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"Baseball at Night" 1934, by Morris Kantor

Should art be publicly funded?

June 1, 2022

Click here to edit the dot navigation module. This text is only for editing and will not appear after you publish the changes. Investigate Contemplate debate Immigration Reform In 1935, as part of the New Deal, the U.S. Government funded the Federal Art Project, which employed visual artists to create murals, paintings, sculpture, photography, and…

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Is social media bad for our mental health?

July 1, 2021

Click here to edit the dot navigation module. This text is only for editing and will not appear after you publish the changes. Investigate Contemplate debate Immigration Reform As a number of social media platforms have become ubiquitous, many researchers have begun to study the effects on our mental health. Is social media an addiction?…

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Boston's Old State House

Should historic buildings be preserved?

April 14, 2021

Click here to edit the dot navigation module. This text is only for editing and will not appear after you publish the changes. Investigate Contemplate debate Immigration Reform Like any material object, buildings decay over time. While some buildings are chosen for preservation, perhaps for their historical or cultural significance, most are eventually torn down…

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A palette of watercolors on the table and paintings drying in the background

Should artworks be valued at millions of dollars?

March 25, 2021

Click here to edit the dot navigation module. This text is only for editing and will not appear after you publish the changes. Investigate Contemplate debate Immigration Reform Some would argue that you can’t put a price on art – that it is priceless. But in recent years, the international art market has witnessed works…

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Rolls of maps in front of a map on a wall

Should maps be considered works of art?

February 18, 2021

Click here to edit the dot navigation module. This text is only for editing and will not appear after you publish the changes. Investigate Contemplate debate Immigration Reform Maps are everywhere. World maps hang on classroom walls, road map apps help us navigate our cars, star maps let us decipher the night skies, and maps…

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