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Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick criticized the University of Texas at Austin’s decision to remove Confederate statues from its campus late Sunday night as sending a “poor message,” while U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said the decision was one for individual universities to make. UT-Austin announced around 11 p.m. Sunday night that multiple Confederate statues were […]
America’s struggle with symbols of its slavery past was highlighted amid clashes over a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Dealing with controversial pieces of historical art has a long, sometimes bloody, and occasionally amusing history. Toppling monuments is a tradition honored by centuries, even millennia. It has often been connected to cultural or […]
Jonathan Drake/Reuters (Reuters) – As communities across the United States redouble efforts to remove Confederate monuments from public spaces after a far-right rally in Virginia turned deadly, city leaders now face another conundrum: what to do with the statues. President Donald Trump described them on Thursday as “beautiful statues and monuments,” part of the history […]
Monuments to Confederate generals and to those who fought for the South during the American Civil War have been targeted by protesters in a number of US cities, following the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. A protester in Richmond, Virginia climbed on a statue of Confederate General J.E.B Stuart and placed […]
Sam Machkovech LOS ANGELES—The Electronic Entertainment Expo isn’t just about new game announcements and a chance to try out early demos of upcoming titles. It’s also a chance for the game industry to make a spectacle of itself; to throw together elaborate booths and promotional events that will leave images to stick with attendees all […]
REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman Workers in New Orleans began removing the first of four prominent Confederate monuments early Monday, the latest Southern institution to sever itself from symbols viewed by many as a representation racism and white supremacy. Trucks arrived to begin removing the first memorial, one that commemorates whites who tried to topple a biracial post-Civil […]
In a city that throbs with artisans who are experts in gold-leafing, woodwork and textiles, one little lane in Mandalay, the former royal capital of Myanmar, is filled with Burmese men, women and children who are renowned for their skill in sculpting. The carvers of Kyauk Sit Tan have been here since the 18th century, […]
Weta, of Lord of the Rings and Mad Max fame, are doing the visual effects for Ghost in the Shell. They’re also handling merchandise duties for the movie, and have released these two very expensive statues. There’s a robot Geisha, which has an interchangable head, and a triumphant Major which does not (though it does […]
Nothing reveals as much about a society, and its future, as its high schools. Yet amid accelerating change — widening inequality, unprecedented globalization and technological advances — they’ve lagged woefully behind. There are, of course, exceptions. Follow OZY’s special series High School, Disrupted to find out about the global leaders, cutting-edge trends and big ideas […]
