“Amazon’s move marks a sea change in its approach to tax in Europe. Depending on how the company allocates costs, it could significantly boost the firm’s tax bill in many EU countries. It could also put pressure on other companies to do the same.”
Category: issues
Cannes Has A Shoe Problem
“High heels, it turns out, appeared to be part of the unwritten red-carpet dress code. Wearing heels changes how you stand, how you walk and how you are perceived. Even if they are visible only in small flashes, when a hem moves to one side, they are, in essence, a foundation garment: shoes that keep women in their place.”
The Historic Mosque-Cathedral In Córdoba Stands At The Center Of A Much Wider Dispute
“The Mosque-Cathedral is currently the focus of a fierce dispute pitting local activists against the Catholic Church and casting a shadow over Córdoba’s legacy of religious tolerance. It has even become a hot-button issue in local elections here amid accusations that the Mosque-Cathedral’s Islamic past is being airbrushed out of history.”
Has Russia Purged Faculty Members At Its Oldest University?
“In March 27, outside the baroque 18th century building that houses the university administration, about a dozen Smolny students held one-person pickets, the maximum size Russia allows for an unsanctioned protest. Police took down names of demonstrators, participants said, but no one was detained.”
How The Heck Can Arts Management Actually Reflect The Racial And Ethnic Diversity Of The U.S.?
“Adopt actual social service initiatives. Organizations should shy away from an exclusive approach and move more towards a ‘for the people and (inspired) by the people’ methodology. It’s about inviting people in that may not even know they want to engage with the arts.”
Artists Need To Be Able To Take Risks, But How Can That Work Without A Welfare State?
“There’s not much point hanging a big welcome sign above the box office if the stage door is clearly barred to anyone without a financial safety net.”
Has Toronto’s Luminato Failed To Make An Impact As An International Festival?
“When Toronto was at a particular low point in the 2000s, Luminato was conceived by business leaders as the kind of high-level, multiarts smorgasbord that would attract international cultural tourists while also providing enough free, fun and family events to entertain the city. It was planned without sufficient consultation with Canadian arts groups and has often felt like a top-down exercise, a perception that repeatedly hiring Europeans will only reinforce.”
Rich Universities Get Richer – But Are Poor Students Being Left Behind?
“The gap between wealthy colleges and the rest of the pack is clearly wide, and getting wider each year, leading some to question if these rich universities need much of the public aid they receive. And if they are receiving public money, should they be doing more to enroll a higher percentage of low-income students?”
Our Audience As Community? Not Necessarily
“Community requires connection. Without interpersonal relationships, a community is just a group. Community requires generosity. Without an element of giving, it is hard to imagine members being invested in the collective and future well-being of the group. Community requires space. Without a place (virtual, physical) in which people can connect and contribute, it will be much more difficult for these things to take place.”
Fraternities Once Were Paragons Of Accomplishment and Excellence. But Then…
These organizations, which were literary and social societies, were founded very much in the same spirit as Phi Beta Kappa. They fashioned themselves with the model of ancient Greece in mind. They were named after Greek letters during a period in American history when “Greece eclipsed Rome as the model for virtuous citizenship in the American imagination and at colleges particularly.”