Future PoliticsAustraDomino Recording CompanyElectronic pop band Austra was founded in Toronto, Canada, in 2009 by opera-trained vocalist Katie Stelmanis. (Austra is her middle nam…
All Is Love Is AllDub SutraDub SutraLike Dub Sutra’s first album, 2012’s The Rise of Downtempo, this new release from this California-based duo is a thoughtfully crafted weave of d…
Freedom HighwayRhiannon GiddensNonesuch RecordsFreedom Highway is the new album of soulful Southern tunes by Rhiannon Giddens, who previously won a Grammy Award as a member of the …
Resilient GrievingBy Lucy Hone, PhDThe ExperimentLucy Hone is well acquainted with grief and resilience. Her 12-year-old daughter, Abi, was killed in a tragic car accident in 2012,…
CrookedOutwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to RecoveryBy Cathryn Jakobson RaminHarperDid you know that spinal surgeons often have investments in radiology cli…
Dare to Be KindBy Lizzie VelasquezHachette BooksIf there was ever a time to encourage more kindness, it is now. Dare to Be Kind: How Extraordinary Compassion Can Transform Our Worl…
Do All Lives Matter?The Issues We Can No Longer Ignore and the Solutions We All Long ForBy Wayne Gordon and John M. PerkinsBaker BooksBlack Lives Matter is a national organization …
100 YEARS: One Woman’s Fight for Justice
Melinda Janko
Fire in the Belly Productions
In the 1880s, the U.S. Federal Government became trustee of vast amounts of land owned by Na…
Serenade for HaitiOwsley BrownOwsley Brown PresentsOver the years, Sainte Trinité Music School in Port au Prince, Haiti, has served as both a critical institution of learning and a…
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & AmericaMatt OrnsteinSound & Vision“How can you hate me when you don’t even know me?” That’s the hypothetical question that renowned…
Peace TrailNeil YoungReprise RecordsNeil Young’s latest release is as rustic and lo-fi as you’d expect from an album recorded in just four days. The singer/songwriter’s sociopoliti…
ElwanTinariwenANTIIn spite of the danceable grooves that Tinariwen has been known to deliver, a Tamashek-to-English translation of the lyrics on this celebrated Tuareg band’s eight…