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has found that Congress is far
more responsive to the concerns
of the wealthy, as opposed to
those of lower-income Americans.
The good news is that a broad
coalition — including the Sierra
Club, the NAACP, Greenpeace and
the Communications Workers of
America — agrees that the way we
finance our elections isn’t working.
Alongside the failings of our current campaign finance system, Paul
looks into the ways these groups
have begun investing time and resources to reform the process so
that small donors have more of a
voice in the political process.
Elsewhere in the issue, Kia Makarechi points out a troubling
trend among the potential Academy Award candidates this year.
While a handful of black actors
are getting Oscar-worthy buzz
for their performances, Kia notes
that they all starred in roles that
had to be played by black actors,
from Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years
a Slave to Idris Elba in Mandela.
Digging back through Oscar history, he finds that this problem has
been around for a while.
“The only black man to win best
actor for a role that could have
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been played by a white actor is
Denzel Washington,” Kia writes,
“who won in 2001 for his turn as a
LAPD detective in Training Day.”
In our Voices section, Oxford
professor Ian Goldin writes about
the problem of short-term goals
within corporations, which often
have leaders who succumb to the
pressures of today and neglect
I can’t keep going
to the same donors with
the same story. There’s
got to be something
more innovative here.”
the responsibilities of tomorrow.
Ian emphasizes the need for longterm thinking if we are to secure a
sustainable future.
“The danger of leaving a damaging legacy is real,” he writes.
Finally, as part of our continuing focus on the Third Metric,
Ann Brenoff talks to transcendental meditation teacher-tothe-stars Bob Roth.
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