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...university that promises different sorts of “equality” to students and workers is not offering equality at all. Promising rights to half of the community and denying them to others creates an atmosphere that engenders this kind of abuse—allowing homophobia to grow in what is supposedly a safe space. This is especially disappointing considering past efforts to guarantee a workplace free of verbal harassment and intimidation at Harvard. In the late 1980s, Harvard dining-hall workers fought to gain strong anti-discrimination language in their contracts. This progressive victory in the 1980s should...
...heads into the second half of league play, the Crimson looks to grow from this tough weekend...
...Once in power, Roosevelt and his aides tried to end the depression by replaying the 1920s. Assistant Agriculture Secretary Tugwell promised farmers pre-WWI prices, paying their competitors to grow fewer crops, thereby lowering surpluses. But these policies raised food prices at the very moment they needed to drop. For instance, the government orchestrated the death of six million piglets to support pork prices—at a time when the urban poor could not afford bacon...
Every August, Nikolai Gusev juices hundreds of unwashed apples which grow at his dacha, west of Moscow. For a month he waits patiently for the juice to ferment and turn into a wine. He then distills the mixture, and stores the remaining liquid in a barrel for several months. The result is a highly potent drink (45% alcoholic), with an apple aftertaste which is the favorite tipple of his friends. "I had too many apples at my dacha and instead of throwing them away I wanted to do something with them, for me making moonshine is just a little...
...What do you want to be when you grow up?" At a multifaith school run by the Chaldean church in Basra, a class of 4-year-olds is addressing that universal question. Several kids want to be doctors; there's a would-be teacher too. Allawi plans to be a businessman. Moqtada intends to join the army "so I can give protection." If the optimists are right, his services won't be required to keep the peace in his city...