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Projects with Clear Short-Term Goals
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Platform
Read more: Platform“As of October 2009, Retznei boasts a new centre. In the middle of the square the black contours of a concrete surface stand out, reminiscent of the shape of a pond. If you step on the Platform, you notice that…
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Flexin’ in My Complexion
Read more: Flexin’ in My ComplexionKheris Rogers, an 11-year-old entrepreneur from Los Angeles, has made history at New York Fashion Week as the youngest fashion designer ever to present. Kheris became an internet sensation earlier this year after her sister posted photos of her promoting…
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Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcast
Read more: Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcastIn 2008, an earthquake devastated Sichuan province in China, claiming the lives of more than 69,000 people. Following accusations from parents that substandard construction caused the collapse of schools across in the region, the artist Ai Weiwei set upon a…
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Three billboards in Florida target Rubio on guns
Read more: Three billboards in Florida target Rubio on gunsAn online activist group is mimicking the critically acclaimed film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to troll Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., with three rolling billboards in Florida calling for gun control. The group Avaaz created the campaign, which features three…
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Banksy’s new artwork takes aim at arms trade
Read more: Banksy’s new artwork takes aim at arms tradeA new piece of art by Banksy was unveiled in London on Monday in a protest targeting one of the world’s largest arms fairs. The work will be displayed for a week at Art the Arms Fair, an exhibition set…
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Living Pain Art
Read more: Living Pain ArtOften referred to as a ‘living pain’ artist, Petr Pavlensky chooses performance art that often takes form of extreme acts as his political language. Some of his stunts involve sewing his mouth shut in political protest against the incarceration of…
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Glam Up the Midterms
Read more: Glam Up the MidtermsYou think midterm elections are boring? Not this year. Funny Or Die and Billy Eichner are going to Glam Up The Midterms! Only 12% of young people voted during the last midterm election. From the same team that brought you…
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Congo La Sape
Read more: Congo La SapeTheir name, Sapeurs, comes from the French slang se saper, meaning to dress with class, but also from the acronym of their social group : La Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes (the Society of Ambianceurs and Elegant Persons).…
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Maboneng Township Arts Experience
Read more: Maboneng Township Arts ExperienceAt the age of just 30, Palesa Ngwenya is helping transform these areas through her position as development coordinator of Maboneng Township Arts Experience. “We turn homes in the townships into art galleries,” says the young South African woman, who…
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Stop – short film on stop and frisk
Read more: Stop – short film on stop and friskhttps://vimeo.com/114980972 “Probably one of the most important and timely shorts for America this year. Reinaldo Marcus Green’s film addresses the upsetting aspects of New York City’s stop-and-frisk policies with sensitivity and insight.” -Jeff Bowers, VICE (https://bit.ly/1mU7HHQ) “The film packs a…
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‘Triple Talaq’ Abolition Is Only The Start Of A Larger Campaign For Gender Justice In India
Read more: ‘Triple Talaq’ Abolition Is Only The Start Of A Larger Campaign For Gender Justice In IndiaThe egregious practice that some Muslim men employ to divorce their wives instantaneously and without their consent, merely by uttering the word talaq (divorce) three times, has finally been declared unconstitutional and illegal by the Indian Supreme Court. The country’s…
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‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ inspires real-life billboards
Read more: ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ inspires real-life billboardsA pair of activist groups have taken a tactic straight from the Oscar front-runner “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” The movie centers on a grieving mother, angry that the man who raped and killed her daughter still hasn’t been found…