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...wedding was officiated by Reverend Irene Monroe, a black lesbian minister and close friend to both Simmons and Hayes...

Author: By Liyun Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Mayor Simmons Marries Longtime Partner in Historic Same-Sex Marriage Ceremony | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

...Indeed, all the recent uproar over Guantanamo prisons and black sites has obscured the fact that drone targets also don’t get court trials, judges, or hearings. (Until recently, the Obama administration used Blackwater—also responsible for Gitmo planning—to help organize its drone operations.) It’s hard to think of a more bizarre and troubling contradiction than shutting down the number of torture programs while stepping up the number of remote-control executions. Keeping our own boys safe is a laudable goal, but not if it comes at the cost...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: Enter the Drone | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

Although more than a month has passed since the Cambridge Police Department announced that the City would be commissioning an independent police review panel in the aftermath of the controversial arrest of black Harvard professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., committee members have yet to be finalized and announced. The panel will likely include 10 to 14 non-paid professional experts in academia, law enforcement, and conflict resolution, whose names are expected to be announced within the next couple weeks, according to Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Washington D.C.-based Police Executive Research Forum...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gates Panel Still Pending | 9/1/2009 | See Source »

Many prospective performers entered the Adams Upper Common Room, the makeshift audition room, sporting Harvard apparel. Some came prepared with costumes, including one Michael Jackson impersonator who performed in a black sequined jacket and a single white glove...

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class of ’13 Vies To Show Talent | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

...Aesthetically, the colors are completely different—more black and white with dark wood, instead of that really early 90's orange thing we had going on," Criscuoll says of the renovated store. On a large black board hanging on the wall, she plans to paint a map of the world that illustrates the origins of the store's coffee...

Author: By Esther I. Yi | Title: New School Year, New Starbucks | 8/31/2009 | See Source »

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