Jun 30 Watch What Next for Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei? Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was released from prison last week after a three month detention. Continue watching
Jun 30 Conversation: What Next for Ai Weiwei? By Tom LeGro Internationally known Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was released from prison last week after a three month detention. Jeffrey Brown gets an update on Ai's situation from Alison Klayman, who has been working on a documentary about him, "Ai Weiwei: Never… Continue reading
Jun 30 Colbert on Campaign Finance: 'I Am a Super PAC and So Can You' The Federal Election Commission told comedian Stephen Colbert Thursday that he can use his television program's resources to support his political action committee -- known as a Super PAC -- but some major expenses must be disclosed. The faux newsman… Continue reading
Jun 30 Artist Ai Weiwei's Clashes with the Chinese Government By Molly Finnegan Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was arrested in early April and held for nearly three months. Accused of tax evasion, he was released on June 22 and ordered to pay nearly $2 million. Here are images of the artist detailing… Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch Colbert Praises FEC Decision on His 'Super PAC' Colbert Praises FEC Decision on His 'Super PAC'… Continue watching
Jun 30 Thursday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the South Carolina Arts Commission escapes elimination. Continue reading
Jun 29 The Socio-Economic Significance of Food Deserts In a recent post, we examined the prevalence of food deserts, places with limited access to affordable and nutritious food. In 2006, 2.4 million households were located in food deserts, defined for households as being more than a mile… Continue reading
Jun 29 Ever Been Rejected by Poetry Magazine? You're in Very Good Company The Poetry Foundation opened its new home in Chicago last weekend, and as it celebrates this achievement, we decided it would be fun to ask for people's stories about being rejected from the foundation's time-honored literary journal, Poetry magazine. If… Continue reading
Jun 29 As IMF's New Chief, Will Lagarde 'Keep Smiling'? By Paul Solman Christine Lagarde was nominated Wednesday to head the IMF. Photo by Dominique Charriau/Getty Images. So the synchronized French swim champ with accent-free English whom we interviewed last summer in Paris, Christine Lagarde, will run the IMF. What did we… Continue reading
Jun 29 Wednesday's Art Notes In today's arts and culture notes, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's design firm is appealing the $1.85 million tax bill delivered by government authorities shortly after Ai was released from nearly three months in detention. Continue reading