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When the Census Bureau announced congressional reapportionment late last month based on the 2020 population count, Texas, which gained two congressional seats, and Florida, which added one additional seat the tenth consecutive census that the state’s delegation has grown were two of the biggest winners. Illinois, which has lost ten seats in 70 years; New York, which has seen its congressional delegation shrink by 15 members in the last 50 years; and California, which will lose a congressional seat for the first time, were among the biggest losers.
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Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker collectively known as Sleater-Kinney return with a new single and video entitled “Worry With You,” the duo’s first new music since 2019. The song also heralds the arrival of the group’s tenth full-length studio record,
Path Of Wellness, arriving on June 11 via Mom+Pop.
The accompanying visual, which was shot in Portland, Oregon was directed by Alberta Poon and stars Fabi Reyna and Megan Watson.
Brownstein and Tucker wrote and recorded the album in Portland during the lockdown, and for the first time, the band self-produced the 11-track offering. Local musicians guest on
Cold War Veterans Memorial, Wisconsin
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An open international competition is being held for a new Cold War Veterans Memorial in Wisconsin, USA [Deadline: 15 June 2021]
Backed by Chicago’s Pritzker Military Museum & Library – the competition seeks ‘recognisable and memorable’ concepts for a landmark new monument which will be constructed to commemorate 30 years since the end of the Cold War.
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Proposals are required to focus on a rural 116ha site in Somers, Wisconsin where a new Pritzker Archives & Memorial Park Centre – designed by Jahn Architects of Chicago and Berlin – is currently under construction.
According to the brief: ‘The new Cold War Veterans Memorial will give permanent recognition to these and other accomplishments made possible by the often-quiet sacrifices of countless Americans during nearly half a century of fighting to expand freedom and democracy.