Category: war, peace, and justice
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Veterans Day Remembrance
“The life of an amphibious sailor was estimated at three minutes in combat.”
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Indigenous
Palestinians and Israelis are two Indigenous peoples occupying the land that is being fought over.
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Daybreak in Myanmar: Photos by Geoffrey Hiller
Myanmar in Southeast Asia is one of the least known places in the world, due to the military dictatorship that has isolated the country for the past sixty years. Now that the government is making…
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Many Black New Yorkers Are Moving to the South – NYTimes.com
THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN has propelled a striking demographic shift: black New Yorkers, including many who are young and college educated, are heading south. About 17 percent of the African-Americans who moved to the South from…
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Like a prayer
An essay in three tweets: Morality isn’t how you think, it’s what you do about your violent carnal greedy cowardly natural impulses. # Good religion attempts to explain our deep connection to others. Bad religion…
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Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan
“A half-century ago, Afghan women pursued careers in medicine; men and women mingled casually at movie theaters and university campuses in Kabul; factories in the suburbs churned out textiles and other goods. “There was a…
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When Ads by Google Go Wrong
When Ads by Google Go Wrong
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Housing Works launch
Sometimes we get to participate, in however small a way, in something much larger and more important than ourselves.
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Breach of Peace (Freedom Riders site launch)
In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans—the Freedom Riders—entered Southern bus and train stations to challenge their segregated waiting rooms, lunch counters, and bathrooms.
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Night and day
Two homeless men have taken up residence in the temporary supply hut of the Chinese Embassy construction on the corner.
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Congrats, Al
One day our daughter, who is now three, will thank you. And so will her children, whose existence you will have helped make possible.
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September 12
A gloomy, rainy September 11th in New York City. An eye doctor visit in the morning left my eyes dilated. For hours, I was overly sensitive to light. It was a perfect way to experience…
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What is Art Direction (No. 9)
A provocative poster deconstructed. How art direction communicates wordlessly, and how it differs from design. Disabled veterans, Gap ads, and James Gandolfini.
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No end in sight
The story of the American occupation of Iraq, NO END IN SIGHT shows how a military victory in 2003 descended into a seemingly endless nightmare of war.
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Gender and ethnic imbalance in web design
Real change is more valuable than cosmetic change.