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Stripped: The Search for Human Rights in US Women's Prisons

Adam Skolnick

September 07, 2018 |

Longreads |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington

After her client and friend gets sentenced to 13 years in prison at the Washington Corrections Center for Women, Laurie Dawson, an activist, sets out to reform prison practices. With the guidance of the Bangkok Rules, an international document that outlines 70 principles meant to reform women’s prisons, Dawson sets her sight on eliminating strip searches from WCCM, and succeeds.

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How 50 Years of Latino Studies Shaped History Education

Natalie Escobar

September 07, 2018 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

In 1968 Cal State founded the first Chicano studies program, which focused on the history of Mexicans and their relationship to the U.S. Since then, several universities followed suit. The program was also made possible through the activism of 15,000 students, who walked out of class in the historic East L.A. walkouts demanding a better education. While there are critics, educators believe these type of programs are beneficial to Hispanic students. “Now they have tools to understand the microaggressions they’ve experienced or the economic struggles in this society, and that they’re not the only ones.”

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Teaching After Hours: The Rise Of International Online Teaching

Lily Jones

September 03, 2018 |

Forbes |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

A new crop of international companies is connecting English-language teachers and students in China for online tutoring sessions. The flexible arrangements are a way for Chinese elementary and secondary pupils to improve their English skills and also a mechanism for modestly paid American teachers to supplement their income.

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The searing photos that helped end child labor in America

Jessica Contrera

September 03, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In the 1900s Lewis Hine posed as a bible salesman so he could get inside factories and take pictures of child workers. At the time children from 10-15 were put to work, and had no legal protections. Years later his pictures became a catalyst for passing child labor laws.

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This Food Truck Owner Wants to Decolonize Your Diet

Serena Maria Daniels

August 28, 2018 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

A food truck in a Detroit Latinx neighborhood offers “decolonized” food—food made up of staples of the Latinx culture before colonization. In this way, the truck—and other community activists working on food issues—hopes to make healthy food available and promote healthier eating.

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Conserve the Sound, an Online Museum Preserves the Sounds of Past Technologies–from Typewriters, Electric Shavers and Cassette Recorders, to Cameras & Classic Nintendo

Josh Jones

August 28, 2018 |

Open Culture |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Germany

An online German museum is collecting and creating access to the sounds of obsolete technology such as portable cassette players, modems, and rotary phones. Through this collection, the museum preserves a tangible physical history that would be otherwise lost.

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This Tactical Urbanist Is Pasting Narratives of Enslaved People All over Richmond

Gregory Scruggs

August 27, 2018 |

Next City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

Untold RVA, a project developed by ‘tactical urbanist’ Free Egunfemi, intervenes in public space to foreground the history of slavery and the lives of the enslaved in Richmond. While work is being done to dismantle Richmond’s commemorations of the Confederacy, Egunfemi and other activists are working to ensure the people survived unimaginably oppression are not forgotten.

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The "Black Art Yearbook" Is Helping Contemporary Black Artists Make History

Rikki Bird

August 21, 2018 |

Artsy |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Dario Calmese’s Black Art Yearbook captures candid portraits of curators, collectors, dealers and other people who support the creation of black art. In this way, Calmese is making a historical record of an exciting moment as well as commemorating people that are often marginalized or erased by the creation of ‘official’ art history.

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Uffizi Gallery's Vast Sculpture Collection Goes Online in Interactive 3D Scans

Jasmine Weber

August 15, 2018 |

Hyperallergic |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Italy, Venice

A partnership between Venice’s Uffizi Gallery and Indiana University is providing new access to the Uffizi’s collection of ancient sculpture. The Uffizi Digitization Project provides a web interface for visitors to see the work in interactive three-dimension scans.

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Reviving Italy's ‘Ghost Towns'

Nicola Kelly Harriet Noble

August 14, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Italy, Santo Stefano di Sessanio

To bring more people to almost-deserted Italian towns, town leaders are attempting to grow the “albergo diffuso” model, which roughly translates to “scattered homes.” Many Italian towns have land as well as the desire to bring in people, so locals have banded together to create hotels comprised of several deserted homes put together. It’s working. Locals are coming back and bringing traditional crafts and cooking with them. Tourists are coming in numbers high enough to sustain a new tourist economy.

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