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At long last a poet laureate will bring verse to people of Massachusetts
A first ever Massachusetts poet laureate will be selected sometime this year. Poetry "enriches the civic life of ...
19 Black Poets Whose Work Will Move and Inspire You
The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...
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The Art Diary February 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
Peter Howson at 65’ at Edinburgh City Art Centre, Flowers Gallery Hong Kong is exhibiting two major paintings, ‘Luxuria’ and ...
Poetry can be a ‘powerful and magical’ tool, says San Diego’s new Poet Laureate, Paola Capó-García
The North Park resident says she hopes to work with local schools to incorporate more poetry into their curriculums and host ...
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Steve McQueen presents a portrait of protest in Britain
The culmination of over four years of collaboration with researchers, Resistance spans a century of social and political justice movements, featuring photographs from the radical suffrage movement in ...
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The prophet of the new right
The winner of the 2017 PEN Pinter Prize on how poets have responded to the horrors of civil war – and why the peace process is far from over. By Michael Longley Editor’s note: this piece was ...
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'Building community and coming together' the focal point of Portland rally against Trump
PORTLAND, Ore. — Five people were arrested Tuesday night during an anti-Trump protest in downtown Portland that began at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, authorities said. The demonstration ...
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‘Columbia Is Out of Control’: Student Activists Kick Off Spring Semester by Staging Pro-Terror Protest, Disrupting Jewish Studies Class
“Demand the university drop the suspensions, drop the charges,” CUAD wrote in its announcement of Tuesday’s protest. “There will be no school as usual as long as Columbia is participating in a ...
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‘Not going to tolerate criminal behavior’: Portland police chief, Multnomah County DA weigh in after anti-Trump protest arrests
During the event, PPB Chief Bob Day as well as District Attorney Nathan Vasquez spoke about the events of the protest, sharing that they respect Portlanders’ rights to protest. However ...
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UCLA hires LAPD Cmdr. Steve Lurie to lead safety overhaul following protest violence
UCLA failed to stem a violent protest melee last spring, as a “highly chaotic” decision-making process, lack of communication between administrators and police and a shortage of campus safety ...
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Columbia anti-Israel activists start semester with protest, disrupt Israeli prof’s class
Both groups were suspended last year for violating university protest policies but continue to operate as part of the broader coalition. Tuesday’s demonstration was backed by the off-campus ...
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PSC and Stop War leaders, Piers Corbyn charged after anti-Israel London protest
Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in London, on Saturday. (photo credit: HOLLIE ADAMS/REUTERS) Palestine Solidarity Campaign director Benjamin Jamal was among three ...