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Latino babies are healthier than their white counterparts even though Latinos are on average poorer, less educated and receive worse health care than whites, according to several major new Harvard-sponsored studies...
...onslaught threatens to run local retailers right out of business. Says Boonyoong Vimuttayon, a Bangkok grocery store owner who has seen her sales decline by more than half since a Tesco Lotus store opened up the street four years ago: "The foreigners get richer and richer, while we get poorer all the time...
...flaws also include a class bias. The majority of drug arrests in the United States occur in low-income areas, where police enforcement is at its highest. Although drug use is prevalent among members of all socio-economic classes, law enforcement’s focus on poorer areas creates a risk imbalance between communities of different economic character. The law, by targeting individuals convicted of drug offenses, is more likely to affect poor drug users than rich ones. Furthermore, even when wealthier students are convicted of drug offenses, the loss of financial aid is likely to present a lesser burden...
...advantages over less famous universities (Britain now has almost 100), but with the country spending a smaller portion of its GDP on universities than 20 years ago, they too must struggle. Compared to American universities in particular, which the British government frequently extols, they are poor and getting relatively poorer. Harvard professors earn 70% more, on average, than their Cambridge counterparts. All U.K. universities put together were able to harvest $414 million from their investments in 2000; the comparable figure for Yale alone this year is $405 million. Oxford is proud that its spinoff companies are collectively worth about...
...more dramatic. Could a developing country stand up to a timber giant wanting to clear-cut the rain forest? A multinational retailer flouting labor laws? Says Mary Bottari, of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, a liberal activist group: "The mere threat of a vast damage award could make poorer nations concede before the fight...