Graciela Kavulla grew up in Texas near her grandmother, Adelaida. As Graciela recalls, her grandmother was determined to become a midwife. To learn how, a doctor gave her some medical books. But there was a problem: She couldn't read.
Film critic Mia Mask says the new movie Repo Men is a science fiction flick that comments on two prominent policy issues: health care overhaul and the regulation of the financial industry. Mia Mask teaches film at Vassar College, and is the author of Divas on Screen.
Texas's new curriculum teaches students about: women who adhere to traditional gender roles, the Confederacy, some parts of the Constitution, capitalism, the military and religion. Eric Foner wonders how far the changes will go.