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...government of El Salvador is very much in league with the U.S. government, and is working with Bush to suppress Salvadoran people,” Stewart said, elaborating on Stroumbelis’ comments. One of the examples Stewart cited is the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which he said “only benefits rich corporations.” The “Salvadorans in the World” convention was a panel-style conference featuring politicians and speakers from the Salvadoran community. “The conference claims to represent 500,000 Salvadorans living...
...about environmental catastrophes and the risk of nuclear war. But the patrons' obsessions have grown slightly more mundane. "The tax system here is driving us all to hell," says Max Wirtz, 37, the owner of an event-management agency. "Everything is too regulated." His friend Matthias, 37, nods in agreement and says what attracted him to the conservative Christian Democratic Party was a radical idea: a flat tax. "I wasn't thinking of voting for them up to that point," he says. "But that tax idea was cool...
When it comes to issues such as war, genocide or religious conflict, few parties want to admit wrongdoing, and few are in agreement. That makes writing history textbooks free of biases, and fair to all sides of the showdown, a daunting task. But in the U.S. as well as around the world, some authors are attempting to take it on. Here are some examples of their efforts...
...sociology department. “Over the summer, [Anderson and Edin] repeatedly discussed the issues that separated them and they eventually resolved their differences privately,” Allison wrote in the statement. “At the time, all parties expressed full satisfaction with their agreement.”No formal request for an inquiry was ever lodged, and neither the university nor the department considered any disciplinary action, Allison wrote.Nonetheless, Bershady’s accusation prompted Sara McLanahan, a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University, to defend Edin in a letter to the editor...
...intellectually deadening experience, something that’s more about service than scholarship. But nothing could be further from the truth, as long as you approach the work with creativity and curiosity.” At the university level, Harvard College Professor Lino Pertile is in complete agreement: “I teach for myself as much as I teach for my students. I teach because I like learning—because I feel I still have much to learn from my students, my books, and myself.”4. It’s just plain fun: Catapult-building...