Word: support
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...Supreme Court recently voted 5-4 in favor of giving corporations and unions freedom to run campaign ads directly supporting candidates for public office. The reasoning behind the decision is that the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech extends to corporations and unions, meaning they should be able to use their resources at will to support their politician of choice. However, we believe that this decision is a blow to democracy, as the voice of corporations will continue to become unfairly loud in the political realm, drowning out the voices of individual citizens...
...Sunday night, nearly 150 patrons crowded into the ground floor of OM Restaurant and Lounge—but unlike any other night, jazz emanated from the lounge, as customers gathered to support earthquake victims in Haiti...
Though the Harvard Square Business Association has not formally organized a fundraising campaign, individual businesses around the Square—such as OM—have started their own fundraising projects to support the devastated nation...
...earlier version of the Jan. 28 news article "Square Businesses Support Haiti" stated that the special event at OM Restaurant and Lounge was held on Saturday. In fact, it occurred on Sunday...
Read more in the new TIME book Earthquake Haiti: Tragedy and Hope and support TIME's Haiti relief efforts...