The Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a national treasure. For 55 years it has hosted dance performances, concerts, operas, plays, and musicals. It is the home of the National Symphony Orchestra and, until recently, the Washington National Opera. The Center is best known for the Kennedy Center Honors, which are awarded annually to five artists for lifetime contributions to American culture and the performing arts.

Palestinians are being locked out of the digital economy

7amleh recently published a report entitled “Palestinian Accessibility to Digital Economy Platforms: Barriers, Gaps, and Adopted Policies to Overcome them” The report documents how Palestinians across historic Palestine face systematic barriers in accessing digital payment systems, e-commerce platforms, and remote work opportunities. The report’s findings reveal that Palestinian exclusion from the digital economy is not accidental or technical, but rather structural.

What connects Lena Dunham, Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and Lorde?

A new record from the Bleachers has just been released, "Everyone for Ten Minutes". Jack Antonoff is behind some of the key pop albums of the past 15 years, including "1989" by Taylor Swift, "Norman Fucking Rockwell" by Lana Del Rey, "The Secret of Us" by Gracie Abrams and "The Tortured Poets Department" by Sabrina Carpenter. Lena Dunham created, filmed and starred in the television series "Girls" in 2012. She wrote a memoir called "Famesick" about her life.

The role of journalism in a post-truth age- with Abigal Pogrebin

In this episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer and Abigail Pogrebin discuss how the media, authority and public conversation are changing as traditional standards of journalism dissolve and algorithms shape what we see and believe. They turn to the Jewish community to examine how these shifts are intensifying polarization and defining who gets to speak and who gets heard.

The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad

Jon Batiste's new album, Black Mozart, comes out later this week. He will join the Journaling Club today to talk about music-making and give a sneak peak of his new album. He shares an excerpt from the album liner notes and a song from it.

Classrooms Under Surveillance: A Threat To Higher Education

Professors are worried about the surveillance of their classes and their teaching methods. Professors and students have raised concerns that these systems conflict with the mission of open inquiry and create a sense of ambient anxiety in the classroom. The university does not share data with federal agencies, but some law enforcement entities do.

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