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...years in prison, during which she escaped four times and had five children. According to Williams, incarceration has had devastating effects on her life. At 55, she is still on parole, four of her six children have been incarcerated, and she described herself as “only a paycheck away from homelessness.” In addition to culture-shock, Williams condemned the “lack of equality in justice in this country.” “Not one rich person is in jail,” she said. “I bet you Donald...

Author: By Christina G. Vangelakos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Female Ex-Cons Recall Experiences | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

Harvard professors are once again the second best-paid faculty in the country. Full professors receive an average paycheck of $168,700, a figure that trails only the New York-based biomedical science research center Rockefeller University, where professors get paid $172,800 on average, according to the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Associate professors at Harvard average a $97,100 salary, and assistant professors garner $87,300 in pay, according to the AAUP data. Harvard’s traditional rivals lag far behind, with Yale University ranking sixth on the list—as professors net an average...

Author: By Magnus Grimeland, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Profs Net $169K | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

...couldn't get any better. He was a vice president at Goldman Sachs, working in Hong Kong. He had a $10,000-a-month housing allowance, a paid-for membership to a fancy club, a private Mandarin tutor coming to the office every day, and a princely investment-banking paycheck. And he was all of 27 years old. "I remember thinking once, what's wrong with this picture," he says. "And the answer was: pretty much nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The China Syndrome | 4/24/2006 | See Source »

While much has been made of its high prices (the company has been dubbed Whole Paycheck), Whole Foods serves up the best quality and most affordable organic products in the nation. Fresh organic foods, its best sellers, are supplemented by two lines of packaged goods: the affordable 365 brand, which includes organic and nonorganic (cheese puffs, canola oil); and the higher-end Whole Kitchen line, including Whole Treats and Whole Kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: whole Foods: Green Giant | 4/20/2006 | See Source »

...stories have been passed by ex-numeraries to journalists or posted to the anti-Opus website odan.org Many involve charges of deceptive recruiting, with prospective members unaware that the events they are invited to are Opus', of numeraries' realizing only belatedly that Opus expects them to sign away their paycheck and curtail relations with their families. The music they play and the publications they read are allegedly controlled, and they must report their own and others' deviations as part of a system of "fraternal correction." Center directors are portrayed as little dictators. Complaining to local bishops is futile because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ways of Opus Dei | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

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