MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/opinion/07tue1.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Ethics Reform, Albany Style

“While the changes are commendable, the new 14-member Joint Commission on Public Ethics created to monitor elected officials, legislators and lobbyists is so deeply flawed in its structure as to be wholly ineffective.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/opinion/07kokabani.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Yemen’s Women Hoping for a New Era, by Nadia al-Kokabany

“The shelling of Yemen’s presidential palace last Friday represented the end of the road for President Ali Abdullah Saleh — a decisive conclusion he had never expected, or even considered, when the youth revolt erupted four months ago.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/opinion/07baqi.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The View From Yemen’s Tahrir Square, by Yasir Abdel Baqi

“Sana’s Tahrir Square is more than just a platform for voicing anger against the regime; it is a meeting place, a center for art and literature and a market where Yemenis can buy food or trinkets.”