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Memory Fuels Art And Activism In Mark Bradford's 'Tomorrow Is Another Day'

Mark Bradford says he wanted his Spoiled Foot installation to make the viewer feel "as if the center of the room was no longer available." Joshua White/Courtesy Mark Bradford, Hauser & Wirth hide caption

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Fine Art

Memory Fuels Art And Activism In Mark Bradford's 'Tomorrow Is Another Day'

Bradford represented the U.S. at the 2017 Venice Biennale. An exhibit of his work is now on view at The Baltimore Museum of Art — where one curator says he may well be the best painter working today.

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Memory Fuels Art And Activism In Mark Bradford's 'Tomorrow Is Another Day'

Mark Bradford says he wanted his Spoiled Foot installation to make the viewer feel "as if the center of the room was no longer available." Joshua White/Courtesy Mark Bradford, Hauser & Wirth hide caption

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Joshua White/Courtesy Mark Bradford, Hauser & Wirth

Fine Art

Memory Fuels Art And Activism In Mark Bradford's 'Tomorrow Is Another Day'

Memory Fuels Art And Activism In Mark Bradford's 'Tomorrow Is Another Day'

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John Carpenter On The Enduring Sound Of 'Halloween'

John Carpenter (center) directed and wrote the score for the horror classic Halloween, and wrote the score for its 2018 sequel. Trevor de Brauw/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Music Interviews

John Carpenter On The Enduring Sound Of 'Halloween'

by Tim Greiving

John Carpenter On The Enduring Sound Of 'Halloween'

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A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs

When the mines in the North Fork Valley started laying off employees, Eric and Teresa Neal hired and retrained former coal miners to learn how to work with fiber optic cable. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption

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A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs

A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs

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When Immigration Status Puts Couple's Life 'At Pause'

Irakere Picon, 29, and Arianna Hermosillo, 30, on their wedding day earlier this year in Oak Park Conservatory in Chicago. Courtesy of Arianna Hermosillo and Irakere Picon hide caption

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When Immigration Status Puts Couple's Life 'At Pause'

by Kelly Moffitt , Cameron Jenkins

When Immigration Status Puts Couple's Life 'At Pause'

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After ICE Raid, A Shortage Of Welders In Tigertown, Texas

Load Trail has had a hard time hiring welders to fabricate its trailers since Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested about a quarter of its workforce in August. John Burnett/NPR hide caption

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After ICE Raid, A Shortage Of Welders In Tigertown, Texas

After ICE Raid, A Shortage Of Welders In Tigertown, Texas

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