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The Atlantic America Never Wanted the Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses The U.S. is a diverse nation of immigrants—but it was not intended to be, and its historical biases continue to haunt the present. This article was published online on April 5, 2021. When David Dorado Romo was a boy growing up in El Paso, Texas, his great-aunt Adela told him about the day the U.S. Border Patrol melted her favorite shoes. Romo’s aunt was Mexican and had a visa that allowed her to commute into South Texas for her job as a maid. Every week she had to report to a Border Patrol station, in accordance with a prog...

A Eurovision 2021 Roundup Eurovision was CANCELLED last year due to the Pandemic despite some flop countries finally having a good entry (*cough, Germany, cough*). Anyway, here's a little roundup of my top 10 favourite entries announced so far followed by a list of all the rest of the confirmed Eurovision 2021 entries. Eurovision WILL be happening WITHOUT an audience. It's the socially distanced, virtual, European event of the year!! Hold onto your butts, this post is video and link HEAVY. San Marino Senhit - Adrenalina (Featuring Flo Rida) Yes, Americans, you read that right - Flo Rida is t...

How Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’ Confronted an Ugly Era of Lynchings During a time when violence against Black Americans was common, Holiday's haunting rendition of the song often left audiences uncomfortable. Author: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images During a time when violence against Black Americans was common, Holiday's haunting rendition of the song often left audiences uncomfortable. The haunting lyrics of “Strange Fruit” paint a picture of a rural American South where political and psychological terror reigns over African American communities. “Black bodies s...

Image Name: Post-Lockdown Cigarette, in the Cold Rain of June Photographer Name: Lauriane Bieber Year: 2021 This simple image of a man smoking tells a longer story of friendship and a passion for photography.  "This photograph is a story of first times. The first time I shot my dear friend Léo, that I only had met once in my life about ten years ago. The first time I went outside after three months. The first friend I met after the lockdown. The first time I worked with a model so brave and so dedicated to art and creation. The first time I felt how much photography was important to me."

Apartments for 155 Chestnut Street. Courtesy: Pebb Capital The student apartment block proposed for 155 Chestnut Street in the Jewelry District was a bad idea at first, and little–not even lopping the height from twelve stories to nine–has made it any better. It is an inappropriate and over-scaled turkey. Like the Fane Tower, it is the sort of project that epitomizes the city's failure to understand and capitalize upon its history and to respond sensitively to its many existing urban assets. The 100-foot-tall glass and steel box is not of itself a bad design, with its crisp, low-key Moder...