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Art, Design and How We Learn

Agnes Gund | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Art, Colin Powell, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jamaica, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, Moma, Museum of Arts and Design, Corona, New York News

We know, when we are inside MoMA or the Met, that we are experiencing art; no doubt about it. What is less clear is that we are also experiencing art when we wander the avenues and alleys.

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Protecting our gay Jamaican sources and their confessions

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

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The signature story "Violence and venom force gay Jamaicans to hide reports on the dark side of Jamaica’s anti-gay violence and attitudes a...

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The Death of a Hospital

NYCity News Service | NYCity News Service | Posted 10.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Brooklyn, Jamaica, Home News

For the past few weeks, hope that a health care provider would save Jamaica's 108-year-old Mary Immaculate Hospital seemed to fade with each IV pole, ...

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Albo Ousted From NYT: Critical Shopper Mike Albo has lost...

Racked | Racked | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

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Critical Shopper Mike Albo has lost his gig at the New York Times following a mini scandal involving a press junket to Jamaica. Albo was among a gro...

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New York Abandons Role as Sanctuary for Immigrants

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Dora Schiro Commissioner, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jamaica, Obama Immigration, Immigration, 287(G), Sanctuary Cities, Rikers Island, New York City, Immigrant Detention, Deportation, New York News

Immigrations agents at Rikers regularly deceive people they suspect of not being citizens and rope them into the deportation system by violating their legal and human rights.

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Torn Apart by Deportation, Families Struggle to Stay Together

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Families are being torn apart by deportation at the treacherous intersection of immigration enforcement and the criminal justice system.

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A Deadly Cycle of Stigma and Discrimination

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

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Nathalie Applewhite, Pulitzer Center Stigma and discrimination prevent people around the world from accessing the HIV prevention, care and treatment ...

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Thrillist Jet Mystery: Party in Jamaica!

NBC NewYork | NBC New York | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home

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MoshPix: It was a 3-day throwdown on the isle of Jamaica, replete with dune buggying, nearly-submerged horse-rides-on-the-beach, extreme zip-lining, e...

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Sheree Whitfield on 'Housewives' Castmates and Plans for Season Three

Essence | Essence | Posted 10.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Atlanta, Jamaica, Home News

Sheree Whitfield knows all about turning lemons into lemonade.[href="http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/entertainment/articles/real_housewives_...

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Jamaica: Seven Facts

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 10.02.2009 | Home

Read More: Mumbai-India, India, Bogotá-Colombia, Colombia, Columbia, Trinidad, Jamaica, Mexico, Home News

Micah Fink, for the Pulitzer CenterNumbers, statistics and dates are notoriously difficult elements in any television script. Most people find it hard...

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Dancehall artist sings of poverty plaguing Jamaica's ghettos

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 10.01.2009 | Home

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Correspondent Lisa Biagiotti reported on HIV, AIDS and homophobia in Jamaica for The Glass Closet, a multimedia project produced by the Pulitzer Cente...

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Jamaica: Reflections on homophobia

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

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Micah Fink, for the Pulitzer CenterJamaica, to me, is a land of deep contradictions. On one hand, it's a lovely, lush tropical country, blessed with s...

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Reversing The Stigma Of HIV In Jamaica: Ida's Story (VIDEO)

World Focus | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Stigma, Micah Fink, The Glass Closet, Lisa Biagiotti, Pulitzer Center, Gay Jamaicans, HIV/AIDS, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Jamaica, Gabrielle Weiss, Discrimination, Aids, World News

Ida Northover is known fondly in her community as "Miss Gene." She is a volunteer community leader battling stigma and discrimination in one of the ...

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Jamaica's Only Gay Church Gives Parishioners A Community In Secret

GlobalPost | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Jamaica, Jamaica Lesbian, Homosexuality, Jamaica Homosexuality, Jamaica Gay Community, Reverant Robert Griffin, Jamaica Gay, Jamaica's Gay Community, Sunshine Cathedral Jamaica, Jamaica Gay Church, In the Closet, World News

INGSTON, Jamaica �" It takes just 15 minutes to set up an underground church. Two boxes and a white sheet make up the pulpit. The altar is a card t...

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"Jamaica's gays worship in the closet," by Micah Fink, Global Post

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 11.22.2009 | Home

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It takes just 15 minutes to set up an underground church. ...

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LiveHopeLove.com wins an Emmy!

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 11.22.2009 | Home

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Pulitzer Center's multimedia website on the human face of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica has won an Emmy for new approaches to news and documentary programming, ...

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Pulitzer Center's LiveHopeLove.com wins an Emmy!

Pulitzer Center. | Pulitzer Center | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

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LiveHopeLove.com, a multimedia website on the human face of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, has won an Emmy for new approaches to news and documen...

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

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When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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West Indian Day Parade

David Jones | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Carnival, Cultures, Barbados, Parade, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, West Indian Day Parade, New York News

The parade has become a cultural touchstone for people from the Caribbean and many others. It reflects some of the deepest needs of people to feel collective joy.

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