Editor's Note: Kathleen Fitzpatrick is director of scholarly communication at the Modern Language Association. She is the author of "Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy" and author of the blog Planned Obsolescence.
Art has emerged as a major vehicle for expressing the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Sal Mineo never had a second act to his career. Death deprived him of the chance.
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Q&A: The Anglican Bishop of Durham argues that Biblical teaching on the afterlife has been distorted
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Fortune: EGGHEAD BLUESupdated: Mon Jan 13 1997 00:01:00
When you think of people chronically unable to find work--those still jobless after 26 weeks on unemployment insurance--who comes to mind? High school dropouts, maybe? Think again. A study by Bard ...
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