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In order to achieve the promise of a "Miami Jazz Scene", the big "cats" need to start thinking outside the box.

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Samuel Barber At 100, Reconsidered
He was once dismissed as a composer for "high middle-brow taste." But Barber, who wrote the famous "Adagio for Strings," would not be criticized if he were an emerging composer today, 100 years after his birth.

Nicholas Payton: Live At The Village Vanguard
He found his footing in jazz through its hard-swinging main stem. But after he'd proved his hard-bop mettle, he took a fork in the road toward electric experimentalism. Now, trumpeter Nicholas Payton seems comfortable pursuing a middle ground. Listen live Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.

Dessa: Hip-Hop Word Warrior
Her eyes half-closed, Minneapolis MC Dessa flowed through the rhymes from her new album, A Badly Broken Code, at KEXP. Her hands moved with the rhythm, and her voice was pitch-perfect.

SXSW 2010 Preview
On this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen chats with NPR Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson about some of the bands they're most looking forward to seeing at this year's South by Southwest music festival. Hear music from some great discoveries, including the metal group Black Cobra and rapper Rye Rye.

Seabear: Iceland's Orderly Orchestra
"Lion Face Boy" is the first single from Seabear's sophomore album, We Built a Fire, and it's a perfect display of the band's knack for constructing mountains of instrumentation on a simple idea. The track opens with understated vocals and drums, but eventually bursts into a swarm of piano, horns and guitar.

Five Songs, Ten Classic Tenor Titans
The tenor sax is a powerful instrument. This is especially apparent in music created by mighty jazz masters whose skills shaped sounds still reflected in present-day compositions. Hear five great pairings, battles and studio jam sessions.

Barber's 'Adagio': Naked Expression Of Emotion
There's a simple logic behind Samuel Barber's emotional Adagio. It progresses from a single note to high emotional wailing to release to final acceptance. On today's centennial of Barber's birth, take a guided tour of the music with commentator Rob Kapilow.

Suds And Sensibility: Barber's Violin Concerto
Barber's beautiful concerto came about at the request of a soap magnate named Samuel Fels. Although the business end of the commission was sullied, the concerto came out sparkling. Hear violinist James Ehnes play the piece in concert.

Sparklehorse Singer Mark Linkous Remembered
The creative force behind the band Sparklehorse took his own life Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 47. Linkous' often pretty melodies contrasted with lyrics that were sometimes dark. He deliberately distorted his vocal tracks in a way that made them sound both right in the listener's ear, and as if they were coming from some faraway place.

Elis Regina: The Feeling Between The Notes
In a way, she's similar to iconic figures such as Janis Joplin or Billie Holiday — singers whose recordings define not just a style, but a way of being. Today, young performers talk about being intimidated when they attempt songs Regina made famous. Her work mulls the big questions of life and romance, one magnificent half-step at a time.

Holly Miranda On 'World Cafe: Next'
On her debut album, The Magician's Private Library, Miranda teams up with producer Dave Sitek to create a mix of wrenching vocals, dashes of floating digi-synth backgrounds and upbeat Antibalas horns.

Brother Ali: A Surprising Face Of Hip-Hop
On Ali's latest album, Us, producer Ant has crafted soulful beats for the rapper's explorations into drug abuse, divorce and homophobia, among other topics. Ali's most introspective and thoughtful work to date, Us has found the rapper breaking ever further into the mainstream.

The Jazz Community As A Road Map
Most people who pass through the jazz community only travel down certain main thoroughfares. But in order for there to be a vibrant community, you need all those side streets, some of which are trafficked heavily by people in the know, others which remain mostly quiet.

G-Side: Whose World Is It Now?
Illmatic, Nas' 1994 paean to and from New York's Queensbridge projects, is considered by many to be the pinnacle of hip-hop. So it'd be an understatement to say that the Huntsville, Ala., duo G-Side was sticking its neck out when it decided to remake the emotional centerpiece of that album, "The World Is Yours."

