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JOSH TYRANGIEL WROTE OUR COVER STORY ON BONO (BEING PHOTOGRAPHED HERE BY SAM JONES), THE MULTITASKING ROCK MUSICIAN. Reporting on Bono means that you get to visit a variety of universes. In New York City you accompany the noted social activist Bono at the World Economic Forum to discuss globalization nonstop. Then in New Orleans you are hanging with the global rock star Bono at the Super Bowl, a nonstop party. I love Keynesians as much as the next guy, but New Orleans and U2 is tough to beat. As the band members made their way from the field...
...international recognition for the role of the enigmatic Oxford-based detective in 1987. Thirteen years later, more than 13 million fans tuned in to watch the show's final episode. DIED. JOHANNES CORNELIS PRINCEN, 76, a former Dutch colonial soldier who became one of Indonesia's leading human rights activists; in Jakarta. Princen deserted the Dutch army in 1948 and joined the guerrillas fighting for Indonesia's independence. Once that was achieved, he became a lifelong advocate for persecuted opponents of the country's government, and was jailed several times on charges of organizing illegal political protests during the military...
...party was badly beaten in three recent regional elections, including in the key state of Uttar Pradesh, which includes Ayodhya. Hindu nationalists charge that Vajpayee's moderation on the temple issue cost him the local election. Now, that issue has put him on a collision course with an activist core constituency of his own party. It may be easier, right now, for a government with Hindu nationalist credentials to crack down on extremists than for one with no connection to the movement. But whether or not India can avoid a new round of violence that challenges its very identity...
...more interested in this activist dynamic of women’s sports teams, women marching in suffrage parades, making bandages during World War I,” Ulrich says, noting that there are thousands of such photos in Harvard’s archives that she says could be more widely displayed throughout the Harvard community...
...Progressive Alliance has the potential to substantially increase communication between existing progressive groups. These groups have nothing to lose, and a great deal to gain, from more effective coordination. Activist groups should embrace this chance to reunite and mobilize Harvard students under the big tent of progressivism, and the CCL should approve the Alliance’s application at its next meeting...