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Incredibly, BP is now controlling the government to the point of passing laws to imprison journalists.  Click on these links now: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/facing-the-future-as-a-me_b_634661.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/coast... Read more

Debo Band    Self-titled    Sub Pop    Africa [contemporary] Gaskel, Sean    Lkora Music of West Africa    Self-released    Africa [contemporary] Mhofela    Tomutenda Mambo    Self-released    Africa [contemporary] Njuzu Mbira    Roots Music of Zimbabwe    Self-released    A... Read more

The Boys are BackDirector: Scott HicksWith: Clive Owen, Nicholas McAnulty, Emma Booth, Laura Fraser, George MacKayWith antecedents in Kramer vs. Kramer and Ghost, this movie contrives to tug heartstrings and jerk tears.  Joe (Owen) is a sports writer in Australia whose w... Read more

Thanks to everyone who sent us a donation through the Give!Guide during the last six weeks of 2008!  As anticipated, the final days were particularly exciting in terms of watching the giving results really accelerate their climb.  We ended up receiving just over $14,000,... Read more

  Omer Avital            New Song                Motema Maureen Budway        Sweet Candor            MCG Jazz Marshall Gilkes        KOLN    (Cologne)            Alternate Side Vijay Iyer            Break Stuff                ECM Greg Murphy            Blues for Miles     ... Read more

An Interest in Life: GRACE PALEY Grace Paley, one of this country's most honored and best loved writers, died on August 22, 2007. Her commitment to antimilitarism, environmentalism, feminism and antiracism was inseparable from her stories, essays, and poems. CELEBRATE GR... Read more

Indian Country's fate is still unknown, but wonderful things are happening with the American Indians at KBOO...  The Mitakue Osysin Collective has welcomed me on their show and I have sat in as a guest host for some weeks now. Have enjoyed every minute! Thank you, Eugene, ... Read more

EndgameDirector: Pete TravisWith: William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Mark Strong, Clarke PetersThis is Nelson Mandela’s year in the movies.  Besides Invictus, he is depicted in this film as well.  It is the story of how back-room negotiations resulted in M... Read more