A Tribute To Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous
Singer and songwriter Mark Linkous, who performed under the name Sparklehorse, took his own life at the age of 47. Rock critic Ken Tucker remembers the man behind the albums Good Morning Spider and It's a Wonderful Life.

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SXSW 2010 Preview
On this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen chats with NPR Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton and NPR Music editor Stephen Thompson about some of the bands they're most looking forward to seeing at this year's South by Southwest music festival. Hear music from some great discoveries, including the metal group Black Cobra and rapper Rye Rye.

Elis Regina: The Feeling Between The Notes
In a way, she's similar to iconic figures such as Janis Joplin or Billie Holiday — singers whose recordings define not just a style, but a way of being. Today, young performers talk about being intimidated when they attempt songs Regina made famous. Her work mulls the big questions of life and romance, one magnificent half-step at a time.

Omara Portuondo: Tiny Desk Concert
The singer was part of a musical scene in 1950s Cuba that produced an entire generation of musical innovators and pioneers. The two classic boleros she performs in this Tiny Desk Concert are a reflection of the passion for life she instills in every performance.

The Chieftains And Ry Cooder Tell 'San Patricio' History
With St. Patrick's Day just ahead, an unusual musical mash-up has surfaced. Paddy Moloney and his legendary Irish group The Chieftains have joined forces with Ry Cooder and Latino artists on a new album called San Patricio. The record takes its name from a battalion of the Mexican-American War.

The Thistle And Shamrock: New Gaelic Voices
Explore the branches of contemporary song sprouting from the roots of ancient vocal traditions with Alyth McCormack, Nuala Kennedy and Julie Fowlis.

Asha Bhosle: The Voice Of Bollywood And More
Bhosle has recorded 12,000 songs and is featured on the soundtracks of more than 800 films. Her voice is easily recognized by a billion people in South Asia and around the world. Her influence has extended far beyond India, too: She's recorded with the boy band Red Code, the contemporary classical Kronos Quartet and even pop star Boy George.

Bomba Estereo: Cumbia That Hits Like A Wave
At KEXP, there was no point in resisting Bomba Estereo's infectious groove. Colombian cumbia and champeta rhythms are at the root of the band's sound, while vocalist Liliana Saumet brings wild movement and color to the forefront in this session.

The Thistle And Shamrock: Alison Brown and Garry West
Get the insider's perspective on the music business from the co-founders of an independent record label and hear how banjo player Alison Brown has pushed her instrument into new musical territory to secure an international following from fans of jazz, bluegrass, and new acoustic music.

Manno Charlemagne: The Bob Marley Of Haiti
In Haiti, the musician's politically charged lyrics helped elect a president and nearly got him killed. But now, after a term as mayor of Port-au-Prince, Charlemagne lives in Miami. The earthquake last month has devastated the singer, who used to be described as the Bob Marley of Haiti.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Voice Of Pakistan
With his intense stage presence and relentless drive to improve, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan single-handedly brought Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music, to the West and the non-Muslim world. In the process, he influenced an unlikely array of music around the world.

African Legends, New Music From Shearwater And More
On this edition of All Songs Considered, we hear a cut from Fela Kuti's stunning 1972 album Shakara, plus Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure and kora player Toumani Diabate, Shearwater's dramatic new concept record, electronic musician Eluvium, Laura Gibson and Ethan Rose, the haunting sounds of Richard Skelton, and some incredible new guitar-rock from The Archie Bronson Outfit.

Mambo! Afro-Cuban Takes On Jazz Classics
Jazz musicians have long mined Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and even pop music for material. Here are five Latin interpretations of songs written by jazz musicians, a process that isn't as easy as playing the chords of a jazz composition over a mambo rhythm.

Cumbia Moderna De Soledad: Fela Around The World
With its sparse but powerful percussive push and chanting chorus, "Shacalao" strips Fela Kuti's more groove-laden song "Shakara" down to rhythmic studs, pushing it forward with the two-step beat that lies at the heart of cumbia. Yet, while Cumbia Moderna de Soledad remakes Fela, it also gestures to the deep tradition that bonds eastern Colombia with western Africa.

