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More than 30 people helped create the first mural outside of the São Paulo Museum of Art the day after the death of João Alberto Silveira Freitas, a Black man murdered by police.
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Members of the San Isidro Movement had been trapped inside the apartment for over a week, surrounded by Cuban state security, after staging a peaceful demonstration.
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The library released its anticipated lists of the year’s best titles, including books for teens, kids, adults, and poetry.
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Seven of them have been on hunger strike for more than 140 hours after police intercepted attempts by a neighbor to drop off food and supplies.
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The Hôtel du Lac in Tunis is a beloved icon of Brutalist architecture, with its unique inverted pyramid shape and imposing cantilevered stairs at each end.
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British artists Anish Kapoor, Lubaina Himid, and Michael Landy are offering prints to help keep the country’s museums afloat during the pandemic as part of an Art Fund initiative.
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Jon Feng, a Members and Visitors Services Representative, said the union will redistribute power to “give greater consideration to those in the most precarious positions.”
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The poetry nonprofit says it closed and laid off staff this week due to financial stress, but workers claim their unionizing efforts and workplace complaints are behind the move.
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The lawyers for the defense made a successful case for the action as an act of free speech, not theft.
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Videos of Jonothon Lyons, an accomplished performer, have gone viral for his romps around New York City in a lifelike rat costume.
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Twenty-two writers, including Cecilia Fajardo-Hill and Lauren O’Neill-Butler, have been awarded a total of $675,000 to support their work.
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“Is no one even mildly suspicious that he came to life and got there himself??? Wake up people!” commented one Facebook user.