Best Vacation Ever
Secret FCC meetings, what it's like to be a Canadian doctor, why modern art is in your head, and what science has to say about the best vacation ever -- all after the jump.
Secret FCC meetings, what it’s like to be a Canadian doctor, why modern art is in your head, and what science has to say about the best vacation ever — all after the jump.
On a regular basis, Truthdig brings you the news items and odds and ends that found their way to Larry Gross, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. A specialist in media and culture, art and communication, visual communication and media portrayals of minorities, Gross helped found the field of gay and lesbian studies.
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Stanford University Professors Protest Arizona’s English Fluency Law A statement drafted by Stanford University professors in protest of Arizona’s English Fluency Law is an effort to show how the law is flawed and to add support to similar statements from the University of Arizona and the National Council of Teachers of English.
‘Transparent’ FCC Continues Secret Internet Meetings The Federal Communications Commission “f*cked up” by holding closed-door meetings with industry giants aimed at striking a deal over Internet regulation, a government source told DailyFinance on Tuesday, even as the agency’s chief of staff defended a process that has effectively shut out the public.
The Stealth Attack on America’s Best-Loved Program As Obama’s Fiscal Commission prepares for its June 30 hearing, the Roosevelt Institute’s New Deal 2.0 blog invited me to participate in its Social Security’s Fiscal Fitness series, which examines the soundness of the program, its relationship to the federal deficit, and the vital role it plays in America’s economic future.
Police Your Own Damn Copyrights I changed my mind: The court was right to side with YouTube over Viacom.
Why modern art is all in the mind New book argues that taste is driven by psychological patterns and way we want world to see us.
The push to make broadband access a civil right If you’re one of the millions of Americans who use broadband Internet at home, you probably take for granted how deeply it’s woven into your life. It has transformed the way we pay our bills, seek romance, procrastinate, and keep abreast of politics and the lives of friends. The pre-Google era has become a distant, hazy memory.
The Best Vacation Ever How should you spend your time off? Believe it or not, science has some answers.
Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age Internet enthusiasts come in two flavors: utopians and populists. The rhetoric of both camps is revolutionary, but the revolutions are different.
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Visual investigations at the intersection of climate change and global migration.
Editorial Cartoons
Though diversity is a driving ethos of this year's event in Los Angeles, the art world is still deeply invested in sidelining people of color.
Artists who tell the truth are the mortal enemies of despots, who seek to distort the past, the present and the future.
Artists, activists and museum staff launched protests after learning that chemicals made by Warren Kanders’ company were used on migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
The tangible effects of political concerns, ranging from mass displacement to climate change, are unavoidable at the 58th Venice Biennale.
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