Cambodianess.
I’m sure that the artist may have had good intentions, but this really was boneheaded in the extreme by him and by Vice in publishing the photos.
The Cambodians have actually done a pretty good job (as well as you can) in memorializing Tuol Sleng without overdoing or over-commercializing or politicizing it. Its one of the most moving places I’ve ever visited (although it was many years ago, it might have changed more recently). We should be learning lessons from them, not using them for virtue waving or self promotion, or whatever it was that motivated the artist.
$2.1 Billion for Undocumented Workers Signals New Yorkâs Progressive Shift
The fund, which could provide payments to hundreds of thousands of people excluded from other pandemic relief, ignited a battle among state lawmakers before it was approved this week.
Workers gathered outside Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo s office in Manhattan for an Easter prayer service and rally on the eve of the budget vote in Albany. Credit.Desiree Rios for The New York Times
April 8, 2021Updated 4:00 a.m. ET
When the coronavirus arrived in New York City a year ago, it hit enclaves of undocumented immigrants with a fury, killing thousands and wiping out the service and construction jobs that kept many families afloat.