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...remedy for this lack of experience lies in both individual action and organizational efforts. On the individual level, those involved in political groups might consider volunteering, either on a short-term or long-term basis, for any of the vast range of community service opportunities offered by the Phillips Brooks House. On the organizational level, political groups would do well to organize community service days designed to educate their membership about an issue they’re working on. Additionally, they might extend such efforts, many of which happen already, to formal partnerships with direct-service groups that frequently undertake...
...recent discussion is the fact that the U.S.-Mexico border is home to the largest disparity of wealth in the world. The per capita GDP of Mexico is one quarter that of the U.S., and an estimated 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. This vast inequality of wealth drives many to seek a better life in the U.S., regardless of the illegality and danger of the means. The average farmer has no philosophical underpinnings for his immigration; he is trying neither to change the world nor bring down the United States, but only to provide food...
...Close as it is to their shores, the western half of the island of New Guinea remains a mystery to most Australians - as does its Melanesian people's 40-year struggle for self-rule. Home to vast mineral and timber wealth, West Papua's status is an accident of colonialism: retained by the Dutch when Indonesia declared independence in 1945, it came under Indonesian rule after the Act of Free Choice referendum in 1969 - a change decried by many Papuans, who say the 1,000 voters were hand-picked by Indonesia...
...make, over the course of a decade, thousands of acquaintances. They might not have been friends with the weird kid, the brainiac, the pretty boy, the bully or the one whose sister got expelled, but they're more complete - and less vulnerable - for having known them. It's this vast network of acquaintances that helps to shrink and demystify the wider world, making it easier, when the time comes, to join...
...done in the recent past, the game won't degenerate into a replay of World Wars I and II. Compared to the previous contenders, both sides have reasons to be cautious. China cannot risk its trade surplus with the U.S., and Washington must speak softly lest Beijing dump its vast reserves on the market, driving down the value of the dollar. The U.S. needs China to constrain North Korea's nuclear ambitions, and China needs the U.S. as a counterweight against a resurgent Russia...