'Africa Boogaloo': An Intro To Afro-Latin Music
The compilation provides an impressive and compelling introduction to Africa's embrace of Latin music. Its songs are simultaneously global and local, offering up a twist on "world fusion" without the associations with toothless tropical music.

The Thistle And Shamrock: What's New?
The new releases come thick and fast to our radio show mailboxes in the U.S. and Scotland. This week we catch up on the latest music from your favorites and discover the new artists to win deserved airtime with their debut releases.

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Kucinich on the Many Reasons to Kill the Current Health Care Bill
Kucinich: Insurance industry gets $70 billion dollars a year, forces people to buy private insurance, locks in five consecutive years of double-digit premium increases.

Marjah: The Non-Existent City the Military Said We Conquered in Afghanistan
Marjah isn't even a town, but rather one of the clearest and most dramatic examples of a war of perception as outlined in the US's counter-insurgency doctrine.

Anti-Choice ConservaDems Hold Health Reform Hostage

This post was originally published on the Booman Tribune. Hotline has a helpful whip count on House members’ position on health care reform. The math sure looks complicated. We have a lot of scaredy-cat Democrats and not a few who take their marching orders from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Let me tell you something. [...]

Please, Tom Friedman: We Can’t Afford Any More Columns on “More than 100 percent clean coal”

You can’t but help admire Tom Friedman’s enthusiasm for technological innovations. The NY Times columnist and mega-bestselling author has probably interviewed more scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs about high tech clean energy ideas than anyone in the last few years. But instead of interviewing only corporate CEO’s and clean tech innovators, it’s time for Friedman to come [...]

What Is So Nuclear About Majority Rule?

During the Bush administration, “reconciliation” was used to pass the 2001 Tax Cuts, which primarily benefitted wealthy Americans. The final vote was 58 to 33. Then in 2003, Bush used reconciliation again to pass the second Bush Tax cuts, which once again primarily benefitted wealthy Americans. The final vote was 50 to 50, with Dick Cheney [...]

Working Families Still Squeezed

There were grumblings from all corners of the AFL-CIO at its winter meeting in Orlando recently. “Disappointment”, “disillusionment”, “unengaged”, these words and worse peppered press reports describing labor’s view of President Obama and the Democrats. Organized labor spent $200 million to help elect the president and support of its 15 million members is [...]

How Do You Want To Die? The Future of Health Care Depends On Your Answer.

Larry Beresford challenges the latest meme that hospice patients have declined in number recently. He notes that, among others, Tim Cousounis at Palliative Care Success and the Urban Institute’s Howard Gleckman, who wrote a recent article for Kaiser Health News, have examined hospice enrollment and concluded the same thing. It is in decline. The reasons they cite are [...]

Jon Stewart: Iraqi Elections Are a Success Because Only a Few Candidates Were Assassinated

On Monday’s Daily Show, Stewart called into question the mainstream media’s amnesiac view of Iraq’s elections. And correspondent John Oliver has a lot of people he wants to thank for the initial invasion. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Arabian Rights www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform Report This Post

NY Rep. Eric Massa Ends His Career on a Sour Note

It’s been sad to watch freshmen Rep. Eric Massa’s (D-N.Y.) struggles of late. Just six days ago, Massa announced he would retire due to serious health concerns. He acknowledged rumors about a pending ethics investigation, but angrily denied the allegations. A day later, his denials softened a bit, and he conceded he [...]

Wreckonciliation

Written by Rebecca Sive for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. On International Women’s Day, I imagined the White House full of cooing, hugging women, celebrating the wonder of the world’s and America’s women, and I had to ask: where’s the wonder? To coin a cliché: Where’s the beef? Here’s my beef: [...]

