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...Human Rights Program, the clinic’s parent organization. The 10 plaintiffs—all Bolivian natives—are seeking compensatory damages against Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada y Sánchez Bustamante, the ex-president of Bolivia, and Jose Carlos Sánchez Berzaín, the former minister of defense. According to the lawsuits, Sánchez de Lozada and Sánchez Berzaín told security forces to use deadly force against civilians protesting government policies in September and October 2003, killing 67 and injuring more than 400. The plaintiffs include the mother...
...From this date forward no further funds can be dispersed for private parties, including any that may have already been approved for forthcoming dates," Pilbeam wrote. His letter was addressed to UC President Ryan A. Petersen '08, Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist '09, Finance Committee Chair Zander N. Li '08, and Student Affairs Committee Chair Michael R. Ragalie...
...Until now, the undisputed leader of the black political community has been the “civil-rights era urban crusader.” From former presidential candidates Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to veteran congressmen John Conyers (D-Mich.), Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), and SNCC Founder John Lewis (D-Ga.), there is a proud tradition of civil-rights era politicians emerging from majority-black areas to positions of great power. For them, being black is what defines their identity, and—more importantly—their politics...
...leaders has caused a realignment and split within the black community. In Obama’s camp, Jesse Jackson, despite the aforementioned shot he took at Obama, continues to support the Illinois senator for the Democratic presidential nomination. Meanwhile, black politicians such as New York Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Tex.) are supporting Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.). In the entertainment world, Oprah supports Obama, while Clinton counts Magic Johnson among her followers...
...Higginbotham, government professor Jennifer L. Hochschild, natural history professor Andrew H. Knoll, molecular genetics professor Andrew W. Murray, and engineering and applied mathematics professor Howard A. Stone. The student members of the committee are John M. Sheffield II ’09, Alexander “Zander” N. Li ’08, and Alex N. Chase-Levenson ’08. —Staff writer Lois E. Beckett can be reached at lbeckett@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Johannah S. Cornblatt can be reached at jcornbl@fas.harvard.edu...