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...List, a grassroots network committed to electing pro-choice democrats into political offices nationwide, tells us, “the toxic threats to Roe and our reproductive rights are immediate—but Emily’s List is the only group that can provide the antidote through our proven and effective campaign and political programs to elect pro-choice Democratic women leaders to local, state, and federal office.” In other words, they could just rephrase all of this into a succinct message: “Pissed that a conservative court is eroding Roe? Donate...
...Following its internal investigation, the DOE is proposing sweeping changes in security procedures and the issuance of clearances - and not just at Los Alamos. The report indicates that for the first time after years of security snafus, "any proven or admitted drug involvement within the past 12 months" will be cause for "termination" of a security-clearance application. Other steps to tighten, centralize and refine security procedures and drug tests will also be implemented...
...place is immune to real tragedy. At Harvard, like at other campuses across the country, students have been trying to fathom the horror of watching a fellow student stepping into a classroom and brandish a gun, or receiving a text message that a friend was shot. Such efforts have proven futile. All we can do is send our thoughts and prayers to our peers in Blacksburg and hope that Virginia Tech’s recovery from these grimmest of circumstances will heal our faith in humanity, which the shootings so devastatingly wounded...
...Sunni rejectionists - hard-core Baathists, local Islamists and foreign jihadists - and their allies have encouraged the political isolation of their community from the political process, and they reap its benefits. Operating on the assumption proven in Sunni minds by events of recent years that they will be oppressed, or worse, in a Shi'ite-dominated Iraq, many Sunnis are willing to tacitly or actively support violence by Sunni militants and terrorists. So, the militants have the popular support that is the lifeblood of any insurgency because it allows fighters to camouflage themselves in the civilian population. Political sentiment...
...travel, perform community service, conduct research, or even enroll in an intensive academic course. Abstractly, such an opportunity to focus intensely on one pursuit seems like a rare luxury, especially in comparison to the frenetic pace of the fall and spring semesters. And, to be fair, the concept has proven successful at a number of colleges such as MIT, Williams, and Oberlin—but only by virtue of a strong commitment, in terms of time, money, and effort, by faculty, administration, and students alike. At Harvard, some professional schools have a J-Term, but it is often used...