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Some Sunday Love: “Stand!” Sly and the Family Stone, 1969

• September 9, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Love, Music, Obama Administration, People of Color, Sexuality, Sly and The Family Stone, Spirituality, Stevie Wonder, Television, The Economy, Women
Tags: "Fulfillingness First Finale", "I Want to Take You Higher", American Politics, Cynthia Robinson, Everyday People, Gospel, Gospel Extension, Gospel Music, Jerry Martini, Love, Politics, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Simple Song, Sly, Sly & The Family Stone, Sly Stone, Standing Up, Struggle, The 2012 Presidential Campaign, The Democratic National Convention 2012, The Democratic Party, The Sixties, United States

Saturday Night Music, February 11, 2012: “You Met Your Match,” Stevie Wonder, 1968

• February 11, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Cultural History, Lula Mae Hardaway, Music, Sexuality, Stevie Wonder, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "For Once in My Life", "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day.", "You Met Your Match", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, California, Children, Funk Brother, Grammy, Grammy Award, Growing Up, James Jamerson, Love, Lula Mae Hardaway, Motown, Motown Records, Sex, Stevie, Stevie Wonder, The Seventies, The Sixties

Christmas Songs: Stevie Wonder, “(That’s) What Christmas Means To Me (My Love)” 1967

• December 5, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Music, Stevie Wonder, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Someday at Christmas", "What Christmas Means to Me", African Americans, Anna Gordy, Anna Gordy Gaye, Benny Benjamin, Blacks, Detroit MI, Funk Brother, Genius, Growing Up, Henry Cosby, James Jamerson, Jazz Musicians, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Session Musicians, Stevie, Stevie Wonder, Stevland Hardaway Judkins, Tamla, The Funk Brothers, The Motown Sound, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States

Saturday Night Music, March 27, 2010: Stevie Wonder, “Please Don’t Go,” 1974

• March 27, 2010 • Comments Off

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Tags: "Fulfillingness First Finale", "Please Don't Go", African Americans, Blacks, College, Creepin', Cross-Dressing, Deniece Williams, Fulfilling His First Finale, LGBT, Love, Michael Sembello, Motown, Record Store, Richard Nixon, Sex, Shirley Brewer, Sophomore, Stevie Wonder, Stevland Morris, Tamla, The Analog Age, The Grammys, The Persuasions, The Seventies, Watergate

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We’re Sharing Coronavirus Case Data for Every U.S. County March 28, 2020
With no detailed government database on where the thousands of coronavirus cases have been reported, a team of New York Times journalists is attempting to track every case.
A Virus’s Effects: Coughs, Chills and Sometimes a Forgiving Spirit March 28, 2020
Cities are halting evictions and utility shut-offs, and law enforcement officials are freeing some low-level offenders from jail. But how long should the generosity last?
New Mexico Agrees to Revamp Its ‘Broken’ Foster Care System March 26, 2020
In a legal settlement set to be announced on Thursday, New Mexico said it would overhaul its foster care system, in what advocates said could serve as a national model.
Even Before Coronavirus, America’s Population Was Growing at Slowest Rate Since 1919 March 26, 2020
As births drop, deaths accelerate and immigration slows, the country is closer than ever to an overall decline.
New Orleans Restaurants, Used to Disasters, Reckon With Something Worse March 28, 2020
The dining and bar scene, so central to the city’s identity, emerged strong from Hurricane Katrina. But the coronavirus crisis is different.
Check Is in the Mail? For Many Bill Payers, It Won’t Be March 28, 2020
With businesses and personal finances hit hard by a loss of income, the first of the month may mean triage in deciding what to pay.
Looking for Hope, Uplift or Just a Distraction From Virus Fears? Read On. March 28, 2020
It’s grim out there. But in music, messages of hope — and goofy stuff online — people are trying to provide ways to get through a scary time.
America Stress-Bought All the Baby Chickens March 28, 2020
In times of anxiety, we hoard the sources of eggs.

