Focusing on Zimbabwe-born/South Africa-based Dan Halter's Rifugiato Mappa del Mondo (Refugee Map of the World) as my commentary's point of departure, the text demonstrates how an art museum can use works from its permanent collection to mobilize and engage in community-building with refugees and migrants. Embedding historical and contemporary discourses on migration topics, displaying works of refugee and migrant artists becomes vital for upholding values of cultural pluralism – and it proves to be meaningful when the work achieves mass resonance among museum visitors. Credits: Dan Halter (Zimbabwean, born 1977). Rifugiato Mappa del Mondo (Refugee Map of the World), 2016. Stitched-together new and used plastic-weave shopping bags. 7 (unique) from a series of 8. Overall: 72 x 150 inches (182.88 x 381 cm). Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum. By Exchange: Elisabeth H. Gates Fund, James G. Forsyth Fund, Fellows for Life Fund, George Cary Fund and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Garo, 2016 (2016:4). © Dan Halter. Image courtesy of the artist and WHATIFTHEWORLD.

My Brother's Bar

Democrats need to figure out how to get non-voters to the polls and reach the non-college-educated voters that are increasingly voting Republican. Bernie Sanders' policies fight for these people, and the Democrats need to follow his lead.

This is a draft of a new opinion piece on Universal Healthcare in the US.

Robert Barsky in conversation with Noam Chomsky regarding Bernie Sanders

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While Temporary Protection Status has been put forth as a possible solution to the current Ukrainian Refugee crisis, Subsidiary Protection stands as the more prudent tool in fulfilling Member State obligations and asylum seeker need in the midst of currently indefinite conflict.

This opinion piece argues the power and potential of the sister city relationship in promoting sustainable citizen diplomacy. This piece highlights the initiation of two sister city relationships by Senator Bernie Sanders, in his missions to set national precedence during heightened political conflict during the Cold War.