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Although her thesis is currently occupying most of her time, Fee is planning for the future. Immediately following graduation, she would like to teach or work for a non-profit organization. Further in the future, she plans on working for a women’s advocacy organization...
...most egregiously in the form of private prisons. Private corporations make hundreds of millions building and operating prisons across the nation. These companies and their shareholders, therefore, have a vested interest in human beings continuing to be arrested and incarcerated for long periods. Not only do private prison companies profit, but so do phone companies that overcharge inmates and companies like IBM and Victoria’s Secret that use underpaid, unfree prison labor for manufacturing...
...questions remain: Don’t criminals deserve to be punished? And if they do, what’s wrong with a little profit on the side? I offer that there is a significant difference between being criminal and being criminalized. Although blacks make up approximately 13 percent of the U.S. population, 44 percent of prison inmates in 2003 were black. And while politicians and police claim to be primarily clearing the streets of violent crime, 81 percent of those sentenced to state prisons in 2000 were convicted of non-violent crimes, including 35 percent for drug offenses...
...move overseas is less of an invasion than an escape. China's strongest companies produce relatively low-tech consumer products like TVs, cell phones and computers?businesses in which the mainland market is now so competitive that it's increasingly tough to turn a healthy profit. Since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, tariffs have plunged and foreign rivals have swarmed the country, forcing domestic firms to cut their prices. Although China's economy is still booming, prices for consumer goods actually fell 1% through October this year. Lenovo, which has been under threat domestically from Dell...
Hone your sense of style, see the inside of the Faculty Club, and help out a worthy cause while you’re at it. Women IN Color presents a fashion show highlighting Harvard styles. All proceeds go straight to the non-profit Dress for Success, which helps underprivileged women aquire job interviewing skills. General admission tickets $10 at the Harvard Box Office. 7 p.m. at the Faculty Club. (ECMV...