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Bono, Occupy And The Challenge Of Following The Jesus Of The Oppressed

Jason Wojciechowski | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Tony Campolo, Poverty, ONE Campaign, Occupy Wall Street, Jesus, Bono, Charity, Occupy Faith, Philanthropy, Christianity, Religion News

We should commend his service and giving for social good just as we might the activist, but none of this should shadow the reality that poverty and injustice exist because of an unjust system that favors victors with spoils and curses the less fortunate with misery.

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Bono, Facebook And The Challenge Of Following The Jesus Of The Poor

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Bono, Elevation Partners, Jesus Christ, Facebook IPO, Christianity, Hunger, Facebook, Poverty, Religion News

Regardless of how much cash Bono's crew made off the Facebook offering, we shouldn't blame him for investing smartly.

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Bono Rocks the Apollo

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Angel in Harlem, Bono, Macy Gray, U2, Darrel Hammond, Jazz Foundation of America, Hal Willner, Entertainment News

Bono was simply one of many headliners in "A Great Night in Harlem," orchestrated by SNL's Hal Willner.

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U2's Bono Could Make HOW MUCH Off Facebook's IPO?

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: U2 Bono, Bono Facebook, Bono Facebook Ipo, Video, Bono Richest Musician, Facebook IPO, Slideexpand, Facebook, Bono U2, Bono, Entertainment News

It's a "Beautiful Day" to be Bono. As Facebook goes public, the U2 frontman could stand to make up to $1.5 billion off the widely anticipated IPO. ...

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Baby-Faced U2 Images Go On Display

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Photography, Adam Clayton, U2 Bono, Larry Mullen, Video, U2 Exhibit, Dublin U2 Exhibit, The Edge, U2, Music, Little Museum of Dublin, Bono, Culture News

DUBLIN — In the beginning there was Bono. And what a baby face he had. Photographs documenting the gritty beginnings of U2 in the smoky pubs an...

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Improving Maternal Healthcare, One Song at a Time

Kristi York Wooten | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Chris Martin, Sting, Video, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Edge, David Legry, Dave Matthews, Paul Simon, Alanis Morissette, Edie Brickell, Global Motherhood, Patti Smith, Faith Hill, Lauryn Hill, Cedella Marley, Seal, Eddie Vedder, Rita Wilson, Starbucks, Beck, David Bowie, Rufus Wainwright, Diana Krall, Coldplay, Sade, Bono, Global Financial Crisis, Impact News

Did you know that every 90 seconds a woman dies from pregnancy-related causes? Every Mother Counts is dedicated to increasing education and support for reducing maternal mortality through programs around the world.

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The Latest In Social Media For Social Good Strategies

Amy Neumann | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, Philanthropy, Rachael Ray, Microfinance, Kids Volunteering Ideas, Bono, Social Good, Social Media for Social Good, Sir Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Global Philalnthropy Group, Trevor Neilson, Maggie Neilson, Impact News

This is the seventh installment of the Impact series, #SocialGoodStars. The people highlighted here are passionate, dedicated philanthropists, strengt...

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HuffPost Impact Spotify Playlist: Top Picks For Charitable Musicians

Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Zooey Deschanel, Madonna, Lady GaGa, U2, 50 Cent, Sheryl Crow, HIV/AIDS, Foster the People, Video, Whitney Houston, Taylor Swift, Elton John, Spotify Playlists, Coldplay, Bono, Justin Bieber, K'naan, Impact News

Check out the artists on Spotify who Impact deems most in tune with their causes. Whether its Bono's philanthropic efforts across the globe, Zooey ...

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Bono, The Entrepreneur

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Bono Dropbox, Elevation Partners, Dropbox, Bono Dropbox Investment, Bono Investments, Small Business News and Trends, Elevation Partners Bono, Bono U2, Bono, Small Business News

Bono may be known for his humanitarian work, but the U2 frontman also commands the spotlight for his role as tech investor, highlighted recently by hi...

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Jason Mattera Mistakes Bono Impersonator For Bono, Blasts Interview

The Washington Post | Hide This | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Jason Mattera, Jason Mattera Bono, Jason Mattera Joe Biden, Jason Mattera Interview, U2 Bono, Jason Mattera Bono Interview, U2, Bono, Bono U2, Media News

Jason Mattera, editor at large at Human Events, is famous for rough-and-tumble journalism. Last year he created a sensation when he pulled something o...

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U2, Aung San Suu Kyi And The Prophet Jeremiah

Michael Gilmour | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Book of Jeremiah, Aung San Suu Kyi, U2, Myanmar, All That You Can't Leave Behind, Burma, Bono, Sacred Sounds, Scripture Commentary, Religion News

In U2's retelling, restoration comes through both humanitarian efforts and divine intervention. The promise and hope of both is that all will "live in safety."

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Honeylion, The Story of Samson

David Lacopo | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Bands Touring, Story of Samson, Honeylion, Music, Bono, Entertainment News

This awakening inspired me and made me realize how music is just a different rendition of love. It's not about fame and fortune or everything else the industry portrays it to be. Music brings us together.

