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It is one thing to love a pipe organ, but to be buried under one is another thing. Yet that is exactly what Josef Anton Bruckner did. He designed his own sarcophagus and had himself placed under his favorite organ in Saint Florian Monastery in Austria.
Among the legislators who are pushing for cannabis legalization, representatives from Latino and Black communities have been the most vocal advocates. In states such as Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, legislators have been pushing for legislation after legislation, ranging from pushing for social equity programs within drug legalization bills to addressing health disparities that have arisen during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes a legislative bill in Ohio designed to declare racism a public health crisis and turn Juneteenth into a paid holiday. Last year in Minneapolis, Democrats suc...
Backstory: If the Media Fails to Read the Farm Struggle Right, Irrelevance Awaits A fortnightly column from The Wire's public editor. Avtar Singh Niamian and his friend Gurpreet Singh read the newspaper. Photo: Pawanjot Kaur Rights16/Jan/2021 The year is barely two weeks old and it has already seen events that have made visible the dangers of the cling film of alternative reality that has come to wrap itself tightly around societies across the world. The Capitol Hill violence in Washington D.C., US served to highlight the hubris of a president convinced that he could upend history with his tw...