With an African-American man as President of the United States, many Americans would say that the country has come a long way. But conversations about race should, and must, continue. So say Eric Paul Fournier and Anna Kauffman, who are putting the finishing touches on a documentary film that follows Barack Obama’s presidential campaign from its inception through Inauguration Day.
How’s this for refreshing? At a recent reception at the Kennedy Center, the President of the United States had some eloquent and downright inspirational things to say about the importance of the arts:
In times of war and sacrifice, the arts … remind us to sing and to laugh and to live. In times of [...]
We’re going to steal President Obama’s thunder a little bit, as he is set to announce this on June 22nd. We just wanted our members to be in the know so they can begin thinking and working on this immediately!
Many of our member organizations — from small, one-person outfits to huge, multi-million dollar non-profits — [...]
Actually, the meeting took place at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, but that sounds a lot less sexy…
I’m talking about the May 12th gathering of artists and creative organizers with Obama’s top cultural policy advisors. Although Fractured Atlas wasn’t directly involved with the event, one of our own, Caron Atlas (no relation), was one of [...]
Is President Obama’s latest budget proposal a mortal threat to the nation’s charities?
There’s been a lot of chatter about his plan to reduce the size of tax deductions that wealthy Americans can claim for donations to charity. The basic idea is to reduce the deductibility to 28% from 35% for taxpayers in the top bracket.
Predictably, [...]
At 12:01 this afternoon the new administration took over the official Whitehouse website. Two promising additions that suggest an awareness of and respect for 12st century media:
The Whitehouse Blog
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