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(10/13/03 6:00am)
The United States is a nation of immigrants, with the clear
exception of Native Americans. However, the newest wave of the
\tired masses,"" regardless of country of origin, has not been met
with open arms. It has been consistently greeted with hostility,
fear and discrimination from the group that has been here just long
enough to no longer consider itself immigrants.
(09/29/03 6:00am)
The recent proposal to increase the minimum wage to $7.75 has
caught many by surprise-except those who have been quietly facing a
growing crisis for years.
(09/18/03 6:00am)
This past week political elites, powerful corporate heads, NGOs,
representatives of both powerful and small countries, South Korean
farmers, Mexican campesinos, feminists, students, the media and
many more all converged in Cancun, Mexico. Unfortunately, this
diverse group did not meet on equal footing. While monetary and
military resources were pooled to keep one side from expressing its
opinion to the other outside the conference building, even behind
the walls inequality persisted. Developed and developing nations
have never been on an equal plane within the World Trade
Organization or within the realm of international trade agreements
in general. Those with the money have made the rules-perhaps until
now. In the face of these inequalities a coalition of developing
nations have grown, the G-21, and they have numbers on their side.
On Sunday afternoon, the G-21 nations walked out of negotiations
and the WTO talks in Cancun, Mexico officially collapsed without
reaching any formal agreements.
(04/02/03 6:00am)
To be a young, middle-class Midwestern liberal on vacation in
Las Vegas is a strange thing. It's like being on a distant planet.
(10/11/02 6:00am)
A 16-year-old girl was raped in a Madison West High School
stairway two weeks ago. When she returned to school two days later,
she was physically attacked. At school, a place that is supposed to
be safe, it is difficult to imagine how the incident could be any
worse. Yet the story gets more horrifying; the same stairway was
the scene of the rape of another 16-year-old girl 26 years
ago.
(09/06/02 6:00am)
The streets of San Salvador are chaotic with colorful former
school buses, cars spewing black smoke, pick-ups with people
clinging to the sides'10 years after the signing of peace accords,
chaos is no longer violent. The army has been scaled back, police
force overhauled and the 'guerrillas' are now a peaceful political
party. The war has ended, but outright violence has been replaced
with something quieter, less likely to make the headlines'economic
violence and the erosion of a culture.
(04/05/02 6:00am)
There are workers on the Madison campus who perform the same
jobs as state employees but are paid less, receive no sick pay,
vacation time, retirement savings plans or health insurance. This
appears to be discrimination, but these workers are actually part
of a typical hiring system. They are limited term employees.
(02/26/02 6:00am)
SALT LAKE CITY'Many don't realize it; many ignore it; some feel
helpless in the face of it and shield their eyes'but it is real.
There is poverty in the United States. I could quote some shocking
numbers of poverty rates or of how many children die each year of
treatable illnesses in one of the richest nations in the world, but
the numbers aren't important'what matters are the faces, the
individuals and the stories.
(02/01/02 6:00am)
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is taking place
in Manhattan. The WEF is a private-member organization of
representatives from the world's largest corporations, but
academics, trade ministers, heads of state and journalists are
invited to meetings as \guests."" The meeting is considered the
summit to define the global business, political and economic agenda
for the year. It is also a chance for business and political
leaders to schmooze and work out trade deals.