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House and Neighborhood Development (HAND) program leaders announced yesterday that they collected more than $400 in a fundraising contest for Rosie's Place, a Cambridge shelter for poor and homeless women...
...contest, called "Guess Who's Helping HAND," asked students to contribute to the shelter and guess the identity of two drawings of celebrity hands. Volunteers tabled in participating houses for six days beginning last Wednesday...
...deal with the effects of violent acts. It is not enough, however, to be educated only about the aftermath of violence. We must examine the causes and search for ways to prevent violence from happening in the first place. A speaker from a battered women's shelter told us on Wednesday that she would love to put herself out of a job by ending the need for services to help abused women. We echo her sentiments; we hope that people will leave Take Back the Night week with a desire to rid our society of violence against women and ideas...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The two largest cigarette makers in the U.S. are negotiating a sweeping settlement with lawyers from eight states that could give the industry broad legal shelter in return for a possible payment of as much as $300 billion over the next 25 years. The talks, which began about two weeks ago, may bring concessions long considered unthinkable by the tobacco industry: accepting some regulation by the FDA, disclosing the hundreds of chemical additives in cigarettes, and banning outdoor advertising and the use of people in ads. Why, after nearly four decades of successfully fighting off lawsuits, would...
Charles used an ATM foyer as a refuge. Local laws limited stays at the homeless shelter, so he went there only on the coldest nights. A waitress at a sandwich shop let him drink coffee during freezing evenings even when he soiled himself and insulted her customers. Townspeople marveled at his resilience...