First Same-Sex Marriages in Our Nation’s Capital to Take Place Today: Watch Livestream

Oddly, while battles elsewhere over marriage equality for LGBT folks have garnered great attention from the national media, here in Washington, D.C. — the nation’s capital — our journey to this moment has drawn only modest interest. All this despite the ferocious opposition launched by the religious right, which even relocated its point man, Bishop [...]

Utah Governor Signs Controversial Law Charging Women and Girls With Murder for Miscarriages
Critics are worried the law will open up a Pandora's box of unintended legal consequences.

How Can We Stop Drug Gangs From Growing Pot in the Woods? Legalize Pot
The media complain about the explosion of illegal outdoor cultivation in our national parks, but have zero diagnosis about why it's happening.

Move Your Money, But Don't Forget About Credit Unions
Banking behemoths don't deserve your business. But your local credit union could be the right financial fit.

Rescued From the Brink: Inside the World's Largest Chimp Sanctuary
What happens to all those chimps who've endured hell for our benefit? The lucky few get to retire to their own private island in Florida.

Our Dirty Little Secret: Who's Really Poor in America?
The problem today for most isn't this recession, it's that except for the top 10 percent, average household income hasn't changed a bit for 10 to 20 years.

A Campaign Promise Dies: Obama and Military Commissions
At first it seemed Obama was on track to make good on his campaign promise of halting military commissions. Instead, he's reviving the same system he once abhorred.

Conservative Hall of Shame: 8 Anti-Gay Politicians and Demagogues Who Got Caught Having Gay Sex
The state senator arrested leaving a gay club joined a long and illustrious tradition of double-talking, double-living conservative figures.

Meet the Badass Group Battling a Monstrous Regime Responsible for Waging the World's Longest-Running War
In "For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question" Mac McClelland chronicles the 60-year genocide the Burmese government has waged against an ethnic minority.

What Makes the Healthiest and Happiest Societies? Hint: It's Not Wealth
Epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson explains why it's equality, and not high income, that makes a society thrive.

Immigrant advocates say immigration enforcement worse under Obama
Prominent immigrant advocates launched their most sharply worded public critique yet of the Obama administration’s immigration policy.

Finally, a Documentary About Drug Pioneer Sasha Shulgin

Lucky visitors to the upcoming SXSW film festival in Austin this weekend have a chance to see the opening of a new documentary about psychedelic pioneer Dr. Sasha Shulgin titled, Dirty Pictures: “Shulgin’s alchemy has earned him the title “The Godfather of Psychedelics,” and a reputation as one of the great chemists of the 20th century. Working [...]

White House Immigration Meeting Postponed

Roll Call and others are reporting that the White House meeting President Obama and Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) had scheduled for Monday afternoon was rescheduled. Apparently, Senator Graham’s flight was cancelled. “Senator Graham’s meeting with President Obama and Senator Schumer to discuss immigration reform has been postponed,” Graham’s communications director Kevin [...]

Sharks: From Hunters to Hunted, and Overfished
There are eight shark species that haven't received the media attention lavished on the high-profile bluefin -- but which, in some cases, hover even closer to extinction.

Poll: Americans Think Obama Better Than Bush on National Security And Terrorism

Looks like Liz Cheney et al. need to do a better job convincing Americans that Obama’s handling of national security issues will make the world end (from a Democracy Corps — Third Way Poll (PDF), via the Plum Line.) Report This Post

Citizen Journalism Project: How to Research the Bubble Barons’ Charitable Contributions

One of the major objectives of the bubble barons investigation is to figure out where, exactly, all that money is going. Where are these billionaires investing their money? Which politicians do they support? Which charities benefit from their largess? Today, I’m going to go over strategies for researching charitable contributions, and I’ll use my bubble baron, [...]

Friends of Convenience? Palin to Head McCain Fundraiser

Since McCain lost the election to Obama in 2008, there’s been no shortage of woe-is-me attacks from Sarah Palin, who’s made sure to repeat a series of canned talking points about how McCain staffers have unfairly portrayed her as ruefully unprepared and diva-like. While McCain has remained tight-lipped about whether or not tapping Palin to share [...]

