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...racism makes for a much scarier bogeyman. In his recent speech on race in in Philadelphia, Obama warned, “…many of the disparities that exist in the African-American community today can be directly traced to inequalities passed on from an earlier generation that suffered under the brutal legacy of slavery and Jim Crow...
...asking the U.N. Security Council for an extension of the mandate of his probe, investigator Daniel Bellemare said recently that evidence pointed to a "criminal network" being responsible for the "politically motivated" killing of Hariri. The network had pre-existed Hariri's murder, Bellemare said, and it continued to exist for some period afterward...
...Latin American students who are working on their bachelor and professional degrees,” Rocha said, “and since so many of them are unaware of what is available to them in Latin America, we want to help these top brains learn about the opportunities that exist there.” The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS), one of the conference sponsors, helped to recruit speakers, according to Veronica R. Martini, DRCLAS development and external relations officer. In addition, Merilee Grindle, DRCLAS director, will be moderating one of the keynote sessions in the afternoon...
...wards that make up the political machine thrive on delivering the vote come Election Day. But they also exist for the patronage and other help that ward leaders and committee persons can offer their people. Like all dreamers, Grandpop was a walker of the neighborhood. He took us on evening walks through Hunting Park, his Phillies cigar a regular part of the ritual. On the way home, he'd stop at the corner next to the subway stop, get the bulldog edition of the Inquirer and chat with the guy selling the papers. That corner, one of my brothers recalled...
...have observed male chimps forcing copulation with female chimps, coercing them with threats of violence, and in extreme cases killing infants to gain access to females. This is natural in chimps, and arguably aspects of this behavior are natural in human males. Natural in that in the behavior does exist, not that it ought to exist. The naturalistic fallacy has led to eugenics, sexism, and the birth of the Science...