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These turnout percentages will be lowest in the Latino community. Ironically, this demographic group stands the most to gain by participation in politics. Voter participation could empower the government to address these chronic problems in the Latino community--the highest unemployment rate, lowest per capita income, highest infant mortality rate and lowest high school graduation rate...
With Laramie at the eye of the storm, there is something to tell about Wyoming. The cowboy state has its rednecks and yahoos, for sure, but there are no more bigots per capita in Wyoming than in New York, Florida or California. The difference is that in Wyoming there are fewer places to blend in if you're anything other than prairie stock. It is tough business--as Matt Shepard knew, and as his friends all know--to be gay in cowboy country...
...determine how and to what extent sentiments have changed. Senior writer Steve Lopez visited Laramie, Wyo., to determine how attitudes in the small Western town may have contributed to the robbery and fatal beating of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay student. "There are no more bigots per capita in Laramie than in New York City," says Lopez. "But in such a small town, I found there are few places where one can go and feel comfortable about being different." Lopez also spoke with Laramie residents and Shepard's classmates about how they are handling the emotional impact...
...affected countries are wrong? Is it because of corruption, of crony capitalism and nepotism? Everyone must concede that before the turmoil, the countries of East Asia were among the most dynamic and prosperous in the whole world. Their progress and prosperity were real. Employment rates were high; per capita income increased steadily. From poor agricultural countries, they had become highly industrialized nations, producing quality high-tech goods for markets worldwide. They were set to grow and grow...
...scope of this plan is simplyunprecedented. Princeton's massive aidincrease--which its officials hoped would bolsterthe school's desperately low percentage ofstudents on aid--was per student the mostexpensive of the aid changes announced thisspring, costing around $1,300 per capita...