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The M. H. Ross Papers contain information pertaining to labor, politics, social issues of the twentieth century, coal mining and its resulting lifestyle, as well as photographs and audio materials. The collection is made up of five different accessions; L2001-05, which is contained in boxes one through 104, L2002-09 in boxes 106 through 120, L2006-16 in boxes 105 and 120, L2001-01 in boxes 120-121, and L2012-20 in boxes 122-125. The campaign materials consist of items from the 1940 and 1948 political campaigns in which Ross participated. These items include campaign cards, posters, speech transcripts, news clippings, rally materials, letters to voters, and fliers. Organizing and arbitration materials covers labor organizing events from "Operation Dixie" in Georgia, the furniture workers in North Carolina, and the Mine-Mill workers in the Western United States. Organizing materials include fliers, correspondence, news articles, radio transcripts, and some related photos. Arbitration files consist of agreements, decisions, and agreement booklets. The social and political research files cover a wide time period (1930's to the late 1970's/early 1980's). The topics include mainly the Ku Klux Klan, racism, Communism, Red Scare, red baiting, United States history, and literature. These files consist mostly of news and journal articles. Ross interacted with coal miners while doing work for the United Mine Workers Association (UMWA) and while working at the Fairmont Clinic in West Virginia. Included in these related files are books, news articles, journals, UMWA reports, and coal miner oral histories conducted by Ross. Tying in to all of the activities Ross participated in during his life were his research and manuscript files. He wrote numerous newspaper and journal articles on history and labor. Later, as he worked for the UMWA and at the Fairmont Clinic, he wrote more in-depth articles about coal miners, their lifestyle, and medical problems they faced (while the Southern Labor Archives has many of Ross's coal mining and lifestyle articles, it does not have any of his medical articles). Along with these articles are the research files Ross collected to write them, which consist of notes, books, and newspaper and journal articles. In additional to his professional career, Ross was adamant about documenting his and his wife's family history in the oral history format. Of particular interest are the recordings of his interviews with his wife's family - they were workers, musicians, and singers of labor and folk songs. Finally, in this collection are a number of photographs and slides, which include images of organizing, coal mining (from the late 19th through 20th centuries), and Appalachia. Of note is a small photo album from the 1930s which contains images from the Summer School for Workers, and more labor organizing. A few audio items are available as well, such as Ross political speeches and an oral history in which Ross was interviewed by his daughter, Jane Ross Davis in 1986. All photographic and audio-visual materials are at the end of their respective series. ; Myron Howard "Mike" Ross was born November 9, 1919 in New York City. He dropped out of school when he was seventeen and moved to Texas, where he worked on a farm. From 1936 until 1939, Ross worked in a bakery in North Carolina. In the summer of 1938, he attended the Southern School for Workers in Asheville, North Carolina. During the fall of 1938, Ross would attend the first Southern Conference on Human Welfare in Birmingham, Alabama. He would attend this conference again in 1940 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. From 1939 to 1940, Ross worked for the United Mine Workers Non-Partisan League in North Carolina, working under John L. Lewis. He was hired as a union organizer by the United Mine Workers of America, and sent to Saltville, Virginia and Rockwood, Tennessee. In 1940, Ross ran for a seat on city council on the People's Platform in Charlotte, North Carolina. During this time, he also married Anne "Buddie" West of Kennesaw, Georgia. From 1941 until 1945, Ross served as an infantryman for the United States Army. He sustained injuries near the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944. From 1945 until 1949, Ross worked for the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, then part of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), as a union organizer. He was sent to Macon, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia and to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he worked with the United Furniture Workers Union. He began handling arbitration for the unions. In 1948, Ross ran for United States Congress on the Progressive Party ticket in North Carolina. He also served as the secretary for the North Carolina Progressive Party. Ross attended the University of North Carolina law school from 1949 to 1952. He graduated with honors but was denied the bar on the grounds of "character." From 1952 until 1955, he worked for the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers as a union organizer, first in New Mexico (potash mines) and then in Arizona (copper mines). From 1955 to 1957, Ross attended the Columbia University School of Public Health. He worked for the United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund from 1957 to 1958, where he represented the union in expenditure of health care for mining workers. By 1958, Ross began plans for what would become the Fairmont Clinic, a prepaid group practice in Fairmont, West Virginia, which had the mission of providing high quality medical care for miners and their families. From 1958 until 1978, Ross served as administrator of the Fairmont Clinic. As a result of this work, Ross began researching coal mining, especially coal mining lifestyle, heritage and history of coal mining and disasters. He would interview over one hundred miners (coal miners). Eventually, Ross began writing a manuscript about the history of coal mining. Working for the Rural Practice Program of the University of North Carolina from 1980 until 1987, Ross taught in the medical school. M. H. Ross died on January 31, 1987 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ; Digitization of the M. H. Ross Papers was funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Peter Watson's recent book, The German Genius, explores Germany's rich cultural and intellectual contributions. But what does Germany have to offer today? And does it have enough soft power to make up for its military deficiencies? He sat down with IP to discuss German soft power and why it is time to look beyond its spotted political history. (DGAP-IP/GE)

