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...ruling, the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965 in part to increase the number of black officeholders. The Justices ruled that the act requires states to create new voting districts only when the new district will have a minority population greater than 50%. Dissenting Justices argued that even districts without such a majority are worth creating, because they encourage the election of minority candidates with the help of concentrated minority populations and so-called crossover white voters. Later this year, the court will rule on whether states with a history...
...attitude in the environmental movement, but it is one that must be changed. Global warming is far too complex to solve with statutory regulations. If the environmental challenges that face the world now are to be successfully addressed, it will require the engagement of a much wider audience and greater focus on education than in the past...
Monday’s announcement came two weeks after Harvard revealed that the payout from its endowment would fall by 8 percent for the next two years—a much greater reduction than the original 2 percent projection that the administration told departments to plan...
...Harvard School of Public Health study recently showed that obesity leads to a significantly greater risk of periodontal disease—a severe form of gum disease that causes bone destruction and periodontal tissue inflammation. “This is one of the first, if not the first, study demonstrating such a significant relationship in such a large group of people,” said Frank B. Hu, professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at HSPH. The association found in this study can be of “substantial public health importance,” said...
...Obama also used his first visit to a Muslim country to send a message of reconciliation to the greater Islamic world. "America is not, and will never be, at war with Islam," he declared in his address to Turkish MPs. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Obama's speech "reflects a clear attention toward the two-state solution" for Israel and the Palestinians and described Obama's words as "important" and "positive...