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This Historic Marian Anderson Performance Made Her an Icon of the Civil Rights Movement
Read more: This Historic Marian Anderson Performance Made Her an Icon of the Civil Rights MovementMarian Anderson, the legendary African American contralto, sang at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday in 1939 after she was refused a performance at Washington’s Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution because she was black. Over 75,000…
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A Fire in My Belly (A work in progress)
Read more: A Fire in My Belly (A work in progress)“Owning a vehicle, you could drive by and with the pressure of your foot on the accelerator and with your eyes on the road you could pass it quickly … The images of poverty would lift and float and recede…
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Federal Trade Commission demands Elon Musk ‘identify all journalists’ who had access to Twitter Files
Read more: Federal Trade Commission demands Elon Musk ‘identify all journalists’ who had access to Twitter Fileshe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is demanding Elon Musk turn over internal Twitter documents, including a list of the journalists who were behind the viral “Twitter Files.” The Wall Street Journal first reported Tuesday about more than a dozen letters…
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Occupy This Album: 99 Songs for the 99 Percent
Read more: Occupy This Album: 99 Songs for the 99 PercentBy Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones. Various Artists Occupy This Album Music for Occupy Like the ’60s-era social movements that inspired the performers at Woodstock, the Occupy movement has proved an irresistible draw to musicians. Dropping in on Zuccotti Park last…
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Lion Lights
Read more: Lion LightsRichard Turere, 13, has devised an innovative system to protect his family’s livestock from the wild beasts. He created “Lion Lights,” which keeps the predators away from the family’s enclosure. The Kenyan boy will speak about his invention at the…
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A Boy Peers Over the Mexican Boarder Wall
Read more: A Boy Peers Over the Mexican Boarder Wall“One morning, when JR awoke, an image lingered from his dreams: The wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and above it a young kid peering curiously over. A child just 1 year old, who has “no idea that’s a wall that…
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Smuggling Books Across The Border
Read more: Smuggling Books Across The BorderFor the People Artists Collective is a collaborative network of radical artists of color in Chicago. #ForThePeopleFriday: Each Friday, we will be sharing artwork by one of our members. Today, we are featuring Leila Abdelrazaq, a Chicago-based Palestinian artist, whose…
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Myanmar’s Artists Captured the Spirit of the Resistance. Now They’re Continuing the Fight from Abroad
Read more: Myanmar’s Artists Captured the Spirit of the Resistance. Now They’re Continuing the Fight from AbroadChuu Wai Nyein felt an overwhelming sense of guilt when she first arrived in Paris from Myanmar at the end of April. “I was pushed to leave the country, but it was not how I wanted to leave,” says the…
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Activism at the Met Gala
Read more: Activism at the Met GalaNow that the dust has settled from the Met Gala, with all the excitement over Kylie Jenner’s bathroom selfie and Rihanna’s body-swallowing Comme des Garçons florals, it is worth pausing to consider a red carpet moment most people missed: the…
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Release Two Live Albums For Australian Wildfire Benefit
Read more: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Release Two Live Albums For Australian Wildfire BenefitKing Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have released a pair of live albums to benefit relief efforts in response to devastating wildfires in their native Australia. The Melbourne-bred psych outfit released two live albums on Bandcamp, one of which was…
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Art activist group Led by Donkeys paints Ukrainian flag in front of Russian embassy
Read more: Art activist group Led by Donkeys paints Ukrainian flag in front of Russian embassyWheelbarrows full of washable paint were poured along the Kensington road to mark a year since Russia launched its invasion. Four people have been arrested for the protest. Yesterday morning (23 February), Led by Donkeys staged a protest in front…
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Black Unity- a powerful symbol of the Black Power movement
Read more: Black Unity- a powerful symbol of the Black Power movementSculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) used her art to advocate for social change in both the U.S. and her adopted country of Mexico. Much of her work focuses on the experience of African American life and political struggle during…