Obama Fired Up for Health Reform: Calls Out GOP, Sees Endgame in a Few Weeks

This post was originally published in the Washington Monthly. President Obama will host two rallies in support of health care reform this week, and the first was held this morning at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. The president didn’t exactly break new ground or change the pitch in any meaningful way, but there were [...]

Rabbi Lerner’s Response to AlterNet Commenters

Editor’s Note: Last week, AlterNet ran an article that featured a piece by Chris Hedges and another by Rabbi Michael Lerner, titled: “Should Progressives Give Up on Obama?” The article incited lively debate in the comments section and now, Rabbi Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine and head of the Network of Spiritual Progressives, has penned [...]

One in Three Killed By Drones in Pakistan Is a Civilian

A new report from the New America Foundation states that one of every three people killed in the U.S.’s not-so-secret drone war in Pakistan is a civilian. The report also discloses that none of the strikes in 2009 targeted Bin Laden, and that they have had little impact on the Taliban’s ability to plan operations [...]

Pregnancy-Related Death and Illness Among Adolescents & Young Women: A Preventable Tragedy

Written by Imane Khachani for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. This article is published in honor of International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2010. Approximately 99 percent of the 529,000 annual deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth occurs among women living in low and middle-income countries. Their lifetime risk of maternal death [...]

Are Republicans Dumb Enough to Campaign Against Health Reforms Once They Pass?

This post was originally published on the Booman Tribune. I wonder if this is a bluff: Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said in a press briefing at the Ronald Reagan Republican Center today that his party will offer repeated points of order on the Senate floor challenging the legitimacy of budget reconciliation items in a package of fixes [...]

Florida Lawmaker Attempts To Deny Tax Credit To Movies Filmed With Gay Characters

This post was originally published on Think Progress. Lawmakers in Florida are hoping to pass a $75 million incentive package to attract movie studios to film in Florida, but a little noticed provision could deny tax credits to movies that feature gay or other “nontraditional family values.” Florida’s Entertainment Industry Economic Development Act would revise the current [...]

The Redeemed Immigrant: NY Gov. Makes Exception to Corrupt Rules

Cross-posted from RaceWire By Michelle Chen After the mistakes he made as a kid nearly got him kicked out of the country, Qing Hong Wu has gotten a precious second chance. Embattled New York Governor David Paterson took a brief respite from a maelstrom of political scandal to act as the good samaritan this weekend: Paterson’s pardon [...]

A Prayer for Change

Aung San Sun Kyi, Nelson Mandella, Chief Joseph, Harvey Milk — teach us! Revolution aint what it used to be. Emma Goldman, Cesar Chavez, Leonard Peltier, Sojourner Truth –teach us! The President used the word “change” to stop it. The change we seek couldn’t be clearer, but it is mimicked by Presidents and corporate marketing. [...]

Challenging Obama’s Bush-Alike War Policies

I hate to admit that neocon stalwart Robert Kagan can be right about anything. But it’s hard to argue with his latest observation in the Washington Post:  “A broad bipartisan consensus is emerging in one unlikely area: foreign policy.  … Obama has been fighting the war on terror at least as vigorously as his predecessor.” Of [...]

What Obama and the DOJ Can Learn From the Right

On March 2, “Keep America Safe,” the neo-con think tank run by Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol, released a video demanding information about a group of Obama administration lawyers it labeled “the al-Qaeda Seven.” Since these lawyers once voluntarily represented Guantanamo inmates, K.A.S. argued, their continued practice jeopardizes the safety of American families. Six days later, [...]

The Women I Love (on International Women’s Day): Agitators Who Stand Up to Big Coal

“In the US Senate, Mother Jones was once called the ‘grandmother of all agitators.’ She replied that it was her desire to one day be the ‘great-grandmothers of all agitators.’”–Mother Jones On International Women’s Day, let us now praise the muckrakers, the agitators, the coal mining women, the organizers, the fearless ones willing to stand up [...]

