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...debate over Summers’ comments has opened up some space for the Harvard Faculty—and for all of us who belong to this community—to petition for redress of legitimate grievances. History will judge those who govern this institution by whether they transformed it in response to those grievances, or whether they blindly continued down a path that makes a mockery of the values and commitments of an open academic community...
Professors’ anger over Summers’ remarks—voiced throughout the month via critical internal letters and op-ed pieces in national newspapers—erupted Tuesday, as Faculty hoped to redress long-standing grievances by honing in on the current situation...
...requires attention and resources and a lot of work to manage. It's one area where foreigners can help, but we don't have the answers." Home-grown solutions will also have to be found to the custom of seeking compensation, which is now about cash, instead of redress; and the age-old wantok system of patronage and social security. Successful ministers and public servants "are riding a wave of change," Batley says. "We don't want to become an overt political player. Across the board all politicians understand that it's still a matter of national recovery, and that...
...events of the 2000 election, in which an untold number of black voters in Florida (and elsewhere) were prevented from voting by election officials trying to enforce illegal identification requirements, faulty equipment, state troopers temporarily detaining black drivers, and, infamously, by inaccurate felony rolls. The lack of redress for widespread voter suppression has caused much of black America to have a large collective chip on its shoulder that it hopes to be rid of tomorrow. Moreover, this administration’s willingness to govern unapologetically from the far right with regards to fiscal, military and social policy—despite...
Boston attorney Paul H. Merry, who represents Badgaiyan, said his client was forced to seek legal redress after exhausting other alternatives...