New Orleans art exhibition tackles issues that affect the city: "Climate change, social justice, these are issues that affect all of us."
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In New Orleans, the spot where a statue of Robert E. Lee once stood is now home to a depiction of an African deity. The installation by acclaimed sculptor Simone Leigh is part of "Prospect New Orleans," a once-every-three-years event that invites contributions from artists all over the world. The exhibitions are usually temporary, but that's seeing a big change this time around.
The placement of Leigh's West African deity, Mami Wata, is controversial. It stands at a downtown traffic circle once cradling the Confederacy and sits beside a pedestal where five years earlier a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was removed.
Leigh, however, described it as "medicine."
Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund, agreeing to review a lower court decision that upended the mechanism for funding programs that provide communications services to rural areas, low-income communities and schools, libraries and hospitals.