Oscar Makes History: Woman Wins Best Director

I don’t much care whether or not Kathryn Bigelow is a good feminist in “the personal is political” sense of the term: At last night’s Academy Awards she won a great victory for all women when she stepped up to the stage to collect her Oscar for Best Director for her film, “The Hurt Locker,” [...]

Utah Continues Reckless Efforts to Lock Up Pregnant Women

Written by Lynn Paltrow for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. On Thursday, a Utah legislator withdrew a bill that would have allowed sentences of up to life in prison for a woman who experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth as a result of her “reckless” behavior. This move has been attributed [...]

Why It’s Time to Stop Trusting the IMF

If you believe what the IMF says … you must be an executive with Goldman Sachs. No, wait, I take that back. You must be Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke. No wait you must be Hank Paulson and Alan Greenspan. Yeah, that’s who you would have to be [...]

Does “Asian America” leave some Asian Americans behind?

By Keith Kamisugi, Communications Director, Equal Justice Society, Race-Talk contributor I had lunch a few months ago with Bill Tamayo, the regional attorney in San Francisco for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. We both have roots in Hawai‘i. Tamayo is a second-generation Filipino American. I’m a fourth-generation Japanese American. Many would consider us both “Asian American.” [...]

Sarah Palin and Other Republican Stars Still Fetishize the Gipper — What Would He Think of Them?

This post was originally published on the Booman Tribune. While Friedrich Nietzsche was often critical of Judaism, he was also a virulent opponent of the rising anti-Semitic political movement in Germany. For example, he wrote the following in a letter to his sister because he objected to her relationship with Bernhard Förster, whom she later married: It is [...]

Compassionate Conservative Tom DeLay: People Don’t Have Jobs Because They’re Too Lazy to Work

Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay — who’s clearly earned the right to pass moral judgement — has an explanation for the high rates of unemployment that continue to plague the economy despite rosy predictions of recovery: the problem rests with the unemployed, of course — and the Democratic lawmakers who insist on sapping the [...]

Pack Your Bags: Travel as a Political Act
Travel connects people with people. It helps us fit more compatibly into a shrinking world. And it inspires creative new solutions to persistent problems facing our nation.

Will Stupak Derail Reform?

This post was originally published in the Washington Monthly. At various times throughout the health care reform process, various figures have been at the center of the universe. For a while, it was Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine.). Then Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.). In December, all eyes were on Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.). In the home stretch, let [...]

Outrageous: Mitt Romney Accuses Obama of Supporting 9/11 Truthers Abroad

This post was written by Max Bergmann for Think Progress. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s foreign policy mythology book tour continued on Fox News Sunday this morning. Romney started his interview saying that President Obama had engaged in an “apology tour.” This has been a standard conservative talking point in response to the massive positive shift [...]

Hey Academy Awards Voters, “Inglourious Basterds” Is a Great Film

(In honor of tonight’s Academy Awards, which I probably won’t watch, I’m cross-posting my review of Inglourious Basterds here.) possible spoilers These are the last words in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, and they’re so gloriously cocky spilling from the lips of Brad Pitt as Tarantino’s doppelganger, Lt. Aldo Raine: brash, foul-mouthed, scarred and uglied up and from [...]

Are Smaller Condoms a Better Idea for Teens?

According to the CDC almost 50% of American teens have had sex. Of those, 61% used a condom the last time they did. That’s pretty significant number of kids to be practicing safe sex. But what if despite their best efforts, the condoms these kids were using just weren’t working out for them? Switzerland, at least, [...]

Will White House Motion Lead to Progress on Immigration Reform?

The Los Angeles Times had the story Thursday evening that the Obama administration – including the President himself – was beginning to stir on immigration reform: Despite steep odds, the White House has discussed prospects for reviving a major overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws, a commitment that President Obama has postponed once already. Obama took up [...]

