Lady Liberty
your huddled masses have arrived
and we can’t breathe.
Lady Liberty
You need glasses
In the age of social media, Ukrainian cartoonist Naser Jafari illustrates the conflict between freedom of expression and censorship.
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John Biel mientras al mandatario Hernández le dio y le sigue dando todo el tiempo posible.
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On January 9, 2014Amiri Baraka, poet, playwright and activist, passed away at the age of 79. A leading figure of the Black Arts movement, today we remember Baraka by sharing an interview Sampsonia Way published in 2011, after he came to read with Cave Canem at City of Asylum/Pittsburgh.
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Peter Bradley, current director of the Speakers’ Corner Trust, talks about the process of establishing a Speakers’ Corner in Nigeria, the importance of face-to-face community interaction, and the work it takes to maintain an effective democracy.
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Sala Udin sits down with poet and activist Amiri Baraka to discuss politics, the future of black art, and the consequences of making political art in America. Their lively conversation is sprinkled with personal memories, sharp political commentary and humor.
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Khet Mar, a City of Asylum Pittsburgh writer-in-residence, is on the road with Writers in Motion, a two week study tour of the Mid-Atlantic and the American South, sponsored by the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program.
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