The newest Colossus
Recent administration comments restart a debate about what liberty means in America. What does it mean if your teachers never look like you? Facial recognition software may know what you’re feeling. What does historic preservation mean in a city like Seattle? And the spectacle of the Perseids.
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Karen Finneyfrock, The Newer Colossus
Trump administration representative Kenneth Cucinelli generated some backlash when he suggested that Emma Lazarus’ poem on the Statue of Liberty was referring only to Europeans who could “stand on their own two feet.” In 2011, Seattle poet and novelist Karen Finneyfrock wrote her own response to the poem, called “The Newer Colossus.” Former state poet laureate Elizabeth Austen discussed it with Marcie Sillman in 2016.
School representation
It’s back to school time! And many children in America won’t have a teacher who looks like them. Crosscut fellow Liz Brazile is covering why that matters.
Amazon Rekognition
They say that dogs can smell fear. And soon, Amazon might be able to as well – in a manner of speaking. The company is expanding the capabilities of its Rekognition software. Geekwire’s civic editor Monica Nickelsburg has the story.
Historic preservation
How can Seattle maintain both its cultural spaces and its cultural makers as it grows? Eugenia Woo is Director of Preservation Services at Historic Seattle; Doug McLennan is founder and editor of ArtsJournal.com.
Perseid meteor shower
Last night’s beautiful full moon had some downsides: for one thing, you probably weren’t able to see the Perseid meteor shower. University of Washington senior astronomy lecturer Toby Smith told Marcie Sillman what’s behind those icy flecks burning up the sky.
