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Being a dancer is easy because you just have yourself to think about and when youre a teacher you have so many concerns for your students. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This...

Because you just have yourself to think about and when youre a teacher you have so many concerns for your students. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possi...

Because you just have yourself to think about and when youre a teacher you have so many concerns for your students. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possi...

The #NoKidsInPrison exhibition advocates for alternatives to youth incarceration through virtual reality and immersive environments.

A new art installation at Cherry Street Pier in Philadelphia shows what youth incarceration does and the need to prevent it.

Mayoral candidates say they want to use the arts to address civic problems. Some even see it as an important part of anti-violence work.

For almost 10 years, the People’s Paper Co-op has used art to help women get out of jail, and to get people’s criminal records expunged.

Los Angeles-based photographer Alyse Emdur’s ongoing project Prison Landscapes sources images from visiting rooms of U.S. prisons to offer a rare and powerful window into the world of incarceration. The inspiration behind the project dates back to 2005 when she came across a photo of her visiting her brother in a state prison at age five. The project pairs portraits of inmates in front of prisoner-painted backdrops—photos that have been sent to her through years of correspondence with inmate...

Virginian photographer Mark Strandquist's current project attempts to bring humanity and conversation to the U.S. prison system, connecting the 2.3 million incarcerated Americans with the general public. Some Other Places We've Missed invites prisoners to answer the question "If you had a window in your cell, what place from your past would it look out to?" Detailed memories of the location and a description of how it would be composed is then passed outside the prison walls ...

Performing Statistics is making big art with a big mission.