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Harry Belafonte on His Artistic Values and His Activism
Read more: Harry Belafonte on His Artistic Values and His ActivismHarry Belafonte, the singer, actor and activist whose wide-ranging success blazed a trail for other Black artists in the 1950s, died on Tuesday at age 96. A child of Harlem, Mr. Belafonte used his platform at the height of the…
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Immigrant Movement International
Read more: Immigrant Movement InternationalImmigrant Movement International (IM) is a community space in the heavily immigrant neighborhood of Corona, Queens. Founded in 2011 as a partnership between artist Tania Bruguera and the Queens Museum, with support from Creative Time, the project, inspired by Bruguera’s…
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Artist’s self record of a Chinese marriage market
Read more: Artist’s self record of a Chinese marriage marketA photography project on China’s marriage market has recently reignited the debate about marriage in China, and the phenomenon of women deemed too old to marry, or “leftover women” in the country. In a series of photographs called “The Happiness…
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Abortion Access & Gender-Based Violence in Haiti
Read more: Abortion Access & Gender-Based Violence in HaitiHaiti is a conservative society where Roman Catholicism shapes many of its social norms. Patriarchal norms, says Haitian feminist Pascale Solages, co-founder and general coordinator of feminist organization Nègès Mawon, have informed its strict views on abortion. In Haiti, women…
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Operation Christmas
Read more: Operation ChristmasOperation Christmas was a campaign launched by the Colombian military during the Christmas season to encourage FARC guerrillas to demobilize.[1] The military selected nine 75-foot trees along paths the insurgents used and decorated them with Christmas lights and a message…
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Faces of the Movement
Read more: Faces of the MovementFaces of the Movement is a daily-release photo project that highlights the stories of everyday people who have joined together to fight for justice against police brutality in the United States. In news photos, they either have their faces covered…
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“Do You Hear Women Sing”
Read more: “Do You Hear Women Sing”On Nov 24, 2013, more than 10 Chinese feminist activists sang the feminist song “Do You Hear Women Sing” in the cabin of Beijing Metro Line 13 (adapted from the famous song “Do You Hear the People Sing” in the…
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Weapons Of Mass Instruction
Read more: Weapons Of Mass InstructionIf you’re a bibliophile you’ll get a kick out of the car-turned-library that can be found in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Artist Raul Lemesoff took an old 1979 Ford Falcon, a popular mode of transport amongst the military forces of its…
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“Deport the Statue” Campaign
Read more: “Deport the Statue” CampaignIt’s time to deport the Statue of Liberty. That’s the latest mission for Legals for the Preservation of American Culture, an organization which has begun the “Deport the Statue” campaign for the removal of Lady Liberty through four Twitter accounts…
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#NoFutureNoChildren
Read more: #NoFutureNoChildrenAs leaders across the world are getting ready to gather together to discuss climate change—and what to do about it—at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York next week, hundreds of young people across the world are going on…
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How Keith Haring used art for good
Read more: How Keith Haring used art for goodIt’s the radiant baby, the barking dog and the dancing man; the badges and the t-shirts; the unmissable mural spelling out CRACK IS WACK. Keith Haring’s career was short but spectacular, and he leaves behind a lasting legacy. From his…
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China urges Japan to treat “comfort women” issue in honest, responsible manner
Read more: China urges Japan to treat “comfort women” issue in honest, responsible mannerPhoto taken on Oct. 15, 2020 shows a “comfort women” statue in Berlin, capital of Germany. The statue was built to commemorate the more than 200,000 girls and women from 14 countries and regions, so-called “comfort women,” who were sexually…