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Here Comes the Money: Solar Power and Self-Determination in Western Sahara
April 30, 2014 —
Artist Mel Chin proposes a Western Saharan currency, backed by solar power, that would help the Sahrawi people achieve independence while also combatting climate change. More -
Venezuela: Where the Wealthy Stir Violence While the Poor Build a New Society
April 28, 2014 —
Documentary filmmaker Dario Azzellini argues the protests in Venezuela represent a vicious attack on the country’s social progress under Hugo Chávez, spurred on by anti-Chavista politicians in affluent regions. More -
Tough Love at Mexico City’s Casa Xochiquetzal
April 22, 2014 —
The photographer Bénédicte Desrus and journalist Celia Gómez Ramos paint a portrait of an unconventional Mexico City retirement home that “provides a space to age with dignity for a group of vulnerable women who are often invisible to society at large.” More -
Postcards from Venezuela
April 21, 2014 —
As violent anti-government protests rage on in Venezuela, artist Esperanza Mayobre shares a set of postcards with images, anecdotes and reports she describes as “stories told to myself in order to explain my lost country.” More -
Whose Art Thou? On a Few Discursive Aspects of Russia’s Military Intervention
April 21, 2014 —
The Saint Petersburg-based poet Pavel Arsenyev dissects the ambiguous rhetoric surrounding Russia’s invasion of Crimea. More