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...President Obama struggles to pass healthcare reform in the U.S., Europe has worked hard to make health insurance part of "the basic social contract." The human-rights vision of the Council of Europe has also led to the abolition of the death penalty in all 47 member states. It has created monitoring mechanisms, such as our Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhumane or Degrading Treatment. Members of this committee regularly visit prisons or places of detention in all member states to check if governments are ill-treating prisoners or detainees. The Council of Europe campaigns to fight other...
...event included a rally with speeches by student leaders, members of the Cambridge City Council, and Institute of Politics Visiting Fellow and former Seattle Mayor Greg J. Nickels, who led the coalition encouraging mayors to sign on to the goals of the Kyoto Protocol...
...This movement is our revolution,” Cambridge City Council Member Leland Cheung said of his support for environmental causes. “When people say the time isn’t right, that’s complete and utter bullshit...
...organizers wanted to keep this sleep-out “completely legal,” unlike their previous events held last semester on Boston Common, which has a strict curfew. Rosenthal said that when the organizers realized that Cambridge Common also has a curfew they asked the City Council to grant an exemption...
Although the city was unable to grant the permit on such a short notice, Cheung will introduce a bill to the City Council next week that will allow it to grant exemptions more easily. City Councillor Craig A. Kelley even slept out with the group last night because of the “symbolic” power of the night...