Projects tagged
Health
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Chinese artist speaks out against zero-Covid policy by wearing 27 hazmat suits in Times Square
Read more: Chinese artist speaks out against zero-Covid policy by wearing 27 hazmat suits in Times SquareOn Sunday morning, a puffy, Michelin Man-like figure trudged through Times Square in New York, panting from the exertion of trying to move while wearing 27 hazmat suits. Inside the white cocoon was Zhisheng Wu, a Chinese artist who staged…
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Need Therapy? In West Africa, Hairdressers Can Help.
Read more: Need Therapy? In West Africa, Hairdressers Can Help.Joseline de Lima was wandering the dusty alleys of her working-class neighborhood in the capital of Togo one day last year, when a disturbing thought crossed her mind: Who would take care of her two boys if her depression worsened…
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Reagan has died of AIDS
Read more: Reagan has died of AIDSRonald Reagan was elected President of the United States on November 4, 1980. In less than a year, in the Summer of 1981, AIDS was first identified in medical journals. However, it took until 1987 before he would give his…
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@muchachafanzine
Read more: @muchachafanzineThe user muchachafanzine on instagram is an activist who writes a “decolonial native xicana feminist fanzine”. They are an online activist and they spread their message through their page, the zine, and through merchandise. Daisy Salinas began Muchacha Fanzine as…
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Local artist stages demonstration inspired by protesters in China
Read more: Local artist stages demonstration inspired by protesters in ChinaLate last month, Chinese citizens took up a creative means of protest over the nation’s strict “zero-COVID” policy. In a place with little tolerance for large public demonstrations, protesters have been holding up blank pieces of paper. Their ingenuity inspired…
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Spotify removes Neil Young’s music after he objects to Joe Rogan’s podcast
Read more: Spotify removes Neil Young’s music after he objects to Joe Rogan’s podcastSpotify has removed famed singer-songwriter Neil Young’s recordings from its streaming platform. On Monday, Young had briefly posted an open letter on his own website, asking his management and record label to remove his music from the streaming giant, as…
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Keep McAllen Beautiful
Read more: Keep McAllen BeautifulLocated throughout McAllen are over 200 irrigation pipes, which come in all shapes and sizes, and are part of the city’s rich agricultural history. To this day, some of those concrete pillars continue to regulate flow of irrigation-water to help…
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Dirty Money in Art & Big Pharma
Read more: Dirty Money in Art & Big PharmaBetween 1995 and 2017 the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin brought in $35 billion USD in revenue for Purdue Pharma, most of which went directly into the hands of the Sackler family. The Sackler family, a dynasty of philanthropists have given…
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“Is it Real? Yes It Is!”
Read more: “Is it Real? Yes It Is!”In recent years, a fashion for painting the human figure has preoccupied the art world, with an emphasis on race, gender and other urgent social issues. Yet another pressing topic in America has been curiously absent from art: abortion, which…
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National AIDS Memorial
Read more: National AIDS MemorialThe Quilt was conceived in November of 1985 by long-time human rights activist, author and lecturer Cleve Jones. Since the 1978 assassinations of gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone, Jones had helped organize the annual candlelight…