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Commentator Andrei Codrescu says that when New Orleans city officials removed benches from Jackson Square to ward off vagrants, they were being untrue to the city's character.
Lebanon is a cultural hub for Arab music. Lebanese music writer Danny Hajjar has been talking with musicians there about how they're dealing with escalating conflict in the region.