Word: activists
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...until he gave her an audience-but later decided that she didn't have time. She did, however, manage to squeeze in outings to the National Zoo and the International Spy Museum. Walters may have a stump speech, but there's still a healthy dose of kid in this activist...
Erin Brockovich-Ellis, the iconic environmental activist who drew widespread attention to water contamination in a community in California, was honored with the Harvard School of Public Health’s (HSPH) most prestigious award yesterday, angering a lawyers’ group and others at the University who discredit the science behind Brockovich-Ellis’ activism.Brockovich-Ellis was a clerk at a law firm in Hinkley, Calif. when her investigations revealed that hundreds of people in a single neighborhood had been exposed to water contaminated with chromium-6, dumped there by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Brockovich convinced...
...percent of the University workers submit union endorsement cards. As an alternative to secret balloting, card check neutrality may allow greater anonymity because workers do not vote for unions in public forums but rather submit union endorsement cards as a coalition, explained Jack Mahoney, a Georgetown student labor activist, at the meeting. “Secret ballot box elections are commonly corrupt,” said Mahoney. “But by far card check is the most simple and democratic process.” —Staff writer Candice N. Plotkin can be reached at cplotkin@fas.harvard.edu...
...affiliated with SAR, two SAR scholars from previous years have also remained on campus and taken up positions at the University. Saleh Abdel Jawad, a Palestinian professor of political science, has joined the History Department of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, while Mehrangiz Kar, an Iranian human rights activist, journalist, and lawyer, is now a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Kennedy School of Government. Cogan University Professor Steven J. Greenblatt, who chairs the Harvard SAR program, said SAR is particularly relevant to Harvard because it is a human rights program that is also...
...course, the most divisive issue, the Harriet Miers nomination, now enters its third week. Manny Miranda, a conservative activist and former GOP Senate aide, predicts more conservative groups will declare their opposition to her this week. But in the Senate, which will ultimately decide the nomination's fate, Miers will have a couple of opportunities to build support for herself. After a series of meetings two weeks ago that left many GOP senators underwhelmed, Miers will be back on Capitol Hill this week. The nominee is also expected to return a 12-page questionnaire this week that the Senate gave...