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Some cities are attempting more sweeping reforms. In February, New Orleans voters approved by 2-1 a referendum that would require every private employer in the city to pay at least $6.15 an hour. Activists went to court the next day to ask a judge to strike down a 1997 state law banning local minimum wages. Last week the judge ruled that ban unconstitutional (five other states have similar laws), so New Orleans will be free to force higher wages May 3, pending an expected review this week by the Louisiana Supreme Court...
...that would impose a living wage not only on its contractors but also on hotels and other major businesses located in a 1.5-sq.-mi. "coastal zone," adjacent to its famous beach. Hotel owners got enough signatures to suspend imposition of the law, and are challenging it in a referendum that will be on the city ballot in November...
...Woodrow Wilson Postdoctoral Fellow Heather Love ’91 described the various disciplines as man-made artifacts, products of history rather than reason. But without ahistorical principles of what an education should contain, the only criteria are political, and the decision on ethnic studies becomes a referendum on the acceptability of various ethnic groups. Regarding a Latino studies center, John H. Coatsworth, director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, told the Boston Globe that “Anything that suggests we’re not welcoming or supportive of Latinos is bad for the institution...
...campaigns by political parties and interest groups, with "Vote pro-life, vote yes" signs next to "Vote pro-life, vote no" ones, haven't helped voters understand the bill any better. This week, all voters will get explanatory leaflets from the Referendum Commission. That may clear up some confusion. But the fear is that uncertain citizens just won't bother to vote. Health Minister Michéal Martin says the proposal still "has a very good chance." Backbenchers aren't so sure. "We're in trouble," says Deputy John Moloney of Ahern's Fianna Fáil party. The bill...
Though abortion is common, "even last year people were going around talking about the A word," says Evelyn Mahon, a sociologist at Trinity College Dublin. "It's our last great taboo." This debate has forced the issue into more open dialogue. The referendum "means that people have to confront an unpalatable truth," says McManus, health spokeswoman for the Labour Party, which opposes the proposal. "We do have a relatively high level of abortion...