Virginia Attorney General Instructs State Colleges to Stop Protecting Gay Students From Discrimination

This post first appeared on Think Progress. Just weeks after Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) refused to renew an executive order that would have protected gay and lesbian state workers from discrimination, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is asking the state’s colleges and universities “to rescind policies that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.” Cuccinelli [...]

Why 3-Year-Olds Can Recognize Food Brands

This post first appeared on Food Politics. I’m not sure why this would be news to anyone who has taken a toddler to a grocery store, but researchers at the University of Michigan have now demonstrated that very young children recognize food brands, especially McDonald’s.  Didn’t Morgan Spurlock show this in Supersize Me! (also my screen [...]

Climate Change Legislation Isn’t Dead — A New Bill Is Coming

Climate legislation is returning to the Senate’s docket, and leaders on Capitol Hill are hoping that this version, a compromise bill spearheaded by Sens. John Kerry (D-MA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), can pass without getting caught in the morass of money and politics that has delayed action so far. A long, long time [...]

Climate Change Legislation Isn’t Dead — A New Bill Is Coming

Climate legislation is returning to the Senate’s docket, and leaders on Capitol Hill are hoping that this version, a compromise bill spearheaded by Sens. John Kerry (D-MA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), can pass without getting caught in the morass of money and politics that has delayed action so far. A long, long time [...]

Why Water Pollution Rates Are Rising and Corporate Polluters Are Getting a Free Pass

Things are going in the wrong direction these days when it comes to water pollution and New York Times writers Charles Duhigg and Janet Roberts explain that the reason has to do with an unfortunate legal loophole. They write: Thousands of the nation’s largest water polluters are outside the Clean Water Act’s reach because the Supreme [...]

The F Word: Challenging “High Road” Contracting

This is what must make it hard for people working inside the Obama administration. No sooner does the White House start talking up something good, than it does something bad. Take contracting. As reported here on GRITtv, the Obama’s administration’s been talking up “High Road Contracting.” That’s the using of the power of the government’s [...]

Denny’s Apologizes for Ad That Critics Say Made Light of the Irish Potato Famine

The breakfast chain Denny’s apologized yesterday for an advertisement that critics say made light of the Irish Potato Famine. “Denny’s has a history of using humor in its television advertising,” the company said in a statement. “It is certainly not the intention of the company to offend anyone or any group, and we apologize if [...]

Dave Matthews Headlines Blockbuster Concert to End Mountaintop Removal

“The green rolling hills of West Virginia Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know But someday I’ll go back to west Virginia To the green rolling hills I love so well Yes someday I’ll go home And I know I’ll right the wrong These trouble times will follow me no more”–”Green Rolling Hills,” Utah Phillips So-called “green” music festivals and [...]

If You Believe Dinosaurs Walked the Earth With Cavemen, Of Course You Think Climate Change is Fake

Those who challenge the teaching of creationism — the notion that the authoritative text for the explanation for the earth’s creation is the Book of Genesis — as science in public schools have rightly focused on the First Amendment’s mandate for separation of church and state as the basis of their legal claims. But that emphasis [...]

Jon Stewart: “Rapture” Is the GOP’s Last Chance at Stalling Health Reform

On The Daily Show Thursday (3/4/10), Stewart discovered the Republicans’ new “nuclear option:” With all other options exhausted and reconciliation seemingly imminent, the GOP has made “Rapture” its ‘R word’ of choice. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Med Menace www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Reform Report This Post

Home Births Rise in U.S. And It’s Not Because of Ricki Lake

Written by Amie Newman for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. For women who choose to go through pregnancy and childbirth, the freedom to choose where and with whom to birth is not always immediately accessible. Before childbirth in hospitals became the norm, women birthed at home, under the care of [...]

Why are We Afraid to Create the Jobs We Need?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that as of February 2010, the unemployment rate stands at 9.7 percent, and the official jobless rate is 16.7 percent, which also counts those who have stopped looking for work and those who have been forced into part-time work. See Bureau of Labor Statistics [An extended unemployment bill] “doesn’t [...]

