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Public Art ATL: Elevate Underground Present “Harriet Rising”
On display on the Alabama Street above Underground Atlanta, is a public art installation by artists Lisa Tuttle and Alice Lovelace. It’s a three-dimensional, multifaceted grouping of polyptych towers …
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A Mother’s Day Manifesto: Promoting Personal and Communal Responsibility
Some time ago a woman invented Mother’s Day. Julia Ward Howe. She called on mothers to raise their sons well, to not be tools for war, as she …
What Kind of Society Do Americans Want?
Part I – Health Care in the USA On 7 May 2012 a new study came out on healthcare in the United States. Based on research carried out by …
Women Artists Still Face Discrimination
Twenty-seven years ago, the Guerrilla Girls - an anonymous group of artists who use humor to illustrate gender inequities in the art world - surveyed the most influential galleries …
Remembering Maurice Sendak
Author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died yesterday at the age of 83. Sendak has been called the Picasso of children’s literature, and godfather to generations of readers. His landmark book, Where the …
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Romney Joined Bush-Cheney Smear Campaign on John Kerry’s National Security Record in 2004
Mitt Romney doesn’t like it that President Obama’s re-election campaign in a new video decided to tout the president’s decision to order the raid that killed Osama bin Laden …
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British Panel Finds Murdoch Unfit to Lead Media Empire
London - In a damning report after months of investigation into the hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers, a parliamentary panel here concluded on Tuesday that he was …
Cigarette Companies and Their Underhanded Tactics
(Photo: guitargirl8022) The world’s biggest cigarette companies made their case in the [Australian] High Court, battling the Federal Government’s attempts to impose plain packaging on their product, fearful it …
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FCC Requires TV Stations to Put Political Ad Files Online
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) voted today to require major commercial TV stations to post online public files and political advertising files that detail crucial information on the campaign …
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Vietnam Clamps Down on Bloggers
Bangkok - A pioneer of citizens’ journalism in Vietnam is risking 20 years in jail for defending Internet freedom and exposing the draconian censorship laws in this communist party-ruled …