Artist and faculty member Wafaa Bilal is no stranger to the national spotlight. But coverage of his recently censored work, Night of Bush Capturing: A Virtual Jihadi, required more nuance and artist perspective than it was typically given in the mainstream media. Here are the details of the Troy, New York controversy you might have missed.
Recycling programs emerged globally in the 1980s and 1990s in response to fears about diminishing landfill space and landfill-generated air and water pollution. Chicago joined the trend, and, as with many big-city stories about government bureaucracy and city infrastructure, the following twenty-year saga proved to be a mess.