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AFGHANISTAN-SOCIETY-ART

Afghanistan’s Art Scene Weighs in On Taliban Move to Ban Images of Living Things

Despite the Taliban’s attempts to erase the nation’s cultural identity, Afghan artists are hopeful that art can outlive even the most oppressive regimes.
By Tamara Davison
Climate activists call on NYC's Museum of Modern Art to drop board chair

The Year in Museums: Political Unrest on One Side and Major Gifts on the Other

It was pretty bad but it wasn’t all bad.
By Daniel Grant

Corporate Support for Social Issues Is All the Rage, Except When the Topic Is Abortion Rights

Most brands have remained deafeningly silent on the most fundamental issue facing women now: the rollback of reproductive rights crystallized by the leaked Supreme Court brief signaling the imminent reversal of landmark 1973 decision Roe v Wade.
By Natalia Petrzela

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Black Lives Matter Leaders Are Working on the Future of ‘Hamilton’

By Helen Holmes
Millennials have realized that the traditional notion of wealth—almost exclusively tied to your net worth and assets—needs to be redefined.

Here’s Why Millennials Are the Holistic Wealth Generation

By Keisha Blair
A former member of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church, Megan Phelps-Roper is now and activist who lobbies to overcome religious and political divides.

No Longer a Hater: The Long, Strange Journey of Megan Phelps-Roper

By Harmon Leon
With enough downloads over time, the compounding revenue generated from Bail Bloc has the potential to help secure the release of thousands of immigrants from ICE detention

Activists Are Mining Cryptocurrency to Bail People Out of ICE Detention

By Tyler Woods

From Parkland to #MeToo, 2018 Is the Year Journalism Met Activism

By John Bonazzo

March for Our Lives Shows Kids Yell Loudest Against Gun Violence

By Matthew Corkins and Kaitlyn Flannagan
Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, leads a march of people protesting a grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer involved in the chokehold death of her father in July on Dec. 11, 2014 on Staten Island.

Erica Garner ‘Never Stopped Fighting’ For Her Father, Activists Say

By Madina Toure
Fattitude, the documentary.

If You’ve Ever Made a Fat Joke, Fattitude is the Documentary For You

By Dominique Norman
Abdou Razak of Togo demonstrates against Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé, who inherited the position from his father, but has since been re-elected twice. Protestors want him to step down immediately, and to revive a paragraph of the government's constitution stating that no politician should serve more than two terms.

Getty Captures Chaos of UN Protests in 9 Chillingly Powerful Images

By Kaitlyn Flannagan
Members of Patriotic Millionaires, whose privileged members advocate for higher taxes on the rich, met with lawmakers in this 2015 photo to discuss legislation to close the carried interest loophole.

How Some Rich People Are Trying to Dismantle Inequality

By Erynn Beaton, Maureen A. Scully and Sandra Rothenberg
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio speaks at the United Nations Climate Summit on September 23, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by )

Leonardo DiCaprio Invites You to Buy Art in St. Tropez to Save the World

By Alanna Martinez
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Is Bill de Blasio a Real Progressive? Activists Aren’t Convinced

By Madina Toure
Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio Says His Left-Wing Critics Are ‘Not Being Intellectually Honest’

By Madina Toure
Salice Rose

Bright Pink Lipstick Takes a Stand for Planned Parenthood

By Jeena Sharma
During a sacrifice, King Attalus presses two words into the liver of the slaughtered animal. Engraving by Bernhard Rode, ca. 1780.

What’s the Big Deal With Animal Sacrifice for Art, Really?

By Alanna Martinez
Mishaps can spiral out of control quickly these days.

How Social Media Turned United’s PR Flub Into a Firestorm

By Anjana Susarla
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 24: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) walks to his office after gaveling the House into session, on Capitol Hill, March 24, 2017 in Washington. House Republicans are planning to vote on the American Health Care Act on Friday. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Complaining to Your Congressman Just Got Way Easier Thanks to This New Facebook Bot

By Brady Dale
A woman wears a mask as she takes part in a march on March 5, 2017 at Bakirkoy district in Istanbul, ahead of the World women day of March 8, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

What Non-Superstar Activists Need From Security Tools

By Brady Dale
Spencer Merolla, Editorialized, 2017.

Artists Join the Fight to Protect First Amendment Rights

By Cait Munro
Princess Leia poster at Women's march.

Princess Leia Poster: Legal Issues Won’t Keep This Artist Out of the Rebellion

By Matthew Corkins
Priests' Katie Alice Greer @ Brooklyn Bazaar on Friday, January 28

‘Resistance Absolutely Works’: How Artists and Fans Can Influence Policy

By Justin Joffe
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