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...planned dams in Kachin, which will flood hundreds of villages and could threaten many others because the region's frequent seismic activity could trigger reservoir floods. (Two previously built dams in Kachin were rendered useless after breaking, and nearby villagers, who never received any electricity, were killed by the rush of water.) The dams, which are slated to generate seven times Burma's entire current electricity capacity, are being jointly developed by state-owned Chinese companies and a Burmese firm, Asia World, whose managing director was the target of U.S. sanctions last year. China will receive most...
...good news is that volunteers are stepping forward as never before. For instance, applications through the AmeriCorps online system for volunteer service in February were up 208% compared with the same month last year. Multiple trends help explain the rush to volunteer. President Barack Obama has made community service a central issue. Baby boomers are hitting retirement age in record numbers, with many looking to make good on the idealism of their youth. Yet it's folks who have always given money but no longer feel financially secure enough to do so who may offer the clearest explanation. Some...
Jewels Morris-Davis is a no-nonsense kind of girl. When the high school sophomore turned 16 recently, she didn't celebrate with any My Super Sweet 16 foolishness. Nor did she rush to get her driver's license and race around the back roads in this rural northwest corner of South Carolina. But Jewels did quietly revel in one achievement. "I am," she says a few weeks later, a proud smile spreading across her face, "the first person in my family to reach 16 without getting pregnant--or getting somebody pregnant...
...emphasized why doing so will disrupt benefits for full-time workers, derail financial solvency for state unemployment funds, and raise business unemployment taxes. We are not apologizing for our beliefs; we are communicating them better. Here at Harvard, plastering the big “R” and employing Rush Limbaugh tactics will help no conservative cause. Just look at how Right to Life last year switched campaign tactics and emphasized family support, pregnancy services, and childcare resource initiatives instead. Results were apparent with the passage of new Undergraduate Council legislation last month dealing with these issues, and, before that...
...quite plainly why some conservatives need to adjust the mirror and face the facts. Republicans are in a ditch, and we have one of two choices: keep digging or find an escape. Being less “self-conscious” and relying on the same good old Rush Limbaugh tactics and his radio advice is akin to sitting on the porch waiting for the domestic car industry to resurrect itself. Don’t hold your breath; it isn’t happening. The Harvard Republican Club has been aware of shifts in public mood for quite some time...