After weeks of negotiation, Harvard University recently agreed to provide the Department of Justice access to its admissions files. The department is reopening a complaint by 63 Asian-American groups that Harvard discriminates against Asian-American applicants. The complaint was previously dismissed under the Obama administration. Many worry that government lawyers plan to use the case to …
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Click:star tracker From Topanga to Tanzania, holistic medicine can be popular, but it has its limits. That’s why doctors working on global health are excited about a simple new way to encourage pregnant women in rural Africa to seek prenatal care. While it might be convenient and commonplace to skip visits and rely on local …
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24 June: students of School No. 2 walk to the central Peace Square for prom celebrations in Shchastya, Luhansk area. (c) Anastasia Vlasova. All rights reserved.On a hot June day, dressed in ball gowns and suits, the eleventh class from Shchastya’s School No. 2 set off towards the centre of town, some 15 minutes drive …
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Once in a while, life provides us with the kind of dramatic moral dilemma that even the most imaginative ethics textbook writer couldn’t think up. My community — the University of Florida and the city of Gainesville — faced a dangerous and complicated series of dilemmas as a result of a visit from white supremacist …
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Mass shooting leaves 14 dead in San Bernardino, California, December 2, 2015. Demotix/Eric Rosenwald. All right reserved. In the three years since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary and the subsequent failure to reform the hollow gun laws of the United States, we have been forced to bear witness to mass shootings at more schools, …
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Click:polyether defoamer Amid a swarm of controversy and boycotts of the social media service over allegations regarding the company’s handling of user data, Facebook is reeling from the recent leak of a memo from a high-ranking exec. The memo is seen by many as a clear sign that Facebook knew and ignored the high stakes …
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The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles. The author's photographs. All rights reserved.Mbak Gunarti, one of the women leaders of the peasant struggle of Kendeng came back last month to Indonesia, in the island of Java where she lives among her Samin people, after …
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The Jacksonville Jaguars will host their first playoff game at home since 1999, and the team is using this rare event to partake in an act of generosity. According to an announcement posted on the Jaguars’ website, 1,000 tickets will be dispersed to refugees in Florida. Puerto Ricans who fled the island in the wake …
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A road in Hargeisa. Photo: Hala Alkarib.Since 9/11, western countries have increasingly invested in programmes to prevent transnational violent extremism. These include serious militarised measures but also “softer” civic interventions under the banner of ‘countering violent extremism’ (CVE). An example is funding social development programmes, implemented by civil society, with the aim of engaging and …
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Sports have the magical power of bringing people together across party lines, borders, and socioeconomic barriers. Throughout history, the neutral setting of an athletic field has helped change people’s hearts, as well as the course of history. In 1995, President Nelson Mandela embraced South Africa’s national rugby team, Springbok, ahead of the World Cup, helping to …
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