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Andrea Horan created The HunReal Issues –a website that works to “…empower and engage non-politically motivated people” over a month ago. Together, Horan and her staff looked at how they could best achieve that objective. As part of their efforts, they enlisted the help of models and TV presenters. They also asked popular artist, Maser, if he would contribute some artwork.
Bertolt Brecht once said that ““Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.” Alex Etchart and Siobhan Knox have taken that Brecht quote to heart, and are using opera as a hammer to break down stereotypes, and help shape new conversations on sex work with their show, Sex Workers Opera.
In this autumn 2015 report, Amanda Ocasio takes a look at the fight for a contract by members of the Professional Staff Congress, the faculty and staff union at the City University of New York.
We marched, not only to call for a repeal of the 8th amendment by our government, but to let every single Irish woman who has had, or who will have an abortion know that they are NOT a criminal, that they are NOT alone, and that thousands of people, all over the country support them and their decision.
According to “Resource Center: Campus Accountability & Safety Act,” a website maintained by New York State Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s office, 118 universities are currently being investigated for the ways they’ve allegedly mishandled allegations of sexual violence and sexual assault on their campuses. Now activists are working to meet the needs of students who feel that their concerns have been neglected by university administrators.