Also About Us: South Asians and Civil Rights

By Nisha Agarwal, Director of the Health Justice Program at NYLPI, Race-Talk contributor Every year, the South Asian Bar Association of New York (SABANY) awards fellowships to law students who will be pursuing unpaid summer internships in the public interest. The fellowship winners are recognized at a reception, where an experienced South Asian public interest attorney [...]

How Low Will They Stoop? Conservative Website Breitbart Links ACORN to the White Terrorist Organization the Ku Klux Klan

Sometimes I just shake my head in dismay. As I have asserted many times in my writings here and elsewhere, one of the great divides in this country–a divide that resonates throughout our political culture–is the force of memory and history. At our best, Black and Brown folks, our Native American brothers, Jewish folk, and [...]

Controversy Grows over Study Claiming Liberals and Atheists Are Smarter
The author of a study claiming liberals and atheists are smarter than conservatives and believers is called 'great idiot of social science' by prominent evolutionary biologist.

Rise of the Superbugs: Why We Are Increasingly at Risk From Antibiotic-Resistant Diseases
The evidence is overwhelming that these new superbugs are at least partially a result of dosing farm animals with subtherapeutic doses of antibiotics added to their feed.

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

A Personal Note on Sewage Sludge as Compost

Today, Alternet published a piece I wrote about San Francisco giving gardeners sewage sludge under the guise of free “organic compost.” This piece has a particularly personal significance to me as a gardener and as an unofficial stepmother. Our garden is our food supply, but it’s also a play area and learning environment for my [...]

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Snow Boots to Sockless, Briefly
The Frugal Traveler finds a cheap flight to Miami and spends one-day escaping New York City's frigid slush.

Budget Beauty: Manicured Without Getting Clipped
One day of total pampering, including a Russian bath, a massage, a manicure and a haircut - on a budget of around $100.

Booking a Flight the Frugal Way
The Frugal Traveler sifts through the many booking sites out there, and outlines the steps he takes when booking a flight for himself.

The Question: Who Appeared on Jeopardy?
Here are the questions to yesterday's Double Jeopardy round.

I'll Take 'Frugal Traveler' for $2,000
The New York Times Frugal Traveler was a recent category on "Jeopardy!"

Q&A With Carolyn Spencer Brown, Editor in Chief of CruiseCritic.com
The editor in chief of CruiseCritic.com provides insider info on a vacation that, all too often, seems out of reach of frugal travelers.

Foursquare: Share, and You Can Be the Mayor
Though it wasn't developed with bargain hunters in mind, the insider tips on Foursquare.com can help travelers find better deals.

Slurping Through Tokyo
This weekend's Travel section cover story, "One Noodle at a Time," was the fulfillment of a years-long dream.

Q&A With Ben Nemtin From 'The Buried Life': Four Guys and a Bucket List
Four friends asked themselves, "What do you want to do before you die?," then they hit the road in search of low-budget adventure.

Your Trip Is Ready for Its Close-Up
With a few tips and the right equipment, frugal travelers can now shoot decent videos at a fraction of what it cost just a few years ago.

Rail to the Trails
Metro-North Railroad's one-day getaway to Thunder Ridge Ski Area, in Patterson, N.Y., may be the cheapest, easiest ski trip in the region.

Access in the City? Wi-Fi in New York
Tips on how to find a free connection in the city, so you'll never be without a digital tether.

Resolved: Smarter and Frugaler in 2010
Putting down the iPhone, traveling lighter, learning to love buses, seeing more and spending less all make the Frugal Traveler's list of New Year's resolutions.

Q. & A. With Matt Kepnes, a k a NomadicMatt.com
This 28-year-old Bostonian has managed to turn travel blogging from a pastime into a fairly lucrative profession.

Frugal, but With Plenty to Give
There are several travel-related charities and nonprofits that can use some help, no matter how little you can afford to give.

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