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Photo courtesy of Juan Delcan and Valentina Izaguirre. Artist couple Juan Delcan and Valentina Izaguirre perfectly captured the need for social distancing with this short video of ignited matches.   Jose Manuel Ballester’s empty version of The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli. Courtesy of Jose Manuel Ballester. Jose Manuel Ballester began removing the figures from historical paintings in 2006, but the series caught on this year as crowded public spaces suddenly emptied out and citizens a...

Hurricane Sally impacts Louisianas Dauphin Island in September of 2020. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana, like the rest of the country, was hit hard in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. It also was pummeled by hurricane after hurricane and faced a variety of accusations of racial injustice. The year’s top stories: COVID-19 The new coronavirus infected more than one in 20 Louisiana residents, killing 6,400-plus - more than one of every 1,000 people in the state. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted th...

The Birmingham Times In any year, the deaths of great musicians, Hall of Fame athletes, elected officials, Civil Rights leaders, and others in the public arena are notable. But in 2020—one of the most bizarre years in history and certainly in recent memory—those losses seem to take on even more significance. Added to a year of devastating pandemic, civil unrest, and political turmoil were the losses of individuals, young and old, who’ve had a meaningful impact on our lives. Some were well...

In Iceland, they celebrate Christmas Eve with a tradition of jólabókaflóð, the “Yule Book Flood.” People give books on Christmas Eve and spend the evening reading, preferably with chocolate close at hand. Sounds like a great idea to me! It’s easy to have your own Yule Book Flood with Louisiana books this year, which has brought us so many big, beautiful volumes — one good thing to come out of 2020! Visit your favorite indie bookstore — shop local! — and...

As museums have lost millions, they have had to re-engineer how they reach visitors and kids Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star Replay Video UP NEXT Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, Indianapolis largest museums have felt like places that offer some semblance of a respite from 2020. They reopened over the summer when shutdown restrictions lifted, offering their spacious corridors as one of the few opportunities for an indoor cultural experience. People can mov...

Rider University unveils diversity and inclusion murals Rider University unveils diversity and inclusion murals   1 / 4  Rider University and Artworks, Trentons downtown visual arts center, recently unveiled three new murals in the universitys Center for Diversity and Inclusion.  PHOTOS COURTESY OF RIDER UNIVERSITY   2 / 4    3 / 4  Rider University and Artworks, Trentons downtown visual arts center, recently unveiled three new murals in the universitys Center for Diversity and Inclu...

Over the course of time people of color have found strength through pain, using discomfort and hopelessness to fuel triumph.

Books, from near and far, to gift this holiday season Donna Liquori FacebookTwitterEmail 3of5 4of5This image released by Doubleday shows Colson Whitehead, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Nickel Boys." On Monday, the Library of Congress announced that Whitehead had won its Prize for American Fiction. Whitehead, 50, is the youngest winner of the lifetime achievement prize, which the library has previously given to Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Denis Johnson.Madeline Whitehead/APS...

Were back with the "hardball" roundtable. this week were celebrating black history month asking each of our guests to tell us which african-american figure has most inspired them personally. jeff is first. >> lucille bridges is the mother of ruby bridges who was the 6-year-old who integrated the all white elementary school in the south back in the 60s. the reason i mention her is because i saw a picture not long ago that featured her mother. you could see in her eyes the steely resolve on her fa...

So i love how reince priebus and others are trying to make him a civil rights champion. the fact is this, when you talk about his record of desegregation, its very thin. jeff sessions is not ruby bridges, hes not j.a. delane, hes not thurgood marshall. he has a very troubling record. >> congresswoman m. >> the senate will have an opportunity to fully vet him. once again, lets give him an opportunity to have a full hearing in the senate. hes done some good things, as already has been said. with t...