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Building Global Unity through Tolerance and Universal Rights

     December 10, 2020 marked the 72nd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Two related documents also celebrate significant anniversaries this year: the 25th anniversary of the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance and the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Charter. Both Declarations and the Charter provide a framework for building unity in a diverse world. […]

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Trump’s Presidential Sequel to the Apprentice

      As you’re aware, former president Trump starred in a TV program for fourteen years, entitled the, “Apprentice,” and earned well over $200 million dollars. The premise of the show was to pit applicants against one another as they were subjected to tough interviews and under difficult conditions. The ultimate purpose of this drama was to select a person to head one of trump’s companies. […]

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Don’t Withhold Hazard Pay

      As with many issues raised by this pandemic, the problem of hazard pay is fraught with deep, multiple inequities.  Like the compensation that traditionally remunerated particularly dangerous work in such fields as military service, mining, or construction, hazard pay was introduced early in the pandemic to recognize the risks and dangers that frontline essential workers face every day.   […]