It looks like former President Donald Trump was ready to go even further than we knew in his war on leaks. According to the New York Times, Department of Justice prosecutors obtained, via a subpoena from Apple, information about the accounts of at least two members of the House Intelligence …
Read More »Sarasota Art Museum shines a light on the career of artist Robert Colescott
“Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott” unveils the legacy of the game-changing African-American artist. Curated by Lowery Stokes Sims and Matthew Weseley, this traveling exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati is the first comprehensive retrospective of the life and work of the late artist. Now …
Read More »Renée Maddox | Death notice | leadertelegram.com
Where, how does one begin the celebration of a life that has unfolded in the six months that have lasted 100 years? Renee Julia Maddox knew how to live, followed the precepts of her heart and spent her adult life enjoying the pot of gold she found at the end …
Read More »Biden builds a doctrine around democracy. Will it work?
Tue, June 8, 2021 Biden builds a doctrine around democracy. Will it work? New Atlanticist through Daniel Frit United States President Joe Biden begins his first official overseas visit this week since arriving at the White House, a European tour in which he will attend G7, NATO and US summits. …
Read More »Diabetes and Race | Health affairs
There are times when a book opens my eyes wider. I enjoy when a book complements my primary care work and provides insight into the complex interpretations of race and health in the United States. Diabetes: A History of Race and Disease, by medical historian Arleen Marcia Tuchman, is such …
Read More »“Is this judgment inherently problematic? »TM Krishna on karnatik music against Hindustani music
The K sound and the H sound What is the evolution of the Karnatik sound compared to the Hindustani sound? At a certain level I tell myself that we should not compare the two but I compare and judge instinctively. I know a lot of musicians who think that the …
Read More »Chronicle of the History of Lake Geneva: An extraordinary inhabitant of the 20th century | Chroniclers
Herman Quade died at the age of 68 on January 6, 1969. His friend and fellow Legionary State Senator William F. Trinke, State Commander of the American Legion in Wisconsin, had him buried in the Trinke family plot at Oak Hill Cemetery. STEPHANIE JONES, regional news from Lake Geneva Patrick …
Read More »Greek art in all its splendor
Jockey of Artemision – National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Credit: Joyofmuseums , CC BY-SA 4.0/ Wikipedia The Jockey of Artemision, a large Greek bronze statue of a young boy riding a horse, is a magnificent surviving statue from ancient Greece and a rare example of a racehorse in Greek sculpture. It …
Read More »Lakewood’s Clifton Park receives National Register of Historic Places designation
LAKEWOOD, Ohio – Imagine the outcry today associated with a busy thoroughfare built right in the middle of a fully-built, cherished and beloved single-family residential community. Well you can think about it the next time you drive west on Clifton Boulevard out of Lakewood for Rocky River where, in the …
Read More »Wall Street Journal column denounces Liberal focus on past white crimes instead of progress for black Americans
Media Headlines June 2 Media slamming DeSantis on Florida’s new transgender athlete bill, WaPo correcting story about Tom Cotton and Chris Mathews appearing on MSNBC rounds out top media headlines today Fox News contributor Jason Riley criticized the Liberal emphasis on past crimes of white Americans instead of the progress …
Read More »President Biden, John Legend and Stacey Abrams among those commemorating the Tulsa race massacre
According to NPR, an armed white mob attacked Greenwood, a thriving black community in Tulsa, killing up to 300 people. What used to be known as Black Wall Street has been burnt to the ground. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President Joe Biden plans to travel …
Read More »The establishment strikes back – for now
If, as Bruno Maçães suggests in The story began, American culture became a Hollywood plot, and then we reached this place in history when the cattle baron burns down the shacks of unwanted settlers and the Death Star destroys the rebel planet. After defeating Donald Trump and stumbling upon new …
Read More »COVID-19: Space Jam, Top Gun and Bond – the films soon to be released in theaters | Ents & Arts News
It has been a long time for many of us since we last set foot in a movie theater. the COVID-19[female[feminine-the forced shutdowns meant dozens of films had their big-screen debuts delayed, pushing back cinema will be released for up to two years. The major studios are currently releasing films …
Read More »Indiana University’s Northwestern Professor of Sculpture Exhibition opens June 1 at Chicago Cultural Center
May 28, 2021 Art is more than just painting on a wall or drawing in a sketchbook. Art can be any number of things, from an installation on world issues to an exhibition designed to float on a river. Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford is an example of an artist seeking to create …
Read More »Review: “Billy Wilder On Assignment” Captures Director’s Life Before Hollywood
In Vienna, Wilder’s crowning achievement was interviewing jazz titan Paul Whiteman. Already affecting the rakish hat that has remained with him throughout his adult life, he fitted into Whiteman’s entourage when he and his orchestra traveled from Vienna to Berlin. Wilder remained in Berlin, one of the most important cities …
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