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refugee crisis

Jenny Erpenbeck’s Unconventional Memoir Stresses Focussing on Others

In her new memoir (of sorts), Jenny Erpenbeck makes the point that focusing entirely on ourselves reveals very little when we don’t pay attention to others.
By Lauren LeBlanc

Ai Weiwei Has Sued Volkswagen for Using His Refugee Life Jacket Installation in an Ad

"Why should refugees choose to associate with me if they believe that I would exploit their plight for commercial gain?" Weiwei wrote.
By Helen Holmes
A home burns as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, California on November 8, 2018.

Climate Refugees and a Wildfire-Induced Homeless Crisis Devastate California

This is a crisis unlike any we have ever seen.
By Chris Roberts
President Donald Trump speaks to the press at the White House on September 24, 2017.

Trump’s Not-Just-Muslim Ban Is Still a Muslim Ban

By Francesca Friday
A recently painted mural by British graffiti artist Banksy, depicting a workman chipping away at one of the stars on a European Union (EU) themed flag, is pictured in Dover, south east England on May 8, 2017.

Finally, Banksy Has Some Feelings on Brexit

By Alanna Martinez
A rendering for Ai Weiwei's Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, a project with the Public Art Project coming to New York in October 2017.

Ai Weiwei Plans to Put Up Fences Across New York

By Alanna Martinez
Doctor Ruth

Elie Wiesel Reading Illuminates Importance of Modern Refugee Crisis

By Talia Smith
Ai Weiwei's 25-foot piece "Tree" at the Mary Boone Gallery in Chelsea.

Ai Weiwei’s Triumphant Return to New York

By Christopher Crosby
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at a press conference in March 2015.

Afternoon Bulletin: State Hands Fatal Cop Shooting to DA, Bribes After Sandy and More

By Christopher Crosby
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference at the Swedish government headquarters Rosenbad in Stockholm, Sweden, on February 3, 2015. The UN General Assembly will accept Guterres as the next Secretary General this week.

The Secretary-General Is Dead; Long Live the Secretary-General

By Thomas G. Weiss
The sacking of Rome.

What We Can Learn From the Refugee Crisis That Doomed the Roman Empire

By Eric Scigliano
Migrant children are taught at a makeshift school in the "Jungle" camp in the port town of Calais, northern France in February 2016.

A Record 65.3 Million People Were Displaced Last Year: What Does That Number Mean?

By Jeffrey H. Cohen and Ibrahim Sirkeci
David Bowie by Mick Rock.

David Bowie’s Art Collection Revealed, Ai Weiwei Exhibits Refugee Life Vests

By Alanna Martinez
Paraguyan unskilled labor created this elegant arch, on view at the Venice Architecture Biennial.

Detroit, Refugees and Garbage: Venice Architecture Biennial a Series of Manifestoes

By David D'Arcy
The German Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Germany Pavilion at Biennale a Policy Prescription for Refugees’ Integration

By Guelda Voien
David Miliband.

The IRC’s David Miliband on Trading Politics for a Right, Honorable Undertaking

By Lale Arikoglu
(Screengrab)

These New Syrian Refugee Emojis Aren’t Helping Anybody

By Sage Lazzaro
(Photo: Twitter)

These Were the 10 Most Influential Topics on Twitter in 2015

By Sage Lazzaro
Pussy Riot. (Courtesy Pussy Riot Facebook page)

Taggers Hit Wynwood Art Fair, Philadelphia Is Bleeding Art Galleries, and More

By Guelda Voien
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