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Imagine if one day the world went dark and the entire population was left helpless, except for the small hope of an underground city: Ember City. This is the premise of director Gil Kenan’s new film “City of Ember,” based on the young-adult novel of the same name by Jeanne DuPrau. A portion of Earth’s population moves to Ember, a glittering metropolis, “for the good of all mankind”—or so say The Builders, the team that masterminded the city...
...wrongly convicted of shooting a police officer in Savannah, Georgia in 1989, has seen seven out of the nine witnesses who pointed to him recant their testimonies in recent years. A long series of appeals over the past 19 years left the Supreme Court as his last hope to save him from his execution, which was scheduled for Sept. 23. Yet this past Tuesday, the Supreme Court refused to hear or even comment on the case—a bold statement by omission that reinforces our contention that the death penalty is flawed. The applicability of the death penalty...
...something innately sinister or undesirable about Arabs, and by extension Islam (to those leveling them, the “epithets” of “Arab” and “Muslim” are synonymous) is, unfortunately, nothing new. For all its promises of change, hope, and inclusiveness, this campaign year has been shot through with a surprisingly virulent strain of prejudice and intolerance. The combination of anti-Arabic tensions arising from our nation’s war in the Middle East and a presidential candidate with a “terrorist” name has lent...
...this puts Obama-supporting Muslims in a tight spot. As the election draws near, many have adopted a “wait-and-see” policy: They hold off on doing anything that might provide more fuel for his detractors, yet secretly hope for his acknowledgement. “A lot of us are waiting for him to say that there’s nothing wrong with being a Muslim,” admitted Rep. Keith Ellison, the country’s first Muslim congressman, in July...
Meanwhile, many of the institutions with which Ayers has been affiliated continue to receive inquiries from reporters and political activists. The scrutiny has been so severe that Deborah Harrington, president of the Woods Fund, has hired a public relations firm. She can't wait until Nov. 4. "We hope that at that point, we can return to normal," she says. Amid the controversy, the fund's board has discussed whether Ayers has become too much of a distraction. But, Harrington says, "We knew who he was, and about his past, when he came on the board. People can change...