Mansour persevered, turning out bright canvases of olive groves and peasants that brought to mind his former home and were well received.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
28 Aug. 2026
Repetitive motifs in various shapes were her trademark, resembling netting, swirls or worms, but most often dots, dancing proudly on her canvases or as sparkling balls or dots of light in her installations in all their vibrant, psychedelic glory.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Aug. 2026
The final pages offered a physical and philosophical account of the concentration camps that was as disturbing in its implications as the newsreels shown in theatres at the war’s end.
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David Denby,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2026
Xinjiang is home to many Uyghurs, a Muslim minority that the Chinese government has subjected to surveillance, forced labor and detainment in concentration camps.
Officials told Indian media outlets that whatever fell off the glacier may have dropped into a glacial lake and blocked a river, resulting in the massive wave of ice, water and debris that plowed through settlements nearby.
—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
27 Aug. 2026
Trials produce public records, but settlements end the process of producing a record of the evidence.
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Carolina Rossini,
The Conversation,
27 Aug. 2026
Homeless encampments, piles of trash, vermin, and car break-ins have bedeviled the 4000 block of Babcock Avenue in Studio City since the property was abandoned, said neighbor Clint Ledsworth.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Aug. 2026
The temporary shelter led to a 65% reduction in encampments, served 95 people and helped 14 households transition to permanent housing in its first year of operation, according to Bontrager and a City Council staff report.
Many let their plantations fall victim to rot; others abandoned cocoa farming altogether.
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Colette Davidson,
Christian Science Monitor,
22 Aug. 2026
Even though public schooling became compulsory in 1896, the language barrier and the remote location of many plantations led to gaps in access to these laborers’ formal education.
At Hinterland, the hillside and campgrounds give that temporary escape a physical shape.
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Svetlana Khachiyan,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2026
In its first five years, the LRF tackled nearly 400 priority projects in public lands across all 50 states, maintaining the trails, bridges and campgrounds that keep parks open and accessible.
The park’s robust lodging ranges from basic campsites to posh private cabins, and its annual Buffalo Roundup and Arts Festival is bucket list-worthy.
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Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Midwest Living,
26 Aug. 2026
Isle Royale is a backpacker’s getaway first and foremost, with a sprinkling of campsites along its waterfront stretches and the 40-mile Greenstone Ridge Trail traversing its spine.
—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Aug. 2026
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