It’s hard to go through the news at a time like this everything around the world seems to be erupting into a dystopian chaos. Nonetheless, if you want to keep yourself informed on World/U.S. news, stay posted for each week’s news headlines. I’ve chosen this week’s headlines to showcase both issues happening within the U.S., worldwide, and local to the Chicago area. I also wanted to include an article about the artworld, and what better way to do so than by showing representation for POC artwork! I wanted to add that I’ll choose different credible news sources each week, as following one newspaper or magazine only can often lead to involuntary bias or even misinformation.Â
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“More than a dozen other earthquakes with a magnitude of at least 5.0 hit the same area of Sulawesi over the course of several hours, the USGS said.”
A tsunami hit Sulawesi (an island belonging to the Indonesian archipelago) yesterday morning after a massive chain of high magnitude and low depth earthquakes struck the area, causing a devastating amount of damage across the western coast of the island. Reports are saying that at least 384 have been killed in the disaster, with many more to be accounted for. The damage has caused thousands of buildings in the are to collapse as well, leaving many homeless.Â
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“The Getty is making a strong, long-term commitment of unprecedented breadth to the field of African American art history”
It’s no secret that African-American artwork is severely underrepresented in the art world. According to artnet news, African American represent only 7.6 percent of all exhibitions at 30 prominent US museums. The Getty Research Institute, based in Los Angeles, is taking a step towards representation by acquiring the art of Betye Saar, whose work “tackles racism through the appropriation and recontextualization of African-American folklore and icons.” The initiative has also received a budget of 5 million to acquire new pieces, create research projects, and aid other museums in the preservation and digitization of their own pieces.Â
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 “The hack affected those who use Facebook to log into other accounts”
On September 25th, Facebook suffered a security breach compromising over 50 million users. The data breach was caused by hackers using the “View As” feature, which allows users to view their profiles as their friends would, and take the profile’s ‘Facebook token,’ which allowed them to re-log in as another user without a password requirement. If you were affected by the hack, your Facebook might show up as “logged out”  on your devices, although Facebook also logged out of any accounts who used the “View As” feature as a safety precaution. Facebook statements say that the ‘safety vulnerability’ has now been fixed.
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“With four open cases in all, CPS (Chicago Public Schools)Â now has more pending federal sexual violence investigations than any other K-12 grade district in the country, a Tribune analysis found.”
CPS loses millions of dollars in grant money as federal officials from the Department of Education withhold the magnet schools assistance grant due to a failure to investigate sexual assault complaints. The grant withdrawal comes after a series of CPS sexual assault cases have gained media attention, in this case that of  former teacher Scott Gallus, who recieved several complaints from students on sexual harassment which were not acknowledged or properly investigated. Finally, after one of the students’ case was completed, the district granted her 780,000 in a civil lawsuit, but several years after she graduated and had to endure the traumatic repercussions of having to face sexual assault in an education setting.Â
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