The 2020 Democratic primary field is already stress-inducingly crowded, and you’d be forgiven if you’re having trouble keeping track of everyone. Well, lucky for all of us, nearly every serious potential candidate has a book that lays out his or her policy positions while also offering up some personal backstory …
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Phoenix have apologized for collaborating with R. Kelly in 2013, writing on Twitter, “We are deeply horrified by the stories of abuse surrounding R. Kelly.” R. Kelly and Phoenix partnered twice in 2013. First, the R&B singer joined the French group on stage at Coachella, while later in the year …
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Many existing crime podcasts center on white, female, middle- or upper-class victims, ignoring a vast population of victims of color (black women, for example, disproportionately experience all kinds of violence). CBC’s investigative podcast, Finding Cleo, is a powerful departure from that norm, using the story of a little girl named Cleopatra Semaganis Nicotine, who …
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A day before President Trump delivered his first Oval Office address, a Florida prison employee named Crystal Minton was quoted in the New York Times. Hurricane Michael tore most of the roof and fence off her workplace, so the incarcerated were relocated to a Mississippi prison that is a seven-hour …
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Elvis Presley‘s black-leather “’68 Comeback Special” premiered 50 years ago last month. Today, on what would have been Presley’s 84th birthday, NBC announces a new special in honor of the entertainer: Elvis All-Star Tribute will air Sunday, February 17th. Hosted by The Voice coach Blake Shelton, the two-hour show features …
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The Chemical Brothers give fans a mosh-pit view of their live spectacle in the duo’s video for “MAH,” a new song off their recently announced album No Geography. The Marcus Lyall-directed visual for the track was filmed at the Chemical Brothers’ recent sold-out concerts in London. The infectious dance song …
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Three years after its recreational cannabis law went into effect, Oregon is experiencing a growing glut in its marijuana supply, driving down prices and putting many of the industry’s licensed growers and retailers on precariously thin ice. While the state has raked in tens of millions of dollars in tax …
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The search for a suspect in the apparently random murder of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes in Houston is intensifying, with a $100,000 reward raised with the help of writer and activist Shaun King and civil rights lawyer Lee Merritt for any information leading to an arrest. Barnes was killed early Sunday …
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President Trump doesn’t have much to cling to as he enters his third year in office. He can claim that he’s followed through on campaign promises like tearing up the Iran nuclear deal, moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and pulling the United States out of the Paris …
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On a punishingly hot day in August of 1963, Darlene Love walked into L.A.’s Gold Star Studios with producer Phil Spector to lay down the vocals for a new song he’d just written with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich called “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” It had the ill-fortune of …
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