v.1. Life. Political essays: The Freeholder, a series of letters addressed to the electors of the county of Antrim. Democraticus, a series of letters, originally printed in the Publick Advertiser, 1779. The Whig, a series of letters published in the London Courant, 1779-80. Genuine abstracts from two speeches of the late Earl of Chatham. Miscellaneous poems.--v.2. Embassy to Candy. The Indian observer, 1793-94. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Cities often seek to mitigate the highly precarious situation of Illegalized (or undocumented) migrants. In this context, "sanctuary cites" are an innovative urban response to exclusionary national policies. In this article, we expand the geographical scope of sanctuary policies and practices beyond Canada, the USA, and the UK, where the policies and practices are well-known. In particular, we explore corresponding urban initiatives in Chile, Germany, and Spain. We find that varying kinds of urban-sanctuary policies and practices permit illegalized migrants to cope with their situations in particular national contexts. However, different labels, such as "city of refuge," "commune of reception," or "solidarity city" are used to describe such initiatives. While national, historical, and geopolitical contexts distinctly shape local efforts to accommodate illegalized migrants, recognizing similarities across national contexts is important to develop globally-coordinated and internationally-inspired responses at the urban scale. ; Bauder, H., & Gonzalez, D. (2018). Municipal Responses to 'Illegality': Urban Sanctuary across National Contexts. Social Inclusion, 6(1), 124-134. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v6i1.1273

The politics of austerity have pushed the third sector to the centre of attention as governments turn to nongovernmental institutions to pick up the social deficits created by economic recession. Some governments have begun supporting alternative service funding through such innovations as social impact bonds (SIBs), a financial product used to encourage the upfront investment of project-oriented service delivery. This article provides an understanding of what SIBs are and traces their emergence within Canada while linking them to their cross-national origins. SIBs are situated conceptually within broader contemporary developments within the nonprofit sector, particularly the agenda of public sector reform and third sector marketization. This analysis focuses on the potential impact of SIBs on nonprofit policy voice and their capacity to represent and meet diverse community needs. ; Joy, M., & Shields, J. (2013, Autumn). Social Impact Bonds: The Next Phase of Third Sector Marketization? Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 4(2), 39-55. Retrieved from http://www.anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/148 ; Abstract in English and French.

Traces Russia's transforming nationalism, from imperialism, through ethnocentrism and migration phobia, to territorial expansion. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched. ; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ; Traces Russia's transforming nationalism, from imperialism, through ethnocentrism and migration phobia, to territorial expansion. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Eighty blank pages at end for "Diary"; seven forms for "Addresses" ; Mode of access: Internet.

Kimberly Joynes, "You have come to a point where you believe goodness feels better than the pain you have endured" -- Charles Diggs "Hope, the echo in my brain, keeps me stimulated" -- Craig Datesman, "Meeting with the victim's family was the best thing" -- Marilyn Dobrolenski, "Getting through one day at a time" -- Commer Glass, "This is our community, but it's not our home" -- Brian Wallace, "I always believed I was getting out, I just didn't know when" -- Marie Scott, "You aren't the only one being punished, your family is too" -- Ricardo Mercado, "People care, you just have to cross paths with them" -- Betty Heron, "I've always felt like a tightrope walker" -- Bruce Norris, "I've learned that no matter where you are, you always have to give back" -- Yvonne Cloud, "I took a life, now I try to save lives" -- Joseph Miller, "I pray every day for the victim and his family" -- Aaron Fox, "You have to have a dream in life" -- Diane Weaver, "I'm running out of things to do" -- Bruce Bainbridge, "I struggle with keeping my humanity" -- Hugh Williams, "Everything we do has a purpose" -- Harry Twiggs, "We can draw from the first life and see our mistakes" -- Gaye Morley, "Seeking that inner peace" -- Kevin Mines, "It's part of my spirit to help people" -- James Taylor, "I was in a prison of my own mind" -- Cyd Berger, "If you let your crime define you, you will never see your potential" -- John Frederick Nole, "The meaning of life is to try to live it to its fullest, regardless of where you're at", "This is like the first fruit that I've ever had, and it's quite delicious" -- Life sentences : trauma, race, and restorative justice / by Barb Toews.