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SERIES/ASSIGNMENT IDEA: What Does Your American Dream Sound Like?

This summer NPR radio host / music commentator Ann Powers launched a REALLY cool series on her show "The Record." They are asking professio…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Jun 27, 2012

Rare Color Photos: WWII Japanese Internment Camp

A new book, Colors of Confinement, takes a fresh look at American injustice during the war years. Sixteen images from the book are part of…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Jun 24, 2012

Presidential Campaign Posters: 200 Years of Election Art

New book, Presidentical Campaign Posters (and website with examples) offers a rare look at the craftsmanship of political propaganda.

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Jun 11, 2012

Depression-Era FSA Photographs Go Online

Roy Stryker, founder of the Farm Security Administration’s photography project, was determined to compile a visual encyclopedia of the Unit…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Jun 6, 2012

Memorial Day 2012 TV Programming

Here’s a look at the various specials and movies airing on and around this Memorial Day, which remember those who have served in the milita…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 May 21, 2012

Pop Culture Meets Campaign 2012

The screenwriter Etan Cohen (of "Men In Black 3") imagines the Vice-Presidential vetting process in Mitt Makes A Friend.

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 May 20, 2012

The Dust Bowl: Ken Burns' Next Series for PBS

"The Dust Bowl," a two-part, four-hour documentary from Ken Burns will air nationally on PBS Nov. 18-19, detailing the 1930s environmental…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 May 16, 2012

The Civil War & Art (National Geographic)

From the current issue of National Geographic Magazine: The world came to understand the Civil War through the eyes of battlefield artists.…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 May 3, 2012

INTERDISCIPLINARY LESSON PLANS: The Civil War in Art (Chicago Collections)

Really cool set of interdisciplinary resources created in collaboration between The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago History Museum, Chica…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Apr 27, 2012

MTV To Gamify The Election With “Fantasy Election ‘12”

MTV has announced that a world-class coalition of philanthropic, technology, and political accountability partners including Knight Foundat…

Started by Frank W. Baker

1 Apr 25, 2012
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