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Sandra Bertrand

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Lee Polevoi

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Beth Kaiserman

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Sandra Canosa

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Angelo Franco

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New York’s Central Park Pays Homage to the Suffrage Movement

by Sandra Bertrand

The original design focused on Anthony and Stanton, with a scroll containing quotations from more than 20 other suffragists. The Design Commission eliminated the scroll, leaving only the two white women. What was missing and what became crucial to its ultimate equal rights message in the wake of growing criticism was Sojourner Truth, the African-American abolitionist and suffragist. By Truth taking her place at the table, the monument was complete. For Bergmann, with less than a year to her deadline, there was no time to waste.

Can the United Nations Start Anew at 75?

by Andrey Kortunov

There are many graphic manifestations of the serious institutional deficiencies that prevent the U.N. from playing its legitimate role as the centerpiece of the global governance system. The U.N. consistently fails to take action on violent regional conflicts -- whether in Asia (Syria), in Europe (Ukraine), or in Africa (Libya). Its General Assembly resolutions quite often have little or no impact on the behavior of member states, which the resolutions aspire to influence.