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Attempted murder of Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries “a slippery slope of violence”

EditorJuly 13, 2021

Flowers, candles and messages of support for Peter R. de Vries in the Lange Leidsedwarsstraat in the centre of Amsterdam. 8 July 2021. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM Dutch crime journalist...

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#BannedByBeijing: Monitoring Chinese censorship abroad

EditorJuly 13, 2021

Xi Jinping President of the People's Republic of China speak's at a United Nations Office at Geneva. 18 January 2017. UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Threats...

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Slovenia no longer a safe haven for the free press

EditorJuly 13, 2021

Prime minister of Slovenia Janez Janša As Slovenia takes over the presidency of the council of the European Union, some are questioning the country’s commitment to one of the bloc’s...

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A Bright New Grocery Store, Made Entirely of Recycled Plastic

EditorJuly 7, 2021

LOS ANGELES — There’s something strange about The Plastic Bag Store, a bright new grocery in downtown Los Angeles. At first glance, their frozen pizza looks like any other pepperoni...

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“It Makes One Speechless”: 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans

EditorJuly 7, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO — On a recent Friday morning, Dana King drove across the Bay Bridge from her home in Oakland to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park to check on “Monumental...

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An Indigenous Perspective on Frida Kahlo

EditorJuly 7, 2021

In 2019, I visited the bustling Casa Azul, Frida Kahlo’s colorful home-turned-museum. As a cultural worker and frequent museum goer, I was excited to enter this shrine for Kahlo lovers....