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The truth is that we must begin to make some tough decisions and painful sacrifices. Policies must be enacted to encourage consumers and businesses to become less dependent on gasoline; research and implementation of renewable energy technology must be pursued as a national priority, not as a footnote to perennially...
...stay. “If I leave tomorrow, I will never again in my life be a free man,” Rusesabagina said, referring to his first chance to leave Rwanda. “I will be a prisoner of my own conscience.” All the refugees were evacuated on June 18, 1994, and re-encountered a Rwanda that “smelled of death,” Rusesabagina said. “There were so many flies, so many dead bodies, and no one to bury them. Dogs barking, fighting for those dead bodies...
Safah is part of a seldom-discussed aspect of the epidemic of kidnappings in Iraq: sex trafficking. No one knows how many young women have been kidnapped and sold since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. The Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq, based in Baghdad, estimates from...
Through Naden's stories, picked up while she roamed the bush with her grandmother, the impenetrable-looking forest reveals itself as both larder and refuge. "There are so many things that can be learned from Aboriginal people," says the 25-year-old, "not just about bush medicines but about our...
Amanda Barber is 20 years old. Her baby was due three days ago.A resident of Charlesview Apartments since she moved out of her aunt’s Dorchester house in 2003, Barber worked at the Harvard Square Staples until March. Now she is waiting for her water to break.Sitting on...