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...Americans as a group still suffer from glaring socioeconomic inequalities. One third of all black children live under the poverty line. About 37 percent of welfare recipients are black; African-Americans comprise 12 percent of the population. Too many inner-city communities suffer from endemic crime, failing schools, and lack of economic opportunity. Though most people have only seen ghettos on the news, they are all too real to millions of our fellow citizens. Many of them happen to be black...
...unfortunate facts not to extinguish hope, but to encourage change. Though Barack Obama’s victory alone did not immediately resolve these challenges, he will have the chance to tackle them during his presidency. And if his platform is any indication, he hopes to attack poverty, ignorance, and lack of economic opportunity head-on. Among other measures, he has promised to increase education funding, invest in job-creation programs in disadvantaged neighborhoods, and raise the minimum wage and the Earned Income Tax Credit. While these campaign pledges may be transformed or scaled back in the face of wider recession...
...with Alemany turning in her best game in a Crimson uniform. But with only Markley and Brogan Berry (13 points, five assists) finishing in double figures and Finelli winding up scoreless, the aggressiveness and discipline that characterized Harvard’s win over Holy Cross last Thursday was sorely lacking. When the Crimson wasn’t watching Marist connect on relatively easy shots, it was fouling—the team finished with 21 personal fouls to the Red Foxes’ 12.“There was a lack of pride, emotion and fight,” Delaney-Smith...
...stopped two quick shots from inside the faceoff circles, Nash stuffed the loose puck into the net past the scuffle going on in front of Hoyle. From there, Harvard was never out of the game but was able to generate few quality scoring options in the final period. The lack of offense in the second and third periods meant that the Big Red was able to out-shoot the Crimson by more than a two-to-one margin, as Harvard managed only 15 shots on goal during the entire game. The Crimson only challenged Cornell netminder Ben Scrivens with...
Lieberman, Joseph •retention of committee chairmanship of is wussily allowed by Democrats despite lack of apology...