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...President." But, Brinkley told TIME, "there's a fear now that, by being the pit bull for Hillary Clinton on a few occasions, he's doing some damage, particularly in the African-American community, where he has lost some stature. He really seemed to have a feel for the plight of the African-American community, and a lot of that has been watered down in the wake of his campaign role of attacking Obama...
...Academic Index’ score above the minimum required to compete in the Ivy League in time for the March deadline on admissions decisions. The news that Ben-Eze is no longer Cambridge-bound reminded me of a moment late last year when I found myself hearing of the plight faced by a very different subset of foreign-born students in the quest for a Harvard education.In an outdoor campus café within spitting distance of “the security fence”—the wall constructed to separate (sometimes disputed) Israeli land from the territory...
...fact, she finds it unconscionable—as if I am a traitor to all women. The crux of her argument rests upon my alleged inability to understand the plight of women as it stood a generation ago. According to her, I am morally obligated to vote for Hillary...
...rebels. Some 200,000 people are dead from violence, hunger and disease, and 2.5 million more are displaced. Although the conflict has no clear ethnic or religious lines, the janjaweed hail from nomadic tribes that identify themselves as Arab, and the rebels represent settled tribes usually labeled African. The plight of the Darfurians has received worldwide attention, with Hollywood stars like George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Don Cheadle taking up cudgels on their behalf. The crisis has also become a campus cause in the West, with students taking up collections, demonstrating and attending benefit concerts. Their cry is as simple...
...most gripping - and painful - North Korea story that I have followed over the years is the plight of the country's refugees, who escape by the thousands to neighboring China, hoping desperately for a better life, and for a chance to get into South Korea. Only a very lucky few do. At safe houses run by Christian missionaries in northeastern China, in refugee camps in Thailand and in the jungles of Vietnam and Laos, I have heard tales of bloodcurdling anguish - stories that defy belief, except that there's simply no way in hell these people could be making them...