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The Panama Papers
Read more: The Panama PapersA giant leak of more than 11.5 million financial and legal records exposes a system that enables crime, corruption and wrongdoing, hidden by secretive offshore companies. External sources: https://panamapapers.icij.org/
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Bread and Puppet Theater Founder Peter Schumann on 50 Years of Art and Resistance
Read more: Bread and Puppet Theater Founder Peter Schumann on 50 Years of Art and ResistanceThis year marks the 50th anniversary of one of this country’s most beloved theater companies. Founded in New York City in 1963, the Bread and Puppet Theater’s first productions ranged from puppet shows for children to pieces opposing poor housing…
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Not All Like That
Read more: Not All Like ThatJohn Shore and his wife Catherine had been attending the First Presbyterian Church of San Diego for six years when they were nominated to serve as deacons. But before they could be ordained, they were asked to sign a document…
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MAY DAY MARCH- “TRUMP UNWANTED”
Read more: MAY DAY MARCH- “TRUMP UNWANTED”GAME ON! Its gonna be a good Spring!” Connie Bacon. Activists and the politically aware will march with the message that Donald Trump and his beliefs are “UNWANTED”. External sources: https://www.facebook.com/maydaymarch16/ https://www.facebook.com/connie.bacon/posts/10156668786985048
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Project Easy Access Lexington
Read more: Project Easy Access LexingtonSpearheaded by Latitude Artist Community, Project Easy Access Lexington (PEAL) organized team ‘Bricksquad’ to help make the sidewalks and streets of downtown Lexington, KY more wheelchair accessible. Armed with only a canvas bag of few bricks, sand, and some tools…
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Burners Without Borders
Read more: Burners Without BordersBurners Without Borders (BWB) is a grassroots, volunteer-driven, community leadership organization whose goal is to unlock the creativity of local communities to solve problems that bring about meaningful change. Supporting volunteers from around the world in innovative disaster relief solutions…
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Street Artist Blu Destroys 20 Years of His Work in Bologna to Protest an Exhibition
Read more: Street Artist Blu Destroys 20 Years of His Work in Bologna to Protest an Exhibition“Seeing street art exhibited in a museum is paradoxical and grotesque,” they [Blu and his comrades] wrote of Banksy and Co. “This ‘street art’ exhibition [featuring 250 works of street art, some of which were removed from their original public…
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Rundberg’s ‘Running Man’ Looks to Take His Message Beyond Austin
Read more: Rundberg’s ‘Running Man’ Looks to Take His Message Beyond AustinHe’s everyone’s favorite cardio-loving community activist — a relatively new emissary of Austin weird. His name is Broderick James, but he’s better known as the Rundberg Running Man, a local fixture you can find dancing, running and freestyle rapping on…
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Rebel Music: Native America
Read more: Rebel Music: Native AmericaFrank Waln, a 25 year old Native American hip hop artist, tours the country and Canada performing and teaching motivational workshops to students across the country. He took to rap at a young age when he found a cd (Eminem’s…
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Of Death and Disco Balls: Nightlife Art
Read more: Of Death and Disco Balls: Nightlife ArtAn oversized facsimile of Rush poppers, tipped over, pouring out its viscous contents: this example of underground gay iconography blown up to almost belligerent proportions perfectly represents the aims of Party Out of Bounds: Nightlife as Activism Since 1980, a…