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Pitfalls of Peace in BosniaMaud S. BeelmanThe woman piled her books and magazines on the grass in front of her apartment building in the Sarajevo suburb and set them alight. In the crazy logic of her world-turned-upside-down, this meant Serb thugs wouldn't need to torch her apartment, as they had just done next door. |
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The Reproachful Voices of the DeadPhotos and Text by Jill FreedmanA child at the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach touches the face of a child. At least one and one-half million Jewish children were murdered in the Holocaust. |
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The Mayan ApparatchiksAnna HusarskaWhen the Guatemalan president-elect Alvaro Arzú promised on January 7 that his government "will be one of total and absolute respect for human rights," the announcement had a novel ring to it that on second thought was rather chilling. |
Delray Beach, Florida: Little Haiti's Little SisterJoel MillmanDaniella Henry remembers her first visit to Delray Beach. Driving up from Miami one night in 1990, she exited brightly-lit Interstate 95 for Atlantic Avenue, the town's main drag. She was delighted to see streets filled with people in a festive mood, despite the late hour. "I thought it was a carnival," she says, her natural smile brightening. Delight quickly turned to horror: "No carnival. Drugs." | |
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Head Start: Helping Alabama's Poor SurviveKay MillsThe Alabama Council on Human Relations (ACHR) is a private, non-profit agency that runs two Head Start centers serving some 350 children in Opelika and Auburn in one of the state's easternmost counties. But it does more than prepare children for school. In Lee County, the Head Start staff has learned that when one of its families is homeless or hungry, or parents are jobless or unschooled, Head Start itself must try to address the problem rather than pass it off to a state or local government agency. |