IN 1870 CALIFORNIA, THE GOLD RUSH LOSERS HAVE ACCEPTED THEIR FATE - OR HAVE THEY?Five years after the American Civil War ended, Chinese women are imported and sold as slaves on the streets of San Francisco. Too many Californios, the native-born resid...
THE MODERN DAY GOLD RUSH IS ON The breadth of Silicon Valley's reach is global, penetrating all aspects of civilian life, as well as defining the new Cold War: how governments monitor worldwide financial transactions to maintain an edge on political ...
Ann Bridges hits a bulls-eye in exposing the potential devastation of a Western world reliant on Silicon Valley technology, and ultimately taken hostage by a Chinese embargo of rare metals crucial to sustaining our way of lifeāand how we defend it....
California's government officials clash with unreasonable edicts from Washington DC over the state of its innovative, economic powerhouse headquartered in San Jose. Who will win this war of words? This story and accompanying lesson on critical thinki...