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...worst. Pitting voters against an illusory common enemy both abroad and at home, campaigners are jeopardizing the safety of six to seven million Muslim, who live among other Americans who are increasingly likely to perceive them as a threat. In doing so, campaigners are compromising the values upon which this nation was founded. Wasn’t this country established by individuals who sought refuge from the religious oppression that pervaded their homelands? Are we not a nation that takes pride in its diversity and inclusiveness? By allowing presidential campaigns to antagonize a minority group within our population...
...Once upon a time, the Communist government strictly enforced draconian laws against homosexuality, imprisoning and even executing those convicted. As China's economy opened to the world, so did the authorities' stance soften, with gay communities springing up in the larger coastal cities that benefited most from the boom such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. It's a process that had been accelerating along with the economy so that recent years have seen the sort of advances that allow young gay men like Xiao Wang the confidence to be blissfully ignorant of past problems the community has faced...
...government in Taiwan by its official name, The Republic of China, based on a consensus the KMT says was reached with Beijing in 1992. (The DPP maintains that no agreement was ever made.) "If that issue is resolved," says Chao, "there's no limit to what can be agreed upon - direct links and tourist exchanges could happen immediately...
...otherwise avail themselves of any standard police power at the disposal of a Boston police officer or Massachusetts state trooper. From the standpoint of a private citizen, there is simply no practical difference between a HUPD officer and a Cambridge officer.It is well understood that police departments are required, upon request, to surrender records related to the exercise of their police powers, such as arrest and incident reports. Public scrutiny of such records is an indispensable tool for monitoring, and thereby preventing, any potential abuse of police powers. Nevertheless, campus police departments across the country—including HUPD?...
...Harvard universe, however, faculty are called upon to make an impact on the world outside of Harvard—as pundits and theorists, as advisers to states, as consultants to organizations and communities around the world. Graduate students are trying to finish their dissertations in the allotted time and to support themselves—more than a full-time occupation...