Category: Feature

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  Venezuela’s Electoral Autocracy

  March 4, 2013 - 

  The Venezuelan government announced the death of Hugo Chávez on Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck, Boris Munoz and Cristian Balteo Yazbeck chronicle the controversial leader’s rise to power, constructing a provisional history from Venezuela’s murky realities.  More

  By Alessandro Balteo Yazbeck

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  Kenya Elections: Whispers of Fear and Hope

  March 1, 2013 - 

  Kenya holds elections on Monday, for the first time since more than 1,000 people were killed in ethnic violence following the country’s 2007 elections. Poet Ngwatilo Mawiyoo visits a town in the north, where she found tribal tensions quietly simmering.  More

  By Ngwatilo Mawiyoo

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  Alone, Together…
  Tahrir Two Years Later
  

  January 25, 2013 - 

  On the second anniversary of the Egyptian uprising, artist Lara Baladi presents a three-channel video of news imagery from Tahrir Square alongside film clips and public speeches that connect the Egyptian struggle with civil rights and other past social movements.  More

  By Lara Baladi

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  Filming the Many Afghanistans

  January 17, 2013 - 

  As Afghanistan evolved from a monarchy to a repeatedly reshaped and often occupied republic, the nation’s independence day, Jeshn, took on a variety of forms. Artist Mariam Ghani tracks the holiday’s intricate history through the archives of the country’s national film institute.  More

  By Mariam Ghani

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  DREAMers: Undocumented Youth Turn Images into Political Acts

  December 19, 2012 - 

  President Obama has granted a swath of undocumented youth stays of deportation under the provisions of the DREAM Act. But he has also deported 1.4 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. Roberto Lovato explains how art fits into, and can change, this picture.  More

  By Roberto Lovato