The Guardian, UK

Trolls exploit Zoom privacy settings as app gains popularity March 27, 2020
‘Zoombombers’ broadcast explicit imagery or abuse other users in video hangoutsWorking and socialising from home has brought new risks to everyday life, as webcam meetings and chatroom cocktail hours contend with privacy invasions, phishing attacks and “zoombombings” – uninvited guests abusing the popular video service to broadcast shocking imagery to all.Pu […]
Tackle climate crisis and poverty with zeal of Covid-19 fight, scientists urge March 28, 2020
Actions taken to suppress coronavirus reveal what measures are possible in an emergency, say expertsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGovernment responses to climate breakdown and to the challenges of poverty and inequality must be changed permanently after the coronavirus has been dealt with, leading scientists have urged, as the a […]
Joseph Lowery, American civil rights leader, dies at 98 March 28, 2020
Reverend helped start the influential Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King JrThe American civil rights movement leader Joseph Lowery died on Friday at the age of 98, his family said.A charismatic and fiery preacher, Lowery helped the Rev Martin Luther King Jr to fight against racial discrimination and led the Southern Christian Le […]
Hague court orders Dutch state to pay out over colonial massacres March 27, 2020
Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s execution is among those who will get compensationAn Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s summary execution by a Dutch soldier when he was 10 years old has spoken of his gratitude after a court in The Hague ordered the Dutch state to pay compensation to victims of colonial massacres in the 1940s.Andi Monji, […]
Libya fighting intensifies as rival forces defy UN call for global ceasefire March 27, 2020
Factions step up offensives while international actors distracted by coronavirus pandemicLibyan armed factions have defied a UN call for a “global ceasefire” by escalating fighting across the country, with forces loyal to eastern warlord Gen Khalifa Haftar claiming to have gained control of a string of towns in the north-west.A spokesman for Haftar said his […]
RT loses challenge against claims of bias in novichok reporting March 27, 2020
Kremlin-backed channel fails to overturn Ofcom ruling that also related to Syria coverageThe Kremlin-backed news channel RT has lost a high court challenge to overturn a ruling by the UK media regulator that it broadcast biased programmes relating to the novichok poisoning in Salisbury and the war in Syria.Ofcom fined RT £200,000 after determining that seven […]
Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic March 27, 2020
Bacterium is able to break down polyurethane, which is widely used but rarely recycledA bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic has been discovered by scientists. The bug not only breaks the plastic down but uses it as food to power the process.The bacterium, which was found at a waste site where plastic had been dumped, is the first that is known to attack po […]
Survey of thousands of Home Office staff revives bullying row March 27, 2020
Poll highlights issues such as excessive control shortly after furore surrounding Priti PatelThousands of Home Office employees claim they have been discriminated against, bullied or harassed at work, according to the results of a staff survey.The Home Office people survey, which was conducted in autumn 2019 and was completed by 21,095 employees, is part of […]

The BBC

Coronavirus cradle Wuhan partly reopens after lockdown March 28, 2020
People enter the Chinese city where the coronavirus outbreak began for the first time in months.
Locked down India struggles as workers flee cities and homeless call for food March 28, 2020
With millions of migrant labourers and homeless people left without income, officials are struggling to help.
Coronavirus: Deserted London landmarks seen from above March 28, 2020
Some of the city's most popular landmarks are devoid of the usual crowds as people stay indoors to help combat coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Trump orders 'time-wasting' General Motors to make ventilators March 28, 2020
The US president orders the car maker to help manufacture medical devices and attacks its CEO.
Coronavirus: Russia sees no epidemic but starts shutdown March 28, 2020
Russia begins a "non-working week" to try to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Coronavirus: OneWeb blames pandemic for collapse March 28, 2020
OneWeb, the high-profile London-based satellite start-up, files for bankruptcy protection in the US.
Pope gives prayer to empty St Peter's Square March 27, 2020
The service usually only happens twice a year but was given as Italy's coronavirus death toll passes 9,000.
Coronavirus: Cruise ship in race to transfer passengers off Panama coast March 28, 2020
A vessel carrying more than 1,800 people off Panama is moving healthy passengers to a sister ship.