war
My Lai massacre exhibit puts Vietnam War in broad perspective
April 6, 2018We often honor the soldiers who fought, but forget that we had the luxury, as a country, to go to war where other people lived.
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15 years after the Iraq invasion, what are the costs?
March 26, 2018We are still spending $32 million per hour on wars started during the Bush administration.
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Billboards opposing drone wars going up all over Syracuse, NY
February 23, 2018Is this the “freedom” for which the wars endanger and impoverish and indebt us?
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“Israel in Egypt”: A Handel oratorio propagandizes for colonialism and war
February 15, 2018The context for this problematic work, subject to pointed discussion on musical, historical, political, theological and territorial grounds, has to be more transparent. Vague references to the generalized global exile and refugee experience simply looks like...
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“Water by the Spoonful”: Play overruns with compassion
February 15, 2018Quiara Alegría Hudes is a multi-talented creative force: a pianist and composer, lyricist and playwright. Knowing music as well as she does, she chose a particular musical form or genre for each of the "Elliot Trilogy"...
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