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...might argue that the goal of divestment campaigns is not to hurt the targeted companies but to raise awareness, send a message, or ensure that our money in particular is not directly involved with companies that support genocide. But if that is true, then advocates are being disingenuous when they claim their campaigns can effect real change. HDAG claims that “institutions can influence the Government of Sudan” by divesting in companies such as PetroChina. Such a claim implies that divestment puts financial pressure on these companies, or can cause change itself. This idea...
...Humanity United certainly gave us adequate funding for this particular project,” Andreasen said. “But of course I’m passionate about the idea of human rights, so there’s never enough funding for human rights...
...Apollo,” the second piece of “Modern Muses,” three muses dance for a god, competing to accompany him in a pas de deux. One in particular, Terpsichore, is especially skillful, leading Apollo to choose her over the others. “Modern Muses” itself offered several disparate selections for its audience to choose among, but as in “Apollo,” a few stood out from the rest...
...Opponents of the bill reject that argument, claiming there are already criminal laws on the books in Florida prohibiting fraudulent absentee voting, carrying with them a maximum sentence of five years in prison. "When you do your absentee, if I'm not mistaken, they have to certify on that particular absentee ballot that they are who they say they are," says Dianne Wheatley-Giliotti, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida, which is not formally involved with the suit. "To fraudulently swear you are in violation of the law - if someone willingly does this, they are subject...
...Bachelet has not hesitated to eat humble pie over Transantiago. She has apologized publicly and, at a recent breakfast with foreign correspondents, said the system's failures caused her "deep pain." The debacle is a particular embarrassment to Chile, which prides itself on being an oasis of order in an often chaotic continent. A parliamentary commission is investigating what went wrong with Transantiago, and its report is not expected to make happy reading. But Santiaguinos will have plenty of time to read it, while waiting on line for buses...