girls. FAVORITE SCENT(S): the scent of fresh coffee, vanilla and mango. FAVORITE TELEVISION SHOW(S): plan coeur, insecure, how to get away with murder, when they see us and this is us. FAVORITE SPORTS: basketball, american football, volleyball and surf. SPORTS TEAM THEY SUPPORT: golden state warriors and oakland raiders. FAVORITE EMOJI: it must be something like 🤩 or 🤯 to be honest. FAVORITE WEATHER: she likes the hot days, when it’s almost unbearable and all you wanna do is sit by the pool or go to the beach. she also likes the pouring rain, not when it’s cold or windy, but the rain showers steadily falling, especially if she gets to see it from home. she’s a girl of extremes. FAVORITE SEASON OF THE YEAR: summer. FAVORITE PLACE(S): home. when she gets to be surrounded by nature and all the green, away from the concrete jungle and polluted air. she loves her parents’ house, she loves everything about los altos hills really. SUPERPOWER THEY WISH THEY HAD: time manipulation. VACATION DESTINATION: seoul, south korea.

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In Amazon Fight, Progressives Showed What They Want: A New Economic Agenda | Patricia Cohen presents what starts as a lame, he said, she said middle-ground recap of the Amazon HQ2 mess, but she winds up hitting pay dirt, when she touches on the third rail of the progressive argument, which is that massive handouts to incredibly rich companies attracted to cities because of their existing infrastructure, culture, and human capital are wrong. And secondly, 20th century 'growth' -- economic development -- of the sort that Di Blasio and Cuomo were trying to sneak into place without much civic involvement is not going to fly. Progressives want a new economic agenda that will also detail what is sustainable and progressive urban economic development.

Cohen writes:

Democrats on the left are also floating ambitious proposals like free college for all, a federal job guarantee, an industrial plan to retool the country’s energy use and higher taxes on the wealthy.

The groundwork for these ideas was prepared in recent years by a network of liberal economists, thinkers and activists at research organizations and universities interested in developing a set of policies to displace supply-side economics and trickle-down theory.

“The interaction between market and collective action is what leads to our prosperity,” said Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel-prize winning economist who is coming out with a book about growing the economy in the 21st century. Advances in science and technology, for example, rest on basic research that was first funded by the government and then brought to market by the private sector.

Mr. Stiglitz argues this is the kind of alternative explanation of how growth occurs that the Democratic Party needs to offer more vocally. Souped-up competition, lower taxes on the wealthy and hands-off financial regulation, he maintains, have failed to deliver on their promise to supercharge the economy and broadly lift incomes.

And that's what the HQ2 project represents. Just take a look at Seattle, and San Francisco.

Reflecting on the recent research of David Autor (see Work of the Future, and What if Cities Are No Longer the Land of Opportuinty for Low-Skilled Workers) and other economists, what HQ2 would done was to increase economic inequality in the city. The great majority of the hypothetical 25,000 Amazon jobs would have gone to college-educated 'frontier' jobs (using Autor's term for highly skilled, high demand work), and a supporting work force of low-skilled support jobs in service work, like restaurants and security guards, and a moderate lift in 'wealth' jobs (supporting the needs of the affluent). The higher paying, middle-skilled jobs of the 20th century, like manufacturing, that made cities a way for non-college-educated workers to fight their way into the middle class are going, going, gone. And Amazon HQ2 would not have helped that.

So we need an economic agenda that will. And it will likely involve a massive investment push into green infrastructure.

Two pillars of the Democratic establishment — Lawrence Summers, Treasury secretary during the Clinton administration and the director of President Obama’s National Economic Council, and Jason Furman, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Obama administration — have called for significant public spending on infrastructure, education, health care and more to address slow economic growth and sidelined workers.

“Government has to play an important role,” said Mr. Furman, who wrote an article with Mr. Summers last month about putting such policies ahead of reducing the deficit. “If you’re spending more, you have to tax more.”

So we need a government that will. And it will likely involve serious levels of corporate and individual taxation to fund the necessary investments.