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Man Wrongfully Convicted Of Attempted Murder To Sue NYC For $28M

| Posted 05.03.2013 | New York

By James Fanelli, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer CONCOURSE — A young Bronx man spent seven years in prison for a shooting he didn't commit — all bec...

Can the Blues Rescue the Mississippi Delta? Part 3

Debra Devi | Posted 03.26.2013 | Arts
Debra Devi

On my Mississippi Delta book tour for The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu I met people working together to develop a blues tourism industry with the potential to economically rescue the Delta -- the poorest region in our nation.

147 People

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.24.2013 | Politics
Richard (RJ) Eskow

147 people can change the course of history. Not necessarily the same 147 people, of course. But the small social groups which surround our world's leaders have extraordinary power.

Can the Blues Rescue the Mississippi Delta? Part 2

Debra Devi | Posted 05.19.2013 | Arts
Debra Devi

"They say that so-called twelve-bar stuff is the black man's blues and country western of that day was the white man's blues, but there's a very thin line between the two musics. Only difference is the beat, and the bars to some extent, but the stories of happiness, sadness, being lonesome. All that was the same."

Solomon King's Train & New School Blues in L.A.

Ashley Jude Collie | Posted 05.18.2013 | Arts
Ashley Jude Collie

I was with my musician pal Solomon King at Arcadia Blues Club recently chatting about Train his excellent upcoming record of "new school blues," which includes some modern riffs on traditional Blues...and beyond.

Can the Blues Rescue the Mississippi Delta? Part 1

Debra Devi | Posted 05.11.2013 | Arts
Debra Devi

If you haven't paid a visit to the Mississippi Delta yet, plan one now to this starkly beautiful, richly musical place. You'll thank me as you roll down 61, with cotton fields fanning out on either side under an impossibly wide blue sky.

Bronx DA Falls Behind Rest Of City In Fighting Crime

DNAinfo | Posted 01.07.2013 | New York

NEW YORK CITY -- A confidential report shows crime fighting in The Bronx is lagging behind other boroughs in virtually every category. The mayor's...

BET Founder Offers Plan To Cut Racial Disparity In Hiring

www.washingtonpost.com | Posted 12.18.2012 | Black Voices

Backed by leading civil rights leaders, prominent African-American businessman Robert L. Johnson Monday renewed his call for President Obama to addres...

The Life Lesson I Learned on a Road Trip with My Son

Patricia Leigh Brown | Posted 12.16.2012 | Fifty
Patricia Leigh Brown

Inviting your 18-year-old son to follow his muse on a road trip -- even though he refuses to let you friend him on Facebook -- is to enter uncharted emotional terrain.

Anna Sanders

'Insufficient Evidence' In Traffic Cop Rape Case

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Sanders | Posted 08.23.2012 | New York

An NYPD traffic officer arrested Tuesday following allegations that he drugged and raped a 17-year-old girl was released without charge Wednesday nigh...

Tracy Edmonds Partners With BET Founder For New YouTube Channel

Posted 08.07.2012 | Black Voices

Over 32 years since launching Black Entertainment Television, Robert Johnson alongside his RLJ Companies group is planning on venturing into digital m...

Driving Towards The Daylight to Noise In My Head: A Conversation With Joe Bonamassa and DarkDriveClinic's "Litmus Heart"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.24.2012 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

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Gonna Take An Elemental Journey: A Conversation With Sonny Landreth, Plus Getting To Know J.D. Shelburne

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.16.2012 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

Use the internet, spread the word, word of mouth. But in the long run, that's what it all comes down to, you have to play live. You never know who's going to be in that audience who knows somebody else, who knows somebody else, and one thing leads to another. You have to open up to that.

Still a Wizard, a True Star: A Conversation With Todd Rundgren, Plus Tonight Alive's "Starlight" (Exclusive)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.06.2012 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

"I wrote a song about my high school girlfriend who broke my heart and have been milking it ever since. The irony of it is, it's the very first song I ever wrote and it's the song that's pinned on my back, kind of like 'kick me.'"

The Return of the Blues Wanderer: A Conversation With Dion, Plus Anthony Green's Beautiful Things Album Streamer

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.11.2012 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

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Janell Ross

Nation's First Black Billionaire Proposes Plan to Reduce Black Unemployment

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 12.11.2011 | Business

As Congress weighs the Obama administration's jobs package, RLJ Companies CEO Robert Johnson is pushing a proposal that he says marshals the capacity ...

New York City Marathon Training: Stop Breakin' Down

Janet Turley | Posted 12.06.2011 | New York
Janet Turley

There's something gratifying to physical labor and pushing your body beyond a perceived limit. What was once a ceiling becomes a springboard.

Neil Young's Bridge School Exclusive: Dave Matthews' "Too Much," Plus Chatting With Johnny Winter, Queen's Roger Taylor and Yes' Steve Howe

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.04.2011 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

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From Woody Guthrie to Little Nut Tree: Chatting With Rob Wasserman and Dan Zanes

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.18.2011 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

On Woody Guthrie: "in a short life he saw so much, but he was really present and there with people. I think he's just really vital, not just in his vision, but as a spokesman for America."

Let Them Talk: Chatting With House's Hugh Laurie, Dar Williams and The Axis of Awesome, Plus Cal Ecker's "Time After Time" Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.08.2011 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

Hugh Laurie has a new album, Let Them Talk, which is New Orleans blues based. Here he discusses how he came up with that idea.

Bluesman David 'Honeyboy' Edwards Dead At 96

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 10.29.2011 | Chicago

By CARYN ROUSSEAU, Associated Press CHICAGO -- Grammy-winning Blues musician David "Honey Boy" Edwards, believed to be the oldest surviving Delta b...

Amy Winehouse: Newest Member of Club 27

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.26.2011 | Entertainment
Maggie Van Ostrand

Club 27 is a most exclusive and heavenly private club of great musicians who died at the age of 27. As of July 24th, Amy Winehouse is the latest me...

Do Musicians Have A "27 Curse"?

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 09.22.2011 | Entertainment
Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D.

Amy Winehouse was 27 years old when she died. There are a number of other famous musicians who died at 27. Are these musician deaths at the age of 27 just a coincidence?

From New Deal To Raw Deal: The Real Economics Of Cutting Social Security

Thomas Ferguson | Posted 09.06.2011 | Politics
Thomas Ferguson

As profits for the banks the American people rescued soar, it marks a new low in the Democratic Party's long retreat from the New Deal's glittering promise that ordinary Americans, too, deserved to share in prosperity.

Fugitive Caught After 32 Years As A Different Man

The Denver Post | Kirk Mitchell | Posted 08.22.2011 | Denver

STERLING -- For 32 years, Colorado officials took few steps to capture convicted killer Robert Charles Johnson, who escaped the Cañon City prison in ...