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...human capacity to feel another’s suffering as one’s own. In a startlingly divided nation and a broken world, compassion forms the basis for some kind of unity. It means that I, bleary-eyed from studying for exams, have something in common with the underpaid janitor I step past on the way to the dining hall, who is bleary-eyed from working two jobs to support his family. It also means that I have something in common with the Iranian student, also exhausted from preparing for exams, but with more on her mind than tests...
...interchangeable, temporary, undervalued and ultimately expendable. After all, the clerical and technical workers who do survive the carnage are asked to do the work of three or four employees, working extra hours on tasks far afield from their job description without any additional compensation. These women are overworked, underpaid, anxious about their job security, and on top of all that Harvard has the gall to ask administrative assistants to stay late after a reception in order to wash the dishes? This climate of disrespect is a feminist issue, and Harvard women should sit up and take notice...
Over its history, Harvard has often pledged to support the country’s least employed, most underpaid, arguably most exploited minority. That kind of message would seem to go along with Harvard’s greater project. In February, University President Lawrence H. Summers vouched to “send the strongest possible message that Harvard is open to talented students from all economic backgrounds.” But Harvard has hardly ever followed through with its motions of support to the American Indian community...
From Holyoke Center, the protesters proceeded to 1280 Mass. Ave., where they accused the University of renting space from a building cleaned by underpaid janitors...
...years ago. Unless Rowland's North Carolina workers suddenly become competitive with Chinese counterparts who earn just a few dollars a day, he fears his employees will be next. Rowland ticks off what he regards as China's unfair advantages: excessive government protection, an underpriced currency, cowed and underpaid workers, exports dumped below cost. If Washington won't help, he says, he'll have to move some jobs overseas. The quotas the U.S. set on some Chinese textiles in November aren't enough. "Our government has done nothing," he says, "just a little bit of hand slapping." Half a world...