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Artstor on JSTOR adds 5,000 Magnum Photos images, bringing the collection to over 136,000 items. The new works capture 2021–2022 protests, refugee experiences, climate impacts, and other pivotal global stories.
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Text analysis is behind the auto-suggest on your phone, the spam filter on your email, and the suggestions in your streaming services. Its practical use in our everyday lives has been quietly impactful for many years, but recently there has been serious buzz around text analysis and generative artificial intelligence, including their potential effects on…
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These are not exclusive private institutions that are rejecting these applicants; ironically, they have a better shot at these private universities. The ones rejecting these applicants are part of the public university system funded by the taxpayer.
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Author’s Bio: Please do not publish my name if you decide to print. I am in a Physics PhD program in the Midwest. I was completing an undergrad degree when I drove under the influence and almost took someone’s life. I thought I would be a high school science teacher, and I can’t do that…
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This endeavor has brought me a renewed sense of purpose and hope…
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The knowledge I gained in history, philosophy, and sociology proved how little I new about the world.
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But I’m not asking you to let me come crash on your couch. All I’m asking for is a decent shake at life when I get out of this steel cage: a second chance—not a handout, an opportunity. Let me prove myself.
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Prisoners return to society with skewed ethics because prisons are not concerned with helping them structure their lives for reintegration back into the community. This is because prisons are more about detaining and public safety than rehabilitation.
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Happy Earth Day! We’ve gathered 26 open collections on JSTOR that feature breathtaking documentation of our planet and its creatures by scientists, scholars, and artists across many eras, all free for everyone to enjoy. Microcosms: Sacred Plants of the Americas Confocal microscopy is a specialized optical imaging technique that provides contact-free, non-destructive measurements of three-dimensional…
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To celebrate this year’s Earth Day, we’re sharing five openly accessible collections on JSTOR that feature the work of important women botanists and botanical artists.
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I dream of the day when I walk out of here, not as an old criminal, but as a man who has been given a second chance to make things right.
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Billy Bragg illustrates the frustrations of post-release job seeking.
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I had to scream into the phone in the hopes that she could hear me tell her that I loved her and that I was going to make her proud.
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while every larger rock and boulder sat hinged like the gaping halves of gigantic clams
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Louis Agassiz Fuertes, bird portraitist April 22 marks the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day, the birth of the modern environmental movement. This year we honor the day and the intent with a tribute to the bird portraitist Louis Agassiz Fuertes, born in 1874, nearly 100 years prior to Earth Day, in Ithaca, New York. The…
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Second Chances are more than a privilege provided, it is the duty to make a difference when we can
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But with the lack of access to programming, I realized that many women felt discouraged from thinking about education. From the long waiting lists to enroll…
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I began referring to myself as a college student although I was still incarcerated. the prison no longer seemed to be a prison anymore. In my eyes I saw a college campus.
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Once the prison term is served the debt to society is paid. In the USA, we have shortages in various careers. Let us return to work.
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the true power of education is not only to enable your dreams, it extends through you to help others actualize theirs, for the pictures a lot bigger than 30 or 60 years of any life.
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Books incite dreams and dreams are dangerous, slipping easily between the bars
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Creative works about education in prison for Second Chance Month written by people with lived experience.
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A curated set of open collections provides free access to primary sources highlighting women’s efforts and achievements in public life, labor rights, spirituality, and scientific research, in honor of Women’s History Month.
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A tribute to women who shaped photojournalism, from pioneers like Dorothea Lange and Margaret Bourke-White to modern successors like Eve Arnold and Susan Meiselas whose images document conflict, culture, and a changing world.
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A survey of the works of African American self-taught artists from the antebellum era through to modern times, showcasing their versatility and expressiveness in a wide array of mediums.
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In honor of Black History Month, here are 20 community-contributed open-access collections focused on Black history and voices, including slave narratives, image collections, vital records, papers, and much more.
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The New Year is an enduring phenomenon that generates celebrations of varied traditions across the world and throughout the calendar. It is our sincere wish that you may partake of these festivities in good health and with hope for the coming year. Please join us in honoring these holidays of renewal for 2023.
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The power of art to revile and denounce war may be seen in works that cross cultures and centuries. Artstor is replete with examples from the dynastic courts of Europe, to the witnesses of the American Civil War, both World Wars, Vietnam, and beyond.
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Artstor and JSTOR offer more than a million freely accessible images and other materials from library special collections, faculty research, and institutional history materials. The collections are constantly growing, and as we browsed for Latin American content in preparation for Hispanic Heritage Month, we were delighted by what we found. Here are some notable highlights:
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Embark on an enlightening journey through the rich history of student activism, spanning from the past to the vibrant present. Uncover the fascinating connection between the current surge in youth protests and the remarkable influence of social media platforms. Delve into the powerful stories of passionate individuals who have harnessed the digital age to amplify…
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