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January 10, 2013 by 826chi in Beyond the Films In Soul Food Junkies, filmmaker Byron Hurt briefly describes what it used to be like for African Americans to travel in the United States. He talks about how blacks would take along boxed lunches in order to avoid being turned away from restaurants or dining cars. And […]
Witnessing public health through a global lens Photo/Cindy Thomas Professor Cindy Thomas joined students on a variety of field trips. This summer, 15 Brandeis students, each with a variety of majors related to public health, experienced their coursework through a global lens. Brandeis in Merida, a public health program hosted in the capital city of […]
“People usually think about fashion as something superficial, irrelevant or just materialistic,” says Anne Cheng, professor of English. “But philosophers and writers have known for a long time that it also generates formative meanings about how others identify us and how we identify ourselves.” In the fall course “Literature and Fashion,” co-taught by Cheng and […]
Although it would be hard to reach this conclusion from reading any of the thousands of articles of negative copy the couple have generated, when Prince Harry fell in love with Meghan Markle, the royal family – and Britain more broadly – was gifted manna from soft-power heaven. As well as her vast, obvious qualities […]
The Black Friday camera deals may not officially arrive until November 25, but they’re now looming over the horizon like a glorious silver cloud of tech deals – and that means we’ll soon be seeing some big price cuts on camera lenses, too. I’ll be watching as closely as anyone. As someone who shoots with Canon, […]
Every Princeton undergraduate will have the opportunity to participate in a paid service internship over the summer through a new University initiative called Learning and Education through Service (LENS). Princeton will provide funding that will allow all undergraduates to spend a summer focused on service and social impact work that engages with communities beyond campus. […]
Summary Over the past decade, toxic interactions between persistent inequality, racial tensions, and political polarization have undercut the promise of South Africa’s so-called rainbow miracle transition from apartheid to democracy. South Africa’s recent history sheds light on the United States’ recent political travails. It illustrates how interactions between inclusion and inequality on the one hand […]
Stanley Nelson and Firelight Films have partnered with Independent Lens on a new trilogy of films that will chronicle pivotal moments in American history driven by Black artists, cultural leaders, and everyday people. Nelson will direct and produce three new documentaries comprising “America Revisited II.” The films will span topics such as the rise of […]
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