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...workers should not be consigned to live in poverty. Every day that Harvard’s lowest-paid workers wait on Summers is another day they work without a living wage. Summers owes it to them at least to announce his decision in a timely fashion, regardless of the conclusion he has reached...
...dozen in the 1980s alone—is accused of injuring Trombly so badly that the student was unable to eat solid food for two months, as well as encouraging other officers to cover up the incident. An accusation of that nature more than justifies a federal indictment, regardless of the race of the victim...
...behavior alleged in the indictment. This message should be accompanied by a strong commitment to take future civil rights cases involving police officers out of the District Attorney’s Office when appropriate and instead prosecute them in the federal system. This will ensure that all victims, regardless of their race or socioeconomic background, are given equal justice in the federal courts...
...studies state that rent should never require more than 30 percent of income, and that the cheapest 40 percent of housing will always be inadequate for families’ essential needs. Others assume that it is enough for workers to make a certain percentage of the median family income, regardless of how high or low that might be. Still more declare that wages should be high enough to prevent workers from needing government assistance—though never explaining why, if the goal is to keep families fed and clothed, available public aid should be ignored. And finally there...
...universal rights aren’t set by poll data. They’re universal—they apply regardless of social conditions or prevailing cultural views. If the only standards for adequacy are the community’s prevailing views, how do we know if the community’s got it wrong? And how can the members of that community, who presumably contribute to the decision in some way, make meaningful individual judgments when the only source of authority is the will of the whole...