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Features30 emerging American artists to keep an eye on this year
Summer is the season for emerging art. From group shows packed with up-and-coming names you’ve probably never heard of (but will know very soon) to trial balloon solos by artists freshly added to bigger galleries’ rosters, it’s high time for the art world to take in a fresh crop of ...
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Features8 Contemporary Native American Artists Challenging the Way We Look at American History
Pop culture and design love to appropriate grossly stereotypical elements of perceived Native American cultures learned from normalized racially insensitive media portrayals such as the “Piccaninny Tribe” in Disney’s Peter Pan.
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FeaturesTen most famous American artists and their masterpieces and achievements
The early style of America artists was based primarily on English painting. Though several American artists became well known in the 19th century, it was only in the 20th century that the United States began to have a major influence on the international art world.
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NewsSouthwest Louisiana still picking up the pieces after back-to-back hurricanes
Hurricanes Laura and Delta dealt a double blow to Louisiana just six weeks apart.
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Trump campaign cuts ties with attorney Sidney Powell after bizarre election fraud claims
Powell has made a raft of incorrect claims, including that Georgia’s voting software was created at the behest of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez
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Don’t believe everything your teacher told you about the Pilgrims
Border advocacy and conservation groups are eagerly looking to Jan. 20, the date Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president.
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The border wall is still being built. What happens when Biden becomes president?
Border advocacy and conservation groups are eagerly looking to Jan. 20, the date Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president.
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Biden to nominate Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador, reports say
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who served as the top U.S. diplomat overseeing African affairs in the Obama administration, to be his ambassador to the United Nations, according to multiple media reports.
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NewsA great 21st century take on the classic pony car
The silhouette might look much the same as the first fastback pony car produced over 50 years ago. But the modern Ford Mustang is an altogether more accomplished thing than ever before. Available in three core variants – the turbo four-cylinder 310bhp EcoBoost, the 460bhp 5.0-litre V8 and the ...
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NewsRight now, it might just be the best handling hardcore supercar of them all
The new Ford GT. We’ve driven it. About bloody time too. It’s almost a year since it won its class at Le Mans, and several weeks since Matt LeBlanc drove it on the TV show. But we’ve got a lot to get through, so let’s press on.
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NewsFord’s previous form in crossovers is a bit spotty
This could go either way. On the one hand, the Puma is a small crossover based on the Fiesta, so it ought to be fun to drive in a way very few small crossovers actually are.
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NewsWhat Chiefs $500M deal with Patrick Mahomes means to the Dallas Cowboys
The 6-3 log jam in the AFC cleared up after a dramatic weekend of football. The NFC East log jam is just getting started. Mackenzie Salmon reacts to all the biggest action from Week 11 in the NFL. Every new deal for a superstar in the NFL represents a “race ...
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NewsFive questions for Joe Biden on the economy and the coronavirus pandemic
Joe Biden will become America’s 46th president after defeating incumbent Donald Trump in a bitterly divisive election conducted with the country still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. His plans for the next four years are likely to confront the challenge of a divided government, however, as Republicans claimed key victories ...
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NewsIceBridge blues
NASA’s recent Operation IceBridge – an airborne mission to map polar ice – recently made flights out of the McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott South Pole stations, giving researchers greater access to the interior of the icy continent. The flights over Antarctica have turned up ample science data and some spectacular images.
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FeaturesSpace suits from science fiction
Space suits are cool — and complicated. Unsurprisingly, science fiction writers, movie directors, and prop-makers also love space suits — you’ll find them everywhere from Robert A. Heinlein’s novel Have Space Suit — Will Travel, to the latest Alien movie. But not everybody does their homework: for every fictional space ...
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NewsMondelez joins forces with Amazon Dash rival in US
The manufacturer has partnered with Israeli startup Kwik, which specialises in its own one-push buttons
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AIC: Tax reform more likely under Trump
The private equity advocacy organisation also expects an improved regulatory environment under a Trump administration.
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NewsThom Filicia on designing Delta’s sky deck lounges at JFK T4
JFK Terminal 4’s new Sky Deck at Delta Sky Club is a 2,000 ft2 rooftop terrace developed in partnership with Architectural Digest.[1] Renowned designer Thom Filicia was selected by AD to create a distinctive space that will offer passengers runway views and a place to relax ahead of their flights. ...