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This article details the saga of a Manhattan playwright who has lived in more than 30 apartments in the last 20 years, three in the last six months. Unable to meet rising living costs, her life shows the increasingly unstable domestic lives of artists who are trying to continue living and working in New York City today.
Photographs and a video are includedThis article details the saga of a Manhattan playwright who has lived in more than 30... more
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This is a video encouraging people to boycott Lil-lets products due to their unfair treatment of employees.This is a video encouraging people to boycott Lil-lets products due to their unfair... more
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This is a fantastic site for social advertising and campaigns from around the globe. It's got advertisements and campaign materials on all kinds of social issues. Really powerful stuff in here. Surf around and tell me what you think!This is a fantastic site for social advertising and campaigns from around the globe.... more
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In a very dramatic moment at UCLA, California First Lady Maria Shriver stepped out onto a stage that had already seen its share of celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey and Stevie Wonder, and announced that she was endorsing Barack Obama. This article presents photographs, videos of the speeches by Oprah Winfrey and Maria Shriver, the celebrity music video "Yes We Can" and a wonderful photo-gallery (with music audio: Josh Groban singing You Raise Me Up).In a very dramatic moment at UCLA, California First Lady Maria Shriver stepped out... more
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The Black Eyed Peas' band member will.i.am has gathered a number of celebrities, including Aisha Tyler, John Legend, Scarlett Johansson, Kate Walsh from Weeds, and many others, to turn Barack Obama's "Yes We Can" speech into a great music video. Photographs, the delightful music video and the video of Obama's original "Yes We Can" speech are all included.
Please take a listen and enjoy it!The Black Eyed Peas' band member will.i.am has gathered a number of celebrities,... more
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"Photo of The Day: Everything Is Coming Up Roses." This is a humorously sarcastic photograph, presented for you in stunning high-resulution.
Have a look, it's dark humor at its best!!"Photo of The Day: Everything Is Coming Up Roses." This is a humorously... more
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"Obama Gets His Mojo Back: Trounces Hillary in South Carolina." Senator Obama won a decisive victory over Clinton in Saturday's South Carolina primary. Nearly complete returns show Obama with 55 percent of the vote, Clinton at 27 percent, and Edwards at 18 percent.
The article includes photographs and the video of his victory speech."Obama Gets His Mojo Back: Trounces Hillary in South Carolina." Senator... more
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"Patti Smith: An American Experience." Patti was living in New York's Chelsea Hotel with Robert Mapplethorpe, when she helped put punk-rock and the East Village punk-rock landmark CBGB on the map. The documentary "Patti Smith: Dream of Life" has just premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Photographs and music videos are included."Patti Smith: An American Experience." Patti was living in New York's... more
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"Sandor Teszler: The Story of a Passionate Life." This is the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian man whose dramatic life story arcs from the Holocaust to the American Deep South of the 1950s. His life provides us with some deep and moving lessons about justice and the power of lifelong learning.
Photographs and a video are included."Sandor Teszler: The Story of a Passionate Life." This is the story of... more
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The Annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is accepting the participation of You Tube user in its Congress Center viewing and answering the significant suggestion to what companies or individuals must do in order to make the World a better place in 2008.
Most of the conflicts we have in the World today is caused by economic inequality and its consequences.
The idea that corporation, which in many aspects decide the way other human beings and the environment are treated, are considering to take in consideration opinion and ideas of single individuals, like you and I, make me feel quiet optimist about the possibilities of a future with fair way of living for all!
So, it's up to you! You've up to January 27, 2008 to address them!
Make your voice be heard!!!
The Annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is accepting the participation... more
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Heath Ledger, whose role as a gay cowboy in the film Brokeback Mountain led to an Academy Award nominaton, was found dead Tuesday in his New York apartment. He was superb in his portrayal of an emotionally stifled ranch hand with a broken heart, a tragic story of repression and the unsaid. That is easier said than done.
Photographs, a photo-gallery and videos are included.Heath Ledger, whose role as a gay cowboy in the film Brokeback Mountain led to an... more
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"Barack Obama: We Shall Overcome." Senator Obama spoke at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s church on Sunday and drew a clear link between Dr. King's vision of an America free of segregation and racism and his own call for unity after years of partisan rancor and division.
A photograph and the video of his speech are included."Barack Obama: We Shall Overcome." Senator Obama spoke at Dr. Martin Luther... more
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"Farewell, My Little Coney Island Honey." So now, it's finally goodbye this year to Coney Island's down-at-heel glamour. It had its real glory days in the 1940s. But now, the wrecking ball is already swinging. Goodbye down-at-heel faded glitter and decaying paintwork. Photographs, a photo-gallery and videos are included.
It's nostalgia time!!"Farewell, My Little Coney Island Honey." So now, it's finally goodbye... more
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"Dr. Martin Luther King: He Gave His Life Serving Others." At the end, he just wanted people to know that he tried to love somebody. To this day, King remains a symbol of the African-American civil rights struggle, revered for his martyrdom on behalf of nonviolence.
This article includes biographic notes, photographs, a photo-gallery and videos."Dr. Martin Luther King: He Gave His Life Serving Others." At the end, he... more
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"A Very Sad Story: bobbycrush." In this short film, Bobby Stone is 13 and in love. The problem is that he's in love with his best friend Dylan, and Dylan doesn't feel the same way. Filmmaker Cam Archer captures the heartbreaking melancholy of unrequited teenage desire in this dreamlike reverie.
Photographs and the video are included."A Very Sad Story: bobbycrush." In this short film, Bobby Stone is 13 and... more
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At Obama's speech at the College of Charleston yesterday, Sen. John Kerry endorsed Obama for the White House. Kerry's appearance provided a surprise twist to Obama's packed rally, which drew thousands of people, the largest political rally in Charleston in recent memory.
Photographs, a photo-gallery and the video of Obama's speech are included.At Obama's speech at the College of Charleston yesterday, Sen. John Kerry... more
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In his New Hampshire concession speech, Senator Obama gave yet another stirring speech, his ability for which is far superior to the rest of the presidential candidates on either side.
Obama's inspiring finesse and commanding cadence recalls Dr. Martin Luther King's gifted oratory.
Photographs, a photo-gallery and the video of his speech are included.In his New Hampshire concession speech, Senator Obama gave yet another stirring... more
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Everything you should know before going on a shopping spree. Once you become aware of the process behind every stuff we purchase, you'll think twice before maximizing your credit card or deciding what you really need to consume from now on without necessarily become an activist green but simply becoming s smarter consumer.Everything you should know before going on a shopping spree. Once you become aware of... more
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"Barack Obama is Edged by Clinton in New Hampshire." In a dramatic turnaround on Tuesday night, Clinton narrowly defeated Senator Obama in the New Hampshire primary by a margin of 39% to 36%.
This article includes photographs, a photo-gallery and two videos (including the video of Senator Obama's concession speech)."Barack Obama is Edged by Clinton in New Hampshire." In a dramatic... more
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Ryan Trecartin's video art is part of a third wave in queer identity politics. For Trecartin, cross-dressing, cross-identifying and cross-thinking are a state of being, not political positions.
Photographs and three videos are included.Ryan Trecartin's video art is part of a third wave in queer identity politics.... more
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