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Fusion: Which 2016 Convention Played the Best Music?
SEP 15, 2016 - David Matthews of Fusion gets into the details of what music was played at the Democratic…
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Rapper Versatile Verse Films Music Video at Cannabis Grow Facility
Dispensary in trouble for allowing the filming at their facility SEP 13, 2016 - A cannabis cultivation facility in New…
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Heavy.com – Can You Write-In Bernie Sanders When Voting For President?
Most states require candidate registers as write-in candidate before your vote counts SEP 12, 2016 - Although many voters about there…
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Green Rush Daily: THESE 9 STATES HAVE MARIJUANA INITIATIVES ON THEIR NOVEMBER BALLOTS
SEP 9, 2016 - "Half of the nation’s states now have medical marijuana laws. Four have recreational marijuana laws, and…
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Green Rush Daily: THESE 9 STATES HAVE MARIJUANA INITIATIVES ON THEIR NOVEMBER BALLOTS
SEP 9, 2016 – “Half of the nation’s states now have medical marijuana laws. Four have recreational marijuana laws, and more will likely follow. You may be wondering which states will be next to vote on cannabis legalization. Well, there are a record number of marijuana initiatives on the November ballot. Four states will be…
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Ukrainian War Song: Lviv activists coming up with unique musical project – Video!
Songs written by soldiers fighting on the frontline in eastern Ukraine SEP 7, 2016 – From Ukraine Today: “The social art project War Songs (in Ukrainian #ПісніВійни) is a large-scale public initiative, which aims to find and professionally record songs created by Ukrainian soldiers who have fought and are still fighting on the frontline in the Donbas…
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This quote from America’s largest private prison company shows how much the industry fears criminal justice reform
Corrections Corporation of America, the country’s largest owner of private prisons, has faced renewed backlash against its business practices after theDepartment of Justice last week announced it would phase out use of for-profit facilities for federal inmates. The decision followed a damning Inspector General’s reportreleased earlier this month declaring private prisons to be less safe…
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This Music Video Captures The Current Political Discourse All Too Well
DJ Shadow’s name perfectly describes his relation to the music industry. He’s out there, you’ve heard his music, but you might not have noticed. Well, you will notice this. “Nobody Speak” (from his new album “The Mountain Will Fall”) is a particularly timely track given the current political climate. The lyrics, by rap duo Run…
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SCOTUS Unites Trump and Senate GOP
Differences aside, Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are strongly united on one issue — the balance of the Supreme Court. While Democrats are pushing the GOP-led Senate to confirm Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland by the end of President Barack Obama’s term, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has been resolute in blocking him, saying the…
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Babefest 2016 brings music, comedy to politics
Friday August 26th at 8pm you best get yourself to the first inaugural launching of BabeFest at Babeville, (Asbury Hall, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo). Ani DiFranco will be returning, to headline this must-be-there event. In what has become a critically important presidential election year, this festival of music, comedy and social activism spawned organically out…
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Big Money vs. Black Lives: Movement connects money in politics to racial justice
Earlier this month, a coalition of more than 50 organizations connected to the Black Lives Matter movement released a highly-anticipated policy agenda document, “A Vision for Black Lives.” Rooted in the cause launched in 2013 to protest the killings of African Americans by police, the document began to take shape at a gathering in Cleveland…
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Big Daddy Kane on music, politics and the secret to a long career
Big Daddy Kane had his first big hit in 1987 when he did a rap single with Biz Markie, “Just Rhymin’ with Biz“. He was soon headlining on his own music and the rest is history. Kane sat down with host James Peterson to discuss everything from rappers he admires, to the presidential campaign,…
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DEA Rejects Requests to Relax Marijuana Classification
The federal government will announce Thursday that it will allow more research into marijuana but has rejected requests to relax the classification of the substance as a dangerous, highly addictive drug with no medical use, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The decision is the Drug Enforcement Administration’s response to a 2011 petition…
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Justice Department sues Mississippi over treatment of mentally ill
The U.S. Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the state of Mississippi over the way it treats the mentally ill. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Jackson says the state spends millions to shut away the mentally ill in hospitals when they could be provided more appropriate and helpful services, at…