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i heart bolivia

WATER FIGHT: BOLIVIA vs. BECHTEL
Last week brought an end to one of the greatest water battles in history. The people of Bolivia have successfully reclaimed ownership of their water from the Bechtel Corporation. In 1999, Bechtel made an arrangement with the Bolivian government totake ownership of the water supply and charge citizens for its use. [...]

I blame the Christians

Literacy level of U.S. college graduates declines
Educators are stunned by 10-percent drop
By Lois Romano, Washington Post
Literacy experts and educators say they are stunned by the results of a recent adult literacy assessment, which shows that the reading proficiency of college graduates has declined in the past decade, with no obvious explanation. “It’s appalling—it’s really astounding,” [...]

lest we forget

“I don’t think it’s right that you take our properties. Over my dead body. I didn’t die with Katrina.” - Lower [...]

"A beautiful day in San Francisco is the most beautiful day on earth."

–Walter Mosley, Cinnamon Kiss

I used to hate San Francisco. Back in the early ’80s, when my sister was in college at Berkeley, I loved coming up to visit her but I only loved Berkeley; San Francisco was too East-Coast and thus uninviting and distant in a way that California never was for me. I [...]

"Given just a little chance, and given a little help, this is going to be a great country."

–Angelina Jolie, on Haiti, and in Haiti, above.
Don’t even get me started.
Check out http://www.haitiaction.net/ instead.

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    • PITCH BLACKNESS BY HANK WILLIS THOMAS (APERTURE, 2008) December 8, 2008
      Pitch Blackness. Hank Willis Thomas, Aperture, October 2008, 128 Pages, ca. 125 four-color images, 8×10 inches (20×25 cm), ISBN: 978-1-59711-072-3, Hardcover, $35 On February 2, 2000, Songha Thomas Willis was shot to death outside a Philadelphia nightclub. He was 27 years old. The takeaway? A $400 gold chain. It’s the story [...]
    • Hank Willis Thomas interview December 4, 2008
      Check out this interview with Hank Willis Thomas in PhotoEye magazine online, http://www.photoeye.com/magazine/features/2008/12_03_Hank_Willis_Thomas.cfm, in which he talks about his monograph Pitch Blackness.
    • Obama at #15 November 24, 2008
      Poli-Book Best Seller List Based on sales for weeks ending Oct. 25 through Nov. 15, 2008 15. Obama, by Deborah Willis and Kevin Merida. (Amistad, $26.95.) Photographs capturing Obama’s 18-month campaign to the presidency. Rankings reflect aggregated sales for the weeks ending October 25 through November 15, 2008 at many thousands of venues where a wide range of [...]
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    • Updates from Simone Leigh November 7, 2008
      Archeology of Wonder curated by Kristina Newman-Scott REAL ART WAYS October 4, 2008 —January 4, 2009 Opening reception: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 4-7PM Performance by Valerie Garlick, 4:30PM Closing reception: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 3-5PM 56 Arbor St Hartford CT 06106 860 232 1006 www.realartways.org Archaeology of Wonder brings together two disparate approaches to the past - archaeology with its meticulous discipline, and wonder with [...]
    • Fall Exhibitions: ?Evocations? at Rose Issa Projects, London? Kala Fellowship Exhibition, Berkeley November 7, 2008
      I have a few projects coming up to share with you.  I will be at Kala’s opening this Thursday, October 9, in Berkeley, and on October 20 at the artist reception for my first exhibition in London.  Presented by Rose Issa, I will be exhibiting works from a number of series including The Alphabet of Silence, Most Wanted [...]