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As the death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza tops 39,100, tens of thousands of protesters plan to march on Capitol Hill today during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress. Dozens of Democratic lawmakers plan to boycott the speech, including Senators Dick Durbin, Chris Van Hollen, Jeff Merkley, Patty Murray and Bernie Sanders. “Congress has made a terrible mistake in inviting Netanyahu,” says award-winning Israeli scholar David Harel, who co-authored a New York Times essay, “We Are Israelis Calling on Congress to ... continua

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The Biden administration is sending an advanced anti-missile defense system and 100 U.S. troops to Israel in advance of expected retaliatory strikes against Iran. This marks the first significant deployment of American troops to Israel since the beginning of its assault on Gaza, though the U.S. has spent an estimated tens of billions of dollars on the Israeli military and related operations. “The irony here is the Iranian missile attack is only going to happen if we help Israel strike Iran first,” says Win Without War’s Harrison Mann. With the deployment of ... continua

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Can we tell true memories from false ones? For decades, Elisabeth Loftus has studied how memories of events that never happened are formed, and she has invented techniques to create them from scratch. But false memories have real consequences, and can change how we think and behave. What do these false memories tell us about the nature of memory itself? Speaker: Elizabeth Loftus, University of California, Irvine Moderates: Nicola Quadri, BergamoScienza Association Special thanks to Vita-Salute San Raffaele Università of Milano

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Public health officials are decrying President-elect Donald Trump for selecting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services. If confirmed, Kennedy would head a sprawling agency that oversees drug, vaccine and food safety, as well as medical research. Kennedy is one of the nation’s most prominent vaccine skeptics and has spread numerous public health conspiracy theories. Kennedy has claimed HIV may not cause AIDS. He claimed COVID-19 was designed to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people. He has claimed chemicals in the nation’s water ... continua

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Pedro Almodóvar. España - 2020 Una larga conversación telefónica va develando a un ser herido, víctima de su propia pasión destructiva. Una historia de la que se desconocen las causas y donde el espectador debe bucear para comprender sus motivaciones. Adaptación libre la obra teatral homónima de Jean Cocteau, donde Almodóvar nos regala, muy a su estilo, un monólogo potente como discurso universal de autoafirmación femenina.

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We host a roundtable the morning after Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, just five days after surviving an assassination attempt, delivering the longest acceptance speech in convention history. Trump began with a somber recounting of what happened in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a bullet grazed his right ear, and soon went off script to deliver a rambling diatribe against various political enemies and repeatedly demonized immigrants. “The first three or four days of the convention were pitched as a display of unity,” says ... continua

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Delegates from the Uncommitted National Movement and their allies launched a sit-in protest Wednesday night outside the convention hall in Chicago after the DNC refused to honor their request to let a Palestinian American speak onstage, despite allowing family members of an Israeli American hostage to address the convention. We hear voices from the sit-in with uncommitted delegates and their allies. “Today I watched my party say, 'Our tent can fit anti-choice Republicans,' but it can’t fit an elected official like me?” said Georgia state Representative Ruwa ... continua

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de Kean Loach. Reino Unido. - 1996 George, un escocés de espíritu rebelde, que trabaja como conductor de autobús, conoce a Carla, una refugiada nicaragüense recién llegada a Glasgow. Mientras tanto, en Nicaragua (1987), la Contra se prepara para derrocar al Gobierno sandinista. La situación de su país, de su familia y el amor que dejó atrás atormentan a Carla. George decide entonces acompañarla a Nicaragua para que afronte la dura realidad de la guerra y de los sentimientos.

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"Queenship in Early Modern World: Display, Ceremonial, Portraiture and Patronage" by Elena Woodacre (University of Winchester).
This conference is part of the Symposium "Key Women in the Creation of the Prado’s Collections.
From Isabella of Bourbon to Maria Anna of Neuburg" which took place on 6 and 7 March 2023.
Two relevant features of the Prado Museum’s make it paradigmatic in our study of the role of women in the field of artistic patronage: we can explore, recover, and discuss and disseminate these women’s contributions to the creation of the Museum by ... continua

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