Since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in the 1960s to the present day, Kenya has consistently been plagued with corruption in their government. According to the Corruption Perceptions Index, Kenya ranks 123rd out of 180 countries in terms of having an “honest public sector.” Bribes, nepotism, and unlawful business
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At the age of 21 Maya Lin created the design for one of the most historic and controversial memorial honoring the lives of the soldiers that were killed or went missing at the Vietnam War from 1954-1975. Why is a memorial such a controversial topic, we are honoring the United
An interactive mural made for a doctoral dissertation, was considered an act of vandalism. In 2021, a group of people helped paint self portraits onto pieces of cloth, and then cut them out. These pieces of 15 individuals were then placed onto the border that separates the United States and
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico is known as the capital of the corrido, or Marco-corridos, in Mexico. With many famous Norteño And Banda groups coming out of this small city in Mexico, many write famous and powerful ballads to the drug lords that have been in control of Culiacán for decades. Culiacán
Gregg Michael Gillis, who goes by the stage name Girl Talk, is a renowned American DJ who’s most well known for his works in music sampling and mashups. He samples from numerous different genres and artists of all ages and backgrounds, many times in the same track, transforming them into
The Dalai Lama had an out of character interaction with one of his many followers in February. His Holiness went to an event in the city of Dharamshala to meet the people. During this event a boy went up to his holiness and asked for a hug to which the
Can artists be separated from their artwork if they are accused or convicted of a heinous crime? Does their criminality mean that we can no longer enjoy their work? Or can we separate the two and find a way to see the art as it is without the artist coming
Tiktok has been an exploding platform since the rise in popularity beginning in 2019, with this exponential growth, millions of users flooded to the app, creating content that was unfiltered, monitored, and up for anyone’s opinion. This free market of social media integrated public perception, political and socially developmental opinions.
Within anime, there is the stereotype that many shows depict either pedophilic undertones or even incestuous implications. And while the vast majority of anime do not depict these themes, it is the ones that do that garner attraction. Though pedophilia is often not explicitly depicted, there is a trope of
During World War II, the Nazis engaged in a massive campaign of art theft, confiscating over 650,000 artworks from across Europe. This was a calculated effort to deprive the Jewish people of their cultural heritage, as well as to amass a collection of art that would reflect the values of