Honeyspace’s fourth show was called Portrait of Silvia Elena, a memorial to 17-year-old Silvia Elena Rivera Morales who was killed in 1995 — one of the first victims of the unsolved femicides taking place in Juarez, Mexico over the past 10 years.
Day 11: Art against femicide (Part I)
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Day 10: No kudos for ‘Precious’?
The Defenders' Stacey Patton is thankful the Academy of Motion Pictures did not award "a slew of Oscars" to Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire. "Call me a hater. I don’t care," she says.
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Read A Book: The traveling bookshelf
During my recent move I was forced to pack away most of my books. However, there were a few I could not hide in boxes, as I hoped to complete those before the close of the year. The remaining books, now stored in my suitcase, make for an interesting mix - and great conversation.
Henry Louis Gates celebrates Candomblé in Bahía
American scholar Henry Louis Gates makes his first trip to Bahía, on Brasil's northeastern Atlantic coast, for the start of Carnaval and celebrations of Candomblé, a Brasilian religious tradition that has retained many rites from the Ifa-based religions of Nigeria's Yoruba and Fon peoples.
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An Appreciation of Lucille Clifton
The Root's Hollis Robbins shows love for poet Lucille Clifton, former Poet Laureate of the State of Maryland (1979-1985), who died on Saturday, February 13, 2010, in Baltimore.
Quote #16: Frantz Fanon
"He who is reluctant to recognize me opposes me."
Covering Haiti: When the Media Is the Disaster
Rebecca Solnit, author of A Paradise Built in Hell takes a look at the media's coverage of the Haiti's January earthquake.
