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[inaudible] the role that [inaudible] have had in strengthening the Iraqi Kurdistan . You repeat that . Yes. If you could please comment on the role that exxon, the oil company exxonmobil. Yeah, sorry. Okay. Thank you. Exxon is one of a number of Large International Oil Companies that have signed exploration and production agreements with the regional government. They did that under threat from baghdad, that they might lose their positions and privilege to develop oil fields in parts of iraq. P....

Achievement award to Toni Morrison and announcement of winners in several categories including general nonfiction awarded to David Ryan Davis author of the Nonfiction Book the problem of slavery in the age of emancipation. [applause] thanks louise and good evening to all of you. Its my pleasure to welcome you here tonight to the book Critics Award ceremony for the publishing year 2014. Where id have you join us this evening is now the most outstanding work of the past year in six categories, fic...

The most basic elements of dignity and support. Woodruff tech giants fight for a seat in the classroom. Why even in amish country, apple, google and others want their products used by teachers and students, a market worth billions of dollars a year. What you actually purchase should be driven by what you want to actually do with that technology. You want them researching, you want them producing, you want them seeking, asking questions, what are all of the kinds of things that you want students ...

The AJ can reveal the contenders for the inaugural AJ100 New Talent Award

The Village Voice went to press with an invitation to its readers to become its contributors. Forget about being...

While she was the Village Voice's nightlife columnist in the aughts, Tricia Romano, author of "The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture," was also working as a DJ in New York clubs. Spinning records, it turns out, w

The district’s second annual trip allowed Black sophomores and juniors from different Renton high schools to expand their collegiate horizons and make some new friends along the way.

"I’m a maximalist."

In "The Freaks Came Out to Write," an animated tour of a shifting cultural landscape from critics who themselves shifted the landscape.

(JTA) — On Thursday afternoon, hundreds of marchers gathered on New York’s East Side, waving signs reading “Dump AIPAC” and carrying posters with the names and faces of lawmakers who