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...power between 1932 and 1974, used to torture its political opponents. Members of the current government include victims of that torture; Portuguese society is also dotted with its perpetrators. "The collective subconscious of the Portuguese is full of guilt," says Lisbon lawyer Francisco Teixeira da Mota, a human rights activist...
...exactly. It's the name of an advertising campaign designed to get Al Gore to make another movie - but not about what you think. By collecting enough signatures through its website AskAlGore.org, an international NGO called Action Against Hunger hopes to persuade the former Vice President turned climate-change activist to take on the issue of acute malnutrition: a remediable problem, the organization says, that each year kills 5 million children in the developing world. (See pictures of Al Gore...
...that workers discriminated on the basis of gender have a fair chance to sue their employers. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is named after a woman who was paid less than her male co-workers at an Alabama tire factory. Ledbetter did not set out to be an activist; she did not even involve herself in politics much. But after the Supreme Court ruled against her, she decided it was time to start. (See pictures of Barack Obama's Inauguration...
...brought numerous politicians, journalists, and public servants through the doors of the IOP. Fellows are chosen by IOP staff in conjunction with a student advisory committee, which takes the lead in developing a list of possible fellows, Purcell said. Rose B. Styron—a poet, journalist, and activist who will be a resident fellow—said she was both excited and nervous to be the first poet fellow. Her study group will focus on the interaction of the artist with the political sphere. “I think they’re taking a big risk...
Rose B. Styron—a poet, journalist, and activist who will be a resident fellow—said she was both excited and nervous to be the first poet fellow. Her study group will focus on the interaction of the artist with the political sphere...