How Diverse Are The Artists At Local Art Museums?
The National Gallery of Art has one of the largest art collections in America. But how diverse are the artists?
Facebook boasts more than 400 million users — a group that includes Americans of all ages. But a handful of controversial changes to the network’s privacy settings — unveiled with little fanfare or explanation — have alarmed users and prompted a backlash on the Internet. We examine why small changes to the most visited Web-site in the country are triggering global pushback.
Facebook Public Policy Director Tim Sparapani defends the company’s privacy changes against a recent onslaught of criticism, citing Facebook’s extremely rapid growth as a challenge. “Some of the privacy settings we put in place over a period of years do not actually provide real privacy when you grow that quickly,” Sparapani said, which is one of the reasons for the recent adjustments to those settings:
Last week, “This Week in Technology” host Leo Laporte walked his audience through the steps necessary to permanently delete a Facebook account by getting rid of his own:
The National Gallery of Art has one of the largest art collections in America. But how diverse are the artists?
Restoring late-night Metrorail service would help workers in the hospitality industry, proponents say, but opponents say it could lead to daytime delays and a financial loss for WMATA.
The Montgomery County Students for Change started organizing last year around gun control. Now, they're tackling civic engagement and school segregation, too.
New York organizers are celebrating Amazon's decision to not move part of its second headquarters to Queens. What are Washington-area activists doing to oppose Amazon's move to to Northern Virginia, and what do they hope to see from local officials?
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