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Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology Theda Skocpol, who is working on a Ford-funded project through the Center for American Political Studies on the moral aspects of American women’s civil rights a nd social reform movements, says that she opposed the new language, even though it...
Harvard Habitat for Humanity will likely vote to match funds up to $10,000 raised from ticket sales. “The plan is to have some of the money go back to Habitat International with the goal of having enough to build one house in each of the affected...
Sachs' essay, while an excellent description of the vast differences in how rich and poor nations are affected by catastrophes, slammed the U.S. for providing only 15?? of assistance per $100 of income. Sachs stated that raising the level of U.S. assistance to 70?? would save millions of lives. How...
Person of the Year At first I was appalled by your choice for Person of the Year [Dec. 27-Jan. 3]. But then I remembered your criterion: the person who most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill. I can't think of anyone in my...
In the heroic world of disaster relief, public-health workers are the plumbers. But their line of unglamorous pipe work has saved an untold number of lives. The waves that destroyed entire towns also fractured sewage pipes and fouled drinking water wells, leaving the water supply of tsunami-affected areas...