we see this in the work of alexis smith... or again in the work of cindy sherman... or by giving the woman's voice back to her, as in the work of barbara kruger... or jenny holzer. this tower in muenster, germany, was used as a prison for torture in medieval times and again during world war ii. for the european artist, it is very important-- the dialogue between past and present, history and our time. rebekorn is using an abandoned building, not for romantic reason, but because it is a building that has a memory of the torture and includes in the space the sound of torture-- water dripping, hammers striking-- so that the silence of history is broken. human beings once cried out in this cell. this tower has a kind of strange life because it is full of these phantoms-- torture in the middle ages and again during world war ii by nazis. this building has this kind of strange life because it's full of these phantoms. the installation is temporary, to last for just six months, so there's a dialectical condition of the piece-- that to relate the history of germany to german

the latest ruling on michigan's fight for gay rights i was joined earlier by jennifer and alexi chap and smith a same sex couple who managed to marry in the state within those first twenty four hours when it was legal and i first asked him to give us an overview of where their case stands. so on march twenty one federal judge then ruled that the constitutional ban michigan constitutional ban on same gender marriage or in michigan was unconstitutional under the u.s. constitution. but he didn't put a state on it which made it possible for county clerks to issue marriage licenses to same gender couples which is why so many of us went to the clerk's office and so very early in the morning we got there at five thirty am to wait in line and were able to get a license however the attorney general for michigan managed to get the hell a court to put in place three it's basically on that later in the day of legal it's at five o'clock on saturday twenty second and so at this point we're pretty much in legal limbo own the governor has said that you sense the licenses are legal but he won't recognize any l

fight it has to take people pressure to get this movement on a roll thank you so much jennifer alexy chap and smith really appreciate guys coming on. thank you thank you. the last couple days the federal bureau of land management or b.l.m. has been surrounding one hundred fifty acre ranch in clark county nevada with heavily fortified vehicles helicopters and officers armed to the teeth and no not because the government's trying to capture a mass murderer busted child sex trafficking ring and fed the agency is trying to seize cattle yes cows the ranch belongs to sixty seven year old clive in bondi and according to the washington free beacon bunmi is the last rancher in the county and a descendant of ranchers who settled in the vast desert space over one hundred forty years ago but in one thousand nine hundred eight the b.l.m. selected the greater area that this ranch falls in is critical for the desert tortoise population excuse me to thrive thus causing bunny to lose his longstanding grazing permit for the land for the last two decades clive has refused to pay the federal government the newly requi