Word: connectedness
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Perhaps no point shows the plight of the two Americas better than this: In 1920, black Americans owned 20 million acres of farm land. Today, black Americans in the south own one million acres of land. That corresponds to a 95 percent loss of land in three generations. While arguments...
The diversity and dynamism of the black community warrants consideration not just to counter notions of its homogeneity, but also because black students—as your peers, your classmates, your student leaders, and your future faculty, businessman, and world leaders—are fundamentally connected to students from the...
Most of the action is among those 50 to 69. "There's a big drop-off after age 70 in the number who are connected," says Susannah Fox, associate editorial director at Pew. Still, she says, there has been significant growth among the most senior Americans, especially for things like...
Escalating tensions with the U.S. are sufficiently worrisome that former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is once again leading a drive to contain Ahmadinejad and his political ambitions. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who heads the executive branch in Iran's system, asked Rafsanjani - who was beaten by Ahmadinejad in the...
At the center of the turmoil was Guinness PLC, brewer of Ireland's national beer and one of Britain's oldest (founded in 1759) and most respected firms. Following an announcement that the department of trade was examining unspecified "circumstances suggesting misconduct" connected with the company, Guinness share prices dropped...