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...outside it, and recently led about 400 classmates across the Colombian border, calling for peace during a diplomatic meltdown between the feuding neighbors. Sánchez says that while his movement has "taken away [his] youth," it can be an example to the rest of Latin America. "Youths in any nation, I believe, can do the same," he says. "They can make history...
...presidential campaign, calling for more attention to be paid to children’s issues and for Americans to engage in public service. “I can’t think anyone who better embodies the spirit of public service and selflessness in service to the nation than she does,” said Jarret A. Zafran ’09, president of the Harvard College Democrats, who plan on having breakfast with Edwards. Edwards, who suffers from breast cancer, will have a packed schedule while she is on campus from April 8 to 10, holding a public address...
...fact, concretely harm the athletes themselves and the symbolism of brotherhood and harmony advanced by the Olympic Games. When Beijing won the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games, the decision was certainly controversial, but many hoped that the pressure of international scrutiny would spur reform within the totalitarian nation. Yet even as China has constructed arenas, stadiums, and playing fields, positive steps towards a heightened respect for human rights have yet to materialize. In addition to English lessons and etiquette campaigns (don’t spit, don’t slurp, line up politely), Chinese officials have also razed...
...focusing on these well-known entities, Reeves is forced to pass over some of the lesser-known trends in hip-hop which are just as relevant to formulating a black power ideology and shaping popular culture. For example, there could have been an in-depth examination of the Nation of Gods and Earths (also known as the Five Percent Nation), a religion espoused by such artists as the Wu-Tang Clan and Brand Nubian. The Five Percenters, who split off from the Nation of Islam and hold their own beliefs on knowledge, mathematics, and black identity, are an important...
...Clinton announced this week a $78.5 billion plan to shore up the nation's infrastructure, including a $10 billion emergency fund for high-risk bridges and other structures and a $60 billion National Infrastructure Bank that would finance large projects - all of which, she claims, would create three million jobs. Similarly, in the wake of the Minneapolis bridge collapse last summer, Obama announced a plan to spend $60 billion on fixing bridges, dams and highways, a move that he says would create two million jobs...