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2011's Doomsday Cinema, Part I: Melancholia @ 49th NYFF plus Gainsbourg on Von Trier & Lars' NYFF 47 Press Conference (VIDEO)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: The New York Film Festival, The Artist, Dogme 95, Marie Antoinette, Bibi Anderssen, Anti-Christ, Bono, Gael Garcia Bernal, Alexander Skarsgard, Agnes Varda, Breaking the Waves, Steven Norrington, Brady Corbet, Liv Ulmann, Udo Kier, Rousseau, Keifer Sutherland, Kirsten Dunst, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Richard PeñA, Nietzsche, Charlotte Rampling, Earth vs Flying Saucer, Melancholia, The Last Minute, The Turin Horse, The Maids, Jesper Christensen, The New Yorker, Larry Fink, Barbara Kruger, Lars Von Trier, Jean Genet, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Un Chien Andelou, Michael Vazquez, John Wayne, Virgin Suicides, Anton Corbijn, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lou Gehrig, Béla Tarr, Cameron Spur, A Star Is Born, Vampire Chronicles, Morrissey, Tarkovsky, Nietzsvhe, Persona, Vagabond, Video, Entertainment News

In anticipation of 12/21/12, this past year saw a return of the doomsday film. Melancholia was an okay end-of-the-world movie, but for this fan, it was not a very good Lars Von Trier film. Perhaps a third viewing is in order.

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You Never Know Who Will You Be Faced With Meeting

J. Branson | Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: Bono, Kofi Annan, One, Ghana, Of Rags, Usaid, Accra, Impact News

You never know whom you are going to meet, but you should know who you are when you meet them. After a day of reflection in Accra questioning whether...

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SLIDESHOW: Top 11 Celebrity Activists Of 2011

Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Video, East Africa Famine, Ellen Degeneres, Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, Lady GaGa, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, 50 Cent, Bono, Justin Bieber, Impact News

When A-list celebrities throw their names behind a noteworthy -- but underrepresented -- cause, they're able to push it to the front of the world's st...

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Glee Teaches Bob Geldof a Lesson in Charity Work

James Sims | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Glee, Ryan Murphy, Band Aid, Bob Geldof, Broadway League, Broadway, Do They Know It's Christmas, Fox, Bono, Video, Entertainment News

Watching this week's episode of "Glee" and seeing its rendition of the classic '80s charity song, "Do They Know It's Christmas," brought to mind the debacle that was Bob Geldof's last attempt at re-creating his Band Aid group.

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Glee Gives Away 100% Of Proceeds From Christmas Song Remake

Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Glee Charity, Band Aid Charity Trust, Glee, Sting, Holidays, Video, Charity, Do They Know It's Christmas, One, Bob Geldof, Red, Glee Cast, Bono, Midge Ure, Impact News

While the Glee cast has remade the 1984, "Do They Know It’s Christmas?" the stars are keeping the song’s original purpose intact -- to raise money...

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Obama, Bono, Other Activists Call For 'Beginning Of The End Of AIDS'

Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: George Bush, Bill Clinton, Aids Cure, Video, (Product)RED, George Washington University, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, ONE Campaign, President Obama, Aids, Tanzania, Alicia Keys, World AIDS Day, Bono, Impact News

The AIDS rate among minorities is on the rise and politicians and celebrities are determined to find a way to put an end to it. "The rate of new i...

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Bono: I Was Terrified Of Alicia Keys

AP | MESFIN FEKADU | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Alicia Keys AIDS Charity, Alicia Keys Keep a Child Alive, Alicia Keys Documentary, Alicia Keys Bono, Bono Alicia Keys, Alicia Keys Aids, Bono, Alicia Keys, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Bono is afraid of Alicia Keys. While Keys talked about being pregnant and empathic when filming her documentary about AIDS in Africa...

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Giving Thanks for a Meritocracy Instead of Aristocracy

Maxim Thorne | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Ronald Lauder, Maxim Thorne, Elizabeth Warren, Philanthropy and Tax Avoidance, Bill Gates Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Occupy Wall Street, Richard Parsons, Warren Buffett Taxes, Ows, Julian Bond, Tax Avoidance, Bono Philanthropy, Supersized Philanthropy, Neue Galerie, Maxim's Principle, Bono, Impact News

Although I appreciate all the good philanthropy does, I wish to alter the way supersized philanthropy operates in America as part of my commitment to keep America true to our founding freedoms.

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Obama, Bush, Clinton, Activists To Participate In World AIDS Day Talk

AP | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Bush, Clinton, (RED), Hiv Aids, Aids, One, Obama, Red, World AIDS Day, Bono, Impact News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and two former presidents, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, are joining top anti-AIDS advocates for a panel discu...

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Julie Taymor Criticizes Bono, The Edge For Absence During 'Spider-Man'

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Bono Spiderman Musical, Bono Spiderman, Bono Julie Taymor, Broadway, Theater, Julie Taymor Bono, Julie Taymor, U2 Bono Spiderman, Julie Taymor Spiderman, Bono, Julie Taymor Spider Man, Culture News

Julie Taymor is the latest to fire a shot in the ongoing feud between Taymor and her former "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" collaborators U2 bandmembe...

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As A Failed Rock Star, Actor Ben Barnes Gives Life To Killing Bono

Brad Balfour | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Ben Barnes Interview, Killing Bono, Ben Barnes, U2, Killing Bono Review, Chronicles of Narnia, Bono, Entertainment News

Loosely based on music writer Neil McCormick's 2003 memoir, the film recalls Irish rocker McCormick and kid bro Ivan's attempt to be stars while they see their secondary school mates form U2 and become the world's biggest band.

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Help Me, Bono, and Other Organizations End the Famine in Africa

Lisa Haisha | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Maasai, Africa, Charity, Children, Famine, World Food Program, Retreat, United Nations, Bono, Self Help, Tanzania, Unicef, Impact News

While most people in the world know about the current famine in Africa, when a problem is hundreds or even thousands of miles away, it's easy to ignore it. It's time for everyone to face the facts.

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US Wins 'Greatest Act' Award

AP | EMMA JONES | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years, U2 Awards, U2, Q Magazine, Bono, Entertainment News

LONDON — Rock icons U2 have something new to brag about – winning Q Magazine's Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years award. The annual music ...

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