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‘Black Suns’ at Louvre Lens: Coal mines transformed into gift shops
August 21, 2020This transformation is strikingly visible in the setting in which the painting is displayed, that is, in Lens’s transformation from mining to museum economy.
Read moreHillary Clinton tells voters: Don’t let Trump steal the election, again
August 20, 2020The woman who beat Donald Trump says he has to be defeated again, by an even bigger margin this time.
Read moreHarris targets Trump the predator, denounces structural racism
August 20, 2020Harris, the first Black woman VP nominee and first South Asian descendant on a major party ticket, combined personal history and praise of the women whose shoulders she stands on—suffrage crusaders and her immigrant mother—with her...
Read moreWashington on religious freedom—230 years ago
August 19, 2020While in Newport, the president was inspired to issue a major statement on religious freedom, making it clear that the new government of the United States intended to do things differently from other nations.
Read more19th Amendment was milestone for women’s equality, but not the final victory
August 18, 2020Was it revolution? No. Did it overthrow capitalism? No. But we cannot be deaf and blind to the hard-fought achievements we have scored.
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