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Matthews, who describes his politics as “center-left,” also offered some general advice for college students, urging young people to vote in order to push forward a progressive agenda...
...wanna run the country once in a while? Vote once in a while,” he said. “If you don’t vote, you don’t count?...
Social entrepreneur Alan A. Khazei ’83, who co-founded the public service organization City Year and has actively sought student support, came in third with 13 percent of the vote. Stephen G. Pagliuca—a graduate of Harvard Business School and currently a co-owner of the Boston Celtics—finished last with roughly 12 percent...
Even where the U.S. and India agree, India has been careful not to appear to be too close. India joined the U.S. and 24 other countries in voting to censure Iran's nuclear program at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna on Nov. 27. This was the third time India had voted for a similar resolution, and India didn't want to jeopardize its own safeguards agreement with the IAEA, but the Indian Foreign Ministry issued a statement clarifying that its vote shouldn't be read as support for new sanctions: "India firmly supports keeping...
Bolivian voters, at least, issued a resounding yes in Sunday's presidential election: the initial tally shows Morales, now 50, winning re-election with 63% of the vote, almost 10 points better than his 54% showing four years ago. He defeated his closest opposition candidate by 40 points. His party, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), won two-thirds of the seats in Bolivia's Congress. As a result, said Morales, "I am obligated to accelerate the pace of change." The statement was sure to buoy the indigenous majority that makes up his base while vexing the more conservative white minority...