One committee in the US House of Representatives votes to
acknowledge that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Turks was
genocide.

An 8.8 earthquake hit just off the coast of Chile early Saturday morning, killing at least 122 people and creating tsunami warnings in more than 50 countries across the Pacific ocean.

Watch this short video about this inspiring humanitarian mission to Haiti put together by the Wheelchair Foundation.

Workers for Disney Hotels in Anaheim will be launching a hunger strike, protesting unsafe working conditions at their jobs. This concert will raise awareness and support for the workers.

Remembering an amazing man who changed our lives. We are heartbroken to hear of the passing of activist and historian Howard Zinn. Many of you know his work, and through his work, got a feeling for the man himself.

A Supreme Court decision in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s death penalty case new puts his future in jeopardy.

An earthquake centered near the impoverished Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince caused the collapse of several buildings and an unknown number of fatalities Tuesday.

An odd British campaign has popped up this season to protest manufactured musical culture. It was expected that the #1 single in the UK for Christmas week would be a track by Joe McElderry, winner of Britain’s hugely popular TV talent Contest “The X Factor”.

The same night President Obama announced an increase of US troops in Afghanistan, Outernational released a video for their new song “Sir No Sir”

We just received this update from Sweet Home New Orleans about the progress in helping musicians in New Orleans thrive and survive.