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Nebulae & Camouflage: The Sing for Hope Piano Process

Camille Zamora | Posted 06.14.2013 | Arts
Read More: Sing for Hope, Activism, Lincoln Center, ART for ALL, Street Art, New York City, Piano, Access, Opera, Monica Yunus, Artists, Street Pianos, 5 Boroughs, Video, Arts News
Camille Zamora

I hope that you've had a moment these last weeks to enjoy these piano artworks in their streetside spots across the five boroughs. Here are some video peeks at these artists' piano processes.

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Camille Zamora: My Third Metric: Just Breathe

Camille Zamora | Posted 06.10.2013 | Women
Read More: Sing for Hope, Activism, Lincoln Center, Arts, Jazz, ART for ALL, Arianna Huffington the Third Metric, Street Art, New York City, Piano, Access, Opera, Monica Yunus, Camille Zamora, Artists, The Third Metric, Street Pianos, Redefining-Success-the-Third-Metric, 5 Boroughs, Arts News, Women News
Camille Zamora

You may feel right now that "success" is defined by how many accolades you receive. But I'm going to tell you that it's not about the accolades at all, but about authenticity

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City Songs: A Brief History of the Street Piano

Camille Zamora | Posted 05.29.2013 | Arts
Read More: Sing for Hope, Activism, Arts, Lincoln Center, ART for ALL, Jazz, Street Art, New York City, Piano, Access, Opera, Monica Yunus, Arts News, Camille Zamora, Artists, Street Pianos, 5 Boroughs, Arts News
Camille Zamora

This summer, once again, New York City will play home to a truly Big-Apple-flavored Street Piano installation.

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600,000 Fewer Students at California's Community Colleges

DeRionne P. Pollard, Ph.D. | Posted 05.08.2013 | College
Read More: Jobs, Access, Community Colleges, College Completion, College, College News
DeRionne P. Pollard, Ph.D.

Enrollment is at a 20-year low due to massive budget cuts. These cuts mean hundreds of thousands of students are unable to access college, according to the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC).

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88 Keys to Past and Future

Camille Zamora | Posted 05.02.2013 | Arts
Read More: Street Pianos, Monica Yunus, Access, Jazz, Activism, Opera, Camille Zamora, Street Art, Lincoln Center, Arts, Artists, Sing for Hope, New York City, Piano, 5 Boroughs, Arts News
Camille Zamora

Each year, Sing for Hope enlists the help of visual artists. Together they paint, sculpt, découpage and gesso a gift for our city: 88 unique piano artworks (representing the 88 keys on a keyboard) that are placed throughout the public spaces of the 5 boroughs, for anyone and everyone to play.

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Accessibility to Medical Professionals

Lia Seth | Posted 05.02.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Accessibility, Disabled, Access, Health, Medical, Disability, Doctor, Health Care, Communication, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Healthy Living News
Lia Seth

This is an important kind of accessibility that is severely lacking in the medical world. My doctor should be as accessible to me as her front office is. She should be as accessible as a designer is to his clients, as owners are to their dogs, as a manager is to her employees.

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Improving Accessibility for Tomorrow's Students Today

Debra Townsley | Posted 12.22.2012 | Home
Read More: Higher Learning, Post-Secondary Education, Commuting, Access, Higher Education, College, Economy, Economic Crisis, Home News
Debra Townsley

As educators, it should be our main focus to make every effort to assist people who want to earn such degrees for their benefit and the long-term success and effectiveness of our schools and our economy.

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Feds: Poverty 'Poses A Serious Challenge' To American Education

The Huffington Post | Samreen Hooda | Posted 08.28.2012 | Home
Read More: Education, Video, Access, US Education, Persistence, Nces, Obama's 2020 College Education Goal, Higher Education, US Education Department, Motivation, Home News

New information from the federal government is the latest to show tremendous gaps in college attainment between socioeconomic and ethnic groups. A ...

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Admissions Policies That Embrace All Children

Donna Nevel | Posted 05.27.2012 | Home
Read More: Parent Organizing, Controlled Choice, Education, Access, Equity, Segregation, Inequality, Home News
Donna Nevel

Dismantling what is, in effect, a two-tiered, inequitable education system requires (among other things) opening up access to our public schools so that they truly serve all children.

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There's room in Cyberspace for us all

Craig Newmark | Posted 01.16.2012 | Technology
Read More: Web 2.0, Cyberspace, Internet, Internet Access, Women, Access, Computers, Low Income Families, The Women's Building, Technology, San Francisco, Technology News
Craig Newmark

Hey folks, I recently donated some web gear to The Women's Building in San Francisco to help out with their free computer lab. Not everyone has the me...

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We're Counting (On) You

Suzanne Ehlers | Posted 09.10.2011 | Impact
Read More: Addis Ababa, Reproductive Health, Family Planning, Access, Supplies, Impact News
Suzanne Ehlers

On World Population Day, we can expect statements from people all along the political spectrum. With our population poised to top 7 billion this year...

