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A linguist breaks down the use of the ‘n-word’ in popular culture (2017)

James Porteous 2 March 2022 0 Comment

Social media erupted over a video that showed a group of white girls saying the n-word while singing along to “Gold Digger,” the hit by hip-hop mogul Kanye West. Photo: (AP Photo/Brian Kersey) 23...

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Jimmy Cliff: The rebel spirit is still part of Jamaicans

James Porteous 6 August 2021 0 Comment

Photo: ‘I arrived at the beginning of the real Jamaican music’ … Jimmy Cliff photographed in Miami, August 2021. Photograph: Vision Addict Jamaican Independence Day marks more than 60 years in music from a man...

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Iraq says U.S. to return 17,000 ancient artifacts looted after 2003 invasion

James Porteous 3 August 2021 0 Comment

Photo: Artifacts seized by the U.S. government and returned to Iraq are displayed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Saba Kareem U.S. authorities are recovering and returning the...

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Is Rainbow flag an ‘an outdated emblem favored by primarily white, cisgender queer people?’

James Porteous 1 August 2021 0 Comment

30 July 2021 | Tony Bravo | San Francisco Chronicle The ongoing movement to reconsider, and sometimes remove, some public monuments and artworks has taken aim at what many agree are outdated and problematic...

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Interview: Jerry Garcia – Relix (1976)

James Porteous 15 July 2021 0 Comment

Photo: Jerry Garcia circa 1976 – Youtube Screenshot Mr Garcia talks about life, music, “Row Jimmy Row” and the then-current Dead album: I think Blues For Allah was the first record we’ve made in...

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Photo Essay: The World in Faces

James Porteous 14 July 2021 0 Comment

Photo: Ulchi girl – Amur river, Far East of Siberia, Russian Federation In agreement with the United Nations Department of Global Communication, IPS is pleased to share with it’s global readers, the UN exhibit ‘The World...

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The political history of dubbing in films

James Porteous 14 July 2021 0 Comment

Photo: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Sergio Leone is a classic example of dubbed post-war European film. Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy As an English-speaker in Europe I must say I was surprised (and...

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Obituary: Haunani-Kay Trask – Hawai’ian poet, activist (71)

James Porteous 10 July 2021 0 Comment

Photo: Haunani-Kay Trask in an undated photo. As a professor, poet and activist, she pushed for the recognition of Hawaii’s Indigenous people. “I am not soft, I am not sweet, and I do not want...

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INSIDE THE WORLD’S GREATEST RECORD STORE, R&B Records

James Porteous 6 July 2021 0 Comment

R&B Records in this sketchy neighborhood out past West Philly, July/August 2021 | RICHARD GRANT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY JASON VARNEY | Smithsonian Magazine I first heard about Val Shively—a legendary figure among serious record collectors—from...

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Cuba’s ‘tobacco factory readers’ are a unique part of Cuba’s culture

James Porteous 5 July 2021 0 Comment

Photo: Odalys de la Caridad Lara Reyes entertains employees by reading to them as they work making cigars at the La Corona Tobacco factory in Havana.(Ismael Francisco / Associated Press) 02 July 2021 |...

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Behind Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit,’ the first great protest song

James Porteous 3 July 2021 0 Comment

03 July 2021 | RICK MOORE | American Songwriter | Includes additional videos and articles. Some songwriters write for an entire lifetime and never see much success, or never have their work publicly acknowledged,...