Children at this school in the Basque country in Spain prepared for five months during the pandemic to create a unique percussive rendition of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
Sixty years ago, a pathbreaking jazz album from Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, and Oscar Brown, Jr., fused politics and art in the fight for Black liberation. Today many Black artists—women at the forefront—are taking similar strides.
The “Dark Money” Playbook. Nina Simone | Backlash Blues. How a Billionaire Team Owner Pays a Lower Tax Rate Than LeBron James. What’s in the 4% of Our DNA That Makes Us Different From Chimps? Debunking the Myth of the Lost Cause.
One of Nina Simone's searing civil rights songs. The lyrics by poet Langston Hughes weave a kaleidoscope of issues and images.
Health Care Sharing Ministries. Summer of Soul | Official Trailer. How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol. ExxonMobil’s Lobbying War on Climate Change Legislation. How Sperm Got All the Credit in the Fertilization Story.
Director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful documentary of an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion in 1969, the year of Woodstock. In theaters and on Hulu on July 2, 2021.
Sha’Carri Richardson Wins Gold & Carl Nassib Becomes First Openly Gay NFL Player. The Music’s Back in This Region. A Crime On The Bayou. Buy, Borrow, Die: How America's Ultrawealthy Stay That Way. How Quantum Mechanics Helps Birds Find Their Way.
Post-pandemic life has started in the U.S. with bars, restaurants and concert halls filling with people and it’s bringing the party back to a region renowned for its live music scene.
Election Officials Are Under Attack. Iko Iko | Playing for Change. The One and Only Dick Gregory | Documentary. New Study Shows the Single Biggest Motivation for the Jan. 6 Rioters. Why It Actually Might Be 'Survival of the Friendliest.'
The New Orleans classic and Mardi Gras favorite, "Iko Iko." This song features Dr. John in one of his last known recordings, along with the Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart.
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