In the fifth interview of our series “Cultivating Latino Arts” filmmaker Ray Santisteban talks about the roots of disenfranchisement, the FBI’s history of repression, and how a coalition of some of Chicago’s poorest, least-educated groups changed the future of national politics.
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The newly elected Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, made a jarring equation when he described his feelings surrounding the killing of 1,000 Muslims during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Illustrator Marian Kamensky captures this callous comment in today’s Curated Cartoons.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao writes about the Chinese government’s dissident roundup as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre approaches on June 4.
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Journalist and novelist Andrey Kurkov comments on the status of press freedom and Russian propaganda affecting Ukrainian media outlets during this fifth installment of The Freedom Chat.
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Pittsburgh historian and longtime civic activist Agnes Dodds Kinard, 99, died peacefully at home May 22nd at Longwood at Oakmont in Verona, Pa.
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As fighting increases in Benghazi, Libya’s political stability is called into question.
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Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo predicts a physical backlash against peaceful activists and journalists in Cuba.
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Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo predicts a backlash against peaceful activists in Cuba, stemming from machinations concocted by the Cuban government.
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The evictions of residents formerly located in the favelas, or slums, that surround the World Cup stadium in Rio de Janeiro are making international headlines. Dutch cartoonist, Tjeerd Royaards, highlights these high-stakes areas.
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Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan downplays the coal mining tragedy in Soma and is depicted in today’s Curated Cartoons.
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