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Dear Mr. Beck: We Are All Hookers

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 06.12.2011 | Politics
Read More: Cervical Cancer, Hookers, Access, Breast Cancer, Low-Income, Contraception, Glenn Beck, Planned Parenthood, Hpv, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Mr. Beck, I understand it is your contention that "only hookers go to Planned Parenthood." There must be a lot of hookers out here.

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The ABCs of Getting Health Reform Right

Judith S. Palfrey | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Donald Berwick, Coverage, Benefits, Access, American Academy of Pediatrics, Prevention, Children, Affordable Care Act, Health Reform, Cost Containment, Health Reform Implementation, Politics News
Judith S. Palfrey

Some naysayers in Congress are attacking the Prevention Fund proposed in Obama's Affordable Care Act, labeling it a 'slush fund.' They are completely missing the point.

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EU & India: Trade Deal Risks Depriving Millions of Affordable Medicines

Louis Belanger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Doctors Without Borders, India, European Union, Oxfam, Access, Access to Medicines, Msf, Home News
Louis Belanger

The EU is forcing India to act against the health of poor people in developing countries by pushing through a trade deal next week that contains tou...

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Broadband for the People: From the Net to the Roots

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Literacy, Broadband, Media Justice, Mesh Networks. Universal Service Fund, Access, Internet, Digital, Media Reform, Web, Media Alliance, Communications, Tech Policy, Net Neutrality, Telecom, Lifeline, Media News
Tracy Rosenberg

As we grow increasingly dependent on the Internet, the question of how this essential network operates has never been more important.

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Replacing Dead Urban Spaces with Living Habitat

Jared Braiterman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Change, Access, Street, Earth Day, Nature, Shared, Green, City, Urban Design, Habitat, Tokyo, Imagination, Public, Dead Space, Japan, Wildlife, De-Paving, Storm Water, Native Plants, Green News
Jared Braiterman

"Do you really think Tokyo is green? Why do you only focus on the good sides of Tokyo?" These are questions that many Japanese and foreign residents o...

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Close the Broadband Gap? Phone and Cable Giants Just Say 'No'

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Obama, Net Neutrality, Stimulus, Ntia, Digital Divide, Access, Technology News
Timothy Karr

When it comes to getting everyone connected to an open, affordable and fast Internet, the big phone and cable companies seem to have a motto: "Just Say No."

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Just the Facts, Sir: The False Dichotomy of Catholics vs. "Pro-choice" on Common Ground

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Catholics, Abortion, Access, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Choice, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

The assertion that unless Obama bows to the most conservative Catholic position he will lose widespread support is a scare tactic of the right.

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Catholics for Choice Protest Appointment of Anti-choice Advocate to Senior Position at HHS

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Abortion, Tiller, Access, Catholics for Choice, Anti-Choice, Hhs, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Choice, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

The appointment yesterday of Alexia Kelley as Director of Faith-based and Community Partnerships at the Department of Health and Human Services marks "a defeat for reason and logic."

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More Uncomfortable News for the Right: Decades of Work by Anti-Choicers Does Nothing to Decrease Abortions

Kelli Conlin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Kelli Conlin, Abortion, Access, Naral, Abortion Rights, Healthcare, Abortion Restrictions, Guttmacher Institute, Politics News
Kelli Conlin

If anti-choice activists are really interested in reducing abortions, then they would be wise to take the statistics into account before pressing forward with further barriers to women's access.

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The Real Problem with CNBC

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Access, Jon Stewart, Cnbc, Jim Cramer, Business News, Wall Street, Pr, Journalism, Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer, Jim Cramer Video, Media News
Cenk Uygur

CNBC never did any exposés about the enormous risks our financial companies took because they didn't see that as their job. Jim Cramer is the least of the network's problems.

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Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...

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"I Just Think I'm Gonna Barf."

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Troopergate, Francis McDormand, Bristol Palin, Record, Feeding Frenzy, Media, Campaign, Pasty, Republican, Fargo, Fiancé, 2008, Sexism, 2008 Campaign, Media Bashing, Pasties, Victim, Issues, Alaska, John McCain, Pregnant, Minnesota Pasties, Marge Gunderson, 2008 Elections, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, 2008 Election, Republican Convention, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Election, I Just Think I'm Gonna Barf, Barf, 08 Election, Mainstream Media, Morning Sickness, Elections, I Just Think I'm Going to Barf, Access, Fiancee, 08 Campaign, Levi, Margie, Palin, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Fiance, Republican National Convention, Politics News
Chris Weigant

"Oh, I just think I'm gonna barf...."-- Marge Gunderson (Francis McDormand), from Fargo   I open today with that Fargo quote for many reasons. T...

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Friday Talking Points [45] -- Lessons Democrats Should Learn From Obama's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...

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