Graffiti Bombing in U.S. National Parks
Vandalism can be a form of resistance to oppression. But is that the case when a privileged artist mars our public lands?
Graffiti Bombing in U.S. National Parks
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Lifting the Emotional Embargo With Cuba
An unorthodox blend of anthropology and poetry is cultivating reunion and reconciliation among people and cultures that have been estranged for decades.
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Martin Luther King Jr., in Sapphire
There are many ways to memorialize the immortal Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., the most famous and important civil rights leader of our time. Many, if not most, American cities have a street named after him. Scores of schools and buildings carry his name. Many parks and civic institutions have erected statues and monuments in his honor—such as a bronze statue recently raised in Denver’s City Park, near …
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Remember Your Loved One—Build a Birdhouse
Humans are symbolic animals who create meaning from things. An eccentric movement to craft birdhouses into personal memorials has arisen spontaneously in central Florida.