Word: socialism
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...answer, on reflection, lies as much with how China has changed since the People's Republic was founded 60 years ago as with Wu's vital work. Over the decades China has lurched from serial revolutions to social experiments to, now, the wildly successful pursuit of wealth. In the process, hundreds of millions of lives have been both upended and uplifted. My great-grandfather and his family were buffeted by some of those forces too (though with nowhere near the terrible consequences experienced by countless other Chinese). While his achievements have long been recognized by epidemiologists worldwide, they were largely...
...earliest. With college campuses smattered from Davis Square to Chestnut Hill to Waltham, there’s ample opportunity for a vibrant, energetic student scene: riveting discussions in smoky Berklee dorm rooms, raging techno raves at BU. Instead, young people brimming with intellectual curiosity and social energy collect in the same city, only to remain separate on their own college grounds. Of course, there’s a good chance campus-hopping does occur—maybe BC students trek to Northeastern every weekend—but those of us across the Charles simply don’t know about...
...Molly M. Strauss ’11, a Crimson associate editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House...
...above all, the president’s careful choice of words reflects a hard truth about his audience: In many ways Americans are beginning to remember the imperatives of confronting social problems together, but we’re unsure of the role Washington should play...
Raúl A. Carrillo ’10, a Crimson editorial writer, is a social studies concentrator in Lowell House...