Willie Colón Gone

from Paste R.I.P. Willie Colón: Salsa legend dead at 75 “His music was not just heard; it was lived,” Fania Records shared in a statement.  By Matt Mitchell  Innovative composer, vibrant trombonist, bandleader, and salsa visionary Willie Colón has died. On social...

Gold Fever Pandemic Surging

from SF Gate The gold rush is back in California’s Inland Empire In San Bernardino County, gold and silver mining companies are pushing to expand By Erin Rode, Contributing LA Outdoors Editor Calico Ghost Town Regional Park certainly did not feel like a ghost...

Venusians, maybe?

from Study Finds Something Was Making Stone Tools In China 600,000 Years Before Homo Erectus Showed Up Reviewed by John Anderer Reconstruction of the Yunxian Homo erectus (Credit: Xiaobo Feng) In A Nutshell Ancient skulls found in Hubei Province, China, have been...

Jesse Jackson Gone

from The Nation Jesse Jackson Still Provides Light in These Dark Times We would be wise to follow the path he forged. by ROBERT L. BOROSAGE “Jesse Jackson is one of the very most significant political leaders in this country in the last 100 years,” declared Senator...

Social Silent Reading

from WLRN NPR A different party scene: How Books & Books is building community through silent reading WLRN Public Media | By Sofia Zarran Participants in the Books & Books Reading Party read on a carpet and chairs as they indulge in the silence and communal...