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Hallelujah, hallelujah. Last week, the Harvard community rejoiced over news from Byerly Hall: effective next fall, the College will waive parental contribution for all students whose families earn less than $60,000 a year...
...large, yes. Immigrant labor is a drag on wage growth, thus keeping a lid on inflation and interest rates. As a result, prices for goods and services are lower, and citizens can purchase more. And immigrants are consumers too: some 80% of what undocumented workers earn in the U.S. stays in the country. A recent study by economists at the University of North Carolina found that Hispanic residents, 45% of whom were undocumented, contributed $9.2 billion in spending to North Carolina's economy in 2004. By taking the least desirable jobs, says John Kasarda, a co-author of the study...
...latest chichi spot for celebrities. As media, artists, and a-listers ascend on Park City, which regularly swells to 45,000 during the festival, companies capitalize on the exposure. Mere advertisements no longer suffice; among other things, businesses dispense gift bags, host suites, and throw parties to earn attention...
...react to the plight of an impoverished Mexican worker living just miles from America whose wife and two children are beginning to display signs of malnourishment because the worker’s wages are so paltry? If only the worker could make it across the border, he could earn twice as much money. He realizes the risks, as entering America without documentation is illegal and dangerous. But to this father, immigration restrictions pale in comparison to the survival of his offspring. So he crosses the border, hoping to send home wages that will sufficiently feed his family. Would Jesus condemn...
...owns the store, was born in Nigeria and first encountered poetry when he came to the United States as an undergraduate at Pomona College, where he double-majored in philosophy and literature. He was introduced to the Cambridge poetry shop in 1969, when he came to Harvard to earn his doctorate in philosophy under adviser John Rawls.Now in his sixties, Menkiti has published several books of his own poetry, including “Of Altair, the Bright Light” in 2005, “Affirmations” in 1971, and “The Jubilation of Falling Bodies?...