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...power. The government’s attempts to suppress independent actors in Russia have multiplied dramatically over the last few years. Numerous arbitrary closings of NGOs have been complemented by legislation—allegedly against terrorism—that actually suppresses NGOs. These newly adopted laws target vocal national NGOs, international NGOs operating in Russia, and their donors. And private businessmen who donate to NGOs can lose their businesses and even their freedom. For example, Michael Khodorkovsky, once one of Russia’s richest oligarchs, was jailed after supporting independent NGOs and opposition political parties. Unfortunately, although Russia...
...undertake a similar transformation, rebuilding itself from the ground up. Ozawa needs to strengthen the party media machine, assemble large and vocal grassroots support organizations and nurture third-party advocacy programs that reinforce the DPJ's own programs and policies...
...March, Matory told the media that for Summers, “there is no noble alternative for him but resignation”—a suggestion that Summers followed 11 months later. But Nicole Laws ’06, president of ABHW said that Matory’s vocal criticism of Summers was not the reason he was honored at this year’s ceremony. “Matory was chosen because of his willingness to reach beyond his own work and research,” Laws said. Saturday’s ceremony also honored six undergraduates...
DAVE EGGERS The best-selling author and McSweeney's founder is also a social-work entrepreneur I nominate John Prendergast. He is a lucid and vocal "explainer" of what's happening in Darfur and what needs to be done. He has been working in Sudan for 20 years and has been instrumental in mobilizing Americans to get involved on a grass-roots level. Also Shirin Neshat, who is making some of the most riveting art about the Muslim world. It's majestic, timeless, frightening and even prophetic...
...years, though, sales led to artistic stagnation. The first disc-and-a-half of the chronologically-ordered “One Love” rarely deviates from its heavy 1-3 beat emphasis, its plodding quarter-note basslines, or its clumsily-executed, often out-of-pitch multi-part backing vocals. It’s 90 consecutive minutes of primordial ska, and it’s tiresome. This isn’t for lack of talent. Marley’s tenor is both rich and youthfully light, perhaps more passionate and expressive than on his later work...