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Under a statute initially passed in 1994 and known as the Solomon Amendment, the Pentagon can withhold federal dollars from schools that deny military recruiters equal access to students...
...rage expressed night after night by alienated youth dealt a crushing blow to France's self-image as a model of tolerance and social equality. Could such riots occur in Canada, a nation of immigrants, many of whom face severe economic challenges and are excluded from Canadian society? We must make sure that Canada's educational system imparts a sense of shared values and that there are real equal opportunities for all. Syed Waris Shere Winnipeg...
Fair Trade isn't a panacea for coffee growers' difficulties. Uneducated farmers sometimes don't understand why their cooperative has made certain decisions with their dollars, for example, according to Todd Caspersen, director of purchasing at Equal Exchange. What's more, the cooperative movement is still just developing, so big companies say they have to buy from brokers as well. "A company of our level couldn't find all we need from cooperatives," says Dub Hay, senior vice president of coffee and global procurement at Starbucks...
...meantime, Equal Exchange is pursuing new ways to do good business. The company is exploring produce markets in what would be a bid to show that squeezing local fruit and vegetable vendors for rock-bottom prices isn't the only way to run a profitable business. In fact, their vendors might be the ones ready to do the squeezing--with hugs of gratitude...
Those start-up difficulties have been smoothed out, and because Lewis' embroiderers earn more than they would get at a factory, the enterprise attracts the best talent. The workers also are paid a monthly bonus of around 8% and a larger one at the Vietnamese New Year, roughly equal to two-thirds of their monthly salary. Each year the designer takes the 120 sewers in Ho Chi Minh City on an all-expenses-paid weekend vacation...