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Najib's feckless and uninspiring cabinet
Najib is impotent when tackling corruption, or defusing racial and religious tensions.
'The Past' Emerges As Early Favourite For Palme d'Or At Cannes Film Festival
Iranian Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi, who made his name in the industry with the incredible A Seperation , is potentially sitting on the Palme d'Or after his Paris-set tale ' The Past ' drew boisterous applause and strong reviews following its screening at the Cannes Film Festival this week.
Multi cultural international children's festival offers "positive ...
THE anti immigration demonstration in Wisbech Park may have grabbed the headlines but organisers of a community day across town were determined to show a kinder, gentler side.
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of FIGARO!, Coming This June to NSD Theater
After a sold-out premiere in November 2012 at Dixon Place, Figaro! returns for a limited run between June 11 and 16, 2013.
Yolo County forum recognizes distinctive cultures
The Multi-Cultural Council and Yuba Community College co-sponsored the second in a series of public forums designed to foster increased understanding and appreciation of local cultures Thursday night.
In such a vast, multicultural country like the United States, it's easy for minorities to be grouped into one category.
Cultures Collide for a Gorgeous Wedding at the Bently Reserve
Jen and Mike were both born and raised in San Francisco, and though they grew up in different cultures, they were united at a classic San Franciscan wedding.
Iranian scores Cannes hit with ...
CANNES: Iranian Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi drew enthusiastic applause yesterday for one of the most keenly awaited films at Cannes, with a Paris-set tale about love and its agonies.
Witch-Hunting Returns to Massachusetts
By all accounts, today's college campuses grow more intolerant by the day. We move closer to the old Soviet Empire, where political dissidents risked the gulag for even joking about Marxism.
Blindness, Memory, and the Vestiges of Anarchy
Steve Cannon on the steps of his anti-establishment gallery, A Gathering of the Tribes, in 1998.
Gov. Deval Patrick: Gay marriage and the right to be ordinary
An estimated 6,000 people gathered at the State Capitol where Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the gay marriage bill, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in St.
It might have taken Walter Mosley 34 years to discover his calling as a writer, but he's certainly made up for lost time.
My South African Adventure: Post-Apartheid Comics Play the Race Card for Laughs [BLOG]
It's said that comedy acts as a mirror to a nation's key preoccupations, and nowhere is this more true than on the stand-up scene.
'What Color Is Love' true story based on Kimberly Van De Perre and Blue Edwards
"What Color Is Love" is a 2009 movie based on the interracial custody case involving Theodore "Blue" Edwards and his lover Kimberly Van De Perre.
Hoboken Jubilee Center holding summer variety show, 'Lights, Camera, Action'
Players, dancers and singers with the Jubilee Center will be demonstrating their talents in the performing arts at the center's annual variety show June 7. Young performers with Jubilee Center's Multi-Cultural Arts Performance Academy from kindergarten through eighth grade will be demonstrating their tap dancing, singing and acting skills at their ... (more)
PrideFest expands stages and programming
The organizers of PrideFest Milwaukee say they've expanded this year's event to include a new stage along with a broader array of activities and performances than ever before.
Multicultural realities in forging a new Nepali state
Just as the major political parties in Nepal start brushing up their agenda for the soon-to-be held Constituent Assembly elections, an oft-ignored discourse on nation-building seems to have begun at a very latent level.
Years later, teacher keeps close ties with former students
They are black, Latino, and Asian, all about the same age, all but two of them mothers, all bound to one another today through the happenstance of having long ago shared a particular middle-school teacher.
WHEN U.S. POET Laureate Natasha Trethewey visited my day job at historically black Kentucky State University, she cleared up a couple of things about the honors and duties of her position.
Bureaucratic maze hampers multicultural policy
Economic prosperity, an aging population and stark gender imbalance have combined to turn Korea into a major destination for Asian migrants.