You may already know that we donate ten percent of the profits from CD sales to the World Food Program. In the past we weren’t able to do the same with digital sales. This is because digital retailers don’t report data until months after the actual sale, and they all report on different, and sometimes [...]

In a recent editorial, Russell Simmons discussed Proposition 8, and civil rights in general. It pains me that we have come to a point in this country where we use the ballot box to address the civil rights of our people. If President Johnson had to take a vote, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [...]

NPR remembers the boombox. The most interesting part: When the music was loud and unavoidable, we had to listen to each other. Maybe we miss boomboxes because when we’re wearing headphones, we can’t talk to anyone else. Which makes it hard to help each other out, and makes it hard to party. Can you remember [...]

Zimbabwe is facing record food shortages with half the population needing food assistance. World Food Program (WFP) spokesman for southern Africa states, “We simply don’t have the resources to provide a full ration to all 5.1 million hungry people.” In fact, the WFP will be forced to cut rations in half in March so that [...]