Headlines from DemocracyNow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist Sentenced to 3 Years The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at Presid...

Remember the wind-powered rotating skyscrapers of Dubai? Well, the building boom in the Emirates is over, thanks to the financial crisis. Most of the huge and expensive construction projects have been cancelled or are on hold. Not only that, foreign laborers are being laid off at an astounding rate ...

The out of competition films have been announced for the Tribeca Film Festival and the movie selections feature Tribeca debuts from Sundance alums like  Steven Soderbergh, Raymond De Filleta and  Melissa Leo. Tribeca is starting to appear more like Sundance after Geoffrey Gilmore left the film fes...

Cambridge , MA , 3/10/09 – Harvard Law School 's Black Law Student Association (BLSA) and The Hip Hop Entertainment Law Project (HHELP) will host mini-music seminar featuring music's Renaissance man, Ryan Leslie. The seminar titled "The Bizness behind The Business!" will be held ...

Financial literacy workshop series helps college students master saving and control spending. Published in Wire Tap Magazine. (This story originally appeared on Black College Wire ) When he was 18, John Hope Bryant spent six months homeless. He lived in his car until he could find another place to l...

There is, of course news of the other sort. But the bad news is easy to find and usually much more widely discussed. Here instead is a round up of the positive news stories from 20 February to 6 March 2009 from Afghanistan. I focus on this, not only to attempt to balance the scales in the tone depar...

Headlines from DemocracyNow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. US: Iran Lacks Material for Nuke Weapon US intelligence analysts have concluded Iran lacks sufficient ...

Brian McBride took some time out from the Fire's pre-season camp in Los Angeles to answer readers' questions. Here are his responses: What exactly did Daniele De Rossi say to you after he received a red card for an elbow on you in World Cup 2006? Thank you so much for bring...

Interviewed by Emmanuel F. Sanosi Reverend Father Sylvester N. Nfah is a priest of Mamfe Diocese and the founder and the Cameroon Association of the Little Ones of Jesus legal representative. In a discussion with L'Effort camerounais he talks about his school days, peak moments in Rome and the C...

By Rev Fr Clemens Ndze Opportunity If any lesson or hope for the future can be gained from the study of the history of the Church, it is certainly that the Church has always been gifted with the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. Though the fullest allowance be made for the mighty action of God, y...