Guest Thinkers — June 21, 2010

Photos: Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2010

Lindsay Beyerstein

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CONEY ISLAND, BROOKLYN.

See more photos from the 2010 Coney Island Mermaid Parade.

The Mermaid Parade marks the beginning of summer in Brooklyn.

The most popular theme for costumes and floats this year was rage at British Petroleum over the oil spill.

Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson presided as King and Queen of the parade.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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Transcript of AU Forum “The Climate Change Generation: Youth, Media, & Politics in an Unsustainable World”

American Today, the weekly newspaper for American University, ran this feature on last week’s AU Forum and public radio broadcast of “The Climate Change Generation: Youth, Media, and Politics in […]

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