Author Archives: Jessica Hannan

Winter to Escalate European Refugee Crisis as Funds Run Low

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The refugee and migration crisis in Europe faces a new challenge: Mother Nature and winter. As cold weather sets along the route, the United Nations Refugee Agency must obtain funds to help the...

El Dia de los Muertos is more than sugar skulls and face painting

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Halloween is globally celebrated thanks to social media platform like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. But after the candy goes on sale and costumes are put up for next year’s adventures, there’s...

BBC Introduces Interactive Book World War One At Home

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Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the Great War, the first time world powers aligned against one another on a large scale. Alliances switched and many citizens joined to fight against the...

EU Leader Summit about Refugee Crisis and the Balkan Route

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Winter's approaching in the European Union and that means a look at the refugee crisis from a new, more dire humanitarian angle for the Balkan Summit.Leaders from Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia...

Cheryl Henson on the Center of Puppetry Arts, Jim, and the Legacy’s Future

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Update: According Center of Puppetry Arts representative Chelsea Bohannon, the exhibit will include 450 objects and opens on November 14, 2015. The article has been updated to reflect the changes....

The Case of the Hugo Awards, Worldcon, and a Litter of Unhappy Puppies

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This year’s Hugo Awards ceremony at Worldcon in Seattle involved quite a bit of controversy. NPR reports that out of 85 works, 12 walked away with prizes. Why is that strange? Well, there’s a few...

Nashville Hotel boots Alleged Hated Group due to Activism

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On Sunday afternoon, August 23, Emmy-winning actress and philanthropist Jackee Harry openly posted about mainstream media’s inability to talk about the success of black Americans without it being a...