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Frida Kahlo, Dia de los Muertos
Culture

Calavera de Azúcar: Painted Sugar Skulls on Dia de los Muertos

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Mexico’s traditional celebration of Dia de los Muertos embraces the inevitability of death. Painting faces in the style of Santa Muerte (Saint Death), Calavera Catrina (Dame Skeleton), or another loving tribute to the counter-Guadalupe icon Frida Kahlo pays homage to the beauty in death, offering eye-candy sugar skulls in tribute to the ancestors.

Belle Isle, Detroit River
Economy, Politics and Advocacy

Detroit Follows Cyprus: Make Pensioners Pay for Bankruptcy

Ellen Brown writes on how the Detroit bankruptcy seeks to sacrifice pensioners to pay off the big banks, appearing like the “bail-in” template pushed upon Cyprus which restructured their insolvent banks using depositors funds while sparing those from other banks and governments. Stephen Colbert sums up the situation with some levity as Detroit fights its way back to solvency.