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Oscars 2018 Liveblog
The Politic liveblogs the Oscars. Stay tuned for reactions, jokes, and maybe even memes.
Purple State: The Supreme Court Takes on Gerrymandering in North Carolina
“That richness of being a purple state…leads to good dialogue and debate.”
Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers: Refugees Share Their Cultures Through Culinary Diplomacy
“Sharing food is a form of nation branding—building collective knowledge of a culture through cuisine.”
Based on a True Story: The Ethos of the “Docudrama”
“Most of the time when you are making a film about a historical person it reflects much more about the time in which it is being made than it does about the period it’s trying to illuminate.”
The National Food Fight: Trump Administration takes on Obama-era School Nutrition Regulations
“The Trump Administration is pulling out all the stops to rollback any protection or public health safeguard at the expense of harming kids’ health.”
Resilience Recognized: San Francisco Honors World War II’s “Comfort Women”
“To me, the name of the country that perpetrated the sex slavery is almost irrelevant.”
Refugees in Small-Town Idaho
“The Twin Falls case exemplifies a collision of dichotomies and frictions that continue to be played out everywhere.”