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" Founded by a Mormon couple in Utah in 2012, The Color Run has proved to be a brilliant idea. "
Elizabeth Flock
Run
Idea
Color
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" Over its 40 years, Muppets on 'Sesame Street' have addressed AIDS, divorce, a parent's deployment overseas, and a death in the family. But the show is addressing incarceration in a way it didn't used to: by bringing the show directly to the kids and families it wants to reach. "
Elizabeth Flock
Divorce
Death
Family
" When American poet Alice Notley was very young, she used to sit in front of the radio and just listen. When she got older, she began to hear words and songs in her head everywhere she went - songs she loved, like 'Begin the Beguine' by Cole Porter, and her own words that sometimes tumbled out into poems. "
Elizabeth Flock
She
Listen
Own
" The lack of space and a growing prison population has strained resources and put pressure on all levels of the penal system. "
Elizabeth Flock
Growing
Space
System
" HIV/AIDS isn't a top priority for any of the three major LGBT groups in the U.S.: not the HRC, or the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), or the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) - who together are somewhat pejoratively known as 'Gay Inc.' "
Elizabeth Flock
Against
Three
Together
" What compels the Hindu right's volcanic reaction to Valentine's Day? Some of its members have protested that the holiday is the product of a 'rotten imported culture' from the West. "
Elizabeth Flock
Day
Product
Holiday
" I took a job as a reporter in India, where I lived with several married couples, which got me interested in why some marriages work and others fail. Back home, many women of my generation were also putting off marriage or not getting married at all, which only led me to more questions. "
Elizabeth Flock
Women
Work
Me
" For most of my life, I, like many Americans, had greeted the idea of an arranged marriage with a mixture of fascination and skepticism. "
Elizabeth Flock
Had
My Life
Most
" In the 1980s and the 1990s, when HIV hit its peak, the gay community was at the forefront of the fight against the silent killer. "
Elizabeth Flock
Gay
Peak
Fight
" When Neil Young caught two women incessantly texting at a concert in 2012, he began mock typing on an invisible phone on stage until the women noticed and apparently left the show. "
Elizabeth Flock
Women
Concert
Phone
" Not every dollar spent to gain influence on Capitol Hill comes from a big global industrial behemoth. Hundreds of small advocacy groups and nonprofits spend thousands each year to lobby Congress and federal agencies on the issues they care about most, and their efforts often go under the radar. "
Elizabeth Flock
Influence
Care
Congress
" So often, as a reporter, we have to parachute into places. We don't have much time. We have to make sense of the story as fast as we can. "
Elizabeth Flock
Fast
Much
Places
" Xenophobia is defined as the uncontrollable fear of foreigners. That fear should not dictate the immigration dialogue any longer. "
Elizabeth Flock
Immigration
Dialogue
Dictate
" I am not Indian, but I have lived and worked in Mumbai, visited on multiple reporting trips, and celebrated more than one Holi there. "
Elizabeth Flock
Mumbai
Indian
Trips
" Leftist, anti-fascist activists known as Antifa, whose stated goals are to stamp out racism, white supremacy and authoritarianism, sometimes do use violence. "
Elizabeth Flock
Racism
Goals
White
" I think there is this cliche of Indian men who want a forward-thinking girlfriend but a traditional wife. I think that creates tension in a marriage. "
Elizabeth Flock
Marriage
Think
Want
" 2017 saw a slew of big pop and hip-hop records, a number of breakout female singer-songwriters and all-girl bands, and the return of beloved '60s soul artist Don Bryant and pop star Kesha. "
Elizabeth Flock
Artist
Big
Star
" Hurricane Irma devastated the U.S. Virgin Islands, leveling homes, knocking out power, and turning the landscape into a 'battered wasteland' where some say media coverage was minimal and help was late to arrive. "
Elizabeth Flock
Late
Help
Landscape
" There's perhaps no better way to understand what's happening in a marriage than being inside the home. "
Elizabeth Flock
Way
Better
Understand
" Food deserts on Chicago's South Side have shrunk some since 2006, and this has provided health benefits to the communities. "
Elizabeth Flock
Food
Chicago
Benefits
" Antoine 'Fats' Domino was a 1950s rock n' roll pioneer, a larger-than-life New Orleans figure, and a role model for the African-American community in a time of deep segregation. "
Elizabeth Flock
Community
Time
Role Model
" Those who use the term 'alt-left' consistently point to violence from the left, often by anti-fascists - both perceived and real. "
Elizabeth Flock
Violence
Point
Use
" The costs of running a prison system as large as Arkansas' are significant, and the system's failures can make things worse. "
Elizabeth Flock
System
Worse
Things
" Americans don't know the Constitution. More than half of those surveyed can't name any of the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment. Only a quarter can name all three branches of government. "
Elizabeth Flock
Know
Name
Constitution
" A study by the Parents Television Council, a media watchdog group, found scenes of graphic violence and gore are increasing in TV dramas - and particularly on NBC. "
Elizabeth Flock
Parents
Media
Group
" The Museum of the Bible, the sprawling, 430,000-square-foot tribute to the good book, has been dogged by controversies long before opening day. It's been criticized for not including enough Jesus, for excluding various religious traditions, and for being evangelical propaganda. "
Elizabeth Flock
Book
Bible
Day
" There is a perception that the media is very liberal, very biased, produces fake news. "
Elizabeth Flock
News
Liberal
Media
" The American Humanist Association, whose slogan is 'Good without a God,' created the National Day of Reason with the Washington Area Secular Humanists to raise awareness about government threats to religious liberty and up the profile of the non-religious community. "
Elizabeth Flock
Good
God
Day
" In 'Nineteen Eighty-Four,' protagonist Winston Smith works at a propaganda department for the state called the 'Ministry of Truth,' where inconvenient news can be discarded down a 'memory hole.' Orwell was fixated on the idea that under certain governments, the past can be altered or documents rewritten. "
Elizabeth Flock
Past
Hole
Down
" India has a long history with devotional, even obsessive love, be it for a personal god or for your lover. "
Elizabeth Flock
Your
Long
India
" Just a decade after 'Living in Bondage,' Nollywood films, made in some 300 languages, were being watched in both urban and rural areas, distributed on both the streets and online, and finding their way into international festivals. "
Elizabeth Flock
Festivals
Streets
Way