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...Washington, D.C., four years ago. It was 9:40 PM, and the place was a hub of activity: women in floor-length coats, college-age kids milling around, and swarms of police guarding gates. I had made it. I had packed up my room at Harvard two days before, spent less than 24 hours at home, and now had made my dream of being in Washington D.C. to see this inauguration come true...
...work with the Senate to forge a compromise bill for President Obama’s approval. The Senate bill was approved along party lines, with all 37 opposition votes coming from Republicans. Economics and public policy professor Kenneth S. Rogoff said that compared to the trillions of dollars being spent on the overall economic stimulus—the Treasury also announced a new $2 trillion bank bailout yesterday—the funding for science was “small change.” But he added that he believes federal spending for science is invaluable and that biotech has been...
...Harvard, we call it a Latino community. At home we may call it something different, but no matter what it is called Dolores Huerta has always represented a community of hardworking people. In her ongoing fight to improve living conditions and treatment for laborers, Huerta represents the family who spent days in the fields under the scorching sun with no place to use the restroom or drink clean water. She represents the mother who labored tirelessly to send her children to school and the child who saw the pain and suffering of the family. She represents the generations who fought...
...spent four years at Rocky Mountain National Park and one year at Mount Rainier. I did all kinds of things, I was what they called a utility ranger. I did trail patrol work, I trapped bears, I blew beaver dams, I was a speed cop, I was a garbage man. It was a wonderful job- hell, I would have paid to have done what I did there. But I didn't have any money, so I was glad when they paid me instead...
What do you make of all this attention you're getting? You've said it's a "curse" that people often remember lawmakers for how long they've spent in office...