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Bull (1958) is constructed with plywood, tree branch, nails and screws. © 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.A legal battle has erupted between art dealer Larry Gagosian and the royal family of Qatar, with each side claiming to have purchased a Picasso statue from Picasso’s daughter...
Inmates walk outside their cells at San Quentin State Prison in June 2012.Lucy Nicholson/ReutersMental health conditions are more common among prisoners than in the general population. Estimates suggest that as many as 26 percent of state and federal prisoners suffer from at least one mental illness, compared with nine percent or less in the...
Transgenic American chestnuts could soon take root.Claire Dunn, CC BY-NDAmerican chestnut trees were once among the most majestic hardwood trees in the eastern deciduous forests, many reaching 80 to 120 feet in height and eight feet or more in diameter.
Historic picture of a large American chestnut tree (Ten Eyck Dewitt barns, Paul Farm, NY).Provide...
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Demonstrators confront police officers in Chicago after Laquan McDonald was fatally shot. REUTERS/Andrew NellesIn the sixth GOP debate, Donald Trump told Americans: “The police are the most mistreated people in this country.”
On the same day, the Chicago Police Department released a video showing an officer killing Cedric Chatman in...
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Who is responsible for today's campus troubles?Jonathan Ernst/ReutersFifty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote “Why We Can’t Wait” to dispel the notion that African Americans should be content to proceed on an incremental course toward full equality under the law and in the wider society. King observed,
Three hundred years of...
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Could the hack that took out the power grid in Ukraine happen in the U.S.? rainchurch/flickr, CC BY-SAOn December 23, 2015, two days before Christmas, the power grid in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine went down for a reported six hours, leaving about half the homes in the region with a population of 1.4 million without power, according to...
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Clinton and Sanders struggle to get their points across.REUTERS/Randall HillThe gloves are off in the Democratic race, and it’s now abundantly clear that Bernie Sanders can throw a punch.
On Sunday night the Democratic presidential candidates met for their final debate before the Iowa caucuses. Hillary Clinton entered the debate with a 25-poin...
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A still from the music video for Lazarus.ColumbiaDavid Bowie’s newest album, Blackstar – released shortly before the artist’s death – has skyrocketed to the top of the charts.
It’s also become a subject of intense scrutiny by critics and fans: What was the reclusive singer’s state of mind as he approached the...
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Sanders on the stumpMary Schwalm/ReutersThe latest opinion polls suggest that Hillary Clinton’s lead over Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is slipping. A New York Times/CBS poll described Clinton’s lead as “melting away.” Reputedly 48 percent of Democratic primary voters across the country support Clinton, with 41 percent...
Read more: Is Bernie Sanders really a socialist? And how could he like Denmark?
A basic income may distribute the peanuts a little more fairly. Peanut piles via www.shutterstock.comThe idea of a basic income for every person has been popping up regularly in recent years.
Economists, think tanks, activists and politicians from different stripes have toyed with the idea of governments giving every citizen or resident a minimum...
