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This live art-making class is inspired by Paul Cézanne’s watercolor painting Three Pears (Trois poires), ca. 1888–90. In this session, we will explore drawing basic shapes that are illuminated by a ...

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Universal Basic Income written on a table during a session at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on January 23, 2018 [File: Reuters/Denis Balibouse] In September, Pope ...

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The Army is again dramatically expanding its pre-basic training courses that were created to get young Americans into compliance with the service's enlistment standards, as those courses are becoming ...