A new documentary on Black radical activism will be screened at Visual Studies Workshop on Thursday night, with a talkback by activist Jalil Muntaqim.
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EXHIBITION-LECTURE | ‘Commemorating the Ratification of the 19th Amendment’
Eastman Museum will present a lecture to accompany its current History of Photography installation that commemorates the 19th Amendment.
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Scripted
In her book, “The Poitier Effect: Racial Melodrama and Fantasies of Reconciliation,” Sharon Willis, a University of Rochester professor of Art and Art History/Visual and Cultural Studies, provides a comprehensive, deft analysis of respectability politics by using the films of Sidney Poitier — and their enduring effect on our depiction of racial reconciliation — as […]
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Name-change notices can endanger trans people
For transgender people who are transitioning, an official name change is often part of the process. And in New York, when people get permission from the courts to change their names, a notice is typically published in a newspaper. The notices contain identifying information, including people’s original names, new names, addresses, and birthplaces. But the […]
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More questions on solitary confinement and inmate mental health
Last year, a pair of publications criticized the use of solitary confinement in New York’s prisons. A report from the New York Civil Liberties Union and an article in The Nation said that officials’ often impose the punishment arbitrarily and excessively. A new article, published last week by ProPublica, questions state prisons’ use of solitary […]
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PHOTOS: DOMA decision day rally
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, a major victory for marriage equality supporters. And they celebrated the victory during a rally last night at Washington Square Park.
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Murkowski is latest Republican senator to back marriage equality
Add Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska to the growing list of Congress members who support marriage equality.
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NYCLU calls on state officials to reform solitary confinement practices
A new report from the New York Civil Liberties Union raises some serious questions about the use of punitive solitary confinement in the state’s prisons. The state has approximately 5,000 beds in special housing units (SHU’s) — many of them built during the last 20 years — at 39 prisons, says the report. Each day, […]
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NEWS BLOG: Does Supreme Court health-care ruling jeopardize civil-rights laws?
Several commentators have been highlighting an important but largely overlooked aspect of yesterday’s Supreme Court health-care ruling: the decision related to the expansion of Medicaid. Under the Affordable Care Act, states are encouraged to expand Medicaid coverage; to make it attractive for all states to do that, the federal government will pay the full cost […]
