by Nora Maccoby – USA – “The question for me has always been: How can I help the world?” Mara Haseltine smiles – her large aquatic blue eyes bright and passionate. “Because it’s a race against time. We have to…
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Geotherapy: Artist Mara Haseltine’s Blueprints to Save the Planet
Tagged with: Arts & Culture, climate change, Environment, geotherapy, Mara Haseltine, New York City, reef, Science, sculptures, United States, Water
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES
Creating Sustainable Cities: The Bay Area and New York City Lead the Way
by Michelle Chen – USA – Angela Greene has a tough job: she and her workcrew scale the rooftops of Richmond, California to run wires, lay racks, and bend metal piping. Yet in the end, when she unfurls a gleaming…
Tagged with: activism, Energy, Environment, New York City, San Francisco, Science, Technology
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Posted in Economy, FEATURE ARTICLES
Broadway Corporations like Disney Make Millions as Stagehands Strike to Save Homes, Jobs
by Nancy Van Ness – USA – I cross 42nd Street and walk up Times Square. It is a cold, windy, rainy day but I had promised to come. I continue past the army recruiting center and the police headquarters;…
Tagged with: Arts & Culture, Corporations, Media, New York City, Strikes & Boycotts, theater, United States
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Political Education: Opponents of the Khalil Gibran International Academy Claim It Will Teach Terrorism
by Michelle Chen – USA – April 30, 2008 – Now that the media is again abuzz with debate over Debbie Almontaser, the Khalil Gibran International Academy and the surrounding political controversy, The WIP felt it was a good time…
Tagged with: Arabic, Education, Immigration, Islam, New York City, Politics, United States
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Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES
Guerrilla Girls: Protesting the Art World With a Primate Punch—Part II
by Hayward Hawks Marcus – USA – So, after just a little investigation, it seems it’s still mostly a white-man’s art world. Ever the optimist, I wanted to leave with a vision of how this sorry state might change. I…
Tagged with: activism, Arts & Culture, discrimination, female artists, gender equality, New York City, Social Change, United States
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Guerrilla Girls: Protesting the Art World With a Primate Punch—Part I
by Hayward Hawks Marcus – USA – Who could have predicted that I would one day interview artist Frida Kahlo? Not via Ouija board, mind you, but by telephone. And while I didn’t ask, I doubt she was wearing her…
Tagged with: activism, Arts & Culture, discrimination, gender equality, New York City, United States, women artists
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
Burlesque is Back
by Laramie Glen – USA – Miss Delirium Tremens traipses on-stage. Her skin is white, her hair black, her lips red. Covered only by two scarlet feather fans, she begins a coy dance to music that is dedicated to the…
Tagged with: Arts & Culture, Burlesque, Dance, New York City, United States
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