Category: Feature

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  Tamms Is Torture: The Campaign to Close an Illinois Supermax Prison

  May 6, 2013 - 

  In January 2013, Illinois’ Tamms “supermax” prison closed its doors after 15 years of operation, during which hundreds of men were held in solitary confinement indefinitely. Here’s how artists, writers and the families of prisoners shut down the notorious facility.  More

  By Laurie Jo Reynolds and Stephen F. Eisenman

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  The Guantanamo Effect

  April 1, 2013 - 

  Examining Guantanamo as a military doctrine circulating far beyond the prison itself, artists Mariam Ghani and Chitra Ganesh create an interactive digital archive defining, illustrating and linking key terms and events in the “global war on terror.”  More

  By Mariam Ghani and Chitra Ganesh

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  Venezuela’s Electoral Autocracy

  March 4, 2013 - 

  The Venezuelan government announced the death of Hugo Chávez on Tuesday, March 5. 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