With four new art spaces opening, cultural workers see a bright future for the city.

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The Cheng-Lan Foundation, an independent initiative supporting global majority artists through exhibitions, residencies and commissions, opened its doors this week in time for Hong Kong’s marquee art week.

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As another Hong Kong Art Week unfurls across the city, its increasingly confident art scene has much to be proud of—including an embrace of queerness.
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As US-Israeli attacks continue, Iranian artists struggle to work, museums and galleries close their doors and historic sites are badly damaged.

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Marking the latest chapter of India’s art market ascension, the auction record for a South Asian painting has been broken just one year since it was last set.

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In Asia, textiles have long served as sacred vessels that link the material and spiritual worlds. Taking this as a departure point, an exhibition at the Chat in Hong Kong brings together 14 artists from the region for whom fabric has become a portal to another realm.

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Black and while graphic that reads "IMPEACH TRUMP AGAIN", where a silhouette of the president giving a thumbs up is showcased Below in an orange box, it reads: TELL CONGRESS TO DO THEIR JOB: 202-224-3121

Call Congress and tell them to do their job:

202-224-3121

All anti-LGBTQ+ bills defeated as Georgia legislative session ends Georgia Equality celebrates the defeat of anti-LGBTQ+ bills, including restrictions on gender-affirming care. Advocacy and activism prevailed.

Georgia is just about at the ultramarine blue stage.

Epstein is not trending folks, so let's make some noise.

RELEASE ALL THE FILES.

Brian Schatz’s Signals of Comfort With Big Money - The American Prospect The senator and heir apparent to Chuck Schumer attacked a bipartisan housing bill without trying to fix it, merely to show support for private equity.

we have to deal with the rot within the democratic party at the same time we deal with mass scale gop corruption

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#MorningVibe

Using disability-related words as insults is a thing of the past. Update your language to build a more equitable world for everyone.
Follow coordown on IG & #JustEvolve!

Afghan asylum-seeker dies after less than 24 hours in ICE custody Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, a father of six who worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, had no known health iss

After working with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal died in the country he spent years of his life helping.

The cruelty is endless.

‘I feel desperate’: Minnesota woman suffering medical emergency stuck in Texas detention • Minnesota Reformer Andrea Pedro-Francisco was supposed to have surgery more than a month ago. A cyst on her ovary has swelled to nearly the size of a tennis ball and is now at risk of rupturing or cutting off blood supp...

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#ICEOUT #MN #Dilley #ICE #DHS #CBP

Reminder: DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

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'Obvious Conflict of Interest': Report Reveals 50+ US Lawmakers Hold Military Stocks | Common Dreams "It's abjectly terrifying that the personal benefit of any member of Congress is factored into decisions about how to wield and fund the largest military in the world," said one critic.

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Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks.

They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors.

Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption.

Watch how they vote this week.

In the 1930s, Harry Chandler's LA Times ran regular columns on eugenics. The Human Betterment Foundation (backed by Chandler) included PSAs like this one. By showing a clipped vine from infecting a tree, it endorsed forced vasectomies to stop impure bloodlines from undesirables.

Today marks 14 years since 17-year-old, unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot and killed while walking home.

14 years later, we’re still demanding a country where our children can walk home in peace — without being treated like a threat.

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

Hard to believe Lito was paralyzed by a blood clot two months ago. Now he is in monkey kitten mode.

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.

We'll let their words speak for themselves.

Ofelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancer Ofelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed.

A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
 
This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer.
 
Not one dime for this cruelty.

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Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Contact Congress today!

Sunday night is a great time to tell your Representatives to impeach Kristi Noem.

Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?

Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.

Boom!

LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas The unwelcome facility would detain up to 9,500 people

NEWS: LA Lakers Co-Owner’s Firm Linked to Proposed $80 Million ICE Warehouse Deal in Texas — a massive facility that could detain up to 9,500 people.

In a jaw-dropping post, Trump vowed to impose new voter ID requirements ahead of the midterm elections “whether approved by Congress or not.” Yes, you read that correctly. Not pass a law. Not persuade lawmakers. Just… do it.

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