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9 April 2021 Pamela Buxton Vitra museum’s exhibition of design during 40 years of a divided Germany challenges lazy stereotypes to unveil a complex story of unlikely connections Advertising brochure Trabant 601 Universal, (1965). Credit: © facsimile: Trabant Team Freital e V. (www.trabantteam-freital.de) Freital, 2020 The Vitra Design Museum was founded in 1989, the year the Berlin Wall came down ahead of German reunification in 1990. How appropriate then that it should host the first exhibi...

Corruption and Protests Can’t Shake Tough Man’s Grip on Bulgaria Bloomberg 3 hrs ago Slav Okov (Bloomberg) -- A bodyguard to a former communist dictator and then a self-styled crime fighter, Bulgaria’s prime minister has made plenty of enemies over the years. In fact, Boyko Borissov has distinguished himself as a European leader for his ability to stick around. Since coming to power in 2009, there were personal scandals, allegations over ties to organized crime, street p...

‘Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar surpassing Philippines’ Delon Porcalla © STAR/Crisanta Elena Lopez, file ‘Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar surpassing Philippines’ MANILA, Philippines — Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar, despite their respective political upheavals, will overtake the Philippines in terms of economic progress if Filipinos continue to resist opening up the economy to draw more foreign direct investments (FDIs), according to Albay Rep. Joey Salceda. “Vietnam began ...

cannabidiol, or CBD, skyrockets — prompting corporations to buy stakes in cannabis companies — thousands remain imprisoned for weed-related offenses. Most are people of color, while the investors and manufacturers tend to be white. That irony is not lost on Cure Crate, a Los Angeles-based CBD-product subscription service, which operates on a “dual platform of wellness advocacy and social justice.” It exposes minorities to business opportunities in the industry and provides assistance t...

For the party of “family values” and “sound fiscal policy,” Wisconsin Republicans seem content to allow public schooling to go under-funded, for non-violent arrest rates to soar and let families suffer as they refuse to allow recreational or medicinal marijuana to be...

Exchange programs help students, teachers upgrade global perspective Posted : 2021-02-04 09:13 Updated : 2021-02-04 14:03 Park Jung-jae, center, principal of Shindang Elementary School in Seoul, poses with students and staff at the school in this October 2018 photo. Courtesy of Park Jung-jae By Bahk Eun-ji When Shindang Elementary School Principal Park Jung-jae took office in 2017, he decided to provide the students and teachers with opportunities to learn global p...

| 22 Jan 2021 | 12:27 New Jerseyans voted two-to-one in November to legalize recreational cannabis for people 21 and over. The constitutional amendment was supposed to take effect January 1. So, is it okay to light up? “Right now – no,” said Captain Keith Kimkowski of the Vernon Township Police Department. “We have to wait for the legislation to come out. We’re waiting for guidance because it’s going against how we’ve been policing for years.” The passage of a pair of bills �...

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan said that Pakistan and Turkey are two countries, one nation as the Imran Khan government desperately

01/13/2021 | News release | Distributed by Public on 01/13/2021 18:11 Wang Yi on the Five-Point Consensus China Reached with Indonesia Wang Yi noted that the year 2021 marks the start of a new journey in China to fully build a modern socialist country. Indonesia is also endeavoring to achieve Lompatan Kemajuan, or leapfrog development. Being two major developing countries and leading emerging economies, China and Indonesia share broad common interests. Our mutually beneficial cooperation and sh...

This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. The only times that I—an American of Mexican descent—remember learning about Mexican history in school are during discussions of ancient civilizations and science (the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs landed in what is now the Yucatán Peninsula). I don’t know if things have changed since then. However, given that Mexico is one of our two closest neighbors, that Mexican Americans are b...