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...camera moves between subjects as quickly as the human eye. The previously-mentioned “In the Near Future” by Sharon Hayes consists of a series of projected images. Hayes stands in various locations in New York City that have been home to political and civil demonstrations in the past, while the hand-drawn protest signs she holds in her hands invoke their spirit. The photos establish a triangle between the photographer, the protestor (Hayes), and the onlookers, bringing attention to the importance of individual protest. Diving into the landscape of the urban city, Hayes is surrounded...
...orange golf shirt is a monstrous example of entrepreneurial business acumen gone over to the dark side. He is believed to have supplied arms to the warring factions in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, as well as the perpetrators of some of the worst violence in Africa's interminable civil wars. Experts believe he has shipped AK-47s to every corner of the world. He even appears to have used U.S. airbases in Iraq in 2004 as part of his arms trafficking. He had a shadowy financial network stretching from Europe to Africa to the Middle East. And he apparently dealt...
...years of experience, that makes her more qualified. She hasn't won the debate on policy in this race. What she did, especially over the last two weeks, is essentially question my capacity. And so, if somehow she can discount my 20 years of experience working as a civil rights attorney or as a community organizer or as a state senator or as a United States Senator, and suggest that that career can be summed up in one speech, then I'm going to be interested in finding out what exactly she thinks makes her particularly well-prepared, for example...
...Colombia, still embroiled in a four-decade-old civil war over its deep social inequalities, argues that it wouldn't have had to violate Ecuador's border if Correa, like Chavez, hadn't been harboring FARC militants in his territory. The FARC "is a drug cartel that kills civilians," Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos said in a TIME interview last month. "It's like al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hizballah - where are we supposed to draw the line for our security...
...said veteran public health activist Maria Hamlin, who first moved to Nicaragua in 1968. Hamlin said many activists have a hard time supporting a government that recently banned life-saving therapeutic abortions for women. But instead of hearing those criticisms, the current Sandinista government has shut the door on civil society. "It was easier for us to work with the Ministry of Health under previous [conservative] governments than it is now; and that's very sad for me to say," Hamlin lamented...