| No Images? Click here   According to Merriam-Webster, vituperate has a number of related synonyms, including berate and revile. While revile means "to attack or criticize in a way prompted by anger or hatred," vituperate adds to revile's meaning by stressing an attack that is "particularly harsh or unrelenting."  Eze Amos and Robert Cohen are both photographers who, in their own ways, have been tasked with telling the stories of their communities.Amos, born in Nigeria, lives in Charlottesville, where he captures citizens in daily life. With his hashtag project #cvillepeopleeveryday, Amos hopes to balance the negative perception of Charlottesville that has lingered since the August rally by showing the love and unity that most residents believe in.Cohen, who grew up in New Orleans, now lives in St. Louis, where he works as a photojournalist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Although his photos routinely depict community life ― from residents’ gardens to county fairs ― he is now known for capturing one of the defining images of the Ferguson protests. Here, Amos and Cohen discuss their lives and work, and what it means to photograph their own cities.  The statistics on boys, ballet and bullying are staggering. According to a study by dance sociologist Doug Risner of Wayne State University in Detroit, 93 percent of boys involved in ballet reported “teasing and name calling,” and 68 percent experienced “verbal or physical harassment.” Eleven percent said they were victims of physical harm at the hands of people who targeted them because they are boys who study dance.“If this were not the arts, it would be considered a child health crisis," sociologist Doug Risner told HuffPost.www.huffingtonpost.com  A gathering of white supremacists turns violent. The president defends public statues commemorating the Confederacy. A prominent pastor suggests peaceful protestors, kneeling during the national anthem to call attention to brutality, should feel grateful they haven’t been shot.To many, it feels like U.S. news headlines in 2017 belong in another era, 50 or 100 years ago. But the deep divisions these stories reflect are very much in our present, not just the past.In an interview with HuffPost, “Uncivil” hosts Chenjerai Kumanyika and Jack Hitt explain how their podcast is throwing the book at traditional history narratives.
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