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...Chinatown district. The swathe of destruction that construction of the highway brought with it was enormous: throughout the city, over 1,000 structures were demolished—displacing 20,000 people. Chinatown lost churches, public buildings and residences in the construction of an on-ramp. According to Chinatown activist, 300 families were displaced in the seizure of the land in Chinatown, and complaints have been raised for decades that the compensation provided to those families was far less than fair market value...
Jianli, a pro-democracy activist and graduate of the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), went to China illegally last year using a fake passport and violating the blacklist that forbade him from entering the country. He was arrested by Chinese authorities, who have been holding him ever since...
When Yale sophomore and anti-war activist Katherine Lo hung an American flag upside-down from her window, she must have known that her actions would be somewhat incendiary. The U.S. flag code states that Old Glory is never to be displayed down “except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property...
During her transition, she sought advice and support from what she calls “activist-y” groups outside Harvard, including the Boston-based Lesbian Avengers and Trans Menace. For a while after the transition, she says, she questioned her sexuality, but says she eventually decided to be “nominally bisexual...
Time that a man recently spent loudly chanting “Make me Dinner” in counter-protest of a speech made by the feminist activist Martha Burke protesting the discriminatory membership policies of the Augusta National Golf Club during the recently held Masters Tournament...