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...crux of Williams and Cosby’s case is that poor blacks should be less concerned with overt and “systemic” racism—obstacles such as structural wealth inequalities—and focus instead on what they can do to improve their own lots. This, they argue, is the path to black self-empowerment...
...struggle against it "enduringly surreal." Welcome to the disorienting surreality many of us have experienced in trying to figure out why Zionists feel they can lay claim to the Holy Land, which they have not possessed for two millenniums. (The Rev.) Timothy M. Solomon Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S. The crux of the Middle East crisis is Israel's refusal to vacate the occupied territories. People like Krauthammer were wrong when they advocated attacking Iraq, and they are wrong now in creating the bogey of radical Islam. The problem is closer to home. The imperial hubris of the U.S. and its support...
...will be presented to the 19-member Faculty Council today and will likely face a final vote at the April 4 meeting of the full Faculty. Initial drafts of the legislation were presented at the March 14 meeting of the entire Faculty. After minor revisions, “the crux of the proposals are the same as they were last week,” said Professor of Economics David I. Laibson ’88, an EPC member. Even if the legislation passes next month, Laibson said, it is unlikely that the Class of ’09 would...
...there, waiting for the “days of wine and roses,” and the promise of rejuvenated welfare. But burning books and occupying universities is not the way; the French police were right to intervene. France needs to be more practical and less ideologically stagnant. The crux, however, is that both sides of the Atlantic need to open eyes to the fact that we will never enjoy our parents’ benefits (or idealism, for that matter) unless we adapt to the economic reality facing us. Unfortunately, at the Sorbonne, that seems to be asking...
...area organization that works with teachers and parents in school districts around the country to help improve children's academic performance. Howard and other educators say it's important to expose kids to a world beyond homework and tests, through volunteer work, sports, hobbies and other extracurricular activities. "The crux of the issue is that many students experience education as irrelevant to their life goals and ambitions," says Michael Nakkula, a Harvard education professor who runs a Boston-area mentoring program called Project IF (Inventing the Future), which works to get low-income underachievers in touch with their aspirations...