This poem is based on a work by Ran Fuchs. It has been adapted to be a prayer for the future.

Residents of one town hit hard by the Sichuan earthquake  say school construction was poor. They blame local and national officials. Officials say that  nearly 7,000 schoolrooms were destroyed.  Yet other structures remained intact. Read the LA Times article to find out more about why the children died.

People are learning how the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) actions contributed to the loss of life in the Sichuan earthquake.The CCP's answer to criticism: Shift the focus; instigate violence against those the CCP opposes. In a recorded phone conversation, Mr. Peng Keyu of the Chinese Consulate in New York tells how the CCP went after Falun Gong in Flushing, New York.