Rap Against Dictatorship is a group that has grown out of the pro-democracy protests in Thailand which have been a direct challenge to the military, the political establishment, and the monarchy. They use hip-hop music infused with language that is very jarring in the ultra-polite and deferential Thai society. They express the rage and passion… Read more »
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Charlotta Bass
Charlotta Amanda Spears Bass was the first African-American woman to be nominated for Vice President by a major political party in the United States. She was nominated to be the running mate of Vincent Hallinan for the Progressive Party in 1952. To read her amazing and powerful speech to the Progressive Party convention, a speech… Read more »
JR and Child Looking Over Border Wall
French street artist JR has been challenging the walls between people for a long time. He recently erected a massive image of a Latin American child looking over the U.S. border wall with Mexico. At a time when the U.S. policies toward immigration have include separating children from families and housing them in over-crowded detention… Read more »
Ho Feng Shan (1901-1997)
A hero from the Holocaust has emerged after his death because in his humility he didn’t tell his story. After he died at the age of 96, Ho Feng Shan’s daughter included in his obituary the one story he had told her about a time he confronted the Gestapo while he was a diplomat in… Read more »
Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
Michael Jackson was one of the most-widely known singers in the world. He began in a singing group as a child with his brothers, The Jackson 5. As he reach adulthood he launched a solo career that exploded into a global phenomenon. His dancing, including his famous “Moonwalk,” was groundbreaking and electrifying. Though he was… Read more »