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...University of Chicago Law School, said before a packed audience in Sever Hall last night. Sunstein, part of a panel of philosophers and legal scholars addressing the intersection of ethics and the treatment of animals, argued that animal cruelty would continue to persist unless individuals and society chose to lead alternative lifestyles. During the event, “Facing Animals,” the panelists told the crowd of more than 150 that ways to make a difference in the area included putting an end to greyhound racing, eating meat, and cosmetic testing. Sunstein also recommended that hunting be banned...
...their new book, “This Moment on Earth: Today’s New Enviromentalists and their Vision for the Future.” “We have to embarrass people being dumb and greedy,” Heinz Kerry said. Kerry said he and Heinz Kerry chose the title of their book because U.S. policy in the next 10 years will have a decisive impact on the future of the environment. “The urgency kept coming back to us,” Kerry said. “We face a series of potential tipping points...
Cherokee members held black slaves until 1865, when they and their Confederate allies were defeated in the Civil War. Following their emancipation, many black “freedmen,” as they are still known, chose to remain among the Cherokee, retaining their cultural heritage. Freedmen were officially recognized as members of the Cherokee Nation in the Final Dawes Rolls, a government effort to determine Native American citizenry. Consequently, Cherokee freedmen, as the Nation continues to label them, have come to identify themselves as citizens endowed with all the rights of the Cherokee. That is, until...
...artists chose to focus on different aspects of life in the refugee camp, and the subject matter was charged in all three cases. Sabreen explained that she wanted to focus her pictures on women in the camp because, as she explained, a woman “faces terror and occupation…[but] she stays strong and resistant. She knows a day will come when this occupier will leave...
...artists who were allowed by the U.S. government to participate—Hadil, Sabreen, and Taha—each explained through a translator why they chose to take the pictures they did. They were unflinching in their resolve to describe the terrible conditions they face each day in Palestine...