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...because of the modern voyage’s juxtaposition with the most famous Atlantic passage: the voyage of African slaves to the “New World.” That trip was a spiritual, emotional, and physical death for many of its passengers, and its goal was to sever Africans’ ties with their former lives and render them vulnerable at the hands of Europeans. Now, the journey could not be more different: it is easy, fast, and completely voluntary. Only several accounts of the Middle Passage from the perspectives of the enslaved exist because of illiteracy...
...adversarial government in Washington in November." But most analysts agree that Chávez needs the U.S. market just as much as the U.S. needs his oil - a codependency that will deter either side from allowing the latest diplomatic drama, or Venezuela's joint military exercises with Russia, to sever bilateral relations...
John McCain, saying Obama should sever ties with Clark, though Clark doesn't hold an official role in the Democrat's campaign...
...doubt, history will not look well upon this administration, but there are still some positive steps this administration can take—be it the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol or the much-needed move to sever all ties with mercenary armies, starting with the expulsion of Blackwater U.S.A. (which at one point held a $1.2 billion contract with the U.S government and supplied up to 30000 private security guards in Iraq...
...light of the increasing scrutiny over China’s human rights record, the Harvard College Human Rights Advocates hosted a panel discussion yesterday in Sever Hall that addressed the history of human rights in China, the current conflict in Tibet, and the perception of a Western bias against China. The discussion reflected the diverse opinions about China’s human rights record that have surfaced in light of this summer’s Olympics in Beijing. The panel featured Fairbank Center for East Asian Research associate Merle Goldman, Harvard Law School research associate Lobsang Sangay, Harvard economics graduate...