Freedom, published in Harlem during the Cold War and McCarthy years, was Paul Robeson and Louis Burnham's radical black paper that "ppenly challenged racism, imperialism, colonialism, and political repression and advocated for civil rights, labor rights and world peace"; NYU's Freedom archive holds browsable (but not searchable, alas!) scans of issues with contributions from "W.E.B. Du Bois, Alice Childress and Lorraine Hansberry" and many others. (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
An archive of Freedom, Paul Robeson and Louis Burnham's radical Harlem newspaper
"The Stolen Runaway Fire Truck Story" (complete with Police Scanner audio)
Spoken Word with Electronics is an audio series delivering to you a two side recording of unusual stories paired with vintage modular electronic sounds Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week is somewhat precarious in Texas, where the show is recorded. Our power snapped off at 2AM last Sunday night (or early Monday… READ THE REST
Why Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" is such a great love song
This piece of WBUR looks at the Joni Mitchell classic, "A Case of You," from her 1971 album, "Blue" (now considered by Rolling Stone to be the 3rd greatest album of all time), and what makes the brilliant and nuanced confessional poetry of the song so groundbreaking. Over 300 covers of the song have been… READ THE REST
Fox host Larry Kudlow caught on hot mic cussing over Kamala Harris comments
A wound up Larry Kudlow had a mini tantrum, which was caught on a hot mic, on his very first day at his new "Fox News" job. "Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit, bullshit," the new host shouted today over Kamala Harris's taped, accurate comments. The only bullshit was the fact that Fox had taken her comments out… READ THE REST
Rosetta Stone is considered the gold standard of language learning software and it's on sale at almost half off
For almost 30 years, if you ever thought about learning a foreign language online, one name would always come to mind: Rosetta Stone. As one of the pioneers in the field, the Rosetta Stone software has become virtually synonymous with language learning. And with years of innovation under its belt in assembling a world-class language… READ THE REST
The Rollova 2.0 ditches old rulers for super-easy digital measurement
We've come a long way, haven't we, civilization? In ancient times, we used to measure everything from weight to distance with the most rudimentary of instruments. A stone was literally how much a particular stone weighed as a unit of measurement. And a foot was…yeah, a foot. Put enough heel-to-toe paces together and you knew… READ THE REST
Open an online business with a .store domain
Right now, almost half of all the websites that exist use a .com domain name. This makes it incredibly hard to find a domain name that hasn't already been taken, and if you already named and registered your company then you may be in for a really tough road ahead. Say you started a line of… READ THE REST