Social justice
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The Mother of Cartagena
Personal tragedy compelled Catalina Escobar ’93 to undertake her life’s mission: Saving the girls of Colombia
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Clark historian weighs in on Tubman-Jackson switch on $20 bill
Although he was once celebrated for defeating the British at the War of 1812 in New Orleans and promoting the cause of “the common man,” President Andrew Jackson has become more infamously described by many modern historians as the slave-owning president who helped further codify racism, “manifest destiny” and the forced removal of Native Americans. That view was…
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Bridging the Health Care Divide
Clark Professor Ellen Foley’s first visit to Senegal was in 1992, as a college student studying anthropology and women’s studies during her semester abroad. Today, she visits the country at least twice a year to pursue her research on emerging health inequalities in urban West African communities. “We’re looking at type 2 diabetes, hypertension as well as classic…
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Raising awareness of sexual violence in Congo
In the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo, in what has been called the “Rape Capital of the World,” Dr. Denis Mukwege and his team treat as many as 3,000 women and girls each year for injuries due to sexualized violence by rebels, soldiers and civilians. Mukwege, an obstetrician-gynecologist, opened Panzi Hospital in Bukavu in 1999. Since…
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In President’s Lecture, civil rights pioneer encourages ‘constitutional conversation’
Robert Parris Moses received a standing ovation before he uttered a word. The raucous reception greeting Moses as he took the Razzo Hall stage to deliver the Oct. 8 President’s Lecture was a display of deep appreciation for the life and career of the prominent Civil Rights leader, who defied the violent racism of early-1960s…
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What’s eating Mark Bittman?
The food editorialist, Clark class of ’71, offers a sane response to an American diet flirting with madness
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D’Army Bailey ’65: A Radical Life
D’Army Bailey got booted from one university for leading civil rights protests. And then Clark came calling.